Question / Help Need Suggestions To Improve Recording

[Graybeard_Giff]

Howdy All!!

New guy here. I've been trying to search and mess with my settings, but the information on OBS is kinda overwhelming! LOL

Just to jump right in, here is my log.

I was using Nvenc new and streaming and recording at 960 using quality. The stream was fine, but the recording was pretty crappy and the upload to YouTube looks kinda blah.

In the log above I am streaming using Nvenc new, max quality/high and have the video base canvas at 1440 and the output at 960. The stream itself looked fine and I had zero frames dropped. However, the recording, which I was trying to record at 1080, skipped lots of frames due to encoding. I was trying, for the first time, using x264 for the recording. I was trying to record at medium/high and using CRF at 20. It didn't look like my CPU was maxed out.

I've streamed at a "low" level before, but this is my first time trying to use quality hardware and stream and record at the same time. As I mentioned above I'm getting a little overwhelmed with delving into the accumulated info about OBS. If someone could point my in the right direction to help aid my recording quality I would appreciate it.

Thanks so much,
Giff

 

[Narcogen]

Start with simple output mode, indistinguishable quality, large file size. Don't drive straight to Advanced output mode unless you need a feature only available there, like multitrack audio.

Or run the auto-configuration wizard from the Tools menu.

You have a Turing encoder card. Use the NVENC-new encoder, not x264.

 

[Graybeard_Giff]

I have been using the NVENC-new to to stream and record. The stream is fine, however the recording quality has been pretty bad. I'm trying to understand how to keep the stream quality, but raise the recording quality. If that's possible with my current hardware.

Thanks for the help!

 

[FerretBomb]

Again, switch the Output Mode to Simple, and the recording level to Indistinguishable, as Narcogen said.
It will be visually lossless.