Sharp Quality OBS Streaming and Recording

[asdfasdfasdfasdf]

So I record my videos in 1920x1080 for streaming its set to the same with the bitrate for both at 15000. When I get done recording a video I can see a difference in the recording as far as sharpness it doesnt look as sharp as the actual screen or as the preview box on obs I was wondering how could i stop it from i guess sort of downscaling I want sharp quality. Thanks.

 

[FerretBomb]

Don't record with CBR or VBR, use CQP instead.

CQP is a quality-based encoding target that uses as much or as little bitrate as is needed to maintain a given image quality level.
22 is the normal 'good' point, 16 for 'visually lossless', and 12 is generally the lowest you'll want to go even if you plan to edit the video later (to cut down on re-encoding artifacts). The lower the number, the closer to 'lossless' video it gets. But below 16 the filesizes get ridiculously large very fast.

 

[asdfasdfasdfasdf]

Don't record with CBR or VBR, use CQP instead.

CQP is a quality-based encoding target that uses as much or as little bitrate as is needed to maintain a given image quality level.
22 is the normal 'good' point, 16 for 'visually lossless', and 12 is generally the lowest you'll want to go even if you plan to edit the video later (to cut down on re-encoding artifacts). The lower the number, the closer to 'lossless' video it gets. But below 16 the filesizes get ridiculously large very fast.

I see CQP for streaming when i go into advanced mode I dont see the same setting in recording will it just transfer over and be the same for streaming and recording?

 

[FerretBomb]

You can/should not use CQP for streaming. Most services do not support it, and the bandwidth needs will exceed most consumer-grade network connections.

In Simple Mode, 'Indistinguishable' on the recording preset uses CQP. Do not use Advanced mode unless you have a specific need (and are not following a YouTube "best settings" guide, as they're full of crap and tend to do more harm than good).

 

[DraTear]

In Simple Mode, 'Indistinguishable' on the recording preset uses CQP.

Sorry that I reply to such an old thread, but it this still a thing that you can use (and especially configure) CQP in Simple Mode?
Since I only get that on advanced mode and Simple Mode requests a Video Bitrate (albeit for streaming but I assume it applies to Recording as well?).
No changes to the option no matter which encoder I chose.
Am interested in recording, not in streaming.

This is how it looks:

 

[rockbottom]

The bit-rate only applies to the streaming settings. The recording settings are just the lower half, here are the settings that were used for your Indistinguishable Quality recording. Duplicate these settings in advanced mode but if your hardware supports B-Frames, zero them & uncheck Visual Tuning, test. Check your OBS log for more info.

11:58:28.617: [obs-nvenc: 'simple_video_recording'] settings:
11:58:28.617: codec: H264
11:58:28.617: rate_control: CQP
11:58:28.617: bitrate: 0
11:58:28.617: cqp: 16
11:58:28.617: keyint: 250
11:58:28.617: preset: p5
11:58:28.617: tuning: hq
11:58:28.617: multipass: qres
11:58:28.617: profile: high
11:58:28.617: width: 1920
11:58:28.617: height: 1080
11:58:28.617: b-frames: 2
11:58:28.617: lookahead: false
11:58:28.617: psycho_aq: true