Awesome advice as usual! Easily the best authority on OBS on RUclips. Your videos have done so much to help us with pretty much everything on our channel.
You just saved my live stream. My setup was often dropping frames with video overlays and I was sure it had something to do with the GPU (GTX 1660) not rendering fast enough till I realized it was the CPU (Rysen 5 2600) going up to 100% on Win 10 performance stats (OBS only shows the CPU stats regarding the software only) with X264 encoding for streaming and NVENC for recording. The tip about going all NVENC (streaming and recording) even with my budget PC put the CPU between 10% to 50%, when pushing animated lower thirds, and my GPU encoder was only at 30% using Max Quality encoding for both streaming and recording. The dropped frames went down to almost 0 (it looses one or two frames when the overlays are applied which is totally fine). I know it has been almost a year already but I have just found your amazing channel a few days ago. Thanks again and keep it up helping with these awesome recommendations. Blessings...
Things I learned. and thanks 1. For Streaming using Single PC set ups keep it at Quality 2. Instead of VBR use QCP with a range of 14(close to lossless) 18-22(save on storage) 60(really bad) 3. Keep Audio track 1 @160(this is for streaming) , max the rest *> I'm still looking for away to Auto Remux .mkv files to mp4 in SLOBS*
Man, I was struggling for a couple of weeks with OBS, and finally you help me a lot to record my video games, I'ms going to put into practice your clues. Thanks duke!
Hey that's my post at the 4:10 mark! That is so cool, I watch this channel all the time and I must have missed this when it was initially uploaded. Pretty cool, great video! +)
When recording on a laptop without an NVIDIA GPU but a fast CPU (MacBook Pro with i9) what settings are best? If I can record at 50 Mbits with "veryfast" preset, is this better than choosing "faster" CPU preset and a lower bitrate like 10 Mbits? I've watched all your videos on the topic of bitrate and didn't find an answer what to do with x264 CPU preset for recording specifically and what to prefer higher bitrate or CPU preset.
Your New NVENC explanation helped me choose an RTX card for my new system to take advantage of NVeNC on a single PC set-up. Basically you helped save me alot of money, thanks so much for the videos!
You're speaking out of my soul with these recommendations. So many outright awful advice is given on a daily basis in RUclips videos and in Forums/on Reddit.
@@bluesmachine1006 That's true but adds a bit more cumbersome setups, separate audio tracks with either hardware or software mixers, either separate keyboards and mice (that takes up further space) to control both PCs or make use of an expensive KVM. There's also remote control software as well (Teamviewer ,VNC, Windows RDP) but if you have sensitive information you don't want to display on stream you can't "unshow" an HDMI Display capture without consciously obscure (yeah yeah scene switch is a thing). My point is, for one setup you have to account for other aspects that neither makes a fully streamlined solution. A decent KVM is easiest but costly, especially so with HDMI.
I swapped to YT for streaming as I haven't started properly, cause I can stream at 1440p 30 and 60 FPS, depending on game, so I use 20 and 30 Mbit for those frame rates, and YT handles it well, and since it's such a high bitrate, it looks good. (and everyone gets quality options)
@Jack Kyle Perhaps I should have clarified. I meant it is a lot easier to grow an initial following, because you can have your live stream promoted to others based on search and recommendations, instead of hoping that someone picks the game you are playing, scrolls all the way down the list, and clicks on your stream. In that respect, it is a lot easier.
EposVox I do not understand...so basically if I have a complete AMD rig I am fucked and can forget about using OBS for game recording? I am asking, because literally everything with particle effects stutters in my footage. What recording method would you recommend for AMD users with similar quality? AMD advertised their hardware as creator friendly...how does this add up...I am pretty pissed... I have a Vega 56 btw with a Ryzen 2700x
Your master class has 48 videos, going indepth is really good but there could have been better approaches to this I doubt most watch all your videos as well as implement these things since it seems too much to just do it. the quality and detail in your videos is really nice tho!
I think this video needs to be updated due to the recent changes to AVC. Also I have not seen a CPU bottleneck episode for older rigs. I’m concerned people owning older equipment might take the recommendation of using NVENC and purchase 2060 Super cards just to find that due to CPU bottleneck the super card performs worse than a dual pc configuration. I will have to slap my HD60 Pro into a i5-2400 rig and see if there is a difference between x264 fast and the 1050ti using NVENC. I don’t have a 2060 Super to test from my primary rig that has a i5-7500.
Hi firs sorry for my english ! Im trying to stream at 1080p and recording at 1440p. Mi video y set to 1080 and i rescale de output in recording to 1440p bus when i go to video/details i see 1080p in the pixel section. If i put 1440p in video and rescale the stream at 1080 sometimes put my stream in 2k and looks laggi i have a rtx 3090 and a 12 gen i9 with 32gb ram what do u think?
Apparently I pushed 10,000 KBPS on twitch and didn't lose transcoding. Probably technical glitch or a fluke. I've been on the edge of sacrificing transcoding (as an affiliate) for less pixel boxes on my streams and I simply have a really bad beef with it. If I see those boxes, my streams feel like they're bad to view. And I hold it to a higher standard because I play older games rather the new trend games that come out. Quake and Doom specifically at 900p60 @ 10,000 KBPS. Just can't help it. EDIT: However, for some reason when the stream is going, I have only seen 720p60 and lower in the quality options when I did had transcoding in this situation. There was no 900p60 during the stream at all, however, it did show 900p60 in the playback when the stream was over. That was a lot crispy in terms of quality, so I think Twitch is cutting down my quality to something appropriate deliberately. Not sure that's what is really going, but that's what feels like what's going on.
Trying to stream PUBG with an i7-8700k & GTX 1070... After constant trial and error can't get any encoder to work with PUBG without the game feeling like trash when trying to aim. FeelsBadMan. Looks like I might have to turn my old PC into a dedicated streaming PC just so the game feels playable
This video is contracting something you said about Look-Ahead being a good thing in your AMD Gen3 video. In that video, you said look ahead is good, but here you have us uncheck it?
