It’s here for people experimenting with high-end video and edge cases, but for the majority of users, Lossless is best avoided. Plus, when you upload your video to YouTube or wherever it’ll get crushed back down to size by their encoder.Īlso, Lossless isn’t very reliable and does crash OBS now and then. That might sound strange, but let’s face it, you’re most likely going to have to edit your video on your PC, and the huge files made by Lossless will make that a nightmare. This is your high-quality recording option when CQP is unavailable - but just like CQP, it’s for recording, not streaming. Approximately every 6 points will double your file size, and as you can imagine, subtracting 6 will halve it. Similar to how CQP gives you a range of 0 to 30, with the lower numbers being better quality, CRF ranges from 0 to 51, with around 17 to 24 being considered ‘good quality’.
It’s hard to recommend VBR for live content, but when CQP feels like overkill, go with VBR. That said, VBR can be useful when recording gameplay at higher bitrates (such as 100,000 Kbps) when you’re not looking for the ultra-detailed results that you’ll get with CQP. In addition to that (and as mentioned before), because of how data is routed online (from servers to routers and so on) the unpredictable nature of VBR can introduce issues that the predictable nature of CBR avoids. Sounds good, right? Well, that ramp up can take a second or more, and in that time your stream will look blocky as it tries to ‘catch up’. Let’s say your video bitrate is set to 3000 Kbps, you might see it dip to 1500 Kbps when there’s not much action on screen, then go back up to 3000 Kbps when action resumes. While CBR provides a constant video output of the same quality, VBR will adjust the bitrate up and down depending on what is needed. Just don’t stream with it! None of the platforms recommended it, and it wasn’t designed for streaming anyway.ĭifferent Rate Controls work for different scenarios, such as CBR for streamers and CQP for recording high-quality video that’s good for VODs. Recording with CQP will fill your hard drive pretty quick, and truthfully you may be better off with VBR (see below), but if you need ALL the detail of a video (like when doing graphics comparison videos) CQP might be for you. The lower the number, the higher the quality, but if you’re recording at anything less than CQ Level 14 you’re probably wasting your time as it’s essentially lossless video at that point. When switching to CQP the bitrate control is removed and replaced with CQ Level from 0 to 30. If you need to record video at ultra-high quality, CQP is the way to go. So, if you’re running a 24-hour channel, this might be a good option, otherwise, stick with either CBR or VBR.
It’s a little complicated, and not really used by streamers, but this is the bitrate most popular with OTT (over-the-top) video delivery. This option allows more complex parts of your stream to use more bits and less detailed parts use less. The middle ground between CBR and VBR (which we’ll discuss below) is ABR. Either way a few minutes in there's a fight scene, and I'm out in a field with lots of snow covered grass, so if you want to watch and throw me an opinion about the quality that'd be cool.These are the Rate Control options you can use when your encoder is set to x264 ABR (Adaptive Bitrate) When you are done with other kinds of settings like adding scene transitions, setting up the audio mixer, applying fantastic filters, etc., you can tap the 'Start Recording' button and let OBS record gameplay in the way you like. Sure, there's some pixelation, but not horrible enough that you can't tell what's happening or can't make out things on the stream. Step 3 Start to Record Games with OBS Studio. And from what I just tested for 20 minutes 20 minute test stream Generation Zero I didn't think with the new settings it looked that horrible. Haha, no I'm not partnered, you're right, but I do use some of my clips and etc to show friends some of my game play.
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