Question / Help Help setting up profiles

[richardprovince]

Hey guys I'm new to the capturing world and I'm having some troubles setting up profiles. I went through a couple guides and am not getting the results that I'm looking for.

So far the settings are either giving me mix quality, good at times and then blurs and becomes distorted. Or crazy huge file sizes and good quality.

I'm trying to setup one profile for general recording to upload to youtube or just to save for future viewing with very good quality. Here are my PC specs:
CPU: i7-4790k @ 4.4ghz
RAM: 16gb 2400hmz DDR3
GPU: Asus Poseidon nVidia GTX 980

And another profile for streaming to Twitch.TV, here are my broadband specs:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4371570646

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.

 

[dping]

Hey guys I'm new to the capturing world and I'm having some troubles setting up profiles. I went through a couple guides and am not getting the results that I'm looking for.

So far the settings are either giving me mix quality, good at times and then blurs and becomes distorted. Or crazy huge file sizes and good quality.

I'm trying to setup one profile for general recording to upload to youtube or just to save for future viewing with very good quality. Here are my PC specs:
CPU: i7-4790k @ 4.4ghz
RAM: 16gb 2400hmz DDR3
GPU: Asus Poseidon nVidia GTX 980

And another profile for streaming to Twitch.TV, here are my broadband specs:
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4371479628

Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.

First recommendation, please post your logfile from OBS:

Second, you cant always have the best of both worlds, sometimes a really high quality video, is going to have a really high filesize. After you post your logfile, I will post the remainder of the recommendations.

 

[richardprovince]

https://gist.github.com/7bd34a19ef2b19aaf8b0

I mostly want a nice 1080p recording that will take full advantage of my high graphics settings, and the maximum quality stream that my connection will handle. I did call my ISP and order a higher package of broadband, so I edited my first post to reflect the new speeds.

 

[FerretBomb]

1 - Do not use NVENC while streaming. It's there as a band-aid for those who have a weak CPU. If that is your 'local recording' profile, it should be using a LOT more bitrate (around 30,000kbps instead) to ensure a high quality recording, and is viable to use in that case to reduce CPU load, since you can throw a TON of bitrate at it.

2 - Unless you are a Partnered streamer, the recommended 'golden point' for streaming is 720p@30fps, 2000kbps. This is less about YOUR upload bitrate, and more about the average viewer's sustainable download rate (aka: their ability to watch your stream without stuttering or buffering). Being a Partner means you get transcodes (quality options) from the start of your stream, allowing those with weak connections to go to a lower quality, and letting you run at a higher rate.
No one will come to your stream because you're offering crystal-clear 1080p video, if they get stuck in buffering-hell because you're using a bitrate higher than they can watch at.
The 3500 number is the maximum that the ingests are rated to handle without issues, and is not the number non-partners should be using.

3 - Speedtest is worthless for livestreamers. It tests file transfer speed over a set time, and throws away the lowest 30% of results to list off speeds closer to your expected rates. Livestreaming relies on minimum constant throughput. So if you have a 10mbps upstream that occasionally dips to 1mbps but shoots to 19mbps to make up for it, Speedtest will show you at 10mbps, but you will only be able to actually stream at 1mbps smoothly.

 

[dping]

https://gist.github.com/7bd34a19ef2b19aaf8b0

I mostly want a nice 1080p recording that will take full advantage of my high graphics settings, and the maximum quality stream that my connection will handle. I did call my ISP and order a higher package of broadband, so I edited my first post to reflect the new speeds.

As for your local recordings, which I will only comment on:
1080@60 is going to be big that and it will stress many components. in fact your encoder is lagging just a bit so understand that. the HQ11 might be a little to much, might want to reduce that a bit, filesizes will be a bit bigger but your files are still going to be huge anway.

As for recording, you just shouldn't do that. its not worth it. it will look like garbage. either way, dont stream with the 0 buffer but local recording will be all good with 0 buffer.