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- These are the best render settings for DaVinci Resolve 18 in 2023 for TH-cam and web content!
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How much should i multiply my frame rate if the resolution is 2k?
Good pace, very clear, easy to follow and well explained. The part about how it will upscale to 4k depending on the matching/non matching of resolutions was very good, Thank you
Thank you! Very happy to hear that you got some value out of this video! 🙌🏽
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals Do these setting work good on MP4 movie files?
Hope you like that one - the other and older version was a little dated so I thought I‘ll update this one!
What do you want to see more of in the future? Let me know!:)
Thank you, Sebastian, very helpful!
Question if I want to make a video with 4:3 ratio in 4k what would I have to do ?
Timeline res: 3840x2880 or 4096x3072 are 4K 4:3 resolutions
Hi Sebastian, just saw your video, very interesting, thanks, one question, I saw that you could choose 8K for export, is this only for the paid version, my version only goes up to 4K.
Hey man! Sorry for the late reply! Yes, 8K is only for the Studio version, if I'm not mistaken! :)
Bitrate for Wqhd and 60 FPS?
That’s a res and framerate I never touch but I‘d say about 90-100k should do the job
At the 4:10 mark, you talk about the timeline resolution must match the output resolution. I film with a GoPro in 4K 59.94 frames, my computer can't handle that on the timeline, so I choose 1080 59.94 frames. Before I render I switch the timeline back to 4K 60 frames, then render at 4K 59.94 frames, is this correct?
Hey!
You are 100% correct on this! On heavy timelines I usually turn down the timeline res as well for smoother editing and before I render I turn the resolution back up, so that’s totally fine!:)
Your audio is low in 2023 and on this video :) but thanks for this video learned a little :)
you're wrongfully referring to just "mac" when you should refer to mac displays, as a mac mini won't be affected by your suggestions for example when paired to some random display.
I have been struggling with getting a good image quality when rendering. It comes out with a bunch of lines everywhere and jittery... what should I do?
Without seeing what’s going on, I can’t really help. You might want to send me an email so I can take a look at that and try to give further advice - you‘ll find the mail attached to this channel, just make sure you attach a screenshot of your settings and the final video
Hey so please correct me if im wrong, as I'm not a genuis in any of these topics, but I just want to ask for some help. I copied all your settings except for the resolution which I changed to custom and used 2560 x 1440, and I uploaded a short minute and a half clip of me playing minecraft to youtube. I recorded with OBS, with a CQP level of 14 60 FPS, and a resolution 1920 x 1080. It didn't take long to upload, which is the problem that I've been encountering a lot, but when it was fully uploaded the quality still seemed really bad. I have a 4060 TI and a Intel I7 13700F so I don't know what could be making it so bad.
The first thing I see why quality is reduced, is you’re recording 1080 but outputting 1440. leave the output the size your recording is, otherwise you take a smaller image and upscale it to a larger one = poor quality.
So try those settings:
Timeline and output frame rate : 60
Timeline and output res: 1080
Color Timeline and output: 709; gamma 2.4
Delivery:
Mp4 / h.264
Bitrate 60.000
That‘ll do the job
What do I set my Kbps if my resolution is 2560x1440 ? Would I do Framerate * 1,500 = Kbps
Technically you could - I'd say if you're not concerned about file sizes you can just go 2x!
Is it worth buying the paid version to get the 'best' quality download?
Hey Emily - I don’t quite get the question, what download? In terms of pure quality, there’s not a real difference in paid vs free version - but on the studio version you are able to work with 10bit + images, which will lead to better quality ultimately but you have to have a camera that can shoot 10bit+
4k resolution is 4 times the resolution of FHD, why its *2, not *4?
Whilst what you said is true, technically you could do *4, but the image improvement you get with that compared to the massively larger file size is neglectable. Also if you do a comparison between *2 and *4, you won't see much of a difference, but you'll run into storage issues rather fast.
Did DaVinci Resolve do away with the Restrict to ## kbps under Quality?
No, I don’t think so as it‘s still there - I’m on 18.6
I think multi-pass encoding is better, especially with restricted bitrate. Am I wrong ?
