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. What could be the problem? Thanks in advance! I can most certainly provide more details if necessary.Top 8 Fixes for Blurry OBS Recordings: 1. Some people suggested I record to a different HDD or a USB drive. And with Bandicam a couple of games I've tried actually crash while recording. Bandicam only gave me a couple of good videos at some point but no more luck other than that. Tweaked their settings a bit (resolution, output quality, framerate, codec (x264 & NVENC). I've tried Bandicam, OBS Studio, Fraps and Shadowplay. And I mainly encounter this problem when I record older games (10+ year old games) which I would expect to work fine since they don't stress my PC at all. All of them either lag during recording or the final video they output is choppy and laggy, skipping frames and slowing down at points. I haven't had success with the game recording software I've tried so far.

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