Need help recording videos

[Michigan Tech]

Hello all,

I am interested in recording videos but can't seem to do it right. I am worried that it may be my computer. I have a i5-6600k and a Radeon R9 270 (soon to be 1070).

I use OBS and recording CS:GO, fps goes from 260 to 170, and ARMA 3 60 to 20-30.

What should I use? Is it my computer? Let me know...

Thanks!

 

[James Mason]

That looks like the right amount of FPS loss. Recording is extremely hard on the CPU, RAM and HDD you're recording to, you want/need extra room there for good recordings.

When your 1070 comes, try the following:

You can try OBS since it's free:
https://obsproject.com/
And here's how to set it up for local recordings, start at the recommended crf 15, and lower the number for higher quality and higher file size recordings, or raise it for slightly lower quality and smaller file sizes.
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
And to set it up for twitch:
http://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1262922-open-broadcaster-software

If you have an Nvidia GPU, you can use that to reduce the load on your CPU:
To set it up for recordings:
1. go to settings
2. go to encoding
3. click the Nvidia NVENC button
4. Make sure Use CBR is turned on
5. Make sure Enable CBR Padding is turned off
6. Set your Max Bitrate (Kb/s) to your upload max upload speed. You'll want like 8000 or more though, this affects the visual quality of the video partly. (1mbps = 1000 kbps, www.speedtest.net)
7. go to Video and set the FPS to 60
8. Go to Advanced
9. Turn Use Multithreaded Optimizations on
10. Set NVENC Preset to High Quality
11. Set Encoding Profile to Main
12. Turn Use CFR on.

To capture your game:
1. Right click in the white area of the Scenes: box and choose add scene, name it after the game you're gonna play.
2. Start the game you're gonna play.
3. right click in the Sources: box and choose Game Capture (for full screen games) or Window Capture (for windowed games whether borderless or not) or Monitor (to capture whatever is display one your monitor including your desktop/webbrowser/OBS)
4. Start recording.

To add a webcam:
1. Right click in the Sources: box and choose Video Capture Device.
2. Choose your webcam from the dropdown list at the top. Press Okay.
3. Click Preview Stream
4. Click the Video Capture in the sources list, go to Order and choose Move to Top.
5. Press the Edit Scene button

 

[Frag Maniac]

Your settings might be too high for the 270, it's not a very powerful GPU. It depends a lot whet res you're capturing at and how many FPS you set the capture to.

I would just wait until you get the 1070, as you'll be able to use pretty much any settings and will get better looking videos.