Nope, you are 100% correct! I don’t know exactly how many passes resolve does to analyze each frame before rendering the video, but it will give a better result - but an increased render time!:)
But if my Timeline Resolution is 6144 * 3456 (blackmagic 6k) and I render in 4k, it can be better than if I will change Timeline resolution from 6k to 4k?
That makes no difference at all, it just probably slows down your computer
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals thank you.
I don't have this QUALITY option on 18.5. I missing something?
That's weird!
Send me a screenshot via mail, you'll find the address attached to this channel so I can see what the problem is!
Watched this in 4k and your videos is blurry
Oh absolutely, you‘re correct. But that’s just due to the fact that 1. the screen recording was done in 1080 as I don’t have a 4 K monitor, so it‘s normal that you lose some details when upscaling and 2. it’s partially zoomed in 200% to showcase the settings better, which drops image quality and detail even further. If we neglect these 2 facts, one could come to the conclusion that the video is just „blurry“, yeah
wow you are a life saver... I been putting 120 000 kbs for 1080p 60fps and thinking why is it so blurry... :D
Know where I can find info about gpu cards for resolve? Building new pc ditching premier and AE
No, unfortunately not, I‘d say go with the budget you have, but I‘d say get an Nvidia over AMD because of the integration into resolve. Anything from the recent models should be good, I’d take a look at something like the rtx 2060 or 2080 or maybe even newer, depending on the budget!:)
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals nice thank you, mostly curious about arc seems some unusual potential. I have nvidia best to stick with them rather than gamble
Use Mac option is no longer an option it would seem. Oh so this is taylored for mac?
Yeah - if you’re not on a Mac, you won’t have this!
Why didn't you cover "multi-pass encode"? Way better results with that without increasing the file quality. Also there's much better timeline colour spaces to work in than Rec709 to get the most out of Resolve tools, Davinci WG and Davinci Intermediate for example
I know, but most of my following just does social media content / TH-cam videos, multi pass encode isn’t needed imho as the compression on those platforms make it almost irrelevant.
Of course WG / Intermediate is a better color space to work in, (and I do so, too) but once again, I gotta think about my audience and what they’re doing. Going through te DWG / Intermediate process just adds another layer of complexity, which most people don’t care about for a simple TikTok / Reel / YT short
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals Right but what you're teaching and the video headline don't correlate then. If you're getting 100k+ views on this video then there should be some more informing going on as well about these things, people care a lot about their own work and at least with a bit more background and explainer then people would have threads they can follow if they want to learn more - just my two cents
Excellent video... I do wish however you would have added the Audio settings, which is also super important to the final project. I'm shooting a music video and the song was recorded at 24 bit x 96kHz, which I know is overkill, but yet the highest quality. Thanks
why'd you skip over network optimization? when you were done talking about the hardware acceleration, it was checked, then you stopped the video to say "subscribe" and in the next clip it was unchecked with no explanation??
4:32 when i saw you having 72 framerate, i have been wonder if it's possible to go past 60 fps on a mac?
Framerate has nothing to do with your pc, sure you can use a higher frame rate than 60 on mac.
will it make your videos a little more smoother
Mac is extremely generic right now, would have been good for me if you would specify which model of Mac your video is referring to. I am trying to find a good "timeline resolution from the settings. Reason I ventured there is cause my trial renders yielded not a good screen size after trying different render resolutions. I have Mac studio (running the DR studio 18.5 (a beginner) but not using apple display. Thank you.
Hey - I am using a 14' MacBook Pro M1 Pro - 32gb ram, 512gb internal ssd (or 1tb?!) don't really remember but that's not important anyways!
Well, I'd say just set the timeline resolution to the resolution your source media is, then you're good to go!
Hello and thnx for the great tutorial, but i have a question, i exported everything now like your tutorial but one thing stay the same, the original movie in all nice and shap and after editing and exporting like you explained its also nice and sharp. but as soon as i upload to youtube it gets alot of noise artifacts, how do i get rid of that?
Let the video sit for a day and check it. Depending on your internet speed it can take very long for TH-cam to display max quality. I usually upload my video and keep it private for 24h and after that so publish it!:)
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals Well got my vids online now for a while but it keeps being blury somehow
I also saw advices to render with 60000kb/s for 6k video, can it be better than 48000kb/s?