What would you recommend on a dual pc streaming setup with an i7 3930k and GTX 670? Cant even push faster on the CPU and its one of the first with an nvenc chip.
In your situation, x264 cpu encoding is probably the better idea in a 2 pc setup. If you decide to upgrade the gtx 670 to one of the newer gpus either the gtx 1060 or any of the rtx gpus then use nvenc.
Best thing you can do is upgrade your gpu to a 1160 ti and encode on the gpu on the stream pc. If you can not get to x264 med with the cpu. Ya need to look at an upgrade. Cheapest upgrade would be the gpu. Changing a cpu means new ram and motherboard.
Hey, I love your tutorials and have learned everything I need to know to put together a really slick on line presentation. BUT, I have a problem which you don't seem to address, or at least I can find a reference to it. AUDIO LATENCY. I am a singer song writer and am using Sound Flower with a Multi Output Device to collect all of my media sources. When I use an instrumental playback or well, even when I just talk, there is a latency issue that I cannot resolve which makes live performane of music next to impossible. I have gone into the Advanced Audio setting for the microphone and tried to enter a "Sync off set" of anywhere from 10 ms to 750 ms. I have used an video to try and get a more exact timecode on the latency. I have looked at every other tutorial on line, in addtion to your, that tries to address the issue but can get no functioning solutions. I have not yet streamed live because I can not sing and play to playback. Do you have any work arounds for this? I use a MacBook Pro running Sierra I use iRig HD2 for my instrument and mic input inputs My Output is set to Multi Output Device I have OBS taking Media Source, Window Capture and all else. I'm dying here. Help???
I would like to use the Nvidia encoder but my poor 960 just isn't strong enough to record with while playing games like Monster Hunter World at Medium-High settings, since it's often at 80-100% usage to begin with. I've been looking up lots of info recently, but I've determined that I just have to use x264 Very Fast for 1080p 60fps recording until I get a better GPU.
Just my 2 cents from my own experience - never downmix your mic source as mono in OBS... I lost my whole mic track because of that - when I tried to edit the archived stream that downmixed track was silent :-/ My mic survived only on my main mix. That was a huge bummer and it took me too much time to figure out what the heck happened. EDIT: I just don't like to record my mic as a stereo...
@@EposVox Then I was or am terribly unlucky... But worth having that in mind if someone has similar issue as I had. And BTW - great vid. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
Awesome!!!! 1 question, if I down mix/lower rate Channel 1 for audio for streaming, should I uncheck 1 for recording? So I don’t end up with 1 track of everything at a lower quality, then separate tracks in post. Might be a safety net though? Anyway thanks for the awesome content as always!
You can't not when your recording and streaming at the same time. You can setup new profiles for recording and streaming and uncheck channel 1. Best thing to do is just delete channel 1 with your editing software. Should not be hard to remove.
Also record in mkv. Any proper editing software should see all the tracks broken down. You will not have to do anything to them just mute the channels you do not want to hear
I have streamed in the past with my gaming PC and then used NDI to output my source to a laptop and used the laptop as my streaming PC using x264. I don't have a capture card in my laptop. I recently upgraded my gaming PC with a 2080TI. Should I stick with my 2 PC setup (one being a laptop) and run x264 or can I use NVENC on the laptop? It's only got a 1050 in it. Or...would I be better off just going with a 1 PC setup and using NVENC on my gaming PC?
5:16 Can you please explain why the first is 160 but the rest is set to 320. I did it but I would like to know why? Is the 160 the stream audio but when streaming & recording the 320 and 160 blend together improving the recordings audio. And if so does this require all 6 tracks selected or just 1 track selected? (P.s. I know you said higher quality audio as well, but I would just like a more in depth explanation of this. Apologies if this sounds ridiculous. Just trying to learn & utilize everything I can effectively).
160 is the max for Twitch and most streaming sites, and the first track is the only one going to your stream. The multitrack tracks are for your recording, which you want to be a higher quality whenever possible, thus a higher bitrate. Just ditch the stream track and use the higher quality tracks when editing
@@EposVox Thanks for answering. After having you explain it and reading through it, that is what I had thought. I just didn't want to act on knowledge I had not confirmed yet. Btw I have literally binged a TON of your videos over the past 8 hours (Maybe more). I was watching, re-watching, and planning how I was going to adjust my own settings when I return home from my families. You do a great job! These videos are thorough, which I enjoy. I really enjoyed when you showed each presets video side by side and then cycled between them pointing out the flaws and benefits. I definitely will return to check out future updates pertaining to streaming & recording.
quick question though if i use CQP: 14 what do i render at, in terms of bitrate, to keep the quality when uploaded to youtube? without much pixelation or none at all if possible
At 5:11 you said "When recording, just try to not record on the same drive that your games run from." My question is, if my games are running from my ps4 and i save the footage into OBS via ps4 remote play. Can I save the footage onto that laptop since it's not running the game (the ps4 is), and the laptop's only saving the footage? Do you think this scenario will still damage the harddrive? Do you think it will cause a loss of frames? Or do you still suggest saving to a second harddrive? It's only for recording, no streaming whatsoever.
great tutorial easy to follow. Im using all recommended settings and im still getting a delay using twitch and youtube. Any suggestions be appreciated thanks
Both websites always have a bit of a delay (a few seconds) from your stream to realtime. Both Twitch and RUclips have low-latency toggles in their settings but there's still some degree of delay.
@@EposVox Appreciate the response. Guess theres not much to do. I have ultra low latency enabled for RUclips and low latency for twitch. I did watch a video to enable stream delay in advance settings to 0 but stays at 1 in OBS. Streamlabs you can set to 0. Though if it isn't enabled I'd assume them settings ain't applied. Though great content helping me get up my 1st live stream after I get all the kinks out the way.
Interesting so many people have had issues with AMD VCE, I haven't experienced any that I know of. My RX 580 seems to be working fine with SLOBS. But good to know for the future in case I run into issues. 😆
@@taguinerd i5 6600K, 32GB of 3000MHz DDR4 RAM , PowerColor Radeon RX580, and SLOBS is on an SSD. Just make sure hardware encoding is selected. The quality is about the same as NVENC.
