Question / Help Recorded Gameplay Terrible Quality, please help

[Melinda]

I'm using OBS to record Overwatch gameplay with audio from Discord, and am not streaming. When I re-watch what has been recorded, it seems to have terrible frame drops (the image changes every 3-4 seconds or so).

Here are the settings:

Output Settings -
Type: Standard
Format: mp4
Encoder: x264
Rate Control: CRF
CRF: 15
CPU Usage Preset: superfast

Video Settings -
Resolution: 1920x1080
Downscale Filter: Bicubic (sharpened scaling, 16 samples)
Common FPS Values: 30

Also, my voice comes through very quiet, however everyone elses from Discord is fine.

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix this so I can have a good quality video?

 

[Harold]

Change the cpu usage preset to ultrafast.

And saving directly to mp4 isn't a good idea.

 

[Xphome]

What Harold said.

Also, my voice comes through very quiet, however everyone elses from Discord is fine.

Increase the mic volume in OBS? If the volume is already at 100% then add a mic volume multiplier in the OBS settings.

 

[Boildown]

You may already be doing this, but follow this guide: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-classic-how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16

And if you still have problems post an OBS log file from a five minute or longer recording.