Which bitrate should I use?

[Alburious]

I have been playing with the settings of OBS for a while but when I look at the video footage itself it looks pixelated when something happens.

I need to know which bitrate to use that will work fine for my computer for me to record minecraft videos.

My GPU is an Intel Iris Graphics 540
My CPU is an Intel i7 6660U

 

[Sukiyucky]

If you are going to use OBS, you have to put in the effort to learn it through trial and error. There is no easy answer.

The GPU you are using is a weak performer. The CPU is not a strong performer either. This as well as the application you are going to run will be the limiting factors.

You are going to have to run your own tests and do lots of them to find out what looks best to you and your audience.
Start out with these:

• 1280x720 resolution (720p) for base and output resolution
• Integer FPS Value: 60FPS
• Bilinear downscale filter
• rate control: cbr
• bitrate: 3500 Kbps
• keyframe 2
• cpu usage preset: veryfast
• profile: high

Start there first and then increase bitrate in increments of 100 until you start to see encoding and rendering problems in the logs. To see the log, go to Help | Log Files | Show Log Files and open up each with Notepad and read through them thorougly.