Hi I'm using a dual pc setup. I don't have a 20 series GPU. So should I use x264 instead of NVENC on my streaming PC? I'm fine with that PC working as hard as possible to put out the best quality stream. Will x264 or NVENC make a huge difference?
hey, i have a problem with getting passed above 2000 kbps when my connection can do 16 mbps up stream (16'000 kbps) and the actual OBS looks like it does not lag in anyways... (i can record at higher no problem so...) have you had this happen to you or people talking about it? would like to know if you have a video on the subject. also is there a way i can see if i am lagging or losing frames easily? and lastly, how do people Manage their twitch chat on OBS if the game is in Fullscreen? (a plugin or something?)
+EposVox Hi! I'm using your same settings with OBS but I have a major problem! When I play at Assassin's Creed Origins, I see that the OBS preview is laggy and I don't know why. The game runs perfectly but when I record all the recording is very bad. I tried with other settings, I mean with lower settings, but nothing changes. I tried Shadowplay and all goes perfect. What is the problem for you? This happens to me only with this game. I record the clips at 1080p. And if you need to know my specs: i7-7700k, GTX 1080 ti, 32GB Ram
I have a 5.9mbps upload speed, a 4670k and 1060 6gb, what res and bitrate can i stream at comfortably that still looks good? I tried 720p60 at 5000kbps, but it looks pixelated and blotchy. how can i fix this? Im downsampling from 1080p to 720p using the Lanczos filter. Are there any more things i can do to optimise it? I am trying to stream fortnite, so there is lots of fast paced motion.
Does AMD ever get any help? I'm on a pretty dated card and cpu. I'm wanting to record gameplay from my consoles and pc. I;m just looking for something stable and high quality that I can get with a Ryzen 5 1400 and RX 580. I'm not in the market for new parts yet but am saving up for some so i just gotta work with what I got
with these settings and the base canvas set to 1080p and scaled to 720p, will it record my stream at 1080p or 720p? Are the stream and recording resolution interlocked and how can i change what resolution i am recording at?
I am trying to stream with an AverMedia Live Gamer HD2 PCIE card and a GoPro Hero Black 6 using a Rode Pro in the 3.5 Audio in connector on the HD2. Is this doable or a waste of time anyone please ? I have tried every possible configuration (except the right one) and there is no audio in the OBS recording. I am using Windows 7 Pro.
Thks very much for your video, very very good content! i really appreciate! I follow any advice you give into your videos, my internet connexion is very good but i still have some issue with my live stream (not record). I've done some test yesterday on BF5 and i have some pixelation :s Could you please help me?
I don't know if this will get read nor replied. But this is a 9 old month video, should I still follow it? Also, I have a gtx680, should I use the nvenc encoder?
I understood everything until he went into the audio tab. How does that with with the channels? How do you downmix to channel 1? Does anyone have a helpful link i can readup on?
As mentioned, all covered in my obs master class that this is an update to :P Tried to repeat it as many times as I could lol Here's the specific video - ruclips.net/video/nd739DyqSV4/видео.html
I havew single PC. Ryzen 7 3700x RTX 2060 and I can run medium x264 fine but my stream looks like total shit on twitch. Bitrate 4500 at 720p. I can go to 6000 put idk if i Should? I think I have transcoding because on my stream I can down the quality of the stream. My upload is 12 Mb.
Don't record to the same HDD you have the game on, helpful tip. Gonna try this out tomorrow because although my recordings are good, I think this might fix some of the little stutters I get. Cheers!
You can still benefit from the new nvenc changes since it may help with performance on a single pc. Not sure about quality though better to test things.
When I use these settings for recording my videos a lagging a lot and in general my videos lag a lot both using OBS and shadow play. Do you have any idea why? I record to a second hard drive (SSD), my cpu is I7 6700, GPU RTX 2060 S, 16 gb of ram and 2 HDD and 2 SSD. I don’t notice any big performance hit when I play, but my videos doesn’t run very smooth :-/
You're only covering PC gaming here... what about console game recording/streaming? I have all my consoles (Super Famicom/PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4/Switch) all connected up to capture cards (separated analog and digital) and I was just wondering what settings you recommend for people that wanna record / stream from consoles? Please no "PC MASTER RACE RAWR" here... I'm simply asking EpoxVox a question. Thanks.
I mean, the settings here are universal and have nothing to do with what your sources are. If you want to know how to set them up, that's covered in the master class linked in the description.
Just confirmed w/ OBS devs that it's literally the same plugin that now comes bundled w/ OBS. No need to install separately, doesn't offer anything better.
@@EposVox A video explaining the audio track section of obs more in-depth , currently I only have twitch which is set to 96k and youtube for track 2 with is set to 320k but aside from that don't even know what they are doing and if their setup correctly.
Do you guys have issues with game capture feature? I stream sc2, R6 siège or Apex on a 244hz monitor and I have tons of fps issues IN obs or obs stremlab, streaming never work at the 1st try...
Except for the part where answering the question was the entire point of the video and it's more nuanced than just "x264 or nvenc" - in all fairness, dude.
EposVox wow! I never thought you’d reply 😲 thanks for all the awesome content, it helped me a lot and of course I’ve been subscribed for a while now. 😎👍 I’ll test it then.
Ok so I need someone's help. I am starting to stream and I am getting a pretty cool setup. (I will be using twitch). Do I need a capture card and why? Thanks!
It depends. If you want to do console streaming/recording yes. it will allow you to split the video to whatever streaming software you use. In this case OBS. But if you want to strictly do PC streaming/recording, theres no need. Keep in mind though that you can already natively stream to twitch and youtube on ps4. xbox one is only able to stream to mixer. To stream on twitch or youtube on xbox one, you will need a capture card. eposvox has other tutorials with more information should you need help.
