OBS Recordings are grainy.

[CruxYo]

So when I record with obs my footage comes out grainy. It might be something with my settings or something. I'm not so sure, here are my settings: 

• x264
• Quality Balance= 10
• Max Bitrate=3000
• 1920x1080( no downscaling)  30fps
• Multithreaded Optimization, process priority class= main
• x264 cpu preset=fast
• Encoding Profile= high
• use of cfr

I put some screenshots of what the recording looks like. 

[TheGamingBarrel]

I have always seen GTA IV Recorded like this, try upping bitrate, for streaming on twitch I used 3500 and for recording I used 5000.

[yannickverc]

So you're only outputting to local drive?

 

Then 3K bitrate is WAYYY too low. Go up to like 17-18K

[Enderman]

uh, your bitrate is crap...

you should be recording at above 20-30Mbps for decent quality

not 3Mbps

[CruxYo]

uh, your bitrate is crap...

you should be recording at above 20-30Mbps for decent quality

not 3Mbps

Word? I thought that was for streaming only . My bad

[CruxYo]

So you're only outputting to local drive?

 

Then 3K bitrate is WAYYY too low. Go up to like 17-18K

Yea , what should the bitrate be for streaming?

[Enderman]

Yea , what should the bitrate be for streaming?

streaming on twitch is max 3500Mbps

 

btw you should have CBR on

[yannickverc]

Yea , what should the bitrate be for streaming?

Twitch allows 3.5K max. Idk about other websites like hitbox or ustream.

 

But bitrate also depends on ur upload. If you have like 10-15 and + you're fine to stream at 3.5K. The less upload you have the lower your bitrate has to be.

[CruxYo]

streaming on twitch is max 3500Mbps

 

btw you should have CBR on

when recording or streaming?

[Enderman]

when recording or streaming?

always have CBR on

if streaming, bitrate should be set at 3500

when recording you want it much higher

[CruxYo]

always have CBR on

if streaming, bitrate should be set at 3500

when recording you want it much higher

got it! Thanks