Of course, the higher max bitrate you choose, the better the quality will be. But also the file size increases as well
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals yeah, the file size doesn't matter at all. I'm interested if it will be a better quality after uploading on TH-cam. I heard different opinions but from the latest - that the more Bitrate of picture, the better it will be after TH-cam convention.
Man! to watch your video is like to go on meditation session! Amazing! Clear, without stupid emotions and exciting scrims with no reason...well done!
Oh wow, thank you so much!! It‘s always good to get such feedback because I actually question this myself too often whether or not I should act more excited about whatever and put some cringey expressions and emotions on my face because I can see a lot of TH-camrs do this and they are quite successful with it! But it’s just not who and what I am so I‘ll stick to ‚my‘ style! Appreciate the words, this really gave me some encouragement! Thank you!🙏🏽🙌🏽
You have all this precious real state screen space but you decided to make the as small as posible, why?
Why would you consider it as small as possible?
off the rip the video is amazing i'm only 0:38 seconds in I appreciate it brotha!!!
Thank you so much!! Hope you enjoyed it throughout! 🙌🏽
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals I certainly did!!
Great explanation, but I have a question. If recording a motorcycle ride through the mountains, will the formula you gave for KB/S still work or should I increase? TIA
bro the way you explained this is the reason why i am able to final upload my clients gaming videos..
bravo
subbed.
That's amazing man! Very happy for you! Super excited!
Appreciate you letting me know and welcome to the community!
If you use Hardware accelerated encoding = Faster renders but lower quality output. Software encoding should be used for the smallest file size while retaining best quality. Prepare for 5-10x the render time though depending on your system.
Apple silicon have hardware encoders. Regular chips have 1. Max chips have 2. Ultras have 4.
Do you still use these settings? Maybe you could make an updated version for 2024?
I still use them, yes! I‘ve made a couple render settings videos already, but as nothing drastically changes, it‘ll always be more or less the same!:)
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals what render settings for 1080p gaming? Quality best or bitrate
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals should I switch from the h264 codec to h265? I have 1080p video
Youre so handsome! Love from the US
Thank you so much for the compliment! Appreciate the words!🙏🏽 :)
mac only or what, i dont see the options
What options is it exactly that you are missing? Could you clarify this?
Thank You now i have the best quality!!!
That's amazing man!
Subscribed!
Welcome to the community - thank you!🙏🏽
Thanks yoooou!
best vinci exxport setting video
Thank you so much brother! Means a lot!
Hello Sebastian, thank's for this tutorial. Just one thing I think you are wrong. At 2.06 min. You put the timeline color space (left side Rec 709) and the (right side Rec 709A). It should be like this her under.
The timeline colorspace should be (left side Rec709) and (right side Rec 2.4) and the output color space (left side Rec 709) and the (right side Rec709 A) I can proof this, just import your movie the way you have your setup in Final Cut and you will see the movie is much more bright. The way I describe it looks the same as well in Davinci and Final Cut. Also at preferences you are right about the display but also set system-general- automatically tag Rec 709 scene clips as Rec709A.
Hope to hear from you about your thoughts
Cheers Richard
Hey Richard!
You‘re right, I got that wrong! Thank you for correcting this - I‘ll pin your comment so everyone can see this! Thank you for this information!🙏🏽
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals Hi Sebastian, glad we cleared this issue. I was struggling with this problem from 2015 until 2019. Until this update came from Davinci. Abobe has a lut for this problem.
Cheers Richard
I CANT FIND THE REC 2.4 OPTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE
h264 is better visually
I wouldn’t say that necessarily- clearly depends on the footage. Sometimes it looks better, sometimes 265 looks better and I ran a test (purely personal opinion here) after rendering out 10 videos in 264&265 and 8/10 265 was better for my liking (on 2 of them 265 had weird artifacts and therefore I liked 264 better)
Thanks for creating the video! However, none of the information I was particularly interested in was covered.
I'm sure most people understand that using a very high number will preserve the best quality. What would be more helpful is explaining and fine-tuning the settings to achieve the best balance between quality and file size, minimizing unnecessary storage usage.
