Advanced Recording Settings Guide

This guide provides baseline settings to effectively match the Simple output mode presets for each encoder. While Simple output mode is generally recommended for its ease of use, this guide is particularly useful for those situations where more precise adjustments are necessary beyond what Simple mode offers.

NVENC Rate Control: CQP CQ Level: 16-23 (Lower CQ level will result in higher quality and larger file sizes) Keyframe Interval: 2 Preset: P5 Tuning: High Quality Multipass: Two Passes (Quarter Resolution) Look-ahead: Off Psycho Visual Tuning: On Max B-frames: 2
x264 Rate Control: CRF CRF: 16-23 (Lower CRF will result in higher quality and larger file sizes) Keyframe Interval: 2 CPU Usage Preset: veryfast Profile: High Tune: (None)
AMD Rate Control: CQP CQ Level: 16-23 (Lower CQ level will result in higher quality and larger file sizes) Keyframe Interval: 2 Preset: Quality Profile: High Max B-frames: 0
Quicksync Rate Control: ICQ ICQ Quality: 16-23 (Lower ICQ Quality will result in higher quality and larger file sizes) Target Usage: TU4 Profile: High Keyframe Interval: 2 Latency: normal B-Frames: 3