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The AMD Driver Thread
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Soldato
Was already in OBS mate
Soldato
Have they updated it recently because last I read they were actually recommending not using the AMD stuff built-in to OBS Studio but to use the fork of the old version?
EDIT: Upon checking that apparently only applies to streaming not recording.
Soldato
Not just I only just installed it same day I updated that video.
Soldato
OBS with AMD
OSB 32bit Not Recording
32bit Recording
Around 4% to 6% I seen used - Both showed 70fps so not a single performance hit
OBS 64bit Not recording - Direct Link to see FPS - https://postimg.org/image/cpa3t8qkn/
64bit Recording - Direct Link to see FPS - https://postimg.org/image/fb2ndaytj/
Same again around 4% to 6% I seen used both again without a single frame hit
OBS Settings used
OSB 32bit Not Recording
32bit Recording
Around 4% to 6% I seen used - Both showed 70fps so not a single performance hit
OBS 64bit Not recording - Direct Link to see FPS - https://postimg.org/image/cpa3t8qkn/
64bit Recording - Direct Link to see FPS - https://postimg.org/image/fb2ndaytj/
Same again around 4% to 6% I seen used both again without a single frame hit
OBS Settings used
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@shankly1985 What you're using there is the Windows Media Foundation implementation of VCE in OBS.
locodice was referring to a new plugin for obs-studio which should hopefully be integrated into the main release soon. This uses the AMD Media Framework and will give us native VCE support like NVENC or QuickSync already has.
Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4vbgeq/amd_vce_media_framework_support_for_obs_studio
OBS Project Page:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/h264-vce-encoder-amd-media-framework.427/
locodice was referring to a new plugin for obs-studio which should hopefully be integrated into the main release soon. This uses the AMD Media Framework and will give us native VCE support like NVENC or QuickSync already has.
Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4vbgeq/amd_vce_media_framework_support_for_obs_studio
OBS Project Page:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/h264-vce-encoder-amd-media-framework.427/
Soldato
O Ok.. Any idea what I will gain changing to the native support? I already seeing no performance hit and my settings add very good IQ and file size 15min recording less than 2GB
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I also had good results with the original Media Foundation one. However, I think the native implementation is supposed to offer slightly better performance and more control over what the encoder can do (it certainly has a lot more sliders!).
If you install it be aware that the bitrate is in bits and not kbps, so multiply the values used in the Windows Media Foundation version by 1000 as stated in the notes.
Soldato
I might just leave it tbh am happy with the end result atm. I only testing OBS anyway my main recording software is Action.
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Good thing fury x doesn't oc
(at least not worth even trying). I ran prime for a few hours just to see if my oc on the cpu is still safe. I can run a lot less volts or more mhz but always left it where it's at for that headroom over time. As expected all is well. After doing another ddu wipe and fresh install no issues yet. never had an issue like that until this driver in the past 2+ years (same oc). The only odd thing is Mech Warriors Online is so sketchy to begin with. To get freesync to work I have to alt+tab out and back in again so the driver doesn't seem to like it
I've reported it hoping they might actually add some support for MWO anyway haha
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But am not noticing the problems people are talking about?
Am in no way saying what am using is better, I can't without testing. But if I already getting excellent performance and IQ I don't see the issue.
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Speaking of VCE support, it's finally coming to Handbrake as well. That's huge!
https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/pull/88
Add in the Polaris 480 ripping through video work better than the Titan X or GTX 1080, and now with OBS and Handbrake getting native VCE support the 480 looks like a fantastic card for people that need video work.
https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/pull/88
Add in the Polaris 480 ripping through video work better than the Titan X or GTX 1080, and now with OBS and Handbrake getting native VCE support the 480 looks like a fantastic card for people that need video work.
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Soldato
That's great news if it rips through it. I've always used CPU encoding solutions, but if these new cards have flexible solutions without quality loss moving forward I'd be happy to move to hardware assuming quality is good.
Would be good to get a native x264 VCE variant; in the past, there was always a quality hit shifting from CPU encoding to hardware with consumer software. If that's not the case anymore and can cover all the usuals (Hi10p h265/h265/h264) then that'll be amazingly handy!
Would be good to get a native x264 VCE variant; in the past, there was always a quality hit shifting from CPU encoding to hardware with consumer software. If that's not the case anymore and can cover all the usuals (Hi10p h265/h265/h264) then that'll be amazingly handy!
I haven't been able to test it myself yet, as I'm still waiting for my 480. Although Grester who stated the 480 was the worst GPU he's ever used, can't stop singing it praises when it comes to Video encoding.
To the point he's actually getting the 4GB one just for video work over his GTX 1080/Titan X and CPU.
Soldato
Was hoping the 480 was gona be good for streaming/recording too.. reason i started this thread here..
AMD Polaris HEVC Encode/Decode, is this 'really' good for Streamers?
Would sway my decision on getting a 480.
AMD Polaris HEVC Encode/Decode, is this 'really' good for Streamers?
Would sway my decision on getting a 480.
I spent a few hours on this OBS yesterday and could not get it working with any decent results. Half the time it keeps crashing and when it does work the resultant videos have massive pauses every second or are rather poor quality. I followed the guide to the letter
I tried Xsplit and Mirillis Action and they both work spot on with VCE. Too bad they are not free. Action even has a handy HUD display which shows you when it's recording or not. OBS doesn't give on OSD indication when recording starts.
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I spent a few hours on this OBS yesterday and could not get it working with any decent results. Half the time it keeps crashing and when it does work the resultant videos have massive pauses every second or are rather poor quality. I followed the guide to the letter
I tried Xsplit and Mirillis Action and they both work spot on with VCE. Too bad they are not free. Action even has a handy HUD display which shows you when it's recording or not. OBS doesn't give on OSD indication when recording starts.
Did you make sure you were running the 64 bit version of Studio? 32 bit crashes on me, 64 bit runs fine.
Studio default shortcut is the 32 bit version, you have to go into the 'obs-studio' folder, then in the 'bin' folder you will see the 64 bit shortcut.
I downloaded the 64bit version from the following page but maybe it's the wrong one. I ran the OBS.exe in the folder but can't recall if there was any 64bit folder.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-branch-with-amd-vce-support.13996/
I'll give it another shot tonight and report back.
Soldato
Thats the old OBS, it isnt getting anymore updates, Studio is the way forward which is OBS rewritten.. the Reddit thing that people are talking about is the new VCE package you need to extract into Studio.
Also Studio uses much less CPU too.