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Question / Help Looking for help with optimal settings.
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BornDownUnder
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Given you have a Ryzen 7 1700x and a 1080ti, you should be able to record any game at max in-game graphic settings...
With your setup, you should be able to run your webcam output at 720p30fps with no issue, which will increase quality of the image.
As for recording output, try these settings:
Video:
Base Resolution: 1920x1080
Output Resolution: 1920x1080
Downscale Filter: Lanczos
FPS Value: 60
Output:
Output Mode: Advanced
- Recording Tab -
Recording Format: flv
Encoder: x264
Rate Control: CRF
CRF: 8-15
Keyframe Interval: 0
CPU Preset: Veryfast or faster (Higher) for CPU intensive games, may be able to do slower (Lower) then veryfast for non CPU intensive games (Games that push your CPU, not GPU)
Profile: High
Tune: None or Personal Taste/Dependent upon recording scenario. See below link for a little more info on each preset:
https://superuser.com/questions/564402/explanation-of-x264-tune
x264 Options: Leave blank.
Note on CRF value: Anything below 10-12 will equal massive bitrate spikes for a single frame on occasions throughout the recording, as well as huge file output sizes for very little noticeable gain in quality. For example: Game recording of Battlefield 4 Large Conquest 64 players, ~30 minute video = @ Ultrafast preset @ CRF: 8, tune: film, average bitrate will be 185Mb+, single frame spikes of 750+Mb(!) ~30+ GB filesize.
Given you have a 1080ti, you could also look at using nVidia's Dynamic Super Resolution tech to down-sample from higher resolutions to push out more quality.
If you don't mind, can you upload a logfile with a recording in after trying those settings out, with info on file size output and your view on quality please. Would be handy for reference as I don't have your hardware (Great setup you have) and will assist if any problems arise from the settings that need troubleshooting.
With your setup, you should be able to run your webcam output at 720p30fps with no issue, which will increase quality of the image.
As for recording output, try these settings:
Video:
Base Resolution: 1920x1080
Output Resolution: 1920x1080
Downscale Filter: Lanczos
FPS Value: 60
Output:
Output Mode: Advanced
- Recording Tab -
Recording Format: flv
Encoder: x264
Rate Control: CRF
CRF: 8-15
Keyframe Interval: 0
CPU Preset: Veryfast or faster (Higher) for CPU intensive games, may be able to do slower (Lower) then veryfast for non CPU intensive games (Games that push your CPU, not GPU)
Profile: High
Tune: None or Personal Taste/Dependent upon recording scenario. See below link for a little more info on each preset:
https://superuser.com/questions/564402/explanation-of-x264-tune
x264 Options: Leave blank.
Note on CRF value: Anything below 10-12 will equal massive bitrate spikes for a single frame on occasions throughout the recording, as well as huge file output sizes for very little noticeable gain in quality. For example: Game recording of Battlefield 4 Large Conquest 64 players, ~30 minute video = @ Ultrafast preset @ CRF: 8, tune: film, average bitrate will be 185Mb+, single frame spikes of 750+Mb(!) ~30+ GB filesize.
Given you have a 1080ti, you could also look at using nVidia's Dynamic Super Resolution tech to down-sample from higher resolutions to push out more quality.
If you don't mind, can you upload a logfile with a recording in after trying those settings out, with info on file size output and your view on quality please. Would be handy for reference as I don't have your hardware (Great setup you have) and will assist if any problems arise from the settings that need troubleshooting.
If you don't mind, can you upload a logfile with a recording in after trying those settings out, with info on file size output and your view on quality please. Would be handy for reference as I don't have your hardware (Great setup you have) and will assist if any problems arise from the settings that need troubleshooting.
Here the log based on your settings. Would you happen to have any recommendations on audio setting as well; I recorded Prey as the test and the audio sounded rather quiet almost muffled.
EDIT: I just tried out Dying Light, since that's what my cousin and I are recording right now, and the audio there seemed fine. I might have to set up different profiles for each game.
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If you don't mind, can you upload a logfile with a recording in after trying those settings out, with info on file size output and your view on quality please. Would be handy for reference as I don't have your hardware (Great setup you have) and will assist if any problems arise from the settings that need troubleshooting.
