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AMD AMF encoder struggles are finally over, it's NOT NEEDED ANY MORE!!A NEW VAAPI plugin came out for linux OBS called GStreamer VAAPI. You can find it here:https://github.com/GStreamer/gstreamer-vaapiYou can use it alongside obs-vkcapture, found here:https://github.com/nowrep/obs-vkcaptureand that's ALL you need, for ANY resolution. This video was recorded at full 4k resolution -- 3840x2160, Ultra Nightmare. No FSR, No DLSS, nothing like that. full native. It was captured using obs-vkcapture -- no capture card! no two system setup!It was recorded using the gstreamer vaapi plugin -- at full 4k resolution with 60mbps bitrate (average for 4k video), and it didn't even break a sweat. I am baffled and amazed at this plugin. PLEASE give it a try, especially if you are struggling on older hardware, I'd be curious to see how well it performs.

[ 2022-07-29 02:49:44Z ]👍 5

Is there any hope for these plugins to be up-streamed?

[ 2022-07-29 20:23:19Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll tks for reply, I can get work here, and sent you a msg on discord, great job, tks for share with us, you really rocks!!!!

[ 2022-07-29 19:35:14Z ] 👍 1

@@tuxterlinuxgames In nobara: sudo dnf update obs-studio --refresh then open obs -> settings -> output -> Output mode: advanced, then in the streaming or recording tab, choose the Gstreamer option (there's only 1) In the Encoder Type choose VA-API

[ 2022-07-29 11:40:36Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll how can I set this to obs, I try distro-sync and nothing happen here

[ 2022-07-29 04:12:19Z ] 👍 0

It’s also on the arch Linux aur if your using arch and it works

[ 2022-07-29 02:51:29Z ] 👍 9

you can already use both as-is, just read the directions on the github. Note: I ship both of them with OBS on Nobara by default so they are ready to go

[ 2022-07-29 03:10:11Z ]👍 1

true chad

[ 2022-07-29 03:23:16Z ]👍 0

Dang that resolution is insane

[ 2022-07-29 03:49:34Z ]👍 1

I feel like this game should have a multiplayer mode like Quake 3 Rocket Arena or something. Anyway I've been using this plugin for a while, well by using I mean installed used a few times then forgot about it. Pretty handy non-the-less. Haven't got around to really trialing it out on Twitch yet.

[ 2022-07-29 03:54:20Z ]👍 0

Thank you. My 👍

[ 2022-07-29 04:53:40Z ]👍 0

I still get a lot of artifacts when moving around using this setup.

[ 2022-07-30 15:38:47Z ] 👍 0

CBR and key frame 2. I'll try with mesa git when I get a chance.

[ 2022-07-29 18:04:09Z ] 👍 0

@@jas0x139 i wonder if you need a mesa update? I'm on mesa-git. as far as your settings go they are the same as mine. the hardware difference is minimal. Are you using CBR or VBR? Also keyframe interval 2

[ 2022-07-29 13:11:14Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll Encoder: Gstreamer Encoder Type: VA-API Bitrate: 60000 GPU: 6800xt CPU: 3950x Resolution: 3840x2160 Framerate: 60 Both obs-vkcapture and gstreamer installed from AUR, I would always go back to FFMPEG VAAPI and downscale to 1440 then upscale it to 4k with a bit of sharpening because of the artifacts. Are there hidden settings somewhere? Your video looks really good.

[ 2022-07-29 05:05:24Z ] 👍 1

can you clarify "this setup" -- ie what resolution, framerate, gpu? are you sure you're not confusing this with the FFMPEG VAAPI plugin? they are two different plugins, the ffmpeg one comes with obs and sucks compared to this gstreamer one

[ 2022-07-29 05:39:50Z ]👍 0

Would you happen to have a solution for Steam Link on Wayland? It's wrecking my Deck vibe.

[ 2022-07-29 19:30:19Z ] 👍 1

no idea about steam link, sorry.

[ 2022-07-29 06:24:32Z ]👍 0

Heck yeah finally! Thanks for the info!

[ 2022-07-29 06:27:20Z ]👍 0

is it better than current gen nvenc in performance hit to quality?

[ 2022-07-29 08:31:01Z ] 👍 4

i dont know, i don't really ever use nvenc. i did not notice any substantial performance hit

[ 2022-07-29 07:13:55Z ]👍 0

Is there performance impact?

[ 2022-07-29 08:29:59Z ] 👍 0

little to none as far as I could tell.

[ 2022-07-29 11:02:11Z ]👍 0

Dang! This looks freaking crisp. Thanks GE!

[ 2022-07-29 11:47:51Z ]👍 2

So what are the settings in OBS to use it?

[ 2022-07-29 19:29:36Z ] 👍 2

For this specific recording I used: Constant Bitrate: 60000 Keyframe Interval: 2 Everything else was left default. Ofc resolution 3840x2160 and 60 fps. 60mbps (60000) is an average/standard bitrate for 4k60 recording.

[ 2022-07-29 13:59:05Z ]👍 0

What GPU is this?

[ 2022-07-29 21:12:37Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll I'm retarded, sorry, lol. On my bucketlist it goes, but I gotta get more into the differences/hardware. There are plenty variations of the 6900 XT available, like red devil, retail, Gaming X, etc.. I have no clue what the differences are, or how they impact... Better be doing the research before purchasing something that expensive. Thanks pal, pal.

