Welcome to the settings! This is where OBS Studios configuration can be changed.
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Make sure your have OBS Studio installed! If you don't have it installed, check out this page.
In this tutorial we will be using Windows 10, it should be very similair on Mac and Linux.
Go to File > Settings
Now, head to the Output tab.
You should now see some settings that the setup wizard set for you, we're gonna change these.
In the Output Mode dropdown, select Advanced.
We will now seperate between Nvidia and x264. The left side will be Nvidia , the
right will be x264 .
Please follow the tutorial that fits your PC setup. If you have an Nvidia GPU, please follow the Nvidia route, otherwhise follow the x264 route.
Nvidia
Set the Encoder to NVIDIA NVENC H.264.
Set the Preset to Low-Latency Performance.
Make sure the Profile is set to High.
IMPORTANT!
Make sure to set Max B-Frames to 0 & set Bitrate to 2500 Kbps or lower.
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Set the Encoder to x264.
Set the CPU Usage Preset to Ultrafast.
Set the Profile to high.
Set Tune to zerolatency.
IMPORTANT!
Put bframes=0 threads=8 in the x264 Options and
set the
Bitrate to 2500 Kbps or lower.
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You're not done yet! Scroll down for the rest of the tutorial.
Next, we head on to the Video tab.
Now we need your main display's resolution, press the WIN key on your
keyboard, and type Resolution, open the first match.
We are now in the Windows Display settings, we have to scroll down a little.
Under Display resolution, make note of the resolution.
Input your resolution into Base (Canvas) resolution.
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If your display is not a 16:9 aspect ratio, please use the closest 16:9 resolution to your display resolution, here's an aspect ratio calculator.
Set the Output (Scaled) resolution to 960x540.
Set the Downscale Filter to Bilinear.
It should now look like this!