OBS Studio Pixelated Recording/How to figure out how much bitrate I need

[RezDog]

I've recorded and uploaded some videos of me playing video games and I get this grainy, pixelated-like effect in the videos when I watch them afterwards and I had no idea what was wrong. I did a little research and people have mostly said it has something to do with my bitrate when recording, and I have no idea how to tell how much bitrate I need to record authentic HDR videos with no pixelation. PLEASE HELP!

[myrymyry]

post pictures of your current settings and list your pc specs

[Mr Keefy]

ITs often trial and error to see what works best for your system, just mess with the settings in OBS.


YOu can give these a try if you like.

I use for Streaming to youtube etc...

Encoder = X264
Rate control = CBR
Bitrate = 13000 (for streamin it depends a lot on your upload bandwidth, my max is around 15000 or 15Mbit)
CPU usage preset = Fast
profile = High
Tune = None


Looks like this on youtube.

https://youtu.be/TTV--BdZj1Y

[Kurwa bober]

pc specs?

[Jej]

I use:
NVENC H.264 as the encoder.
Rate Control: CBR
Bitrate: 40000
Keyframe Interval: 0
B-Frames: 2

Base Canvas Resolution: 1920x1080
Common FPS Values: 60


Proccess Priority: Above Normal
Renderer: Direct3D 11
Color Format: NV12
YUV Color Space: 709

Looks like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8PTcXf5Uw


Also, keep in mind that YouTube's encoding is pretty bad.

[RezDog]

PC Specs:
Intel i7 6700k
GTX 970M connected to amplifier with 1080ti in it
16gb ddr4
1920x1080p60fps

OBS Settings for Recording:
Type - Standard
Format - mkv (it would give a warning to me about using mp4 and told me to rather have mov or mkv and remux to mp4)
Encoder - x264
Rate Control - CBR
Bitrate - 8196
CPU Usage Preset - Very fast
Tune - none
Bicubic (16 samples)

Streaming: (same as above except bitrate is 2900)

I have a Dell s2340m monitor (2k)
60Hz Refresh rate

[RezDog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Mr Keefy:

ITs often trial and error to see what works best for your system, just mess with the settings in OBS.


YOu can give these a try if you like.

I use for Streaming to youtube etc...

Encoder = X264
Rate control = CBR
Bitrate = 13000 (for streamin it depends a lot on your upload bandwidth, my max is around 15000 or 15Mbit)
CPU usage preset = Fast
profile = High
Tune = None


Looks like this on youtube.

https://youtu.be/TTV--BdZj1Y

Looks exactly like your video
Btw tried your settings, the video was laggy AF

[RezDog]

If you guys need me to be more specific about my problem just head on my channel and watch my gameplay of ACII, Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag, Freedom Cry, and Rainbow six siege.

My Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCydqWcEej6-IpYK6CS0seXw?view_as=subscriber

(mean the world if you subscribed:)

[E3kHatena]

I personally use about 4000 or so when I record, and a low-mid 3000 when I stream, and it looks alright when I use the NVENC encoder at 60 FPS. There is some blockiness in the capture (most notable when I edit, it looks riddled with JPEG artifacts) but a little bit of sharpness boost (not much, like 15% at the most) straightens most of that out and a lot of it might just be the small preview window my editor uses freaking out over the rougher bits. I don't record at a super high bitrate mostly because I'm on a laptop with limited memory, if I had the option of several TB of storage space or moving everything to archival HDDs, I would probably still maybe only bump it up to about 5000-6000, as every major step up has dimishing returns.

All I can really say is bump it up a couple hundreds bits at a time and test out a recording. If the capture is getting overloaded, the framerate on the capture is tanking, or your CPU usage is really high, kick it back down a little bit and average it out. If you have a Nvidia card, the NVENC.264 codec is capable of higher framerates on intensive games like Overwatch, though you will need a higher bitrate and the High-quality preset and profile in order to keep the capture from being indecipherable, this is where I get the blockiness.

[RezDog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez E3kHatena:

I personally use about 4000 or so when I record, and a low-mid 3000 when I stream, and it looks alright when I use the NVENC encoder at 60 FPS. There is some blockiness in the capture (most notable when I edit, it looks riddled with JPEG artifacts) but a little bit of sharpness boost (not much, like 15% at the most) straightens most of that out and a lot of it might just be the small preview window my editor uses freaking out over the rougher bits. I don't record at a super high bitrate mostly because I'm on a laptop with limited memory, if I had the option of several TB of storage space or moving everything to archival HDDs, I would probably still maybe only bump it up to about 5000-6000, as every major step up has dimishing returns.

All I can really say is bump it up a couple hundreds bits at a time and test out a recording. If the capture is getting overloaded, the framerate on the capture is tanking, or your CPU usage is really high, kick it back down a little bit and average it out. If you have a Nvidia card, the NVENC.264 codec is capable of higher framerates on intensive games like Overwatch, though you will need a higher bitrate and the High-quality preset and profile in order to keep the capture from being indecipherable, this is where I get the blockiness.

Thank you very much, I will try this and let you know whether this works out for me.

[Dominic]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RezDog:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Mr Keefy:

ITs often trial and error to see what works best for your system, just mess with the settings in OBS.


YOu can give these a try if you like.

I use for Streaming to youtube etc...

Encoder = X264
Rate control = CBR
Bitrate = 13000 (for streamin it depends a lot on your upload bandwidth, my max is around 15000 or 15Mbit)
CPU usage preset = Fast
profile = High
Tune = None


Looks like this on youtube.

https://youtu.be/TTV--BdZj1Y

Looks exactly like your video
Btw tried your settings, the video was laggy AF

That happens with OBS if your computer is not powerful enough. I myself learned of this issue and moved onto another software. Even though it cost money to buy.

[RezDog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Dominic:

Początkowo opublikowane przez RezDog:

Looks exactly like your video
Btw tried your settings, the video was laggy AF

That happens with OBS if your computer is not powerful enough. I myself learned of this issue and moved onto another software. Even though it cost money to buy.

Dammit

[Dominic]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RezDog:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Dominic:

That happens with OBS if your computer is not powerful enough. I myself learned of this issue and moved onto another software. Even though it cost money to buy.

Dammit

I do got another suggestion but it does cost money. What is the most powerful game you can play on the lowest graphics?

[RezDog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Dominic:

Początkowo opublikowane przez RezDog:

Dammit

I do got another suggestion but it does cost money. What is the most powerful game you can play on the lowest graphics?

What do you mean by powerful?

[Dominic]

Początkowo opublikowane przez RezDog:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Dominic:

I do got another suggestion but it does cost money. What is the most powerful game you can play on the lowest graphics?

What do you mean by powerful?

Mostly higher graphic games are more powerful. So I mean best looking game graphicly. Or in some cases in processing like a lot of stuff on screen.

[RezDog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Dominic:

Początkowo opublikowane przez RezDog:

What do you mean by powerful?

Mostly higher graphic games are more powerful. So I mean best looking game graphicly. Or in some cases in processing like a lot of stuff on screen.

I really don't know, I can run Fallout 4, Mad Max, and Assassin's Creed Origins very well.