High End Computer but Terrible Quality Recording.

qhobbes

qhobbes

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1. Audio buffering hit the maximum value. This can be an indicator of very high system load and may cause individual audio sources to stop working. Keep an eye on CPU usage especially, and close background programs if needed. Occasionally, this can be caused by incorrect device timestamps. Restart OBS to reset buffering.

Source affected (potential cause): Masaüstü Ses
2. In Windows we recommend that "Game Mode" be enabled. Game can be enabled via the Windows "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
3. Record to MKV. If you record to MP4 or MOV and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable.
If you require MP4 files for some other purpose like editing, remux them afterwards by selecting File > Remux Recordings in the main OBS Studio window.
4. Remove Display Capture and build your scenes with Window/Game/Video capture sources. Display Capture should only be used if you need to display Windows stuff such as the desktop and task bar/start menu or as a last resort.
 
derkkek

derkkek

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qhobbes said:
1. Audio buffering hit the maximum value. This can be an indicator of very high system load and may cause individual audio sources to stop working. Keep an eye on CPU usage especially, and close background programs if needed. Occasionally, this can be caused by incorrect device timestamps. Restart OBS to reset buffering.

Source affected (potential cause): Masaüstü Ses
2. In Windows we recommend that "Game Mode" be enabled. Game can be enabled via the Windows "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
3. Record to MKV. If you record to MP4 or MOV and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable.
If you require MP4 files for some other purpose like editing, remux them afterwards by selecting File > Remux Recordings in the main OBS Studio window.
4. Remove Display Capture and build your scenes with Window/Game/Video capture sources. Display Capture should only be used if you need to display Windows stuff such as the desktop and task bar/start menu or as a last resort.
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even if i don't record sounds or solve the maximum audio buffering problem anything changes on record quality also same for capture method. I think the problem is not about my configuration or settings because other programs like bandicam or Nvidia's built in screen recorder feature produce same terrible quality recordings even my drivers are updated.
 
koala

koala

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It's not clear what you mean with "terrible quality". A video recording of something is never the same as the original something. There's always some quality impact. According to your log, your encoding settings are ok. The created video is probably as good as it can be.
 
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rockbottom

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A few suggestions based on my extensive testing & success (12900k/3090) to improve the quality of your recordings:

Run your monitor @ 60 or 120HZ when using OBS.
Try using Window or Game Capture, Display capture is the least performant.
If there is another drive available record to it & not the C drive.

Your encoding settings could use some adjustment.
11:13:15.664: [obs-nvenc: 'advanced_video_recording'] settings:
11:13:15.664: codec: H264
11:13:15.664: rate_control: CQP
11:13:15.664: cqp: 18 (Lower This To Improve Quality, I use 12-15, If I want even higher quality, Lossless)
11:13:15.664: keyint: 120
11:13:15.664: preset: p7 > p5
11:13:15.664: tuning: hq
11:13:15.664: multipass: fullres > qres
11:13:15.664: profile: high
11:13:15.664: width: 1920
11:13:15.664: height: 1080
11:13:15.664: b-frames: 2 > 0 - B Frames are the lowest quality frame type, get rid of them so they are replaced with higher quality P frames.
11:13:15.664: b-ref-mode: 0
11:13:15.664: lookahead: true (28 frames) > false
11:13:15.664: aq: false
11:13:15.664:
11:13:15.743: ---------------------------------
11:13:15.744: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: stereo, track: 1

Audio buffering is an issue, could be due to overload or something else but you should figure it out & fix it.
11:16:00.177: Source Masaüstü Ses audio is lagging (over by 131412.95 ms) at max audio buffering. Restarting source audio.
11:20:51.718: Source Masaüstü Ses audio is lagging (over by 287060.12 ms) at max audio buffering. Restarting source audio.
11:30:41.457: Number of remaining views: 1

Test

NVIDIA Video Codec SDK v13.0

docs.nvidia.com docs.nvidia.com
 
derkkek

derkkek

New Member
koala said:
It's not clear what you mean with "terrible quality". A video recording of something is never the same as the original something. There's always some quality impact. According to your log, your encoding settings are ok. The created video is probably as good as it can be.
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here's the quality, this is the max quality i can get. For a reference this "simple" scene runs on rtx 3060 so i render it very sharp.
 
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derkkek

derkkek

New Member
rockbottom said:
A few suggestions based on my extensive testing & success (12900k/3090) to improve the quality of your recordings:

Run your monitor @ 60 or 120HZ when using OBS.
Try using Window or Game Capture, Display capture is the least performant.
If there is another drive available record to it & not the C drive.

Your encoding settings could use some adjustment.
11:13:15.664: [obs-nvenc: 'advanced_video_recording'] settings:
11:13:15.664: codec: H264
11:13:15.664: rate_control: CQP
11:13:15.664: cqp: 18 (Lower This To Improve Quality, I use 12-15, If I want even higher quality, Lossless)
11:13:15.664: keyint: 120
11:13:15.664: preset: p7 > p5
11:13:15.664: tuning: hq
11:13:15.664: multipass: fullres > qres
11:13:15.664: profile: high
11:13:15.664: width: 1920
11:13:15.664: height: 1080
11:13:15.664: b-frames: 2 > 0 - B Frames are the lowest quality frame type, get rid of them so they are replaced with higher quality P frames.
11:13:15.664: b-ref-mode: 0
11:13:15.664: lookahead: true (28 frames) > false
11:13:15.664: aq: false
11:13:15.664:
11:13:15.743: ---------------------------------
11:13:15.744: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: stereo, track: 1

Audio buffering is an issue, could be due to overload or something else but you should figure it out & fix it.
11:16:00.177: Source Masaüstü Ses audio is lagging (over by 131412.95 ms) at max audio buffering. Restarting source audio.
11:20:51.718: Source Masaüstü Ses audio is lagging (over by 287060.12 ms) at max audio buffering. Restarting source audio.
11:30:41.457: Number of remaining views: 1

Test

NVIDIA Video Codec SDK v13.0

docs.nvidia.com docs.nvidia.com
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i've been trying these for a month but i couldn't get any improvements, but i will try again. Thanks.
 
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rockbottom

Active Member
Compare to your existing recordings, not what's on YT. YT re-encodes everything.

Anyway, I don't use YT but my understanding is that it's better to upload 2k or higher res material. 1080p doesn't get the the same treatment when YT re-encodes.
 
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prgmitchell

Forum Moderator
derkkek said:
i've been trying these for a month but i couldn't get any improvements, but i will try again. Thanks.
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You'd want to send an actual video file here + the matching log that it was recorded. Youtube = bad examples. Looking at your settings I would expect the recording to be fine so I think it might be a playback issue on your end.
 
derkkek

derkkek

New Member
prgmitchell said:
You'd want to send an actual video file here + the matching log that it was recorded. Youtube = bad examples. Looking at your settings I would expect the recording to be fine so I think it might be a playback issue on your end.
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i couldn't upload .mp4 file directly and it says i couldn't upload 2.4 mb zip because of the file size either are there any methods to upload a mp4 file?
 
derkkek

derkkek

New Member
prgmitchell said:
I mean this is just a short video of you scrolling this page and it looked fine to me.
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did you download the video or you just watched on the cloud? Because it's nowhere to being fine. Think again i will upload this on youtube and it will re encodes this and makes it even fuzzier. Normally reading text on youtube video is hard? Because i'm having hard time while i reading the sentences on my recording.
 
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prgmitchell

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I downloaded it. This is a screenshot from the video, the text looks fine
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