Rate Control
Preset
Tuning
Two Pass
Constant QP I
constant QP P
constant QP B
Lookahead
AQ Strength
v Advanced Settings
Pixel aspect ratio
Data Levels
Thank you SO MUCH for the kbps setting formula explanation!
maaan, you save my day :D thanks a lot!!! super usefull and nice cuted video
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!:)
there is no option for max display colour profile
Are you sure? Just checked and it's there!
Hey seb how I can contact you, is there any social media platforms like instagram 🥰❤️
Hey!
Absolutely, shoot me a DM @s.f._visuals 🙌🏽
quicktime gives better playback and quality
I wouldn’t necessarily say that. But if you’re looking for better quality, ProRes 4444 XQ is the way to go and has buttery smooth playback
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals thanks mate, I'll keep that in mind and experiment it.
Thank you for putting this video out. And I was curious if you had any suggestions for me. For a feature length film that was shot in 1080 P what would be the absolute best cinematic top quality render settings? For a PC
Hey man! So, I’d typically set the timeline frame rate to 24 fps (if you are US based), timeline res 1080, bitrate to 24-30K, Rec 709 & Gamma 2.4. I‘d choose .264 codec because not all devices support .265 - if your output device supports .265, I’d choose that. Going with an MP4 firmst should be fine as well!:)
whenever I add a low light video shot in DJI Osmo Action 4 in Da Vinci Resolve editor, the colors are continuously flickering up and down and resulting in bad image quality. Can you please help me with some solution.
Can you please make a video on how to export high quality raw images to instagram
Well, you can't use "raw" photos in resolve but if you have an image, just go to the color page, right click in the viewer and select "grab still" - now just go to your "gallery" and export the still you want! :) - but there's an easier way in resolve 18.5!
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals Thanks!
Hi sebastian, when i put the gamma 2.4 the image gets darker, should i leave it in rec709a? Or what should i do?
Hey Emiliano!
Try setting the timeline color space to rec.709 and gamma 2.4 and the output color space to rec.709 and rec.709a - then render a small part of the video and display it on multiple devices like phone and tv and other screens - they should all look the same (or at least very close) as well as they should look similar to the one you see in Resolve!:)
What do you think about AV1, it s supposed to be better than h.265 but even better compression. Also, what color profile to use on Windows 11?
Haven’t heard or tested that codec, because most platforms take a while to adapt to new codecs and when I deliver for clients it’s always just ProRes & h264 - as for the color profile, .709 & gamma 2.4 🤝🏽
Thank you for the video. I am having a lot of problems downloading my videos to youtube and they look like crap. It seem to be a variable bitrate issue, maybe. The ground blurs in areas like it cant focus which DJI action 4 doesn't have to focus. it also draws a pixilated halo around some objects while everything else is clear. Why does your DaVinci resolve not have the Rate control as mine does? is it because i am using a NVidia graphics card? I have learned I cant use AV1 because that is only Radeon cards. Its a bit frustrating. i am trying constant bitrate instead of variable to see if that helps. Any help would be much appreciated.
Hey George!
Have you checked if these issues also appear on the source footage?
Thanks sebastian for your profesional Program
Hey Shahram! Thank you! 🙌🏽
Epic video, made swithiching from Adobe much faster thank you
10/10 VIDEO!
Thanks man! Appreciate that!
is this working on gaming video??
Why wouldn’t it?
great tutorial, Thanks
Anytime! You're most welcome!
Thanmk you mate, subbed now
Thanks man - really appreciate that and welcome to the community!
Very good video
Thank you! Appreciate that man!
If you have an Nvidia 4000 Series or AMD 7000 Series GPU, be sure to select AV1 as your Codec.
bitrate encoding is pretty ancient technology, the thing you should really use is quality based enocoding which keeps the same quality over every frame
variable bitrate is always a guessing game and isn't accurate, also you get much bigger video files from it that doesnt need to be that big for that quality
quality based encoding isnt offered by a lot of encoders unfortunatley, x264 and x265 is supporting that (CQP/CRF) and is pretty efficent
Thank you very much!
I record videos with GoPro and never can't get that quality when render it, now realize that my frame rate at the output is always 24/30 cuz didn't adjust it on project settings.
Happy to hear it’s been useful to you and solved some issues!
Very well done! I like your presentation, simple and effective. Can you do another one for Win? Ha. Just kidding.