@@aboynameddrew8284 indeed it is. But its all good. Intel i7 and 1080 is solid parts indeed. Hopefully you have a bit of experience in pc building. Or know someone who does. If not. Google.com is your greatest ally. Or the buildapc subreddit
Ryzen 7 3700x, x264 Medium preset @ 4000Kb/s 720p is what I do, funnily enough I went with AM4 CPU's before the Nvidia 2000 series and now I have an RTX 2080 so I could stream perfectly fine with NVENC but oh well lol
Question. Do you know if the new 1160 ti has the same encoder chip as the 2080 ti? I would like to update to the new encoder just not sure is an 1160 ti will work or if i have to look at a rtx 2060
@Jack Kyle it is did some looking around the rtx and gtx series cars use the same encoder called Turing so an 2080 ti to an 1160 ti will encode the same. It will look like x264 at med. This is huge for streamer looking for mid line gear. Ya can fit in a good priced cpu and drop in a 1160 ti and get easy 100 fps in most games at 1080p. Now if you are pushing 1440p then the gpu will be your bottleneck. But you can not stream over 1080p 60fps at 6000 kbps. So best bang for the buck would be the new ryzen 3600 series card with 16 gb of 3200 mhz ram with a 1160 ti.
@Jack Kyle as a ryzen user if 2600x do not go ryzen and look to stream and game. Ex single pc. It does not work well. Ryzens are best for dual pc setup or if your looking to do rendering or encoding like making youtubr vidoes. Muti tasking like gaming and encoding. They do not handle it well. Best to just jump intp the new 1160 ti and stream over the new gpu encoder.
Sure it is. 5 and a half hours of everything you need to know about OBS that has helped tens of thousands of people. It's great! Be sure to hit the bell icon so you don't miss an upload!
@@EposVox 5 and a half hours that of information that anyone can figure out with a few google searches. Seriously, I figured out the majority of the stuff discussed in your series of videos without any help from the internet. There are things that none of your videos cover and it's disappointing to search the internet for an answer to one little problem only to find a link to your videos that say all the same stuff that has NOTHING TO DO with my problem. I even tried some of the things from your videos that I thought may fix the issue and it didn't help.
@@LelandHasGames Ah yes the ol' "I have this issue that your specific tips didn't fix or I didn't follow instructions enough so clearly everything you make is bad" approach. Never gets old. Also "can be found by an easy google search" but also "when I google search it has nothing to do with my problem" - inconsistent story there, bud. Be sure to hit the bell icon so you never miss an upload!
Awesome advice as usual! Easily the best authority on OBS on RUclips. Your videos have done so much to help us with pretty much everything on our channel.
Thanks!
You just saved my live stream. My setup was often dropping frames with video overlays and I was sure it had something to do with the GPU (GTX 1660) not rendering fast enough till I realized it was the CPU (Rysen 5 2600) going up to 100% on Win 10 performance stats (OBS only shows the CPU stats regarding the software only) with X264 encoding for streaming and NVENC for recording. The tip about going all NVENC (streaming and recording) even with my budget PC put the CPU between 10% to 50%, when pushing animated lower thirds, and my GPU encoder was only at 30% using Max Quality encoding for both streaming and recording. The dropped frames went down to almost 0 (it looses one or two frames when the overlays are applied which is totally fine). I know it has been almost a year already but I have just found your amazing channel a few days ago. Thanks again and keep it up helping with these awesome recommendations. Blessings...
I always come back here whenever I'm looking for OBS settings. You're awesome dude!
Things I learned. and thanks
1. For Streaming using Single PC set ups keep it at Quality
2. Instead of VBR use QCP with a range of 14(close to lossless) 18-22(save on storage) 60(really bad)
3. Keep Audio track 1 @160(this is for streaming) , max the rest
*> I'm still looking for away to Auto Remux .mkv files to mp4 in SLOBS*
CLICK SETTINGS THEN CLICK ADVANCED SETTINGS SCROLL DOWN TO RECORDING AND CHECK BOX.... SHOULD TAKE YOU 4 ABOUT SECONDS TO GET THIS GOING
Man, I was struggling for a couple of weeks with OBS, and finally you help me a lot to record my video games, I'ms going to put into practice your clues. Thanks duke!
Hey that's my post at the 4:10 mark! That is so cool, I watch this channel all the time and I must have missed this when it was initially uploaded. Pretty cool, great video! +)
When recording on a laptop without an NVIDIA GPU but a fast CPU (MacBook Pro with i9) what settings are best? If I can record at 50 Mbits with "veryfast" preset, is this better than choosing "faster" CPU preset and a lower bitrate like 10 Mbits? I've watched all your videos on the topic of bitrate and didn't find an answer what to do with x264 CPU preset for recording specifically and what to prefer higher bitrate or CPU preset.
Your New NVENC explanation helped me choose an RTX card for my new system to take advantage of NVeNC on a single PC set-up. Basically you helped save me alot of money, thanks so much for the videos!
Thanks for watching!
You're speaking out of my soul with these recommendations.
So many outright awful advice is given on a daily basis in RUclips videos and in Forums/on Reddit.
I just don't have the patience to respond to stuff on all the subreddits. I'll just keep pushing the good info here.
Awesome Video! I pretty much had all my settings like this so its good to know Im doing something right keep the good videos going!
:D
thanks for the pro tips.
I would like an explanation on "Dual PC" that you stated. Thanks!
Mihai Dragomirescu using two PCs, one for gaming and the other for streaming. That way you don’t have bottlenecks and slowdown on your gaming PC.
@@bluesmachine1006 That's true but adds a bit more cumbersome setups, separate audio tracks with either hardware or software mixers, either separate keyboards and mice (that takes up further space) to control both PCs or make use of an expensive KVM. There's also remote control software as well (Teamviewer ,VNC, Windows RDP) but if you have sensitive information you don't want to display on stream you can't "unshow" an HDMI Display capture without consciously obscure (yeah yeah scene switch is a thing).
My point is, for one setup you have to account for other aspects that neither makes a fully streamlined solution. A decent KVM is easiest but costly, especially so with HDMI.
Ohem1 well I’ve been doing it for a couple of years and it’s pretty straight forward. It is a space gobbler though :)
Thank you for the tips. I'll be sure to update my settings.
