Question / Help Something is wrong with my OBS?

[Ghidrah]

I became aware of your 1.2.3. after #2, I can't say I noticed a difference between gameplay and recording, but then I was so full of myself for making a recording that I didn't pay close attention. I still have the individual video files and will boo the water based files. They are most obvious, either due to the motion of the water, the movement of the boat over the water or both.

So is this why one records at CRF 15-17? Does the additional data/file size translate into a clearer/crisper video after uploading to the web?

 

[C-Dude]

Sort of. The better quality you start with in theory the better compression you will be able to get.

But really only to an extent since youtube compresses so much that after a point you can't really tell. It also depends how the video was compressed since some encoders compress different areas different. Especially real time encoders like you use when you record. They are pretty bad at getting good compression so if you record to a really high bitrate then the quality is fine. Generally the longer it takes to encode the more good compression it is putting in.

Honestly the best way to get good make sure your videos look good on youtube is just upload videos that look better than youtube's quality but are not so large that they take forever to upload.


My videos are about 1.5 GB for a 6 minute video at 1440p60. And 900 MB for a 6 minute video at 1080p. But it more depends on how good your editor is (different editors/encoders will have different qualities of compression). The way I figured out what bitrate to use was I found all the other settings I wanted to use then I rendered out the same video multiple times with different bitrates. The bitrate I used was where I thought a good compromise between video quality and file size was (which happened to be 20000 for 1080p60 and 36000 for 1440p60). But keep in mind that is for adobe premiere your editor would be different. And also most people upload much smaller than that because it would take forever to upload on slower internets. Even faster internets it would take a fair while considering how large videos are.

 

[Ghidrah]

I started recording Chapter 6 at CRF17 last night and finished this aft, I totaled up the time and size before sending it to the editor, 21.33 mins and 3.562gb. The editor compressed it massively down to 1gb ???70%???
All the other files averaged compressing away 56% of the original total but I must say even after uploading the file to YouTube the clarity was much, much better. The next chapter has water areas, so it'll tell me whether I need to redo Water Hazard at CRF17.

I leave Output on Advanced/Recording/Standard, I don't see bitrate there, I do see it Output/Simple and Advanced/Streaming is this what you're talking about?

Also regarding up loading to You Tube, weird thing some of the other files that were set at CRF19 and 20 took forever, the other 22 minute file "Water Hazard" took nearly 2 hrs, however, this aft, chapter 6 took less than a 1/2 hr.

I'd love to have a prog like Adobe Premier if I did this sort of thing for a living but I can't justify the cost for the gaming projects I'll be making.

 

[C-Dude]

Well since you are using CRF there is no bitrate. You record to constant quality and it uses whatever bitrate it needs. This indirectly effects the bitrate since the higher the quality the more bitrate it will use.

If you change your rate control to CBR or VBR you will have an option to put in a bitrate. However it is better to record to CRF/CQP for better performance/quality in general.

To view a videos bitrate you can just right click go to properties and details. Under video it will say somewhere data rate and total bitrate. These should be about the same and the average bitrate of the video. (you may have to round it slightly since while encoding the bitrates arent exact.)

In your editor if there is an option for bitrate try turning that higher for better quality.

 

[Ghidrah]

I did a search after reading your post, lightworks doesn't offer manual bitrate changes, I didn't see mention of the option in the pay for version, I did read it was fixed at "auto".

 

[C-Dude]

Wow even windows live movie maker lets you set your bitrate. Well good luck finding a good program.