Question / Help Fuzziness?

[PandaLeader]

For some reason, my videos have are 'blurry/fuzzy'. My resolution is set to 1280x720. If you want an example of a video, I can put a link to one of my videos that are blurry. Is there anything that I can change to make it not blurry? If any screenshots/info of my settings are needed, I will be glad to provide them

 

[FerretBomb]

Post a logfile from the Help menu from a session at least 5 minutes in length.

The most common causes:
-Not enough bitrate
-Using NVENC for streaming, which needs significantly more bitrate to look passable
-Framerate too high for bitrate
-Aggressive downscale, or squashing sources in the preview window
-Expecting perfect quality video, which isn't realistic for livestreaming

 

[PandaLeader]

Not sure if this is what is needed, but here.
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/bd880449718812164670ffa0aac8711a

 

[FerretBomb]

This would be a combo of all of the above.

You're using NVENC which is a very poor quality encoder at streaming bitrates. Your first test was at 1080@60, which isn't going to happen. Even less-so because your monitor is only 1600x900. Later tests were at 720 base with the sources squashed down, then at 720@60. All of these are bad.

Use this.
Base resolution:1600x900
Downscale (in settings): to 1280x720
FPS: 30
Bitrate: 2000kbps (no custom buffer)
Encoder: x264 Veryfast

It should be a significant step up from what's shown in those logs. Oh, and set your Keyframe Interval (in Advanced) to 2, if you're streaming to Twitch.


If you're not streaming and are only locally recording, follow ALL of the settings in this guide:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/