I swapped to YT for streaming as I haven't started properly, cause I can stream at 1440p 30 and 60 FPS, depending on game, so I use 20 and 30 Mbit for those frame rates, and YT handles it well, and since it's such a high bitrate, it looks good. (and everyone gets quality options)
the sound is great and quality upgraded, one thing left to be perfect (to me) is de-ess
I dunno how to thank you enough. This is incredibly informative.
Thanks for watching!
This helps a lot! I didn't have to change too many settings on my streamlabs obs for my streams. Thanks!😃
That's one of many reasons RUclips is a better streaming platform than Twitch. No bitrate cap, and universal transcoding.
@Jack Kyle Agreed. It's a lot easier to get started on, but definitely has a lot smaller a potential audience base.
@Jack Kyle Perhaps I should have clarified. I meant it is a lot easier to grow an initial following, because you can have your live stream promoted to others based on search and recommendations, instead of hoping that someone picks the game you are playing, scrolls all the way down the list, and clicks on your stream.
In that respect, it is a lot easier.
EposVox
I do not understand...so basically if I have a complete AMD rig I am fucked and can forget about using OBS for game recording? I am asking, because literally everything with particle effects stutters in my footage. What recording method would you recommend for AMD users with similar quality? AMD advertised their hardware as creator friendly...how does this add up...I am pretty pissed... I have a Vega 56 btw with a Ryzen 2700x
I use Intel QuickSync H.264 and it works perfectly for me with good quality.
Ah, I’ve been using new nvenc, but I can probably use the 2 pass encoding. Nice one dude
Your master class has 48 videos, going indepth is really good but there could have been better approaches to this I doubt most watch all your videos as well as implement these things since it seems too much to just do it. the quality and detail in your videos is really nice tho!
I mean, I’ve also made countless other quicker videos too. I’ve been covering OBS for 10 years. I’ve covered every possible way.
I think this video needs to be updated due to the recent changes to AVC. Also I have not seen a CPU bottleneck episode for older rigs. I’m concerned people owning older equipment might take the recommendation of using NVENC and purchase 2060 Super cards just to find that due to CPU bottleneck the super card performs worse than a dual pc configuration. I will have to slap my HD60 Pro into a i5-2400 rig and see if there is a difference between x264 fast and the 1050ti using NVENC. I don’t have a 2060 Super to test from my primary rig that has a i5-7500.
Avc? Nothing has been changed there for OBS. Nothing encoder-wise has changed since this video in OBS
I'm here from the future.
THE FUTURE
@@EposVox *back to the future intensifies*
@@RenRadio GREAT SCOTT!!!111
Hi firs sorry for my english ! Im trying to stream at 1080p and recording at 1440p. Mi video y set to 1080 and i rescale de output in recording to 1440p bus when i go to video/details i see 1080p in the pixel section.
If i put 1440p in video and rescale the stream at 1080 sometimes put my stream in 2k and looks laggi
i have a rtx 3090 and a 12 gen i9 with 32gb ram
what do u think?
You should check out the pod pack 1 microphone
Apparently I pushed 10,000 KBPS on twitch and didn't lose transcoding. Probably technical glitch or a fluke. I've been on the edge of sacrificing transcoding (as an affiliate) for less pixel boxes on my streams and I simply have a really bad beef with it. If I see those boxes, my streams feel like they're bad to view. And I hold it to a higher standard because I play older games rather the new trend games that come out. Quake and Doom specifically at 900p60 @ 10,000 KBPS. Just can't help it.
EDIT: However, for some reason when the stream is going, I have only seen 720p60 and lower in the quality options when I did had transcoding in this situation. There was no 900p60 during the stream at all, however, it did show 900p60 in the playback when the stream was over. That was a lot crispy in terms of quality, so I think Twitch is cutting down my quality to something appropriate deliberately. Not sure that's what is really going, but that's what feels like what's going on.
Keep up the good work sir!
Thanks!
Thank you! LIKED and SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks!
Trying to stream PUBG with an i7-8700k & GTX 1070... After constant trial and error can't get any encoder to work with PUBG without the game feeling like trash when trying to aim. FeelsBadMan. Looks like I might have to turn my old PC into a dedicated streaming PC just so the game feels playable
I like this haircut and look much better!
This video is contracting something you said about Look-Ahead being a good thing in your AMD Gen3 video. In that video, you said look ahead is good, but here you have us uncheck it?
As always great video you really have help me a lot thank you so mu
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What would you recommend on a dual pc streaming setup with an i7 3930k and GTX 670?
Cant even push faster on the CPU and its one of the first with an nvenc chip.
In your situation, x264 cpu encoding is probably the better idea in a 2 pc setup. If you decide to upgrade the gtx 670 to one of the newer gpus either the gtx 1060 or any of the rtx gpus then use nvenc.
Best thing you can do is upgrade your gpu to a 1160 ti and encode on the gpu on the stream pc. If you can not get to x264 med with the cpu. Ya need to look at an upgrade. Cheapest upgrade would be the gpu. Changing a cpu means new ram and motherboard.
@@TehBrownie Thanks for answering! Seems like the nvenc encoding is really getting good huh? 1160 Ti is not out yet right, reading rumours only.
@@Spooky1611 the 1160 to has beem out for months
@@TehBrownie Can't find it in any stores whatsoever on the internet. Don't you mean the GTX 1660? Really have been googling around.
Hey, I love your tutorials and have learned everything I need to know to put together a really slick on line presentation. BUT, I have a problem which you don't seem to address, or at least I can find a reference to it. AUDIO LATENCY. I am a singer song writer and am using Sound Flower with a Multi Output Device to collect all of my media sources. When I use an instrumental playback or well, even when I just talk, there is a latency issue that I cannot resolve which makes live performane of music next to impossible. I have gone into the Advanced Audio setting for the microphone and tried to enter a "Sync off set" of anywhere from 10 ms to 750 ms. I have used an video to try and get a more exact timecode on the latency. I have looked at every other tutorial on line, in addtion to your, that tries to address the issue but can get no functioning solutions. I have not yet streamed live because I can not sing and play to playback.
Do you have any work arounds for this?
