I&#x27;ve used consumer embedded hardware encoders in the past (quicksync, nvenc) using OBS, and they simply could not get enough quality at a streamable bitrate. They were however amazing to capture (near-)lossless recordings of an application at no performance cost.<p>I assume that dedicated hardware encoders&#x2F;capture cards do not suffer from this, but it would be amazing of high quality streaming becomes available to the public without requiring dedicated hardware.