Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Showing my updated settings that I use for YouTube.
You can support me and the channel! Read more here: patreon.com/tkh

If you have ideas of how to improve, feel free to post a comment! But please read the other comments before you do. And if I do some minor adjustments I'll post them here below. I've tried so many settings and I don't know how many test videos I've encoded.

With the current settings I have a good baseline for my games, but I can easily raise the encoding quality (to 18 or even 16) for any game that seems to require it.

Note that I never claimed to be an expert, but I tried to understand the settings instead of just copying some random settings that people claim to be the best.

For recording: OBS - Open Broadcast Software
obsproject.com

x264 codec:
sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw

Editing and encoding: Vegas Pro 14:
magix.com

For video analysis: MediaInfo
sourceforge.net/projects/mediainfo

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twitter.com/therealtkh
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twitch.tv/therealtkh
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