OBS

The Overwolf recording APIs are directly based on the OBS project, integrating it into the relevant framework.
As such, this page covers important OBS (also referred to as Recording Engine) terminology and settings, that are not strictly related to any specific API.

Overwolf Platform

A history of OW-OBS versions by Overwolf client versions:

Overwolf Version	OBS Version
0.250 and newer	30.1.2
0.224 and newer	29.1.0
0.223 and older	27.2.3

Overwolf Electron

OBS Is currently not implemented as part of the ow-electron package.

List of supported encoders

OBS Version 30.1.2

Encoders-30.1.2

const OBS.30.1.2.Encoders = [
    {
        "name": "INTEL",
        "display_name": "Intel® Quick Sync (uses iGPU)",
        "presets": [
            "QUALITY",
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "SLOW",
            "MEDIUM",
            "FAST",
            "FASTER",
            "VERYFAST"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VCM",
            "AVBR",
            "ICQ",
            "LA_ICQ",
            "LA_VBR",
            "LA_CBR"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "INTEL_HEVC",
        "display_name": "Intel® Quick Sync HEVC (uses iGPU)",
        "presets": [
            "QUALITY",
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "SLOW",
            "MEDIUM",
            "FAST",
            "FASTER",
            "VERYFAST"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VCM",
            "AVBR",
            "ICQ",
            "LA_ICQ",
            "LA_VBR",
            "LA_CBR"
        ]
    },
    {
    "name": "INTEL_AV1",
    "display_name": "Intel® Quick Sync AV1 (uses iGPU)",
    "presets": [
        "QUALITY",
        "BALANCED",
        "SPEED",
        "VERYSLOW",
        "SLOWER",
        "SLOW",
        "MEDIUM",
        "FAST",
        "FASTER",
        "VERYFAST"
    ],
    "rateControls": [
        "RC_CBR",
        "RC_CQP",
        "RC_VBR",
        "RC_VCM",
        "AVBR",
        "ICQ",
        "LA_ICQ",
        "LA_VBR",
        "LA_CBR"
    ],
    },
    {
        "name": "X264",
        "display_name": "X264 (uses CPU)",
        "presets": [
            "ULTRAFAST",
            "SUPERFAST",
            "VERYFAST",
            "FASTER",
            "FAST",
            "MEDIUM",
            "SLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "PLACEBO"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_NEW",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC New (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "PRESET_MAX_QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY",
            "RC_LOSSLESS"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_HEVC",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC HEVC (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "PRESET_MAX_QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY",
            "RC_LOSSLESS"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_AV1",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC AV1 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "PRESET_MAX_QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY",
            "RC_LOSSLESS"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF",
        "display_name": "AMD® HW H.264 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_VBR_LAT",
            "RC_QVBR",
            "RC_HQVBR",
            "RC_HQCBR"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF_HEVC",
        "display_name": "AMD® HW H.265 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_VBR_LAT",
            "RC_QVBR",
            "RC_HQVBR",
            "RC_HQCBR"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF_AV1",
        "display_name": "AMD HW AV1 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_VBR_LAT",
            "RC_QVBR",
            "RC_HQVBR",
            "RC_HQCBR"
        ]
    }
]

OBS Version 29.1.0

Encoders-29.1.0

const OBS.Latest.Encoders = [
    {
        "name": "INTEL",
        "display_name": "Intel® Quick Sync (uses iGPU)",
        "presets": [
            "QUALITY",
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "SLOW",
            "MEDIUM",
            "FAST",
            "FASTER",
            "VERYFAST"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VCM",
            "AVBR",
            "ICQ",
            "LA_ICQ",
            "LA_VBR",
            "LA_CBR"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "INTEL_HEVC",
        "display_name": "Intel® Quick Sync HEVC (uses iGPU)",
        "presets": [
            "QUALITY",
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "SLOW",
            "MEDIUM",
            "FAST",
            "FASTER",
            "VERYFAST"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VCM",
            "AVBR",
            "ICQ",
            "LA_ICQ",
            "LA_VBR",
            "LA_CBR"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "X264",
        "display_name": "X264 (uses CPU)",
        "presets": [
            "ULTRAFAST",
            "SUPERFAST",
            "VERYFAST",
            "FASTER",
            "FAST",
            "MEDIUM",
            "SLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "PLACEBO"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_NEW",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC New (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "PRESET_MAX_QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY",
            "RC_LOSSLESS"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_HEVC",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC HEVC (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "PRESET_MAX_QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY",
            "RC_LOSSLESS"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_AV1",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC AV1 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "PRESET_MAX_QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY",
            "RC_LOSSLESS"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF",
        "display_name": "AMD® HW H.264 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_VBR_LAT",
            "RC_QVBR",
            "RC_HQVBR",
            "RC_HQCBR"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF_HEVC",
        "display_name": "AMD® HW H.265 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_VBR_LAT",
            "RC_QVBR",
            "RC_HQVBR",
            "RC_HQCBR"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF_AV1",
        "display_name": "AMD HW AV1 (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_VBR_LAT",
            "RC_QVBR",
            "RC_HQVBR",
            "RC_HQCBR"
        ],
    }
]

OBS Version 27.2.3

Encoders-27.2.3

const OBS.27.2.3.Encoders = [
    {
        "name": "INTEL",
        "display_name": "Intel® Quick Sync (uses iGPU)",
        "presets": [
            "LOW",
            "MEDIUM",
            "HIGH"
        ],
        "rateControls": [],
    },
    {
        "name": "X264",
        "display_name": "X264 (uses CPU)",
        "presets": [
            "ULTRAFAST",
            "SUPERFAST",
            "VERYFAST",
            "FASTER",
            "FAST",
            "MEDIUM",
            "SLOW",
            "SLOWER",
            "VERYSLOW",
            "PLACEBO"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "BLURAY_DISK",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOSSLESS"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "NVIDIA_NVENC_NEW",
        "display_name": "NVIDIA® NVENC New (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "DEFAULT",
            "HIGH_QUALITY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE",
            "BLURAY_DISK",
            "LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOW_LATENCY",
            "HIGH_QUALITY_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOSSLESS",
            "HIGH_PERFORMANCE_LOSSLESS"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP",
            "RC_2_PASS_QUALITY"
        ],
    },
    {
        "name": "AMD_AMF",
        "display_name": "AMD® AMF (uses GPU)",
        "presets": [
            "AUTOMATIC",
            "BALANCED",
            "SPEED",
            "QUALITY",
            "ULTRA_LOW_LATENCY",
            "LOW_LATENCY"
        ],
        "rateControls": [
            "RC_CBR",
            "RC_CQP",
            "RC_VBR",
            "RC_VBR_MINQP"
        ],
    }
]