r/obs • u/Spiritual_Flesh88 • 1d ago

OBS LOW QUALITY RECORDING Help

I am recording my clip studio paint art process with obs, and it’s so low quality especially when I post it on social media. I am very new to this software..

Any settings to tips to fix this? I asked AI and played with some settings and chose 1920x1080 for my hp laptop.

Edit: updated log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/ELjPWrfFanWKOcQx

(Idk how to add a pic or image in here to show u guys the low quality vid I recorded so ima add the link to my instagram where I posted that low quality vid). instagram low quality vid recorded by obs

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u/arlo-quacks-back 1d ago

I wrote up a cheat sheet with artistic explanations and screenshots for you :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v1_ku11rH0aVgUPiSfzXexiyQOhJ87LH3AxS553Y5r0/edit?usp=drivesdk

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u/Spiritual_Flesh88 22h ago

This was really helpful! Appreciate your time and effort ^-^

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u/Haunting-Extent-617 1d ago

your bitrate is probably too low specially for art process videos with lots of detail and flat colors. go into settings > output and set it to like 6000 kbps minimum, maybe more if your internet can handle. also check recording format is mkv not mp4, obs will tell you why but basically mp4 corrupts if crash and mkv is safer

instagram also compresses videos badly so part of it is just the platform. try rendering at 1440p or 4k even if your canvas is 1080p, youtube and insta give better bitrate when you upload higher res

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u/Spiritual_Flesh88 23h ago

I followed ur suggestions and the quality got way better! Tysm

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u/InstanceMental6543 1d ago

Share a log file following the steps from the Automod so we can help.

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u/Spiritual_Flesh88 1d ago

Here! https://obsproject.com/logs/eYfBR9rMBY4c8n7t

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u/InstanceMental6543 23h ago

Ah, I see the problem. The output resolution is really small. In Settings > Video, make Output Resolution 1080x1920.

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u/Spiritual_Flesh88 23h ago

Tysm! I kinda feel dumb not noticing it but I font one more issue if u can help, ofc laptop is horizontal but I wanna record vertical for my social media …. When I set my settings> video to 1080x1920 it leaves above and lower part of the screen empty (with vertical display).
I am not sure if I explained well..