So I recently acquired a 4k gaming monitor and would like to record 3840x2160 resolution. However, every time I try to record anything higher than 1920x1080, no video records at all. I get audio, but no video. I was wondering if there is something I can do to remedy that. I've tried just about every setting there is to try. If you have something in mind, please let me know.
Question / Help 4k Recording in OBS?
- Thread starter Marcus
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Can you post your log? (Here's how)
Change x264 profile to high, change x264 CPU preset to ultrafast, and follow this guide: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
Then see where that gets you.
Then see where that gets you.
Jack0r
The Helping Squad
Hmm, just did a quick test and it worked just fine as expected.Just to make sure, you see everything fine in the preview of OBS and its just the video that is black later?
If so, which video player did you use? I would recommend to try it with VLC Media Player or Media Player Classic.
If so, which video player did you use? I would recommend to try it with VLC Media Player or Media Player Classic.
Made sure I was getting a preview of the game, and no success. I'm currently using Windows media player to attempt to play back the files, which are being recorded as an MP4, still no luck.
For clarification, after finishing the recording, the thumbnail of the video never appears, and it has a music symbol, for the thumbnail, telling me that it's audio only. Will try with VLC player and update.
EDIT:
Super surprising that the VLC player actually played my file. Any idea as to why that is?
For clarification, after finishing the recording, the thumbnail of the video never appears, and it has a music symbol, for the thumbnail, telling me that it's audio only. Will try with VLC player and update.
EDIT:
Super surprising that the VLC player actually played my file. Any idea as to why that is?
Boildown
Active Member
You need to follow the advice given to you on bitrate (set it to 20000 for starters), and set your recording framerate to 30 instead of 31, in addition to setting CFR to on.
What other things are you doing on your CPU besides OBS? I.e., what game are you playing and what else are you running? I'd expect x264 on Ultrafast to be able to handle 4k video better than what your logs say is actually happening.
Whenever you test, record five minutes of the highest action video you will encounter in your game. You want to test versus worst-case-scenarios and you want it to be statistically significant. Your logs show records of only a few seconds in length, which makes me discount them somewhat.
What other things are you doing on your CPU besides OBS? I.e., what game are you playing and what else are you running? I'd expect x264 on Ultrafast to be able to handle 4k video better than what your logs say is actually happening.
Whenever you test, record five minutes of the highest action video you will encounter in your game. You want to test versus worst-case-scenarios and you want it to be statistically significant. Your logs show records of only a few seconds in length, which makes me discount them somewhat.
Jack0r
The Helping Squad
Why exactly should he set his bitrate to 20000?
He currently uses the recommended high quality recording settings which use the CFR as the decider for the resulting quality :) So apart of CFR, and maybe the 30 fps, I would not recommend to set bitrate to 20k. Especially on ultrafast that would probably be far from enough bitrate for a good quality anyway.
Apart of that Boildown is certainly right. Your timings should be a bit better, although I have no idea how much CPU usage WoW takes on that resolution. OBS took up to 50% of my i7 4770 and I probably did not stress it to the full extent at that time with the content I recorded.
He currently uses the recommended high quality recording settings which use the CFR as the decider for the resulting quality :) So apart of CFR, and maybe the 30 fps, I would not recommend to set bitrate to 20k. Especially on ultrafast that would probably be far from enough bitrate for a good quality anyway.
Apart of that Boildown is certainly right. Your timings should be a bit better, although I have no idea how much CPU usage WoW takes on that resolution. OBS took up to 50% of my i7 4770 and I probably did not stress it to the full extent at that time with the content I recorded.
I am having a hard time believing it is my software.
Files still won't playback unless it's VLC player (shouldn't be that way).
I'm still not getting a video thumbnail either way( for my normal 1080p videos, I would)
I have Sony Vegas 11, and there are 4k presets on there, so I know that it accepts up to that resolution.
Files still won't playback unless it's VLC player (shouldn't be that way).
I'm still not getting a video thumbnail either way( for my normal 1080p videos, I would)
I have Sony Vegas 11, and there are 4k presets on there, so I know that it accepts up to that resolution.