Low quality of recordings in OBS

[GAMING lover]

Hello

I have a problem with recording in OP. Despite many tutorials, trial and error methods, recordings are not in quality satisfactory for me. The problem is low image sharpness. NVIDIA filters also do not help either.

I am talking about GRE COD: Vanguard.

In the game itself, all the details are set to ultra, be very high, NVIDIA DLSS is turned on. Does anyone know what image recording settings should be chosen in such a content? Better CBR or CQP? What bitrate?


I can't record in 4K, so I convert such a recording to 4K and I just add on You Tube.

In the attachment I sent the screenshot of my recording settings. What can i chnage to get better quality?

Hardware:
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB
32 GB RAM
I-5 13600KF
1 TB SSD
Asus Tuf Gaming 1920x1080, 165 Hz

 

[hyperreal]

When recording high-action gameplay such as a first-person shooter, you are more likely to encounter artefacting and blurriness.
Unless you are willing to get another PC with a capture card and use it to record, you will have to make some compromises.

Consider lowering your game settings and capping the FPS to see if you can run the game smoothly without DLSS. DLSS might increase blur and artefacting. You will also have more GPU headroom for encoding.
If you record at 60 fps, try capping the game to 120 fps. This should, in theory, provide a smoother output.
Change the output format to MKV. You can convert it to MP4 later using the remux function in OBS.

The settings below are my understanding of how to achieve a high quality recording of a fast-paced game.
You can use them as a starting point for experimenting. Experimenting is the only way to find what works for you.
I don't know your language so I will provide everything in English.

In the Recording tab, set Type to Standard (you seem to have it set to Custom Output)
Set encoder to NVIDIA NVENC HEVC
Rate control: CQP
CQ level: 16
Keyframe interval: 2
Preset: P7
Tuning: high quality
Multipass mode: single pass
Look-ahead: off
Psycho-visual tuning: on
Max B-frames: 2

See if your PC can handle these settings. After recording, check the Stats window in OBS to see if you have had frame drops and what caused them.

There's a lot of debate about Preset. While P7 provides the best quality, P5 will PROBABLY look almost as good while using significantly less resources.

For CQ level, a lower number means higher quality. Anything less than 16 is considered overkill. And even 16 could be overkill and it WILL eat a ton of storage space. So after recording at 16 you can drop it to 20 and see if you can see a difference and whether it is worth the smaller file size.
Again, experimenting is the only way to find out what works best.

If you want to record a lot of high-quality videos in future, consider purchasing another SSD and an external drive. Use the another SSD only for recording gameplay and then archive your recordings on the external drive. This way you will always have plenty of space to record long videos without sacrificing quality.

 

[GAMING lover]

Everything you wrote is very interesting for me and thank you for that. Do you think my monitor matters when I am recording video?

what value should i set here? ( attached screenshot)

 

[hyperreal]

Unless you have multiple GPUs, leave it to 0.

 

[GAMING lover]

Unless you have multiple GPUs, leave it to 0.

Is it possible to record video from the game in 4k quality with the settings you proposed? Until now, I've been converting with a program to achieve 4k quality and I'm wondering if that's not the problem here....what do you think?

 

[rockbottom]

No, 1080p with P6/P7. Assuming you are using NVENC HEVC, for 2160p @ 60FPS start with P3 & check for encoding lag, no lag try P4. Set multipass to qres. Try both VBR/CQP Rate Controls & also try recording with no B Frames, see if you notice a difference in sharpness.

 

[rockbottom]

If the 1080p monitor is all you have hooked up, better to continue @ 1080p & upscale in post.