**Using OBS Studio to Record Lossless Video**

When it comes to recording video, especially uncompressed video, OBS Studio can be a great option. However, as mentioned in the original text, the UI does not work well on Windows 10. This can make it difficult for users to navigate and find the settings they need.

Fortunately, there are other options available, such as VirtualDub, which is a popular choice among video editors and streamers. Another option that's been around for a long time but still a great one is AmoRack. AmoRack was once used in many fighting game tournaments to capture raw video, including uncompressed video. It's known for its lag-free preview, making it a great option for streaming live footage.

To set up AmoRack, you need to follow these steps:

* First, open OBS Studio and go to the Settings button.

* From there, navigate to Device and find your capture device.

* Choose the format you want to capture at, such as 1920x1080 at 60fps.

* Select your audio device and hit Apply.

* Next, go back to the Recording settings and choose your codec.

* In this case, I'm using a UT video codec in lossless mode, which is fast for encoding but slow for decoding.

**Adding Plugins to OBS Studio**

Another great feature of OBS Studio is its plugin system. One popular plugin is Stream Effects, also known as FFmpeg Plugin. This plugin adds new encoders to OBS Studio, including H.264 and H.265, as well as ProRes encoding directly native to the software. To use this plugin, you need to open OBS Studio and navigate to the Output and Recording settings.

Under the Encoder section, you'll see a few new listings for Nvidia's codec and HEVC C. You can use these to get lossless encoding, which is perfect for recording video capture card reviews or other high-quality content.

**ProRes Encoding**

One of the most advanced features of OBS Studio is its ability to encode ProRes video directly. To do this, you need to use a MOV container format and set the encoder to ProRes. This will give you the highest quality possible without any encoding artifacts.

However, ProRes encoding can be CPU-intensive, which means it may not work well on lower-end computers. If you're using a machine that struggles with 1080p encoding, you may need to downscale your resolution or use a different codec.

**Advanced Settings**

To get the most out of OBS Studio's encoding settings, you'll need to delve into its advanced settings. This includes things like bitrate, quality, and color space.

For example, I set my encoder to 4:2:0 (partially) and OBS to Advanced settings with the color space set to 4:4:4. This is because some capture cards that review use the 4:4:4 color chroma space, which provides better color accuracy and detail.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, using OBS Studio to record lossless video is a great option for anyone looking to achieve high-quality video without any encoding artifacts. While the UI may not be ideal on Windows 10, there are other options available, such as VirtualDub and AmoRack, which can provide similar results.

