Best settings for OBS Recording

[FinnishArmy]

Alright, I am a YouTuber ho has used OBS for a while now.

 

I have never really messed around with the setting too much.

 

My Settings ATM:

 

[Encoding]

x264

Use CBR

Max Bitrate (24,000)

 

Enable CBR padding

Use Custom Buffer Size

Buffer Size (24,000)

 

Codec (AAC)

Format (48kHz)

Bitrate (320)

Channel (stereo)

 

[Video]

Resolution Downscale: None (1920x1080)

Filter: N/A

FPS: 60

 

[Advanced]

Use Multithreaded Optimizations

Process Priority Class (High)

x264 CPU Preset (superfast)

Encoding Profile (main)

Keyframe Interbval (2)

 

[Quick Sync Encoder]

CBR

Use global Max Bitrate

Use global Buffer Size

 

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My PC Specs;

 

Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

 

Intel Core i5 3570 @ 3.40 Ghz

 

24GB Dual Channel DDR3 Ram

 

ASUS P8Z77-V LK

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB

 

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I don't care about file size

 

I want to be able to play GTA V, CSGO, BO3, Farcry 4

 

 

Any ideas for best settings without lag in games???

 

Thanks.

[DXMember]

use intel quicksync  because otherwise you won't be playing gta v on i5 with quality stream anytime soon

[BrightCandle]

You will get much better performance if you switch a few settings:

 

Encoder - change it from x264 to NVENC H.264. This will use "ShadowPlay" (sort of) on the GPU and take your overhead to effectively nothing.

 

Profile - set it to high instead of main, you'll get better quality video for the same bit rate and almost everything can play back high profile nowadays you really don't need to use main anymore.

 

I would also go about getting OBS Studio. It works quite similar but importantly you can record multiple sound streams, so microphone and game separately. This allows you to set your levels in post production and its otherwise a very similar program.

[FinnishArmy]

On 6/11/2016 at 2:29 PM, DXMember said:

use intel quicksync  because otherwise you won't be playing gta v on i5 with quality stream anytime soon

I'm only making Videos, not streaming.

[DXMember]

5 hours ago, FinnishArmy said:

I'm only making Videos, not streaming.

same thing, additionally get a dedicated hard drive for video recording if you want high quality

[.spider.]

3 hours ago, DXMember said:

same thing, additionally get a dedicated hard drive for video recording if you want high quality

A modern HDD has no problem to write 50Mbit/s

[ShadowCaptain]

3 hours ago, .spider. said:

A modern HDD has no problem to write 50Mbit/s

but its better to have one dedicated to recordings and not the drive you are gaming off

[.spider.]

30 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

but its better to have one dedicated to recordings and not the drive you are gaming off

It is still no problem for the HDD and OS

[ShadowCaptain]

1 minute ago, .spider. said:

It is still no problem for the HDD and OS

I have personally had frame drops when recording in shadowplay when gaming off the same drive - recording to a seperate drive fixed the issue immediately 

[.spider.]

2 hours ago, ShadowCaptain said:

I have personally had frame drops when recording in shadowplay when gaming off the same drive - recording to a seperate drive fixed the issue immediately 

Never had that problem 

[DXMember]

2 hours ago, .spider. said:

Never had that problem 

try RAW 1440p at 60fps, you'll run out of disk cache pretty fast and then you'll see how that hard drive responds to random read/write operations from other sources while it's going full tilt mode on those sequentials

 

you'll end up with either corrupt video recording or in game stutters

[BrightCandle]

1 hour ago, DXMember said:

try RAW 1440p at 60fps, you'll run out of disk cache pretty fast and then you'll see how that hard drive responds to random read/write operations from other sources while it's going full tilt mode on those sequentials

 

you'll end up with either corrupt video recording or in game stutters

But that is the point with OBS studio, you are directly recording into h.264 via hardware via NVENC, its an amount of data any drive can cope without much concern. Its the sort of performance a drive from 2000 could sustain. Talking about RAW format is completely out of place when talking about OBS, it simply doesn't have the option.

[DXMember]

3 minutes ago, BrightCandle said:

But that is the point with OBS studio, you are directly recording into h.264 via hardware via NVENC, its an amount of data any drive can cope without much concern. Its the sort of performance a drive from 2000 could sustain. Talking about RAW format is completely out of place when talking about OBS, it simply doesn't have the option.

you are correct, I was basing it from the personal experience with RTSS, as I prefer to use that with uncompressed frames for editing options

[.spider.]

9 hours ago, .spider. said:

A modern HDD has no problem to write 50Mbit/s

 

1 hour ago, DXMember said:

try RAW 1440p at 60fps, you'll run out of disk cache pretty fast and then you'll see how that hard drive responds to random read/write operations from other sources while it's going full tilt mode on those sequentials

 

you'll end up with either corrupt video recording or in game stutters