QSV aka Intel Quick Sync Video has medium quality and performance.

Currently, all consumer-level hardware encoders are provided by certain GPUs, as listed below. They offer minimal performance impact in exchange for a reduction in quality at the same bitrates as NVENC or software ( x264) encoding using the default preset of veryfast.

They can be a last resort if NVIDIA NVENC H.264 or software encoding ( x264) is not possible.

Hardware encoders (except the NVIDIA NVENC H.264) are generally recommended for local recordings, but not streaming. This is why “veryfast” is recommended as the best balance between quality and performance. All other presets after 3rd have a big difference in performance but almost have not any difference in quality. “ultrafast” has the best performance and worst quality, and “placebo” has the worst performance(very high load of the processor) and best quality.īut in fact, only the first 3 are useful for streaming purposes and have a significant difference in quality. They are arranged in ascending order of quality and descending of performance, i.e. But keep in mind what x264 is the most processor-intensive encoder and you need a good processor to use x264 without lags in processor-intensive games. x264 is recommended to use for the best quality if NVIDIA NVENC H.264 is not available on your hardware.NVIDIA NVENC H.264 is the best encoder in terms of quality and performance (as of 2020).Twitch, YouTube, etc.)Įncoders and Quality Presets Recommended encoders: Setup of video and audio options which are meet the recommendations of your streaming platform (eg.

Getting and entering of your credentials for streaming service (URL and Stream key).

The process of OBS setup for streaming can be divided into two main stages:

Intel GPU drivers are usually available from your motherboard manufacturer, but can also be found here.

Please make sure to use the latest drivers for your GPU:

YouTube (streaming guide about this platform coming soon).

We also recommend you read tutorials with specific instructions for your live streaming video platform: This streaming guide is about general OBS settings. In this tutorial we’ll tell you about OBS settings and features, which are you need to know to perform your live streams.

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