Recording 2k Video vs 1080p

Are there any considerations we need to keep in mind for switching from 1080p video to 2k? I noticed my Heights file size upload limit increased (yeah paid video!!) and I'd like to increase the quality of the videos in my course. I have a 2k monitor and OBS will let me adjust my base resolution and output resolution to 2k while maintaining 16:9 aspect ratio.

Thanks,
Barb

P.S. Should we just rename this, the Barb board??!! ha ha ha

Hey Barb, here are some notes from the process our own video team follows in case it helps:

1. We generally record and use source content at the highest resolution available, regardless of where we upload it in the end (Heights, YouTube, Vimeo, or elsewhere).
2. Higher resolution footage gives you the opportunity to zoom in on the footage without a decrease in quality. So even if you will export in 1080p, working in 4k or 2k gives you room to zoom in when needed without footage getting pixelated.

Recording at the higher resolution will use up more disk space (and CPU/disk bandwidth during the recording), but it gives more flexibility in editing.

For now Heights supports 1080p as the max resolution so we'd still recommend you export at 1080p at 8mbps. You could certainly upload a higher quality than that as well because we re-encode everything anyway. As long as your individual video files stay within 2.5GB per file.