Question / Help OBS Recording Grainy/Boxy

[drerrawin]

Hi all,
Basically, on my screen in real life there is no graininess and it's not boxy at all. On the recording you can tell there's a little bit, but when you upload it to YouTube it REALLY comes out and you can tell really bad.I have a 32" 1360x768 Dynex TV as my monitor, if that even matters.

Screenshot of recording: https://gyazo.com/0f31f9bf725a8d77b96897e3b649f95b (sky is noticeably grainy)
YouTube Video of same recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv53-bappeU (it's terrible I know)

I've been messing around with my OBS settings so I could upload videos to YouTube. I'm using the settings that every single YouTube I watched recommended.

Settings: https://gyazo.com/699e419ecfdfe9c2255f267e41f34dfd
https://gyazo.com/f54c4bcbbd99df13dec71d95fefd1ecf

Also, here is my log for the recording as I know that's very important.
https://gist.github.com/0c955e37323b00c1aaacaa539a3b68e8

I have tried literally everything. VBR, CRF, different bit rates, different resolutions, you name it I've probably tried it. I just don't understand the logs and I'm hoping I'm just missing something painfully obvious and that I'm just an idiot. It's very frustrating because my PC is fairly high-end so I just don't understand why it's like this.

For anyone wondering my specs, I'll give a simple run down.
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5
CPU: Intel Core i7‑6700 3.4 GHz Quad‑Core Processor
RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury
SSD: 850 Samsung EVO 250GB

 

[Harold]

Switch to simple output mode, indistinguishable recording quality, flv recording format, hardware nvenc recording encoder.

 

[drerrawin]

Switch to simple output mode, indistinguishable recording quality, flv recording format, hardware nvenc recording encoder.

I recorded 46 seconds of gameplay with those settings, the file size is over 1GB, my internet speed is very fast so it uploaded in under a minute but YouTube is saying the processing will take 26 minutes. That only 46 seconds, is that normal for flv? Seems a bit much.

 

[drerrawin]

I recorded 46 seconds of gameplay with those settings, the file size is over 1GB, my internet speed is very fast so it uploaded in under a minute but YouTube is saying the processing will take 26 minutes. That only 46 seconds, is that normal for flv? Seems a bit much.

nevermind it processed, must have been a glitch. still grainy and boxy while making turns it seems. will link log and youtube video. thanks for helping btw!

 

[drerrawin]

Switch to simple output mode, indistinguishable recording quality, flv recording format, hardware nvenc recording encoder.

https://youtu.be/hSPQG1f4AQE https://gist.github.com/0345d7863358caddc071771847a51522

 

[drerrawin]

https://youtu.be/hSPQG1f4AQE https://gist.github.com/0345d7863358caddc071771847a51522

weird how it looks super clean on the main menu and in the very first 3 seconds of driving and then it starts looking like crap.

 

[Harold]

The log doesn't show a recording attempt, AND you're trying to upscale your base resolution to a higher output resolution. It will ALWAYS be blocky when you do that.

 

[drerrawin]

The log doesn't show a recording attempt, AND you're trying to upscale your base resolution to a higher output resolution. It will ALWAYS be blocky when you do that.

so then i should just not scale and let my resolution be, then record and post the log and video with the same settings?

 

[drerrawin]

The log doesn't show a recording attempt, AND you're trying to upscale your base resolution to a higher output resolution. It will ALWAYS be blocky when you do that.

https://youtu.be/env379PtRjk this is what comes up when i hit "upload most recent log" https://gist.github.com/0489b1a4fda3be0ca0a3968555afa893
It definitely is less blocky, but do you have any idea while it still has that random almost like a buffer look? again, thanks for your help!

 

[Harold]

Don't upscale, stay with your base resolution for your output resolution, and don't expect youtube to be able to give you 1080p60 output on it.

A lot of the pixelation I'm seeing is because of youtube.

The "most recent log" is actually from the previous session not current session.