Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - ETLegacy - 4K 60fps - H.265 HEVC NVENC

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Some multiplayer gameplay of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory via the ETLegacy program. I recorded gameplay using OBS with the StreamFX plugin, so that instead of recording using the AVC H.264 codec by default, I could record with the much better HEVC NVENC H.265 codec. H.265 is a much better codec then H.264, as it allows for better streaming at a lower bitrate, and for the same file size or less, you can achieve much more quality. As many know, if you do not upload videos in at least 1440p, your videos will be encoded on YouTube with the AVC codec, and this codec looks pretty bad with grainy, blocky video. When you do upload in 1440p, YouTube with change the codec to VP9, a lot more clear and crisp.

I wanted to start recording in the highest quality possible, then export to VEGAS PRO 19 and render out using the "Voukoder "open source free encoder to be able to once again, encode in HEVC NVENC H.265 @ 60fps, upscaled to 4K from 1440p when rendered out from VEGAS. I then used Handbrake Nightly to once again, re-encode the video, again, using the HEVC NVENC H.265 codec, but with a %70 to %80 reduction in file size (Was 8.9GB, down to 1.99GB). The video you see here is almost flawless. There is no pixilation, blocky grainy artifacts, and even no video banding that can occur when recording using the H.264 AVC codec. I will eventually make tutorials on how to use Voukoder for VEGAS PRO 19, Premiere Pro 2022, as well as my OBS settings using the StreamFX plugin for recording, and then my Handbrake Nightly settings for the final result seen here.

For now, this is the best possible quality for a video on YouTube I can think of. Though H.264 has been the industry standard for optimized video playback online, H.265, though not known or fully understood by many, is quickly becoming the standard.

Some examples and differences between H.264 Vs. H.265:

https://youtu.be/vbqAS1QVBsU

https://youtu.be/Fawcboio6g4

H.265 is the better choice for 2K and 4K video, as clearly seen in the 1st link above, the blocky pixilation caused by movement, is no longer present and the compression quality is way better, sometimes even utilizing a lower file size then H.264.