Question / Help OBS still looks bad even with max settings

[AnonymousDuck]

I'm trying to record some footage of some games such and R6S, Battlefield V, CSGO, ect. But no matter what settings I use, the recordings still look like garbage. FPS in fine tho.
SPECS:
Processor: i9-9900k
GPU: NVIDIA 1070
RAM: 32 GB
OS: Win. 10
OBS SETTINGS:
Output:
Output Mode: Advanced
Recording Format: MP4
Encoder: NVIDIA NVENC H.264 (new)
Rate Control: CQP (Level: 15)
Preset: Max Quality
Profile: High
Look-Ahead
Psycho Visual Tuning
Max B-Frames: 2
Video:
Base: 2560x1440
Output: 1920x1080
Downscale Filter: Lanczos (36 Samples)
Common FPS Values: 60
Game Capture
Advanced:
Process Prioity: High
Renderer: Direct3D 11
Color Format: NV12
Color Space: 709
Color Range: Partial

no matter how many videos I watch, they say the same stuff and it doesn't help.

 

[koala]

Don't check through Youtube. Youtube is recoding every upload, so it gets lower quality than the original. If you're recording for Youtube, don't intend to stream, but to record and upload afterwards, record with 2560x1440 in the first place, because this is the native resolution you seem to play the game with. No scaling keeps the best quality. And upload to Youtube the native 2560x1440 resolution, no downscaled material.
If you check your recording, check the local file directly that OBS generated. Don't use the internal Windows media player, use VLC or Media player classic, because they don't produce stutter themselves like the internal media player.

 

[AnonymousDuck]

Thanks, I tried it and I saw a difference, but after I edit, do you think I could render in 1080 or stick with 1440?

 

[carlmmii]

The thing with youtube is that it normally uses the AVC encoder for 1080p uploads. Anything higher, and it should default to using the VP9 encoder, which is a much higher quality.

Something you can do is record in 1080p, and export a scaled 1440p version just so that youtube will use VP9.

 

[koala]

I don't know, if you should stick with 1440 or downscale to 1080. You're the video creator, you know what material you want to produce, and you choose.

Usually, one wants the highest quality for any video, so you don't want to rescale. If you have any constraint that requires that you produce 1080p material, you have to downscale, but if you don't have such a constraint, don't downscale.