Be prepared for file sizes in the hundreds of gigabytes for longer recordings.So, I’m part of a bunch of communities where people share knowledge about streaming or talk about streaming-related matters with each other and from time to time, one of those communities hosts “Stream Reviews” where everyone gives genuine advice to people that wanted to get reviewed. Incredible quality for 4k recording but it comes at a HUGE price file size. If you start recording videos for longer than 10 minutes or so, you will start to notice the file sizes creeping up into the tens of gigabytes! Lossless Quality You won’t notice any quality compression and should be pretty happy with the low file size results! Indistinguishable Qualityīetter than ‘high quality’ in that it can handle a higher fps, around 60-120.

This is a decent compressor to use for videos at 720 or 1080p and 30fps. Due to recordings not requiring upload speed or live-time distribution, it’s generally better to go with a higher quality default setting in this list. Most streamers tend to play it safe with their stream settings and so this will normally be the lowest quality option. This option will automatically use the settings that you have stipulated for your streams (located above the recording settings.) It will directly copy the bitrate and encoder settings and in theory will have the exact same quality and detail as your streaming VODs.

This sometimes ventures into the hundreds of gigabytes for longer recordings so be careful with the quality/size balance! Here are the settings options available to you: Same as Stream Bear in mind that the higher the quality you want your video, the exponentially higher your video file size will become. It controls the overall video quality and size of your output file.

The ‘Recording Quality’ setting is a default setting in your output tab. Top 8 Fixes for Blurry OBS Recordings: 1.

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