Hello. Been slowly getting the streaming set up for consoles (component and S-Video).

GV USB2 seems to do pretty decent. Once added to Steamlabs OBS, I can pick up the video feed fine enough.

The only thing I've noticed upon watching playback (using SMB3) as my test at the moment is that when Mario moves really fast or vertically in any direction it looks like some of the graphics are a little fuzzy or something. Here's a sample.

At first I thought this might be a framerate issue; recording/streaming 60fps, and the capture device is set to default. But I'm wondering if it's actually because I'm using the device capture on OBS straight to the GV USB2, instead of routing it to AmaRec?

I was trying to understand what exactly AmaRecTV is, as it see online that running the feed through AmaRecTV and than OBS can help with the quality. I'm like a toddler when it comes to understanding how video works, so I guess any advice/suggestions would be useful. I see on their website they have a few pieces of software, so I'm trying to figure out which of those things is suppose to what I'm looking for. The software that comes with GV USB2 is all in Japanese, so I'm not quite sure if I need to do something there as well.

Anyways, I appreciate any advice.

Alright so I guess I've discovered "interlacing".

I was using Streamlabs OBS, but I read that I need to use OBS so that i can use the "Deinterlacing Options". I tested those and the "Discard" setting appears to be the cleanest.

So, I guess that just leaves me with one question. Since Streamlabs OBS doesn't have these options, is that basically what the function of AmaRecTV is? And, is that what I'm going to need in order having to revert back the normal OBS?

AmaRecTV is just another software you can use to capture/record. However, it's very out of date. With OBS Studio 24.x and higher (fixed audio issues with GV-USB2), I've stopped using it. De-interlacing method I use in OBS Studio is "retro" and everything looks great at 60fps.

OBS Studio records the entire scene though - so if you still wanted to record just the game feed, something like Streamlabs OBS or AmaRecTV might be for you. But you would need to use de-interlace option in AmaRecTV if you use Streamlabs OBS.

Thanks for the reply.

I tried out Studio and used "retro" deinterlacing filter, but it still appeared a little fuzzy to me. (Certainly not on par with some of other streams I was comparing to, which look like basically perfect). So I got AmaRecTV/Live etc. and followed the instructions. (I didn't have the suggested codec on my list, but I tried another one and it appeared to look alright). Of course, SLOBS wouldn't pick up AmaRecTV since it's 64-bit. I had to move to Studio 32 bit to get it all set up.

Ultimately, it still looks a little off compared to, say, mitchflowerpower's recordings. But I'm thinking it's the best quality feed I'm going to be able to achieve for the time being.

It is a shame SLOBS doesn't have a deinterlacing filter, since I've gotten use to its conveniences, but I suppose I've used studio before and I can again. Perhaps that's a feature that will come back out in the future and I can switch back.

I would also wager that someone like Mitch is sending his signal through an upscaler like a framemeister or OSSC (I don’t know his setup, I’m assuming he does based on the sharpness of his capture). I don’t think you’re going to get anything close to his quality or smoothness without that. Capturing over composite or s-video just won’t be comparable, no matter what deinterlacing or application you use.

Ah, thank you, that makes sense.

To get that high quality of a feed necessitates getting an upscaler and than using an HDMI capture card. I guess that is something I can look into at a later timer when I'm ready to implement HDMI capture when I want to capture those relevant consoles.

Now I just have to figure out why the audio from the NES is coming through on AmaRecTV, but now for some reason the audio won't go into OBS to record.

Connect OBS directly to GV-USB2 - audio works perfect. Connect AmaRecTV to GV-USB2 - audio works perfect. Connect OBS to AmaRecTV - audio disappears entirely.

Sigh. Every problem solved sprouts a new one.