I'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. Th

I'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. I assume that dedicated hardware encoders/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.