[ 2022-07-29 19:30:00Z ] 👍 0

(it says it in the overlay) --- 6900 XT

[ 2022-07-29 19:06:24Z ]👍 0

So how i do install it on Arch, is this AUR package called "obs-gstreamer" and "gstreamer-vaapi" enough?

[ 2022-07-29 20:05:50Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll Thanks, i already was install vkcapture (package "obs-vkcapture-git" and "lib32-obs-vkcapture-git") and testing this GStreamer VAAPI on Titanfall 2 and NFS Heat (previously i using AMF). For my RX 580 - its is brilliant, no stutters, no encoder overload, no any issue. Almost how on AMF encoding but a lot cleaner and painless in terms of ease of installation.

[ 2022-07-29 19:27:07Z ] 👍 2

yes that should be all thats needed on the vaapi side, you'll also need obs-vkcapture for vulkan capture, sorry I don't know the arch name for it

[ 2022-07-29 19:54:50Z ]👍 2

Guru of Linux is back! :D We need you GE, thanks for the info and video as always

[ 2022-07-29 20:29:34Z ]👍 0

Tysm, did everything as described

[ 2022-07-29 23:13:49Z ]👍 0

Yo that's sick. I'll give it a shot with my Vega 56

[ 2022-07-30 12:08:11Z ]👍 1

Any chance of an in depth setup/usage guide? I am a bit lost. Btw I am running Nobara KDE, and loving it!! Thanks once again.

[ 2022-07-30 17:32:11Z ]👍 0

Am I missing something? The gstreamer-vaapi plugin isn't new or anything.

[ 2022-07-30 20:20:49Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll I see, thanks for the clarification. I found the obs-gstreamer plugin myself in the meanwhile, though. Nevertheless, thanks for all your work!

[ 2022-07-30 18:13:56Z ] 👍 1

I'm a ding dong and published the video without being caffeinated enough. You need the obs plugin here: https://github.com/fzwoch/obs-gstreamer I corrected my video description, sorry about that!

[ 2022-07-31 17:53:55Z ]👍 0

can you also make obs-studio-gamecapture available for opensuse tumbleweed ?

[ 2022-07-31 19:11:48Z ]👍 13

okay, this is actually insane, i can finally record 60fps 1080p with even a 60k bitrate without problems, the normal vaapi performance is absolutely terrible.

[ 2022-09-21 13:53:10Z ] 👍 1

59.940 fps - PC is fine 60fps - PC catches fire. Me: wtf?

[ 2022-08-06 13:37:57Z ]👍 0

sorry to ask,why nobara cant boot on secure boot like fedora?

[ 2022-08-06 16:38:12Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll thank you for reply sir,

[ 2022-08-06 15:15:13Z ] 👍 0

Because we use a custom kernel that is night signed. Signing kernel has a lot of difficult requirements

[ 2022-08-11 02:10:49Z ]👍 0

Curious about this, but I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong here. While it works, the performance is not what I expected from seeing this video. Selected gstreamer in OBS with x264 encoder and I'm seeing about 26% cpu usage once I start recording. (1080p60 / 6000 kbps) This is a little more than regular x264 software on slow preset, which usually sits at about 21%. I'm on Nobara where it was preinstalled and configured. RX 6700 XT gpu. KDE with Xorg.

[ 2022-08-11 03:35:33Z ] 👍 0

Oooh I see the issue now. It's a kernel thing.. I manually downgraded my kernel to 5.13.0-58 via koji because my capture card does not support any higher kernel version yet. Booted up the default option and VA-API is there now. Too bad I need the 5.13 kernel for my capture card though until they release an updated driver. :/

[ 2022-08-11 03:28:41Z ] 👍 0

@@GloriousEggroll I'm selecting "AMD/INTEL GPU VAAPI H.264 (via GStreamer)" on the first dropdown. Just to be clear, there should also be a VAAPI option on the second dropdown? (Encoder type, in the Encoder settings for the GStreamer plugin) Because I only have x264 as the only option there.

[ 2022-08-11 02:48:06Z ] 👍 0

thats because x264 is cpu encoding. you need to select vaapi from that dropdown. gstreamer can do both x264 and vaapi. you need to explicitly select VA-API in the gstreamer options, not x264

[ 2022-08-11 02:12:09Z ]👍 1

I dont get vaapi as encoder option only x264

[ 2022-08-14 11:57:07Z ]👍 0

Terrible for me compared to AMF using a 6800xt . Tested at 1440p. 30000 bitrate Very stuttery recording . Is AMF needed to be removed ?

[ 2022-09-21 14:24:01Z ]👍 0

You just made my week....How is this not in the Linux Gaming news-sphere?

[ 2022-09-28 21:21:12Z ]👍 0

Which game is this? ALSO steam or locally installed?

[ 2024-04-29 08:41:49Z ] 👍 0

Looking like DOOM Eternal.

[ 2022-10-21 08:19:52Z ]👍 1

@GloriousEggroll I made a sorta response video to this and id be interested in hearing your experience on the matter. In my testing VAAPI still sucks donkey D for H264 encoding at anything above 720p 60fps in OBS.

[ 2023-03-09 08:49:55Z ]👍 0

Hi! I see that on your channel there are materials in which you record gameplay using VAAPI and obs-gstreamer (I think the OBS version of Flatpak) and AMD AMF. I wanted to know which solution is easier to implement. Which one would you recommend for a weaker processor and RX 6600 XT graphics card on Ubuntu? Is there any chance of a tutorial on how exactly to configure OBS for AMD 6000 series cards? I do not hide that I would prefer a solution with VAAPI. Thank you for your content!