If you stream using NVENC, you should use Lanczos as the filtering will be handled by your GPU’s onboard encoder and will look much better than Bicubic. The next two are Bicubic and Lanczos, which are both great options, but Bicubic is the better choice if you want to take a little strain off your PC, while Lanczos looks better looking but needs more CPU or GPU cycles. Later in this guide, we’ll talk about ‘Rescale Output’ in the Output options, which is the one you need to know about for live streaming. If you find any of this confusing, and all you care about is live streaming, set the Base and Output resolution to the same size. This lets you draw the canvas in one resolution (for example 1080p) while Output (Scaled) Resolution will let you record at another resolution (for example 720p). The Output (Scaled) Resolution is used when recording (not streaming) in OBS by taking your Base (Canvas) Resolution and flattening it down for the encoder. If your stream is lagging and you need to cut down on some of the more taxing processes, this is a great place to start. Put simply, the Base (Canvas) Resolution is your main video source that your recordings and streams will feed off.
#OBS VS BANDICAM FOR STREAMING 720P#
It’s worth noting that another popular resolution is 1600 x 900 (900p), which is halfway between 720p and 1080p and delivers a very clean image without the power required for a full HD stream. You can see if your chosen resolution is the correct aspect to the right of the resolution drop-down menu where it says “Aspect Ratio” followed by the ratio, such as 16:9, 4:3, etc. It’s best to use a 16:9 aspect ratio, so a resolution of either 1920 x 1080 (often called 1080p) or 1280 x 720 (720p) is recommended.