I use a MacBook Pro running Sierra
I use iRig HD2 for my instrument and mic input inputs
My Output is set to Multi Output Device
I have OBS taking Media Source, Window Capture and all else.
I'm dying here. Help???
I would like to use the Nvidia encoder but my poor 960 just isn't strong enough to record with while playing games like Monster Hunter World at Medium-High settings, since it's often at 80-100% usage to begin with. I've been looking up lots of info recently, but I've determined that I just have to use x264 Very Fast for 1080p 60fps recording until I get a better GPU.
Just my 2 cents from my own experience - never downmix your mic source as mono in OBS... I lost my whole mic track because of that - when I tried to edit the archived stream that downmixed track was silent :-/ My mic survived only on my main mix. That was a huge bummer and it took me too much time to figure out what the heck happened.
EDIT: I just don't like to record my mic as a stereo...
It's required for my setup
@@EposVox Then I was or am terribly unlucky... But worth having that in mind if someone has similar issue as I had.
And BTW - great vid. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
Awesome!!!! 1 question, if I down mix/lower rate Channel 1 for audio for streaming, should I uncheck 1 for recording? So I don’t end up with 1 track of everything at a lower quality, then separate tracks in post. Might be a safety net though? Anyway thanks for the awesome content as always!
You can't not when your recording and streaming at the same time. You can setup new profiles for recording and streaming and uncheck channel 1. Best thing to do is just delete channel 1 with your editing software. Should not be hard to remove.
Also record in mkv. Any proper editing software should see all the tracks broken down. You will not have to do anything to them just mute the channels you do not want to hear
I always record it anyway so you can have it, then just mute it out in editing
I have streamed in the past with my gaming PC and then used NDI to output my source to a laptop and used the laptop as my streaming PC using x264. I don't have a capture card in my laptop. I recently upgraded my gaming PC with a 2080TI. Should I stick with my 2 PC setup (one being a laptop) and run x264 or can I use NVENC on the laptop? It's only got a 1050 in it. Or...would I be better off just going with a 1 PC setup and using NVENC on my gaming PC?
Could you possibly do a review of your black magic camera
5:16 Can you please explain why the first is 160 but the rest is set to 320. I did it but I would like to know why? Is the 160 the stream audio but when streaming & recording the 320 and 160 blend together improving the recordings audio. And if so does this require all 6 tracks selected or just 1 track selected? (P.s. I know you said higher quality audio as well, but I would just like a more in depth explanation of this. Apologies if this sounds ridiculous. Just trying to learn & utilize everything I can effectively).
160 is the max for Twitch and most streaming sites, and the first track is the only one going to your stream. The multitrack tracks are for your recording, which you want to be a higher quality whenever possible, thus a higher bitrate. Just ditch the stream track and use the higher quality tracks when editing
@@EposVox Thanks for answering. After having you explain it and reading through it, that is what I had thought. I just didn't want to act on knowledge I had not confirmed yet. Btw I have literally binged a TON of your videos over the past 8 hours (Maybe more). I was watching, re-watching, and planning how I was going to adjust my own settings when I return home from my families. You do a great job! These videos are thorough, which I enjoy. I really enjoyed when you showed each presets video side by side and then cycled between them pointing out the flaws and benefits. I definitely will return to check out future updates pertaining to streaming & recording.
quick question though
if i use CQP: 14
what do i render at, in terms of bitrate, to keep the quality when uploaded to youtube?
without much pixelation or none at all if possible
ROUNDZ would it look better if i upscale?
ROUNDZ okay thank you, I’ll do some tests then
what does the profile setting change. If I'm getting encoding overload problems should I switch that to main?
At 5:11 you said "When recording, just try to not record on the same drive that your games run from." My question is, if my games are running from my ps4 and i save the footage into OBS via ps4 remote play. Can I save the footage onto that laptop since it's not running the game (the ps4 is), and the laptop's only saving the footage? Do you think this scenario will still damage the harddrive? Do you think it will cause a loss of frames? Or do you still suggest saving to a second harddrive?
It's only for recording, no streaming whatsoever.
That's fine, that statement was for PC games
@@EposVox Thanks.
great tutorial easy to follow. Im using all recommended settings and im still getting a delay using twitch and youtube. Any suggestions be appreciated thanks
Both websites always have a bit of a delay (a few seconds) from your stream to realtime. Both Twitch and RUclips have low-latency toggles in their settings but there's still some degree of delay.
@@EposVox Appreciate the response. Guess theres not much to do. I have ultra low latency enabled for RUclips and low latency for twitch. I did watch a video to enable stream delay in advance settings to 0 but stays at 1 in OBS. Streamlabs you can set to 0. Though if it isn't enabled I'd assume them settings ain't applied.
Though great content helping me get up my 1st live stream after I get all the kinks out the way.
@@EposVox My only main concern is live chatting. Also I'm watching on a mobile phone which is usually seconds behind live stream.
@@EposVox One last question. I dont keep my stream open right just the chat box?
If you enable stream delay, it’s always adding a delay. You don’t want it enabled.
Would you recommend using nvenc if you are streaming/recording from a capture card too?
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could/did you add a video about the flags? and if i'm on a single PC setup, how is Quality better than Max Performance?
What is the best CQP level for recording 1440p gaming? Still 14?
I have an I5 8265U and Intel HD 620, should i use hardware or software encoder?
Interesting so many people have had issues with AMD VCE, I haven't experienced any that I know of. My RX 580 seems to be working fine with SLOBS. But good to know for the future in case I run into issues. 😆
May i know your specs and how you got vce to work on slobs? Do you need an amd plug-in? Also how's the quality of amd vce compared to nvenc?
@@taguinerd i5 6600K, 32GB of 3000MHz DDR4 RAM , PowerColor Radeon RX580, and SLOBS is on an SSD. Just make sure hardware encoding is selected. The quality is about the same as NVENC.
Hi I'm using a dual pc setup. I don't have a 20 series GPU. So should I use x264 instead of NVENC on my streaming PC? I'm fine with that PC working as hard as possible to put out the best quality stream. Will x264 or NVENC make a huge difference?