Thank you!
Glad to hear it was helpful to you! Cheers man!
i used your settings, but the video is noww a HEVC and it wants me to pay money to play it. What do i do?
Use H.264, this should solve the issue
@ianFriedrichVisuals Thanks, i will give it a try
@@simonkjrhansen807 anytime man! You’re most welcome!
thanks
You're welcome!
Thanks!
Thanks Jack! Appreciate you man!!
Gained a sub man nice video!
Thanks Manuel, appreciate that! Welcome to the community!!
You saved me hours of export headaches. Only took me 3 badly exported projects to find your video :D
You’re most welcome Jack! Glad to hear it saved you a bit of time and headache!😁 just make sure to save this as a default preset so you dir have to adjust everything over and over again, and do your tweakings, if necessary, from there!:)
awesome! thank you
You're welcome!
thanks
You're most welcome man!
Hi Sebastian.
I just returned from a trip where I shot lots of video. All in 4k but some at 30fps and some at 60fps. I would shoot at 60fps if I was panning the camera for smoother footage. I am about to start editing it in Davinci Reslove but has a question before starting. You say in the beginning of your video it's important to have the timeline format the exact same as the render settings. How do I set those setting with the different frame rates?
Hey Shepard, thanks for the question!
So basically you have 3 framerates in a project:
- Input (which is what your clips are at)
- Timeline (which is the framerate you edit in)
- Export (which is the framerate you export in)
Timeline and Export should match (and I believe you can’t change export framerate after setting your timeline framerate) and you can set your Timeline framerate in the project settings, bottom right corner of resolve. I always edit in 24/25fps - doesn’t mean you have to do the same!
If you plan on slowing down your clips to slowmotion in post, you have to go to 24fps timeline framerate so you then have the option to slow down the 30fps /60fps clips.
But you can also set your timeline framerate to 30fps, now your 30fps clips will playback in real time and you have the option to slow down the 60fps to slow motion in post!
I hope this answers your questions, if anything is not clear, feel free to send me a DM on Instagram!:)
Do you need to have DaVinci Studio (the payed one) for this to work?
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Thanks man, appreciate that!
I've serached for this video so long and now i fanaly found it again. Thanks for making this awesome video 🎉
Glad it helped! You’re most welcome!
Now when i try to render it says: Cannot find the appropiate codec for encoding the video frame. What should i do?
I don't have a restrict to button. its just automatic. where's the problem?
Hi, I'm trying to export a 60fps gaming content vid but I'm struggling to find what's the ideal bitrate for this using H.265?
Will appreciate a reply.
Hey Jerome!
If you‘re exporting 60fps I guess storage and file size is no problem for you - just try 100-120K (4K) or 50-60K (1080p). If it still doesn’t look right for you, try exporting in .264 with the same bitrates mentioned above and see if you like that better- some people prefer .264! 🙏🏽
im confused.... 1080x1000kbs = 1080000
I can see that you’re a little confused here as I said: „use your timeline framerate and multiply it by 1000“ - which makes perfect sense. But you just replaced the „framerate“ with „resolution“ to make the math - 1080 is not a framerate.
Ahhh yes. Makes more sense now haha@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals
Very useful man! I am working for a big corporation in my country in the video editing department and your video helped me a lot ! You are appreciated !
Thank you so much! Super happy to hear this video has been helpful!
new tuto with the new export menu would be appreciated
Thank you, another important thing: If you export in H264 you should even double the Kb/s.
So for getting best quality: H265 in 24fps 4K should be: 48.000 kb/s
H264 in 24fps 4K should be 96.000 Kb/s
Why do you say that? .265 compresses more than .264
@@ItzGoldfish1 Because H264 needs more Kb/s for having the same quality as H265.
Debatable. While yes, you DO get 4 four times the pixels of a 1080p video (i.e. quadruple the data), it is also true that there's a certain threshold where the difference in quality becomes barely noticable. It all boils down to who your target audience[s] on what platform[s] is[are].
For one, TH-cam is not going to play back your 4K video at a Bitrate of 96.000 Kb/s.
Even if you rendered your video for local consumption exclusively, a huge Bitrate will most probably result in overwhelming your gear which in turn will result in a stuttering choppy playback of your material. If YOUR computer can only scoff at this statement, well, kudos to you for working on such a beefy machine. 99% of the population won't get the same experience out of it.
