LDcollector
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Hello, all—
Since purchasing an Asus ProArt P16 laptop (Windows 11 Pro; RAM: 64 GB) a few weeks ago, I am resuming the digitization of my LaserDisc collection (all NTSC titles) in OBS. I have my Pioneer LD player (a mid-90s model) connected to my Hauppauge 610 USB-Live2 Capture Device. I would especially welcome your recommended settings. Essentially, I want to produce the best possible picture and sound (preferably in lossless) from OBS recordings made of my LDs. Final file size isn’t an issue. I eventually rip the finished file of each recording to a blank Verbatim recordable disc (BD-R 25 or BD-R 50) so a total size ranging from 25 GB to 50 GB is perfectly acceptable. I have a Sony Blu-ray player that has a really good upscaler and have played DVD-rs and BD-rs containing my LD-transferred files on my Samsung QLED 4K display. The transfers have appeared good overall. (I set the resolution to 720p on my player. The TV doesn’t accept anything lower as the screen goes black if I set it to 480p.)
LDs often offered digitally encoded mono and stereo tracks in PCM 16-bit at 44.1 kHz. I plan to set my recordings using those spec settings. When I was using OBS on my Dell, it only offered AAC and Opus. But on my Asus, I can pick from three of the Ffmpeg PCM encoding options. I can set the standard bitrate as high as 320, which I plan to preset it at.
I have read all posts on this forum from other members pertaining to conversion of their LDs in OBS. I have experimented with various settings since I began recording my discs last fall, beginning on my Dell XPS 15 laptop (Windows 10 OS) and now on my new Asus computer. I am posting an OBS log and a MediaInfo scan in this thread of an LD recording I made earlier this week.
I have not used the Yadif 2x deinterlacing filter in OBS at all while recording yet. But I plan to for all my future recordings. I have attached screenshots of my OBS and Hauppauge capture device settings below.
Please note that the numeric values below in Hauppauge’s Video Proc Amp tab are the default ones. I have not tweaked them at all.
In OBS version 31.0.1 on my Asus, there are nine different video encoders I can choose from for recording (besides the stream encoder):
1. AMD HW AV1
2. AMD HW H.264 (AVC)
3. AMD HW H.265 (HEVC)
4. AOM AV1
5. NVIDIA NVENC AV1
6. NVIDIA NVENC H.264
7. NVIDIA NVENC HEVC
8. SVT-AV1
9. x264
Some of the encoders have unique options for their settings. For example, some include a field to set the Bitrate while others do not. I’ve embedded a screenshot below of the settings NVIDIA NVENC AV1 offers.
I’ll be keenly interested to hear your thoughts on which encoder(s) and their associated settings (including Rate Control, Bitrate, Preset, Multipass mode, et al.) can yield the very highest quality.
Thanks very much!
Since purchasing an Asus ProArt P16 laptop (Windows 11 Pro; RAM: 64 GB) a few weeks ago, I am resuming the digitization of my LaserDisc collection (all NTSC titles) in OBS. I have my Pioneer LD player (a mid-90s model) connected to my Hauppauge 610 USB-Live2 Capture Device. I would especially welcome your recommended settings. Essentially, I want to produce the best possible picture and sound (preferably in lossless) from OBS recordings made of my LDs. Final file size isn’t an issue. I eventually rip the finished file of each recording to a blank Verbatim recordable disc (BD-R 25 or BD-R 50) so a total size ranging from 25 GB to 50 GB is perfectly acceptable. I have a Sony Blu-ray player that has a really good upscaler and have played DVD-rs and BD-rs containing my LD-transferred files on my Samsung QLED 4K display. The transfers have appeared good overall. (I set the resolution to 720p on my player. The TV doesn’t accept anything lower as the screen goes black if I set it to 480p.)
LDs often offered digitally encoded mono and stereo tracks in PCM 16-bit at 44.1 kHz. I plan to set my recordings using those spec settings. When I was using OBS on my Dell, it only offered AAC and Opus. But on my Asus, I can pick from three of the Ffmpeg PCM encoding options. I can set the standard bitrate as high as 320, which I plan to preset it at.
I have read all posts on this forum from other members pertaining to conversion of their LDs in OBS. I have experimented with various settings since I began recording my discs last fall, beginning on my Dell XPS 15 laptop (Windows 10 OS) and now on my new Asus computer. I am posting an OBS log and a MediaInfo scan in this thread of an LD recording I made earlier this week.
I have not used the Yadif 2x deinterlacing filter in OBS at all while recording yet. But I plan to for all my future recordings. I have attached screenshots of my OBS and Hauppauge capture device settings below.
Please note that the numeric values below in Hauppauge’s Video Proc Amp tab are the default ones. I have not tweaked them at all.
In OBS version 31.0.1 on my Asus, there are nine different video encoders I can choose from for recording (besides the stream encoder):
1. AMD HW AV1
2. AMD HW H.264 (AVC)
3. AMD HW H.265 (HEVC)
4. AOM AV1
5. NVIDIA NVENC AV1
6. NVIDIA NVENC H.264
7. NVIDIA NVENC HEVC
8. SVT-AV1
9. x264
Some of the encoders have unique options for their settings. For example, some include a field to set the Bitrate while others do not. I’ve embedded a screenshot below of the settings NVIDIA NVENC AV1 offers.
I’ll be keenly interested to hear your thoughts on which encoder(s) and their associated settings (including Rate Control, Bitrate, Preset, Multipass mode, et al.) can yield the very highest quality.
Thanks very much!