Question / Help 2 minute video has 2GB file size??

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konsoler

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Hello!

I just recording around a 2 minute video flying around on Minecraft... and when I stopped recording the file size is over 2GB! Is there a way to render this down?

Here are my settings:
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I know I'm using CQP, but that is the best qaulity? I want to record 30-40 minute videos to edit down and stuff but with file sizes like that it's not possible. Any help is appeciated in advanced.

Is there any other settings that would lower the file size and still have good qaulity?
My system information is here to try and come up with something for best results:

- Intel Core i5 9400F
- GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC VENTUS 6GB
- 16 GB Corsair Vengenance RAM
- 2TB Hard Drive
- 240GB - SSD

To be fair, I do get little stutters in the preview on OBS when recording too, not sure if this is issue with the hardware or OBS itself? (I am running OBS in Admin mode).

Thank you very much
Tom.
 
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konsoler

New Member
@qhobbes I have changed to CBR at 20k bitrate, and the file size has decreased but the quality on the outputted file after the recording is finished is not good at all. If I raise the bitrate the preview on OBS starts to stutter and so does the finished video. Do you recommend any settings for a i5 9400F and a GTX 1660 SUPER?

Thanks for your reply.
 
carlmmii

carlmmii

Active Member
Switching from CQP 15 to CBR 20k is an extreme change. Find a good middle ground. Try CQP 20, work from there. The higher your CQP value, the lower the quality, but the lower the bitrate/file size.

For the stutters in preview, don't trust it -- only trust your output recording. The logs report that there are minimal frames lost to both rendering and encoding lag... which for the short recordings you're performing, could mean anything. To avoid encoding problems, you may want to avoid these features:
- Max Quality
- Look Ahead
- Psychovisual Tuning

All of these require CUDA for processing, so they require resources outside of the standalone Nvenc encoding silicon, which could result in encoding lag if not given the required resources.
 
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konsoler

New Member
Thank for you your reply @carlmmii! Shall I turn off Max Qaulity, Look Ahead and Psycho Tuning? Also CQP at 20 still has a big file size, I don't think this is suitable for 20-30 minute long videos for youtube?
 
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konsoler

New Member
carlmmii said:
Switching from CQP 15 to CBR 20k is an extreme change. Find a good middle ground. Try CQP 20, work from there. The higher your CQP value, the lower the quality, but the lower the bitrate/file size.

For the stutters in preview, don't trust it -- only trust your output recording. The logs report that there are minimal frames lost to both rendering and encoding lag... which for the short recordings you're performing, could mean anything. To avoid encoding problems, you may want to avoid these features:
- Max Quality
- Look Ahead
- Psychovisual Tuning

All of these require CUDA for processing, so they require resources outside of the standalone Nvenc encoding silicon, which could result in encoding lag if not given the required resources.
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I have done all this, I did a test record and the file size for 1 minute was 500MB. Lower than before but isn't that still high for 1 minute? That's going to be a big file size for Adobe Premiere Pro to import it, and the output size will be huge too when I come to upload it to youtube.
 
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