user13860: I am looking to record my desktop in high quality (not nearly as lossy as H.264).  I have tried OBS @ 200mbps and nVidia Shadowplay @ 50mbps and the text on my desktop is still noticibly blurry when i view the video I just recorded at the native resolution it was recorded at.  OBS is a little bit better than nVidia.

user1871: Try lossless encoding with ffmpeg
First, with YUV444P
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 60 -i desktop -crf 0 -pix_fmt yuv444p -preset ultrafast yuv-cap.mp4

If not clear enough,
ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 60 -i desktop -c:v libx264rgb -crf 0 -pix_fmt bgra -preset ultrafast rgb-cap.mp4

These will likely not be compatible with most video editors, but if the result is satisfactory, then you can transcode at leisure to a compatible codec like PNG in MOV..etc
You can add -draw_mouse 0 before -i desktop to skip recording the cursor.

13860: <p>I am looking to record my desktop in high quality (not nearly as lossy as H.264).  I have tried OBS @ 200mbps and nVidia Shadowplay @ 50mbps and the text on my desktop is still noticibly blurry when i view the video I just recorded at the native resolution it was recorded at.  OBS is a little bit better than nVidia.</p>
 1871: <p>Try lossless encoding with <a href="https://ffmpeg.org/download.html" rel="nofollow">ffmpeg</a></p>

<p>First, with YUV444P</p>

<pre><code>ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 60 -i desktop -crf 0 -pix_fmt yuv444p -preset ultrafast yuv-cap.mp4
</code></pre>

<p>If not clear enough,</p>

<pre><code>ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 60 -i desktop -c:v libx264rgb -crf 0 -pix_fmt bgra -preset ultrafast rgb-cap.mp4
</code></pre>

<p>These will likely not be compatible with most video editors, but if the result is satisfactory, then you can transcode at leisure to a compatible codec like PNG in MOV..etc</p>

<p>You can add <code>-draw_mouse 0</code> before <code>-i desktop</code> to skip recording the cursor.</p>