I am trying 720p, new nvenc and 6000 bitrate with a gtx 1080 and i still find it more blurry than a regular 264x veryfast. I am doing something wrong?
In the old version I could stream 720 and record 1080. Can't seem to find any way to do that now.????????
hey, i have a problem with getting passed above 2000 kbps when my connection can do 16 mbps up stream (16'000 kbps) and the actual OBS looks like it does not lag in anyways... (i can record at higher no problem so...) have you had this happen to you or people talking about it? would like to know if you have a video on the subject. also is there a way i can see if i am lagging or losing frames easily? and lastly, how do people Manage their twitch chat on OBS if the game is in Fullscreen? (a plugin or something?)
+EposVox Hi! I'm using your same settings with OBS but I have a major problem! When I play at Assassin's Creed Origins, I see that the OBS preview is laggy and I don't know why. The game runs perfectly but when I record all the recording is very bad. I tried with other settings, I mean with lower settings, but nothing changes. I tried Shadowplay and all goes perfect. What is the problem for you? This happens to me only with this game. I record the clips at 1080p. And if you need to know my specs: i7-7700k, GTX 1080 ti, 32GB Ram
For recording do you put max B frames to 4 with the key frame interval at 0? Is there any advantage or disadvantage of doing so?
I have a 5.9mbps upload speed, a 4670k and 1060 6gb, what res and bitrate can i stream at comfortably that still looks good? I tried 720p60 at 5000kbps, but it looks pixelated and blotchy. how can i fix this? Im downsampling from 1080p to 720p using the Lanczos filter. Are there any more things i can do to optimise it? I am trying to stream fortnite, so there is lots of fast paced motion.
Does AMD ever get any help? I'm on a pretty dated card and cpu. I'm wanting to record gameplay from my consoles and pc. I;m just looking for something stable and high quality that I can get with a Ryzen 5 1400 and RX 580. I'm not in the market for new parts yet but am saving up for some so i just gotta work with what I got
with these settings and the base canvas set to 1080p and scaled to 720p, will it record my stream at 1080p or 720p? Are the stream and recording resolution interlocked and how can i change what resolution i am recording at?
I am trying to stream with an AverMedia Live Gamer HD2 PCIE card and a GoPro Hero Black 6 using a Rode Pro in the 3.5 Audio in connector on the HD2. Is this doable or a waste of time anyone please ? I have tried every possible configuration (except the right one) and there is no audio in the OBS recording. I am using Windows 7 Pro.
Thks very much for your video, very very good content! i really appreciate!
I follow any advice you give into your videos, my internet connexion is very good but i still have some issue with my live stream (not record). I've done some test yesterday on BF5 and i have some pixelation :s
Could you please help me?
question i use stream labs i have not use OBS in long time does this include hmm
I don't know if this will get read nor replied. But this is a 9 old month video, should I still follow it? Also, I have a gtx680, should I use the nvenc encoder?
Still good! Encoder quality on 600 series is not great, but if you can't stream anything better than X264 VeryFast it's probably the same.
Why do you say look-ahead leave unchecked?
okay this is epic
Does this still apply even if you dont have the rtx cards/turring ?
I understood everything until he went into the audio tab. How does that with with the channels? How do you downmix to channel 1? Does anyone have a helpful link i can readup on?
As mentioned, all covered in my obs master class that this is an update to :P Tried to repeat it as many times as I could lol
Here's the specific video - ruclips.net/video/nd739DyqSV4/видео.html
hey :)! i have pc with Ryzen 3950x and rtx 2070s any tips for RECORDING with CPU?
I havew single PC. Ryzen 7 3700x RTX 2060 and I can run medium x264 fine but my stream looks like total shit on twitch. Bitrate 4500 at 720p. I can go to 6000 put idk if i Should? I think I have transcoding because on my stream I can down the quality of the stream. My upload is 12 Mb.
Don't record to the same HDD you have the game on, helpful tip. Gonna try this out tomorrow because although my recordings are good, I think this might fix some of the little stutters I get. Cheers!
Great video. If you're running a 980ti or older ( in my case a 980), does this still apply?
You can still benefit from the new nvenc changes since it may help with performance on a single pc. Not sure about quality though better to test things.
A 1060 or 980 will not see the 15% upgrade into the encoder. The encoder is a new hardware chip on the 1160 and 20 series card.
@@TehBrownie So should I bother with these settings tweaks iyo?
@@haloboy456 you can try them. But i run a 1060 ti and seen no diff from the new to old version
Quality improvement is mostly on RTX/1660/1660ti, performance increase is applied to all. Explained here ruclips.net/video/6fyP7kg0QAc/видео.html
When I use these settings for recording my videos a lagging a lot and in general my videos lag a lot both using OBS and shadow play. Do you have any idea why?
I record to a second hard drive (SSD), my cpu is I7 6700, GPU RTX 2060 S, 16 gb of ram and 2 HDD and 2 SSD.
I don’t notice any big performance hit when I play, but my videos doesn’t run very smooth :-/
LJ ZeniT JenseN - Gaming and More encoding takes a bit of cuda. Make sure to limit framerates in game so obs has enough headspace to render the image
Wow that's insane that's a pretty good rig
5:00 Recording with 0 Key Frames. Is that right?
Yes
@@EposVox why not use look-ahead with 4 B-frames?
does obs have a instant replay feature like nvidia/amd ?
Yep ruclips.net/video/oSI_KA4Q8gA/видео.html
With CQP how do I know which target and max bitrate to use when rendering? Trying to figure it out but it is hard to find that info.
With CQP you *just* set a CQP value, not bitrates.
EposVox yes but after recording with let’s say cqp 18, which target and max bitrate should I aim for rendering on premiere? For a 1080p 60fps video
You're only covering PC gaming here... what about console game recording/streaming? I have all my consoles (Super Famicom/PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4/Switch) all connected up to capture cards (separated analog and digital) and I was just wondering what settings you recommend for people that wanna record / stream from consoles? Please no "PC MASTER RACE RAWR" here... I'm simply asking EpoxVox a question. Thanks.
