Question / Help OBS cant record at a decent quality

[helmet-]

Every time I record ANYTHING OBS just records at more or less 4-5 FPS and pretty pixelated. I don't get why this is an issue, i've recorded at 1080p 60FPS before on other software with no problem. OBS just seems to not work at all.

 

[Sukiyucky]

12:24:15.456: video settings reset:
12:24:15.456: base resolution: 1920x1080
12:24:15.456: output resolution: 1920x1080
12:24:15.456: downscale filter: Bicubic
12:24:15.456: fps: 60/1
12:24:15.456: format: RGBA
12:24:15.456: YUV mode: None
12:24:15.456: GPU conversion not available for format: 6

Go to Advanced Settings and look at the Video section. Under Color Format:
- NV12
- I420
- I444
- RGB (yours is likely set to this)

Try NV12, 709, Partial or Full

 

[helmet-]

12:24:15.456: video settings reset:
12:24:15.456: base resolution: 1920x1080
12:24:15.456: output resolution: 1920x1080
12:24:15.456: downscale filter: Bicubic
12:24:15.456: fps: 60/1
12:24:15.456: format: RGBA
12:24:15.456: YUV mode: None
12:24:15.456: GPU conversion not available for format: 6

Go to Advanced Settings and look at the Video section. Under Color Format:
- NV12
- I420
- I444
- RGB (yours is likely set to this)

Try NV12, 709, Partial or Full

looks like I spoke too soon, the output is still just about the same as before.

21:54:10.033: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz
21:54:10.034: CPU Speed: 3598MHz
21:54:10.034: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
21:54:10.034: Physical Memory: 16325MB Total, 9375MB Free
21:54:10.034: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17763 (revision: 348; 64-bit)
21:54:10.034: Running as administrator: false
21:54:10.034: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
21:54:10.034: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
21:54:10.034: Game DVR: On
21:54:10.036: Sec. Software Status:
21:54:10.038: Avira Antivirus: enabled (AV)
21:54:10.038: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
21:54:10.038: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
21:54:10.039: Avira Antivirus: enabled (ASW)
21:54:10.039: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
21:54:10.039: Current Date/Time: 2019-06-29, 21:54:10
21:54:10.039: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true
21:54:10.039: Portable mode: false
21:54:10.523: OBS 23.2.1 (64-bit, windows)
21:54:10.523: ---------------------------------
21:54:10.524: ---------------------------------
21:54:10.524: audio settings reset:
21:54:10.524: samples per sec: 48000
21:54:10.524: speakers: 2
21:54:10.525: ---------------------------------
21:54:10.525: Initializing D3D11...
21:54:10.525: Available Video Adapters:
21:54:10.529: Adapter 0: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series
21:54:10.529: Dedicated VRAM: 4270211072
21:54:10.529: Shared VRAM: 4264314880
21:54:10.529: output 0: pos={0, 0}, size={2560, 1440}, attached=true
21:54:10.532: Loading up D3D11 on adapter AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series (0)
21:54:10.552: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
21:54:11.593: ---------------------------------
21:54:11.593: video settings reset:
21:54:11.593: base resolution: 1920x1080
21:54:11.593: output resolution: 1920x1080
21:54:11.593: downscale filter: Bilinear
21:54:11.593: fps: 50/1
21:54:11.593: format: RGBA
21:54:11.593: YUV mode: None
21:54:11.593: GPU conversion not available for format: 6
21:54:11.593: NV12 texture support not available
21:54:11.594: Audio monitoring device:
21:54:11.594: name: Default
21:54:11.594: id: default
21:54:11.595: ---------------------------------
21:54:11.598: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
21:54:11.599: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-ouput-ui.dll'
21:54:11.982: [AMF] Version 2.4.2 loaded (Compiled: 1.4.7.0, Runtime: 1.4.12.0, Library: 1;4;12;0;18.50.31.01;201903262336;CL#1762099).
21:54:12.045: [AMF] [Capability Manager] Testing Direct3D 11 Adapter 'AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series (VEN_1002/DEV_67b1/SUB_4ed1043/REV_0080)':
21:54:12.045: H264/AVC: Supported
21:54:12.045: H265/HEVC: Not Supported
21:54:12.045:
21:54:12.104: [AMF] [Capability Manager] Testing Direct3D 9 Adapter 'AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390 Series [\\.\DISPLAY1] (VEN_1002/DEV_67b1/SUB_4ed1043/REV_0080)':
21:54:12.104: H264/AVC: Supported
21:54:12.104: H265/HEVC: Not Supported
21:54:12.104:
21:54:12.104: [AMF] [H265/HEVC] Not supported by any GPU, disabling...
21:54:12.120: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
21:54:12.122: [obs-browser]: Version 2.4.0
21:54:12.358: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
21:54:12.365: No blackmagic support
21:54:12.372: ---------------------------------
21:54:12.372: Loaded Modules:
21:54:12.372: win-wasapi.dll
21:54:12.372: win-mf.dll
21:54:12.372: win-dshow.dll
21:54:12.372: win-decklink.dll
21:54:12.372: win-capture.dll
21:54:12.372: vlc-video.dll
21:54:12.372: text-freetype2.dll
21:54:12.372: rtmp-services.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-x264.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-vst.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-transitions.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-text.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-qsv11.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-outputs.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-filters.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-ffmpeg.dll
21:54:12.372: obs-browser.dll
21:54:12.372: image-source.dll
21:54:12.372: frontend-tools.dll
21:54:12.372: enc-amf.dll
21:54:12.372: decklink-ouput-ui.dll
21:54:12.372: coreaudio-encoder.dll
21:54:12.372: ---------------------------------
21:54:12.372: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
21:54:12.373: Service '' not found
21:54:12.376: All scene data cleared
21:54:12.376: ------------------------------------------------
21:54:12.445: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)' initialized
21:54:12.449: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device 'default' not found. Waiting for device
21:54:12.486: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)' initialized
21:54:13.064: Switched to scene 'Scene'
21:54:13.065: ------------------------------------------------
21:54:13.065: Loaded scenes:
21:54:13.065: - scene 'Scene':
21:54:13.065: - source: 'Game Capture' (game_capture)
21:54:13.065: - source: 'Audio Output Capture' (wasapi_output_capture)
21:54:13.065: - scene 'Nothing':
21:54:13.065: ------------------------------------------------
21:54:13.069: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: forhonor.exe
21:54:13.075: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped
21:54:15.077: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: forhonor.exe
21:54:15.095: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped
21:54:17.097: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: forhonor.exe
21:54:17.115: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped
21:54:19.117: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: forhonor.exe
21:54:19.135: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped
21:54:21.137: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: forhonor.exe
21:54:21.155: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped
21:54:23.157: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: forhonor.exe
21:54:23.175: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped

 

[Sukiyucky]

You didn't change the color format setting to NV12. Set to NV12, hit apply button, then hit ok button.
Then exit and restart OBS.