By following these steps and using the right plugins and settings, you can achieve professional-grade lossless video that's perfect for streaming live footage or recording high-quality content. Whether you're a streamer, YouTuber, or simply a video editor, OBS Studio is definitely worth considering for your video recording needs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enGaby asks hey Adam what's the best way to record as close to raw clips with an elgato card is that even possible I get this question a lot and so I want to go ahead and make a video about it instead of just purely typing it out like I do every single time raw video is its own kind of thing it is literally raw video we're all sensor data from the camera this is used from my cinema camera my Ursa mini Pro for example it's it's an it's an its ro own raw video format typically this can't be transmitted over HDMI Pro res raw is kind of changing that but for the most part capture cards aren't recording that especially not gaming ones and something like a game console isn't output in it either so then you might ask okay why do people keep asking you this if that's what you want well there's a specific program that I've pointed out called tear drop which is a framerate analyzer and you want as close to uncompressed or raw video as possible in order for it to really differentiate one frame from another you may also just want the highest quality copy of your video footage so that you can have the best possible result once you do a whole lot of effects to it and compress it down for YouTube or what have you so I'm gonna show you three different ways to give basically lossless video from most capture cards this will work on most USB 3 or PCIe capture cards older capture cards that have a built-in h.264 encoder this is virtually impossible with but with most like the elgato hd60 Pro the 4k 60 Pro the HD 6 yes AVerMedia live gamer ultra extreme 4k most modern capture cards this will work with so we talked about the why but before we get to the how let's talk about nerd or die you know my favorite sponsor on this channel because they have such great stream overlays they do some really good work making tools to make streamers lives easier most of their overlays at this point have one-click set up in OBS and they are always optimizing that to make it faster they do a lot of new custom graphics they're constantly releasing new graphics of course the synth wave and the retro wave themes are some of my favorite of course with my VHS aesthetic on the channel but they got some really good stuff he boasts Fox that Gigi slash nerd or die and use coupon code even Spock's to save 10% at checkout firstly we're gonna do it in OBS studio and then we're gonna go to another program and then back to OBS studio there's actually under the simple output settings and there's actually a option for a lossless quality tremendously large file size it'll give you a warning cuz the file sizes will be massive you probably want to be recording to an SSD it's gonna take up a ton of space this uses the UT video codec in an avi container which is completely lossless if it actually says right here up to upwards of seven gigabytes per minute at high resolutions and framerates so absurdly high quality it will be very slow to edit in your video editing program however due to the way most of the avi lossless codecs record really really fast but then they're really really slow to decode so you can record them really quickly but then playing them back and your video editor and stuff will be very laggy so you may want to transcode it to quicktime go pro sinha forum or pro res which we'll cover later in order to edit them a little bit more smoothly but OBS actually has just a dedicated lossless mode in here if you want to roll with that our second option actually consists of two different programs one is virtualdub and you come over here you choose your video capture device you go to capture avi choose your device we're gonna choose here we go our capture device for the Xbox and then under capture you go or what is it under compression video compression you choose your output codec - typically you want to use lagarith lossless again this is another codec which will encode very quickly but will be super laggy to actually edit click OK capture capture video save it out you have lost this video it's stretching out kind of weird here but ignore that it's the UI does not work well on Windows 10 secondarily you have virtualdub but there's also another option that's really really old but still a good one called ammo rack now am i rec used to be used in a lot of fighting game tournaments for capturing raw video you know uncompressed video and then playing cuz the preview is very lag free compared to OBS here so you click the little Settings button here go over to device find your capture device find the format you wish to capture at so 1920 by 1080 60 fps choose your audio device hit apply but then you come over here to recording and then you choose your codec here so future screws update codec list I'm actually using an UT video codec just like in OBS Studios lossless mode which again fast doing code slow to decode hit OK it'll load up your preview once it gets here there we go it's reading it as before by 3 so I must have a setting wrong somewhere but then you can encode and you're getting lossless video lastly there's a plug-in from same are known as stream effects formerly as it was an FF M dedicated ffmpeg plugin for OBS studio this one's called stream effects and actually adds in a couple encoders to OBS studio of course finding the wiki here is annoying but it specifically adds they only list in minke h.264 and h.265 but it also adds pro res encoding directly native to OBS studio and so if we open up OBS here we have our capture card running with our xbox one input if we go over here to output and recording under the encoder section you actually have a couple new listings for Nvidia's a mink and you can use HEV C and get lossless encoding that's how I actually record this video right here but you also have the option of using pro res and this is what I use for my video capture card reviews that way I have the highest quality copy so there's no encoding artifacts hindering how the quality of clips are if you are using Pro res you need to use the MOV recording format or container option here and then scroll down you have a few different options for the most part for most machines because this is very CPU intensive this is not something your GPU is doing this is running purely on your processor most computers won't be able to do past 1080p it is very intense a lot of computers will struggle even with 1080p with this but you have a few different options I typically go with 4 to 2hq even though technically OAS isn't really new in 4 to 2 encoding and then pretty much leaving all of that alone it's fine and in under advanced I have it set to I 4 4 4 because some of the capture cards that review do operate in the 4 4 4 color chroma space that's why I leave that there keep everything at partial and OBS is advanced settings you only want to use full in your actual individual video capture properties if your capture card is running at that but OBS needs set to 2 partial or most video editors and YouTube and most web browsers will give you issues and then your recording and ProRes assuming your computer can handle it and you get lossless video just like a Natomas would record or whatever one cool thing about recording straight to pro res as pro res is extremely efficient to actually decode and play back on your video editor for editing so while the lossless AVI option I showed you at the start of the video is really quick to encode but very very slow to actually edit this takes a lot of work to encode on your processor but when you're editing it is super snappy and lightweight and so that is one advantage here and that's pretty much it there's no magic to it OBS studio can encode losslessly and there's other options as well depending on the codec that you want and I do recommend if you have access to a program like Adobe Media encoder transcoding your avi lossless encoding to either ProRes or gopro sinha forum as those will be actually smaller than the AVI my options but also but still equally lossless but also really really fast to edit in your video editor obviously most of these would be redonkulous to upload straight to youtube i do personally upload uncompressed DNX they are footage to youtube myself but that's because i've gigabit fiber most people can't handle that but here are some options for you if you want to record lossless video like I said get this question a lot here you go hit the like button if you enjoyed subscribe for more tech education and stream guides check us out on floatplane for early access