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  1. Z

    I have medium quality with x264 encoder

    Hi. How to get better quality with x264 encoder? My bitrate is 6k, with 8k own bufor. CPU - fast, profile - high. When I try go with higher bitrate Twitch is blocking my stream. I have 19Mb upload CPU - AMD 3900x GPU - RTX 2070 You can check my quality on my twitch profile...
  2. PizzaPeter1998

    Question / Help Can't Get Modern Warfare Working In OBS

    For some reason I keep on having issues with trying to capture Modern Warfare with OBS and I don't know why. I'm having problems streaming it as well as recording it (not at the same time). I keep on getting skipped frames due to rendering and encoding lag all the time and I'm not sure what to...
  3. G

    Question / Help 0 dropped/lagged/skipped frames, but choppy stream on dual PC setup. Using NDI.

    Built a separate streaming PC for use with NDI. Getting 0 dropped, lagged, or skipped frames, but stream still has constant stuttering. Was aiming to stream x264 Medium at 720p, 60fps, at 6000 bitrate. Still get random stuttering at Fast, & Faster. Download/upload speed is 114/12 Mbps. Using a...
  4. C

    Bug Report After 25.x update 15% Skipped Frames Due To Encoding Lag - FIXED

    Sharing a problem and solution for others who will be encountering the same. After updating from 24.0.3 to 25.0.8 (Windows 10/64, update 1909, Intel i5-4770k, GTX970, all SSD storage, 32gb mem) I began having severe problems with "Skipped frames due to encoding lag" ranging from 5% to 15%...
  5. sandrix

    Question / Help x264 lookAhead

    Добрый день, есть ли аргумент для запуска lookAhead для кодера x264? Я могу установить максимальное значение b-кадров, но я также хочу включить lookAhead.
  6. S

    Question / Help Which OBS setting give the best recording quality to me?

    Hi! I wanna record games like Left 4 Dead 2 and wanna edit the material after recording. I dont wanna upload it I just wanna haev some high quality videos of me playing. I wanna record in 1080p , 60fps. Now I have a ton of question :D 1. Which encoder is the best in terms of image quality to...
  7. iAvoe

    OBS ditching custom parameter settings, replaces with horribly wrong settings

    Hello, I've been using obs for a quite long time, and even longer at using x264, x265 command lines. It's a shame that I've never found out until today, I looked up mediainfo, which shows my custom command lines were never used. One important thing is that x264's profile and tune are from 20...
  8. U

    Question / Help Frame skipping on highest x264 presets?

    Hello, I got myself a ryzen 9 3950x for streaming however when i go to stream on the highest presets for cpu i get over 50% of my rendered frames skipped due to encoding lag. When using placebo, very slow or slower presets i get these issues however if i drop it down to the slow preset the issue...
  9. KlassicKent

    Question / Help Best SSD/HDD Setup for OBS?

    Hey everyone, I'm having issues getting my recording to look as nice as I want it, and rather than making a huge post about all the potential problems, I want to eliminate anything that could potentially be causing the issue. I have Windows 10 running on an internal SSD (C drive), with my...
  10. U

    Question / Help x264 encoder blacks out PC

    I can't stream with the x264 encoder. About 5 minutes in, my keyboard and mouse turn off, and my monitor loses signal. I have to restart my computer to regain control. Here is a log file. https://obsproject.com/logs/ha0rqlFV_TDELDcn I am able to stream and record with the AMF encoder without...
  11. J

    Question / Help Sharper Image, please help

    I'm using an HP ENVY dv6 Notebook PC and Steam for recording only, no streaming yet. No graphics card. I'd appreciate someone letting me know how to get a slightly sharper image. I don't know what most individual changes do yet but I've tried tweaking one at a time for a sharper image and...
  12. R

    Question / Help Striving for best looking stream out there @ twitch. An expert or highly experienced persons opinion/feedback would mean a lot.

    In a nuthshell, I'm trying to bring out the best looking stream possible atm. Yeah you heard it right. My dedicated streaming PC: Ryzen 3900x (12c,24t) with stable (lets say all core) OC on 4400ghz (ccx0 4450, ccx1 4350) 16gb kingston hyperx ram on oc @ 3466mhz GTX 770 (Guess doesn't mean a...
  13. Y

    Question / Help AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and graphics card Nvidia super series

    I want to know the difference in image quality on the viewer’s screen between broadcasting using a video card through the NVENC codec and using a processor through the x264 codec. Can someone throw a link to such an experiment? I did not find anything on the Internet. Or maybe someone has the...
  14. F

    Question / Help Should I use NVENC or X264 for single PC build?

    Hi All, I started streaming again for the first time in a year yesterday and could not be bothered to set up my streaming PC so decided to have a crack at streaming on 1 PC and considering I was only streaming Path of Exile, my computer handled it fine and my chat said that stream quality was...
  15. J

    Question / Help Need help x264 and QuickSync

    Should I be using QuickSync as it nearly hits performance in-game or should I be still using x264? I have been searching around and I think I haven't found the answer yet. And I need another pair of eyes to give thoughts on both encoders Specs i9-9900K GTX 970 16GB 2666MHz Settings will be...
  16. R

    Question / Help OBS Stutters always even though my computer is a beast...

    Why with these settings does my computer record unsmooth/stuttery videos? I have tested shadowplay and it works fine but i need OBS for the ability to split 3 different audio channels... Can someone provide me options? im at a loss here. Also i have tried NVENC/NVENC NEW and nothing helps or...
  17. El Matador

    Question / Help Bad quality on x264 medium preset?

    Hello, i checked many forums and topics about this and i am still a little bit confused, so i will try my luck to ask a question here about my stream quality. I am currently using double pc streaming setup with Elgato HD60 Pro and i am not very satisfied with the output video quality on my...
  18. phaolo

    Cut recorded x264 video becomes garbled: OBS creates files with errors?

    Hello, I noticed that when I cut OBS videos (directly, without re-encoding), the result becomes broken. I just get grey garbled images in VLC. I posted this problem in the Avidemux forum first, but the dev analyzed the original file and found that it has issues...
  19. L

    Question / Help Recent rendering lag(x264 - Nvidia Only)

    Since Mid-May streaming with x264 is causing rendering lag but not NVENC. Only happens to the Nvidia system with GTX1080 with 8700k but not the AMD system with R9 Fury with 4770. I was able to stream without any issue. I Know & Tried : Cap FPS Latest driver Scene related Change Encoder settings...
  20. S

    Question / Help x264 Quality

    So, I did some tests using x264, and it seems that I can't achieve a good quality. I'm currently running a i9 9900k, I did some stream tests using this config: Preset: Fast and Medium - 10%-30% cpu usage Bitrate: 6k and 8k Keyframes: 2 Profile: High Tune: None/Film/Animation x264 parameters...
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