I'm guessing you use the dual PC settings. Since in that setup, one of the PCs is the "Console".
@@RetroBoxRoom Hmm I'll give that a try if all else I try fails. Thanks for answering.
I mean, the settings here are universal and have nothing to do with what your sources are. If you want to know how to set them up, that's covered in the master class linked in the description.
with a duel pc setup do i set both pc setting the same?>
You only need OBS on the stream pc
@@EposVox my setup is with ndi and a ethernet cable connecting both pc's but ndi is now working good rn
maybe try the AMF Plugin for AMD Cards its worth it i use it :D
Just confirmed w/ OBS devs that it's literally the same plugin that now comes bundled w/ OBS. No need to install separately, doesn't offer anything better.
@@EposVox oo yes I also remember it still too bad there encoder is not that gud :/
Do you have a video about this mentioned here 5:23?
What specifically are you looking for?
@@EposVox A video explaining the audio track section of obs more in-depth , currently I only have twitch which is set to 96k and youtube for track 2 with is set to 320k but aside from that don't even know what they are doing and if their setup correctly.
@@TheNamesJT Probably looking for this ruclips.net/video/nd739DyqSV4/видео.html
Do you guys have issues with game capture feature? I stream sc2, R6 siège or Apex on a 244hz monitor and I have tons of fps issues IN obs or obs stremlab, streaming never work at the 1st try...
With game capture in the properties try checking the box called cap framerate.
@@TehBrownie yeah i tried already but don't solve my problem :/
Try this:limit framerate to 3 under your refresh. So if your refresh is 144 hz, limit framerate in game to 141. Let me know if this works
Should I use the new nvenc with 1080ti or the x264 with i7-8700
I answered this in the video.
Except for the part where answering the question was the entire point of the video and it's more nuanced than just "x264 or nvenc" - in all fairness, dude.
@@EposVox no worries dude 😁
Any of you have tried using h264 apple hardware encoder? Should I try? XD
It's not great but worth seeing how it works for you
EposVox wow! I never thought you’d reply 😲 thanks for all the awesome content, it helped me a lot and of course I’ve been subscribed for a while now. 😎👍 I’ll test it then.
Thanks for being subscribed :)
Ok so I need someone's help. I am starting to stream and I am getting a pretty cool setup. (I will be using twitch). Do I need a capture card and why? Thanks!
It depends. If you want to do console streaming/recording yes. it will allow you to split the video to whatever streaming software you use. In this case OBS. But if you want to strictly do PC streaming/recording, theres no need. Keep in mind though that you can already natively stream to twitch and youtube on ps4. xbox one is only able to stream to mixer. To stream on twitch or youtube on xbox one, you will need a capture card. eposvox has other tutorials with more information should you need help.
@@TheUsefulxIdiot thank you very much. I will be streaming on pc. Thanks! 😃
@@aboynameddrew8284 your welcome, glad i could actually be useful for once in my life 😅
@@TheUsefulxIdiot oh. Well that's kind of sad. But I'm going to run an i7, gtx 1080
@@aboynameddrew8284 indeed it is. But its all good. Intel i7 and 1080 is solid parts indeed. Hopefully you have a bit of experience in pc building. Or know someone who does. If not. Google.com is your greatest ally. Or the buildapc subreddit
4 days ago???
When it was scheduled
Ryzen 7 3700x, x264 Medium preset @ 4000Kb/s 720p is what I do, funnily enough I went with AM4 CPU's before the Nvidia 2000 series and now I have an RTX 2080 so I could stream perfectly fine with NVENC but oh well lol
Do you stream and record with x264 Medium on the 3700x? Or stream only?
This video almost a year old ha
Question. Do you know if the new 1160 ti has the same encoder chip as the 2080 ti? I would like to update to the new encoder just not sure is an 1160 ti will work or if i have to look at a rtx 2060
@Jack Kyle it is did some looking around the rtx and gtx series cars use the same encoder called Turing so an 2080 ti to an 1160 ti will encode the same. It will look like x264 at med. This is huge for streamer looking for mid line gear. Ya can fit in a good priced cpu and drop in a 1160 ti and get easy 100 fps in most games at 1080p. Now if you are pushing 1440p then the gpu will be your bottleneck. But you can not stream over 1080p 60fps at 6000 kbps. So best bang for the buck would be the new ryzen 3600 series card with 16 gb of 3200 mhz ram with a 1160 ti.
@Jack Kyle as a ryzen user if 2600x do not go ryzen and look to stream and game. Ex single pc. It does not work well. Ryzens are best for dual pc setup or if your looking to do rendering or encoding like making youtubr vidoes. Muti tasking like gaming and encoding. They do not handle it well. Best to just jump intp the new 1160 ti and stream over the new gpu encoder.
Just to clarify: yes. I cover this in my NVenc video. 1660/1660ti have the same encoder as 2080/etc. 1650 does not.
Your voice, that's hawt. (honest)
I'm not at this level yet my brain hurts
That's what the actual Master Class this is an update to is for!
I dont understand anything 🤣 all I heard was sksnsododmsido and I was like o.o ... lol
I probably will re watch it lol
Sir please gift a me a gaming PC
Your "master class" is not that good.
Sure it is. 5 and a half hours of everything you need to know about OBS that has helped tens of thousands of people. It's great! Be sure to hit the bell icon so you don't miss an upload!
@@EposVox 5 and a half hours that of information that anyone can figure out with a few google searches. Seriously, I figured out the majority of the stuff discussed in your series of videos without any help from the internet. There are things that none of your videos cover and it's disappointing to search the internet for an answer to one little problem only to find a link to your videos that say all the same stuff that has NOTHING TO DO with my problem. I even tried some of the things from your videos that I thought may fix the issue and it didn't help.
@@LelandHasGames Ah yes the ol' "I have this issue that your specific tips didn't fix or I didn't follow instructions enough so clearly everything you make is bad" approach. Never gets old. Also "can be found by an easy google search" but also "when I google search it has nothing to do with my problem" - inconsistent story there, bud.
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