to videos behind the scenes content I join our discord a + Fox GD slash discord and follow some social medias you see on screen I'll see you next time and thank you to gabby for the questionGaby asks hey Adam what's the best way to record as close to raw clips with an elgato card is that even possible I get this question a lot and so I want to go ahead and make a video about it instead of just purely typing it out like I do every single time raw video is its own kind of thing it is literally raw video we're all sensor data from the camera this is used from my cinema camera my Ursa mini Pro for example it's it's an it's an its ro own raw video format typically this can't be transmitted over HDMI Pro res raw is kind of changing that but for the most part capture cards aren't recording that especially not gaming ones and something like a game console isn't output in it either so then you might ask okay why do people keep asking you this if that's what you want well there's a specific program that I've pointed out called tear drop which is a framerate analyzer and you want as close to uncompressed or raw video as possible in order for it to really differentiate one frame from another you may also just want the highest quality copy of your video footage so that you can have the best possible result once you do a whole lot of effects to it and compress it down for YouTube or what have you so I'm gonna show you three different ways to give basically lossless video from most capture cards this will work on most USB 3 or PCIe capture cards older capture cards that have a built-in h.264 encoder this is virtually impossible with but with most like the elgato hd60 Pro the 4k 60 Pro the HD 6 yes AVerMedia live gamer ultra extreme 4k most modern capture cards this will work with so we talked about the why but before we get to the how let's talk about nerd or die you know my favorite sponsor on this channel because they have such great stream overlays they do some really good work making tools to make streamers lives easier most of their overlays at this point have one-click set up in OBS and they are always optimizing that to make it faster they do a lot of new custom graphics they're constantly releasing new graphics of course the synth wave and the retro wave themes are some of my favorite of course with my VHS aesthetic on the channel but they got some really good stuff he boasts Fox that Gigi slash nerd or die and use coupon code even Spock's to save 10% at checkout firstly we're gonna do it in OBS studio and then we're gonna go to another program and then back to OBS studio there's actually under the simple output settings and there's actually a option for a lossless quality tremendously large file size it'll give you a warning cuz the file sizes will be massive you probably want to be recording to an SSD it's gonna take up a ton of space this uses the UT video codec in an avi container which is completely lossless if it actually says right here up to upwards of seven gigabytes per minute at high resolutions and framerates so absurdly high quality it will be very slow to edit in your video editing program however due to the way most of the avi lossless codecs record really really fast but then they're really really slow to decode so you can record them really quickly but then playing them back and your video editor and stuff will be very laggy so you may want to transcode it to quicktime go pro sinha forum or pro res which we'll cover later in order to edit them a little bit more smoothly but OBS actually has just a dedicated lossless mode in here if you want to roll with that our second option actually consists of two different programs one is virtualdub and you come over here you choose your video capture device you go to capture avi choose your device we're gonna choose here we go our capture device for the Xbox and then under capture you go or what is it under compression video compression you choose your output codec - typically you want to use lagarith lossless again this is another codec which will encode very quickly but will be super laggy to actually edit click OK capture capture video save it out you have lost this video it's stretching out kind of weird here but ignore that it's the UI does not work well on Windows 10 secondarily you have virtualdub but there's also another option that's really really old but still a good one called ammo rack now am i rec used to be used in a lot of fighting game tournaments for capturing raw video you know uncompressed video and then playing cuz the preview is very lag free compared to OBS here so you click the little Settings button here go over to device find your capture device find the format you wish to capture at so 1920 by 1080 60 fps choose your audio device hit apply but then you come over here to recording and then you choose your codec here so future screws update codec list I'm actually using an UT video codec just like in OBS Studios lossless mode which again fast doing code slow to decode hit OK it'll load up your preview once it gets here there we go it's reading it as before by 3 so I must have a setting wrong somewhere but then you can encode and you're getting lossless video lastly there's a plug-in from same are known as stream effects formerly as it was an FF M dedicated ffmpeg plugin for OBS studio this one's called stream effects and actually adds in a couple encoders to OBS studio of course finding the wiki here is annoying but it specifically adds they only list in minke h.264 and h.265 but it also adds pro res encoding directly native to OBS studio and so if we open up OBS here we have our capture card running with our xbox one input if we go over here to output and recording under the encoder section you actually have a couple new listings for Nvidia's a mink and you can use HEV C and get lossless encoding that's how I actually record this video right here but you also have the option of using pro res and this is what I use for my video capture card reviews that way I have the highest quality copy so there's no encoding artifacts hindering how the quality of clips are if you are using Pro res you need to use the MOV recording format or container option here and then scroll down you have a few different options for the most part for most machines because this is very CPU intensive this is not something your GPU is doing this is running purely on your processor most computers won't be able to do past 1080p it is very intense a lot of computers will struggle even with 1080p with this but you have a few different options I typically go with 4 to 2hq even though technically OAS isn't really new in 4 to 2 encoding and then pretty much leaving all of that alone it's fine and in under advanced I have it set to I 4 4 4 because some of the capture cards that review do operate in the 4 4 4 color chroma space that's why I leave that there keep everything at partial and OBS is advanced settings you only want to use full in your actual individual video capture properties if your capture card is running at that but OBS needs set to 2 partial or most video editors and YouTube and most web browsers will give you issues and then your recording and ProRes assuming your computer can handle it and you get lossless video just like a Natomas would record or whatever one cool thing about recording straight to pro res as pro res is extremely efficient to actually decode and play back on your video editor for editing so while the lossless AVI option I showed you at the start of the video is really quick to encode but very very slow to actually edit this takes a lot of work to encode on your processor but when you're editing it is super snappy and lightweight and so that is one advantage here and that's pretty much it there's no magic to it OBS studio can encode losslessly and there's other options as well depending on the codec that you want and I do recommend if you have access to a program like Adobe Media encoder transcoding your avi lossless encoding to either ProRes or gopro sinha forum as those will be actually smaller than the AVI my options but also but still equally lossless but also really really fast to edit in your video editor obviously most of these would be redonkulous to upload straight to youtube i do personally upload uncompressed DNX they are footage to youtube myself but that's because i've gigabit fiber most people can't handle that but here are some options for you if you want to record lossless video like I said get this question a lot here you go hit the like button if you enjoyed subscribe for more tech education and stream guides check us out on floatplane for early access to videos behind the scenes content I join our discord a + Fox GD slash discord and follow some social medias you see on screen I'll see you next time and thank you to gabby for the question\n"