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AMD HW H.264 (AVC) HQCBR and HQVBR ignores bitrate settings
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Description
Operating System Info
Windows 11
Other OS
No response
OBS Studio Version
30.1.2
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/pEvB87fs4SfOBF33
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
The resulting bitrate corresponds to the indicated in the settings.
Current Behavior
The resulting bitrate does not even closely correspond to the indicated in the settings. For example, I set 6 Mbps. In simple scenes bitrate will be ~20 Mbps, in complex ~140 Mbps. This is displayed both in the Stats window and in the properties of the resulting file.
Steps to Reproduce
- Output Mode - Advanced
- On Recording tab:
Video Encoder - AMD HW H.264 (AVC)
Rate Control - HQCBR or HQVBR
Bitrate - 6000 Kbps
It seems the rest of the settings does not affect this. - Start Recording
Anything else we should know?
AMD Adrenalin version 24.5.1
The problem is present only with AVC. HEVC and AV1 work as expected.
This behavior is very similar to CQP ~20. Clarification: CQP value displayed in the log is not related to this problem.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with OBS Studio 30.1.2 on Windows 11 using AMD HW H.264 (AVC), HQCBR or HQVBR, and a 6000 Kbps bitrate. Compare the OBS log and resulting recording bitrate with the expected setting, and verify that AVC is corrected without regressing the working HEVC and AV1 paths.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100