Question / Help Need help finding the right settings!

[Tastefulavenger]

Can anyone recommend me some proper settings for recording around my rigs specs I wanna aim for 60fps 1080p if possible. Also I would like to know if i'm better off using VCE over x264.

Rig:
Sapphire R9 280
Amd FX 6300
8gb ddr3 g.skill sniper ram

https://gist.github.com/49b00e6ba1af1e8edf031d6cbdd15adf

^log recording from Max Payne 3

https://gist.github.com/543dab5dd31013ebbcd0f15bfa6b49eb

^ Metro 2033 non redux

 

[Tastefulavenger]

No one got anything? Iv'e been doing trial and error and most of the guides I've seen videos on don't really help me out too much. Looking for advice that's more specific.

 

[Tastefulavenger]

Literally didn't think it'd take well over 2 days to get some form of assistance...

 

[Vermillion Phoenix]

I run VCE over x264 for local recording, i hear it's horrible for streaming though. If you haven't already though, pickup the CoreAudio Codec to prevent audio sync issues, keep the Q frames under 5, I usually just set all of them to 1 and the quality comes out excellent even after washing through some other programs which will downgrade it a bit.

 

[Tastefulavenger]

I run VCE over x264 for local recording, i hear it's horrible for streaming though. If you haven't already though, pickup the CoreAudio Codec to prevent audio sync issues, keep the Q frames under 5, I usually just set all of them to 1 and the quality comes out excellent even after washing through some other programs which will downgrade it a bit.

Would you say your spec are similar to mine or better? Also specifically with VCE you're talking about using CQP over CBR right? Can you give me a screenshot of your settings so I can get a better understanding?

 

[Vermillion Phoenix]

Here's what I currently use. I have AAC installed, my only issue right now is on some things the audio trails but I believe that's my video editing software, though I'm testing OBS to see if I can get it to be compatible as it's not 100% of the time.

 

[Tastefulavenger]

Ty i'll give these settings a few test.

 

[Tastefulavenger]

https://gist.github.com/ff0a790458d3b390a625875543fcecd8

the recording seems to freeze up alot when playing siege yet I had no performance impact when playing. I never did get clarification if your specs were similar to mines.

 

[Vermillion Phoenix]

XFX r7 260x
Intel i5-4690k
16 gb g-skill ripjaws x

can you post a screenshot of the settings you're using?

 

[Tastefulavenger]

XFX r7 260x
Intel i5-4690k
16 gb g-skill ripjaws x

can you post a screenshot of the settings you're using?

 

[Vermillion Phoenix]

try using VCE if you're doing local recording only. change the keyframe interval to 2, I P and B frames to 2-5, and mirror my advanced settings. be sure that low latency is off, change the profile to main. and give it a shot. let me know how it turns out

 

[Tastefulavenger]

https://gist.github.com/73dacdd4548bc092b014166cc1b70475
1st test
I-P-B frames set to 3 copied your adv settings 1:1

https://gist.github.com/d2398a82e30af8211f307c0c693477b4
2nd test
I-P-B frames set to 4

https://gist.github.com/570d1be78b1767c06df90cd53d3c9311
3rd test
I-P-B frames set to 5

In footage from 3-4 i see gradual improvements but from 4-5 it gets worse around any intense movements and animation.

 

[Tastefulavenger]

Any other setting recommendations using VCE? should I push the the frames past 6?

 

[Vermillion Phoenix]

the higher the number, the lower the quality. it looks like you're missing the CoreAudio codec as well. Grab that and get it installed. also can you screenshot your settings and post them again?.

It looks like at 3 you had the lowest frame loss. were there any quality issues there?

The capture here looks like it's trying to hook into a client and failing repeatedly too, what does your scene setup look like?

Core Audio: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-studio-enable-coreaudio-aac-encoder-windows.220/

 

[Tastefulavenger]

I have the coreaudio codec in now, for the matter of number 3 it umm doesn't look bad quality wise but the frame loss is still a huge issue.

 

[Tastefulavenger]

Could it be because of a priority issue when it comes the frame loss in the recordings? I remember solving a issue similar too this on obs classic by pushing the priority above normal.

https://gist.github.com/f9de28d5dac9aae6905295e5f0d5a980
^ latest capture of siege with some slight alterations to the settings you suggested

 

[Tastefulavenger]

Maybe switching to VBR over CQP? Always open to suggestions if after all this i'm still doing something wrong.

https://gist.github.com/ccc7a557a3ad4bbeaeeced120cf20528
^ Latest test was footage of siege
I'm having a better experience with CBR but there is still a few frames skipped here and there

-update-
https://gist.github.com/d872d8fbfd9d653f4d2e7ddc3c5b2a3a
^ framerate seems to slow down despite no actual frame loss in game

 

[Tastefulavenger]

Is there not a single other person that can give me any feedback or idea of what I need to do to rectify the poor outcome of these recordings while using VCE?