UndeadAaron
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I have been using OBS for local recording for a few years, I have never had a problem getting good quality until I recently started trying to record Overwatch Gameplay. My computer about 3 or 4 years old, but it was very close to top of the line at the time. I can still run even new games very smooth on High or above settings with no issues. It runs Overwatch extrememly well, the game is very smooth and auto detects it on Ultra. My in game frame rate rarely drops below 80.
The issue I am experiencing is during game play the visuals really start to become distorted, and I loose a lot of clarity , as well as depth of field. To be clear when I am playing the game this does not happen, it looks smooth and perfect, it is only upon replaying the videos. An example of this is a video I just posted last night. https://youtu.be/bx_XYx4Ry2U?t=1m41s You can see the cinematic and training area parts early in this video look great but the actual multiplayer gameplay really breaks down. ( The video will start at a section where the quality really breaks down bad)
I have made Gw2 and World of Warcraft videos, as well as a lot of other games and the celerity and quality in the recordings always matched the celerity and quality of the actual game play.
I am going to be honest here, when I set up my OBS I just watched a youtube video on Optimal settings for Local Recording and I just cloned those settings in the video, so I really do not know what to play around with to try for better results. Does anyone have any thoughts, could it be time to get new Hardware, or are my settings wrong?
Below is a list of my current OBS settings and my Computer Hardware, I really appreciate anyone taking the time to look over all this, and Thank you all in advance.
OBS Settings
-General
Local Recording
-Encoding
-Video Encoding
Encoder x264
Enable CBR Padding
Quality Balance 10
Max Bitrate 4000
-Audio Encoding
Codec AAC
Bitrate 96
Format 48KHz
Stereo
-Video
-Video Adapter Options
Intel HD Graphics 400 or NVIDIA GTX 660 <---Using this one
Resolution 1920 x 1080
Resolution Downscale: None (1920x1080)
Bilinear (Not Adjustable)
FPS 60 and 30 seem to both produce the same visual results , currently running at 30
Aero is Disabled
-Advanced
-General
Use Multithread Enabled
Process Priority - Above Normal
Scene Buffering Time - 700
-Video
x264 CPU Preset - veryfast
encoding profile - main
keyframe interval - 2
Custom x264 Encoder Settings - crf=14
System
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
I do not remember the exact mother board, but it was the Best ASUS Raptor board that was out at the time
Intel i7 3770
NVIDIA GeForace GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 4000
16 GB Memory
The issue I am experiencing is during game play the visuals really start to become distorted, and I loose a lot of clarity , as well as depth of field. To be clear when I am playing the game this does not happen, it looks smooth and perfect, it is only upon replaying the videos. An example of this is a video I just posted last night. https://youtu.be/bx_XYx4Ry2U?t=1m41s You can see the cinematic and training area parts early in this video look great but the actual multiplayer gameplay really breaks down. ( The video will start at a section where the quality really breaks down bad)
I have made Gw2 and World of Warcraft videos, as well as a lot of other games and the celerity and quality in the recordings always matched the celerity and quality of the actual game play.
I am going to be honest here, when I set up my OBS I just watched a youtube video on Optimal settings for Local Recording and I just cloned those settings in the video, so I really do not know what to play around with to try for better results. Does anyone have any thoughts, could it be time to get new Hardware, or are my settings wrong?
Below is a list of my current OBS settings and my Computer Hardware, I really appreciate anyone taking the time to look over all this, and Thank you all in advance.
OBS Settings
-General
Local Recording
-Encoding
-Video Encoding
Encoder x264
Enable CBR Padding
Quality Balance 10
Max Bitrate 4000
-Audio Encoding
Codec AAC
Bitrate 96
Format 48KHz
Stereo
-Video
-Video Adapter Options
Intel HD Graphics 400 or NVIDIA GTX 660 <---Using this one
Resolution 1920 x 1080
Resolution Downscale: None (1920x1080)
Bilinear (Not Adjustable)
FPS 60 and 30 seem to both produce the same visual results , currently running at 30
Aero is Disabled
-Advanced
-General
Use Multithread Enabled
Process Priority - Above Normal
Scene Buffering Time - 700
-Video
x264 CPU Preset - veryfast
encoding profile - main
keyframe interval - 2
Custom x264 Encoder Settings - crf=14
System
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
I do not remember the exact mother board, but it was the Best ASUS Raptor board that was out at the time
Intel i7 3770
NVIDIA GeForace GTX 660
Intel HD Graphics 4000
16 GB Memory
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