Shadowplay Quality - Movie Studio 13 Settings

Reignfire wrote on 5/31/2017, 5:07 AM

My shadowplay recordings have amazing quality at 1920x1080 and 60hz. I've tried various settings in Vegas Movie Studio 13 but the quality after the finished product renders is always one step below the source quality. All text is still legible but the video is just a bit more blurry. I've tried Sony AVC/MVC Internet 1920x1080-30p among other options and although I can get the framerate to match the 60hz source video the quality is still lower. Any suggestions?

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NickHope wrote on 5/31/2017, 5:34 AM

These tips apply to Movie Studio as well as Vegas Pro except for sections 4b and 4c (because Movie Studio doesn't have scripting): https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-improve-the-quality-of-my-avc-h-264-renders--104642/

Reignfire wrote on 5/31/2017, 6:58 AM

I read over that page completely and I changed the bit rate to max and used the settings it recommended but I'm still not getting the same exact quality as the source material. I'll provide some images. What could I be doing wrong? http://i.imgur.com/upmKvx7.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/GeS7ALT.jpg

NickHope wrote on 5/31/2017, 11:15 AM

The MainConcept AVC encoder can give you a better result than Sony AVC if you crank up its settings as described.

Note that AVC is not lossless unless you, for example, use x264 with a CRF value of zero. To do that, refer to section 4 and 4a of that FAQ post. File size will be large at CRF 0. If I'm uploading to YouTube I usually render at CRF 18. Lower number = higher quality.

It's better to use MediaInfo to analyze the characteristics of media files. Much more info than Windows properties.