Question / Help What's the point?

[OMGOSH1911]

Let's say you're running a 64bit version of Windows, is there any point to use the 32bit version of OBS Studio?
Also why does OBS Studio 64bit install into Program Files(x86)?

 

[Harold]

32-bit OBS Studio has better capture device compatibility.
The "What's the point?" question is ultimately "What's the point of the 64-bit version of OBS?" as there's no performance difference.

 

[OMGOSH1911]

Seriously?? Wait so you're saying the 32 bit version has the same performance, higher compatibility, and I'm assuming the same encoding efficiency??

PS. I'm using OBS for local recordings.

 

[Harold]

Yes.

 

[OMGOSH1911]

Yo ok I'll use the 32 bit version then, maybe that will fix my issue with OBS not reliably detecting steam games xD

 

[Mroczny_Gustaw]

local rumor on doom9 says x264 64bit is faster ~10% vs 32bit
https://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-164091.html

 

[Harold]

5 year old thread ther gustaw

 

[R1CH]

32 bit is not recommended at all unless you need compatibility with capture devices lacking 64 bit drivers. You will possibly run into crashes due to the 2 GB address space limitations of 32 bit processes, and as pointed out earlier, x264 is faster under 64 bit.

 

[Suslik V]

If you running more than 2GB only for streaming task than it cannot be efficient even on 64bits. Better - optimize your scenes.

 

[R1CH]

Browser sources and x264 will regularly push OBS past 2 GB virtual size. High memory use does not mean low efficiency.

 

[OMGOSH1911]

Well I use NVENC (yeah I know it uses x264) because it doesn't hit my frames as hard as cpu encoding.. still drops my frames a bit though, even when I have settings that result in a somewhat blurry image. I liked how shadowplay didn't hit my frames at all, but then I saw that it cut the resolution by half lol

 

[Suslik V]

@R1CH It means if you only need this amount of RAM. Running full internet browser only to show few texts strings (this is the major purpose for usage of the plugin) cannot be efficient.

@OMGOSH1911 Anyway, on 64-bit system is recommended 64-bit obs executable.
Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

 

[OMGOSH1911]

I don't think I'm having too much of an issue, though I do suspect something might be wrong since I should be able to record high quality just fine haha
Here see if you can make sense of the log file then.
https://gist.github.com/ebdd95e3e1c085fd9716f03ef5b8ea62

 

[Suslik V]

I cannot improve your recordings, but I want to ask you: At what shared mode running your Sound Blaster Z (Recorded Sound has Interruptions and I'm wondering, is the Default Format setting really may cause audio issues)?

 

[OMGOSH1911]

Not sure what you mean by "shared mode" or "Default Format" but I have disabled everything I can within the Soundblaster software (EQ, Crystal Voice, Surround, etc.)
Within the windows playback properties, I have disabled "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" and "Enable audio enhancements"
I am also not using the Sound Blasters built in microphones, I use an AT2020 XLR. I am having zero audio issues.

Not sure if that answers your question so let me know if you need anything else.

 

[Mario345]

64bit is better for 64bit users