Is there any way to use an external encoder for OBS? If not, would you like to add this?

It depends on your definition of "external encoder". You can output from OBS to an external encoding box via HDMI, but it's up to that box to do something with the encoded file after that (e.g. save it to a file, transmit it somewhere via a streaming protocol, etc. Other than GPUs, there are no external devices that can take OBS frames, encode them, and then give them back to OBS for transmission or saving.
 
dodgepong said:
It depends on your definition of "external encoder". You can output from OBS to an external encoding box via HDMI, but it's up to that box to do something with the encoded file after that (e.g. save it to a file, transmit it somewhere via a streaming protocol, etc. Other than GPUs, there are no external devices that can take OBS frames, encode them, and then give them back to OBS for transmission or saving.
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Thank you for your answer. Is there any way to use the specified encoder like bandicam? (not like you said)
 
I don't know how Bandicam works. What sorts of encoder selection options does it give you?
 
dodgepong said:
I don't know how Bandicam works. What sorts of encoder selection options does it give you?
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For MP4, there are MPEG-4 and H264 (CPU). For avi, there are h264 (CPU), XviD, MPEG-1, motion JPEG, yv12, rbg24 and external encoder. (this "external encoder" does not refer to hardware, but refers to the encoder already installed in the operating system being used.)
 
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