You're preparing a film festival and have access to a professional (wherever you draw the line there...) projector? Well, quite frankly, why bother with H.264/265 compression at all? This isn't the video for you.
Also - in a sense, H.264 doesn't need "more Kb/s", it's rather that H.265 needs "LESS Kb/s" given that it is the new kid on the block. So if you rendered your 24fps video at the propagated 48.000 Kb/s, you could most likely go LOWER with H.265 to achieve similar results.
In the end, it's always a tradeoff. However, following the purported "frame rate * 2000" principle should yield you more than satisfactory results in 99.9% of the cases.
I have followed your tips and thank you for your help. Maybe you have a suggestion for this issue? I just tried to render my first project, which gave me a "Render job file 1 fail the ed as current clip could not be processed." The message reads, "The current frame or clip could not be processed successfully." I will also go through the manual to see if they have any suggestions as well.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Hey!
Sooo sorry for just seeing this comment that late - I know from experience that this must be something to do with your storage being full!
This just recently happened to me as I was exporting a video to an external ssd where not enough space was left to fit the entire video so every time I tried rendering it showed me this result! Have you already figured it out? What was the issue?
THANK YOU!!!!!
Anytime man! Appreciate you!
Seb its like you read my mind.. I had problems like this rendering my video I just posted 2hrs ago .. really good info ℹ️ I’ll have to look at it again when finished day job. Hope all is well
Super happy to hear that Michael!
Maybe this'll solve your problem - I hope so!
Thanks for the continuous support man!
This seems to help especially rendering at 265 over 264
Thank you! Happy to hear it was helpful to you! :)
This gave me a flawless export. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
So happy for you David! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment man! Appreciate that!
Thankyou so much and it's very informative brother.
Glad to hear that man! Appreciate the comment!
Thank you!
You're most welcome man! Appreciate that!
thank you very much, easy to follow and good pace
Thank you very much - highly appreciate that!
Dude, Thank you. I just got this DJI and I never messed with Log. Every time I tried to export it came out blotchy and choppy. I can't believe that the settings you recommended and to be aware of was the soul reason of it all lol Thank you again!
Amazing! Super happy to hear that it was helpful to you! What drone did you get? Curious! 🙏🏽
Thank you!
Hey Farsad! Thank you man!
Great video
Thank you Leonardo! Really appreciate that man and thanks for the comment!
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Thanks man, appreciate that!
Hello, I need help on bitrate. When exporting in MP4 (h264, sometimes problem exist on h265), I am having low bitrates of about 6,000 Kbps. I believe "Restrict to" just indicates the ceiling bitrate so technically it can go from 0 - Restrict. And there's no way of setting the floor value. I don't know why it doesn't max out the bitrate. And also it's weird that nobody is talking about this. Can you confirm that the video file you export with the settings you mentioned have the bitrate closest to restrict? I'm on Windows 11 using Davinci free.
Hey Tim! Haven’t had that issue but it might be possible due to lower bitrate recording. What you could try is quality based encoding - it should, in theory, give you good results depending on the quality that you choose (it’s a drop-down menu) that is also located in the same tab. Can’t give you detailed info about this out of the back of my head, but I‘ll provide more detailed information later to this comment, if needed, and you didn’t already find it!:)
@@SebastianFriedrichVisuals Thanks for the reply Sebastian! I think you're right with the lower bitrate recording. I tried a footage of higher bitrate and the export's bitrate adjusted higher. And if you're doing animations of simple graphics the bitrate is low. But this is not the case with one of my colleagues. Once we we're working on the same high bitrate raw file but her export has very low bitrate compared to mine, like 7,000 kbps is to 54,000 kbps. That was very weird and I couldn't figure out why. In the end we just went with 7000. Since then I looked at bitrate treatment in Davinci (at least for MP4) very ambiguous. A workaround I figured out is export from Davinci as DNxHR MOV and convert it to MP4 using Adobe Media Encoder, which when I adjust bitrate there it works as expected.
Btw I couldn't find that quality based encoding setting, though I'm not in urgent need of it anyways. But again, thank you for the help!