Select the appropriate video source(s), and you’ll be set to start recording. This will give you several options, including Game Capture, Window, or Video Capture Device (for capturing webcam video). Find the Sources box at the bottom of the screen and click +. Next, you’ll need to add your video source(s). Then verify that it has the right audio device selected or change it if you’re using another device. You can do this by clicking Settings > Audio. Once you’ve run the auto-config tool, check that OBS is set up for your preferred audio device. This should include the settings for your recording, resolution, encoder, bitrate, and other settings. Run this tool to let OBS automatically check your system’s requirements and attempt to find the settings appropriate for your computer. If the Auto-Configuration Wizard tool doesn’t automatically pop up, you can find it in the Tools menu at the top of your screen. Think the games are pretty demanding on the GPU, games like Kingdom Come Deliverance, Cyberpunk 2077, Marvels Spider-man remastered, Death stranding, Valorant etc, so I guess I'm now kind of wondering if it might be better to use the x264 instead? Honestly thanks for the reply, I'm not the most technical and I'm also at my wits end here.When you first open OBS Studio, you should be prompted to go through the auto-configuration process.

It just seems to be with HoloCure and not pixelated games in general, since my Noita recordings go smoothly. I tried tweaking some settings but to no avail. Guess I'll try with CQP and see what results I get, but I've also tried it with look-ahead on and the max frames set to 4 using both P6 and P7. Issues Recording HoloCure So whenever I try to record HoloCure gameplay with OBS, the resulting footage is extremely low-res and poor quality. I was using CBR, but couldn't find the sweet spot for bitrate. all with no success on producing a smooth running video.

I've also tried setting the base and output to 1920x1080 and then unchecking the downscale option. Well my base canvas and out put canvas match my screen resolution of 3840x2160 and then selecting the downscale 1920x1080 option in the recording tab.

Obs recording settings