OBS branch with AMD VCE support.

jackun

jackun

Developer
Fawkes said:
also is there a way to improve the quality? i see alot of little blocks, maybe a way to make those less?
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Try these settings. These are pretty max settings so too high of a resolution may start dropping frames. There should be 'sample' folder, check the CFG files for more info or what to set the settings to for speed/quality.
 
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ExEvolution

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Ok whenever I try to use the ObsVCE_CL_persist_mem.7z one it just fails with this message.

Encoder initialization failed:
ObsVCE.dll not found or could not be loaded.

And all I did was overwrite the old one. Replacing the with the original returns it to normal.

Then I tried the obs-vce-2014-05-26.7z build and it was a 32 bit build so I had to go install the Visual C++ Redistributable for x86. Once I got that working and got in to try and record, I had the same massive frame drop issues. Same thing with the oldest build

Then I tried MFT with the latest build, which is a hell of a lot smoother, but not perfect. It went from 40% of frames skipped on the previous test to only 5% doing the same thing, just scrolling around on the XCOM base management screen.

I've always used gamehook because it performed better, but should I be using monitor capture or screen region for VCE instead?

Also it seems to spit out an error sometimes when using MFT

"Encoder initialization failed:
YUV444 colorspace is not supported by VCE."
 
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Fawkes

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jackun said:
Try these settings. These are pretty max settings so too high of a resolution may start dropping frames. There should be 'sample' folder, check the CFG files for more info or what to set the settings to for speed/quality.
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thankyou
i'll try this in an hour. i only drop around 0.50% of my frames now so i'll see how far i can push it.
i'll also post some pictures again to compare
also i'll try to steam at 1872x1053 (16x9) because my monitor res is 1680x1050 (16x10), and see if that works
does any one of you know how twitch/youtube displays that resolution? probaly downscale to 720p right?
so will i see quality improvement??
 
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Drugoli

Drugoli

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jackun said:
Try these settings. These are pretty max settings so too high of a resolution may start dropping frames. There should be 'sample' folder, check the CFG files for more info or what to set the settings to for speed/quality.
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What does it mean, that some of the settings in the picture have a "xxx"?
 
jackun

jackun

Developer
Unspecified. Set them to 60 for example. Then with 30 fps recording, a key frame is inserted every 2 seconds.
 
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Fawkes

Member
jackun said:
Unspecified. Set them to 60 for example. Then with 30 fps recording, a key frame is inserted every 2 seconds.
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could you explain that a bit more?
i have no idea what a key frame is.
and if i put it at 120 will a key frame be inserted every 1 second?
 
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ZeroWalker

Member
In x264 keyframe goes by a min/max value.

For example, if Max value is 120, and you got 30fps, that means the highest key frame may be every 4th second.
And min value is, let's say 10, that is it can be as low as every 1/3 second.

If you want every second, the max should be your fps (60fps = 60 etc).

Min, dunno, just set it to default or something.
 
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ZeroWalker

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Has anyone tried using Raptr to record, i am very interested in the quality comparison to this, so would be very nice if someone tested it.

Something like Unreal Engine 4 Demo, so it's reproduce with identical/similar frames.

Thanks
 
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icycrash

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It won't let me check to use the AMD VCE radio button. I have a athlon x4 750k and a R7 260x and I use to use it on an older version but now it won't let me check it.
 
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ZeroWalker

Member
hmm weird, you have an VCE 2.0 card, so AMD VCE should work without issue.
Sadly i don't have one so can't really do any tests to see if it Should work or not.

Anyone else that is able to?
 
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ExEvolution

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When I get home, I will change my overclock. My memory is currently underclocked (the MCH can't handle the FSB being so fast) so I could get higher CPU clock speeds but I'll see if I benefit from VCE with higher memory clocks instead. Man it sucks not having an unlocked multiplier
 
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wdapunisher

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Has anyone tried recording 1080p60 to file output with success? I attempted last night and OBS would freeze and crash. I've had great success streaming 720p60 but it seems that 1080p stream/record is just too much for my rig or OBS. Also what are the advantages/disadvantages of using OpenCL and MFT? Thanks for all the work so far Jackun!

In case anyone is wondering here's my specs:

CPU/MOBO: AMD FX-6200 6 core/ASRock 970 Extreme 3 OC'd to 4.5Ghz
Ram: 8GB DDR3 at 1333Hz
GPU: HD 7950
Record drive: 1 TB Seagate SATA III spinner
OS: Win 8.1
 
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Pimpmuckl

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Hey, just wanted to drop by and leave my thanks. I've been testing a bit here and there and it really works way better than I anticipated, good job!

720p60fps seems to be dropping a few frames here and there and more than 30fps on 1080p is not possible yet I suppose but it's a great step in the right direction :)
 
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