There are two log file based on a Dying Light and Don't starve recording. Each recording was over an hour long. Both recorded with nearly indistinguishable loss to image quality, though frames did drop here or there. If you would like I could upload a clip from both at some point, however it may take a few days as I'm still figuring all this out.
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BornDownUnder
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Very sorry for late reply, haven't been on the forums for a little bit due to work being in full swing at this time of year.
For your webcam you could run it at 1280x720 resolution, 30fps.
A few questions to try and help resolve the small amount of frame drops:
What sort of monitor do you have? i.e- 60/75/120/144+Hz, OBS logfile only states it is set to 1920x1080 resolution.
What sort of fps do you get in-game when not recording? Do you cap your frame rate?
You could try setting OBS priority to High (Option can be found in settings of OBS-->Advanced)
For audio setup, just have to make sure kHz sample rate is the same as your system properties sample rate, otherwise you won't get audio in recordings/streams. For recordings, you could increase the audio bitrate in Output --> Audio tab to 320. Generally most will not notice any difference above ~192 (Really only those in the audio industry or have really sensitive hearing to quality) and it is not recommended for streaming to be at higher than 160 due to bandwidth being limited whilst streaming.
Not entirely sure as to why game audio would be recorded at a lower volume for one application and not all, with the same audio configuration of OBS and system. That I cannot assist with at all other than perhaps audio software such as ASUS Sonic Studio (Or an audio management application similar) configuring audio for that application in particular causing a problem? Is it the same volume output you hear for that game as you hear for others?
For your webcam you could run it at 1280x720 resolution, 30fps.
A few questions to try and help resolve the small amount of frame drops:
What sort of monitor do you have? i.e- 60/75/120/144+Hz, OBS logfile only states it is set to 1920x1080 resolution.
What sort of fps do you get in-game when not recording? Do you cap your frame rate?
You could try setting OBS priority to High (Option can be found in settings of OBS-->Advanced)
For audio setup, just have to make sure kHz sample rate is the same as your system properties sample rate, otherwise you won't get audio in recordings/streams. For recordings, you could increase the audio bitrate in Output --> Audio tab to 320. Generally most will not notice any difference above ~192 (Really only those in the audio industry or have really sensitive hearing to quality) and it is not recommended for streaming to be at higher than 160 due to bandwidth being limited whilst streaming.
Not entirely sure as to why game audio would be recorded at a lower volume for one application and not all, with the same audio configuration of OBS and system. That I cannot assist with at all other than perhaps audio software such as ASUS Sonic Studio (Or an audio management application similar) configuring audio for that application in particular causing a problem? Is it the same volume output you hear for that game as you hear for others?
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Very sorry for late reply, haven't been on the forums for a little bit due to work being in full swing at this time of year.
For your webcam you could run it at 1280x720 resolution, 30fps.
A few questions to try and help resolve the small amount of frame drops:
What sort of monitor do you have? i.e- 60/75/120/144+Hz, OBS logfile only states it is set to 1920x1080 resolution.
What sort of fps do you get in-game when not recording? Do you cap your frame rate?
You could try setting OBS priority to High (Option can be found in settings of OBS-->Advanced)
For audio setup, just have to make sure kHz sample rate is the same as your system properties sample rate, otherwise you won't get audio in recordings/streams. For recordings, you could increase the audio bitrate in Output --> Audio tab to 320. Generally most will not notice any difference above ~192 (Really only those in the audio industry or have really sensitive hearing to quality) and it is not recommended for streaming to be at higher than 160 due to bandwidth being limited whilst streaming.
Not entirely sure as to why game audio would be recorded at a lower volume for one application and not all, with the same audio configuration of OBS and system. That I cannot assist with at all other than perhaps audio software such as ASUS Sonic Studio (Or an audio management application similar) configuring audio for that application in particular causing a problem? Is it the same volume output you hear for that game as you hear for others?
For a display I use a Sony Bravia 1080p TV. As far as frame rate in game it varies; some are capped at within the game at 60 but games with uncapped frame rates i tend to get 120-200 frames on average, and no I don't usually cap my frame rate.
As far as your other suggestions I'll give them a try the nest time I record.