OBS Studio - BEST Recording Settings! 2023 [Full Guide]
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- This tutorial will guide you through the best recording settings for OBS Studio version 29.1 and above, demonstrating three different setting options depending on your computer hardware! Stick around to the end to see some amazing tips about recording with AV1 encoding as well as some other new features!
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00:00 - Intro
01:09 - Initial setup
02:14 - Absolute best settings
08:13 - Best settings for 1080p and small file sizes
12:50 - Personal favorite settings with AV1 encoding!
18:09 - Final comparison
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Hello Chiselchip , I watched the video from start to finish. Thank you firstly , second my recordings came out faded/washed colors , I watched couple videos about it but they end result didn't change. Can you give me suggestions to overcome this color problem ? Or you can make a video too since this is somehow common problem if you have time .
That's very weird... if your screen looks good and you have the color set right in OBS it shouldn't be washed out 🤔@@MrAlpino3
That's a good point, check the output color space @@Yotethebote-2
I've watched multiple videos and you are one of the best teachers! Excellent tutorial: nice pace, used visual demos while explaining what to do. More importantly, you explained what the functionality does, gave use case examples and made recommendations based on everyone's computer performance, budget, etc. Thank you!
So happy to hear it was easy to follow!! Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback :)
@@Chiselchip hey Chill, she's right could've called it ASMR :) But I still get a "vail" on my video it's so bad in quality over brightened (but more like a vail above ) do you have any idea what it could be ? If I enable HDR Mode it's better, but oversaturated.
Awesome video, straight to the point, great info, and no BS. Thank you🙂
My man, you're an absolute legend. I can't thank you enough honestly, I nearly switched to Streamlabs, can't even explain how lost I was... Everything works great with the 1080p preset!
Awesome! So glad to hear!
This video was so useful!! I was having problems with the bitrate, but now my video looks super crisp and clear!! 😁
Thanks for explaining all things in so simple manner and so calmly😊😊
Thank you for this! With the information you provided I fixed my video recording quality in a few minutes!!!
YES, i learned a LOT watching this video... i also have a high-end PC powered by AMD rx7900xtx video card... and i also use OBS Studio, v29.1.3, but i am fairly new to streaming and uploading videos.. after playing around with OBS, i figured the best recording settings for my hardware are: AMD HW AV1, ffmpeg AAC, and encoder settings: Rate Control - CQP with CQ Level 14 on a BALANCED preset... everything else is what you suggested in this video... i don't have the "Psycho Visual Tunning" option available... i almost got the RTX4090 myself, but in the end i chose to save $700 by getting the rx7900xtx card... the differences between these two cards were not worth $700 to me...
What a great video, not only was it easy to follow but you explained WHY we were setting things which is very rare. Thank you!
So happy it was helpful!!
Great tutorial. Explained to perfection. Thank you.
You are brilliant!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much 🤗 I have watched a lot of tutorials and could never get OBS to film in the quality that I needed until I watched your video.
So glad it was helpful!!
This is great, thanks Chiselchip! The side-by-side really is an effective showcase 👏
Glad you liked it! Yah the side by side definitely shows a difference when it’s viewed in 4K
I love the video and settings! I change the mp4 back to mkv with remux to mp4 cause I couldn't move through my videos to skip to the good parts.
Thanks for the tips! Very helpful :)
Hey, Creative Lead of Valheim at Iron Gate studio, just needed to say hey, you showing off Valheim. I was looking for good settings for recording gameplay, and then you show off some Valheim, I was happy! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for this. I'll go with your recommended settings for my next video (I just got the Ultra 2.1 capture card from AverMedia and can't wait to see what it can do).
Thank you so much.
Your video has been of great help to me.
This video saved my creation life, insanely helpful thanks
So glad to hear it helped!!
BEST MOST HELPFUL VIDEO IVE FOUND...THANK YOU BRO.
So happy to hear it was helpful!!
I've watched first your Audio Settings for Obs and next is this, overall nice videos.... SUBBED! 💯
Thank you very much. I watched numerous videos, but none of them seemed to work. Your settings were effective.
Amazing to hear they worked well!
Awesome video man. I do alot of high quality editing with Genshin Impact, and ive been struggling to get the quality ive been after. This is perfect for me!
Awesome! Glad it helps!
Thank you, this was very helpful for me, I just do small recordings for family and friends, and lately I have been recording some video game play.
Glad to hear!!
Thanks bro. Will try my first stream tomorrow or day after tomorrow.
Thank you. Do you have a video goes over explaining the other settings like latency, advanced settings, etc in details?
your video beenavery helpful.. thank you. loved this video
Great video...very clear and concise.
Thanks, for this great video! :)
Thank you so much 🙏
Great video! Thanks for sharing your knownledge.
Thanks boss appreciate the settings
thanks for helping brother. :-)
These settings are absolutely perfect, I would like to know your DaVinci Resolve export settings also. Keep it up!
So glad to hear they are helpful!! And thanks for the video suggestion!! I hope to start covering davinci resolve and filmmaking on my other channel soon TH-cam.com/BenCarano if you wanted to keep an eye out there!
Holy shit this helped so much thanks so much for the amazing tutorial
THANK YOU... SO MUCH! None of the tutorials are like this... I have a RTX 4060 but my recording was still laggy but at least I found... YOU!!!
which section did you use?
use AV1 not h624
thx love it
That was very very helpfull, thank you.
So glad to hear :)
Thank you Sir
Great explanation, made it nice and simple for those of us who might not understand these things.
thank u for this.
thank you for this
thanks brother 😘😘
Just got my hands on the new AMD mini PC with the new chip that can do AV1 encoding. By following the steps, it works pretty well. I think I will stick to AV1 from now on. Thanks man.
Sweet! Good luck and have fun!
Gotta subscribe you,
Because video was easy to understand and apply.
And to the point.
I will share this video if any body ask for help.
The encoder point got me all this time I was using H.264 and having High bitrate and big videos still just good quality,
Now I use 265 and at low bitrate small file size I am getting better quality videos 🙂,
Thnx for the help.
So happy it was helpful!
tysm, you are a goad. no other people explained it better than you
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
i will be using it thanks to you
this video helped me a lot and i laughed when u said we probably have similar hardware to ur 4090
Hi, very nice video. I was wondering, for the 1080p60fps settings, will they impact on my pc performance? if so, what can i adjust?
THANK YOU SIR
You are my hero
thx for help me :D
Thank you for the detailed video guide. Just a question: I also has the RTX 4090 GPU, but my CPU is a bit older, i has the 9900K, so i still can use the set of your settings, the personal favorite?
Thanks for the detailed tutorial !!
thank you for this , seen videos recommend 50 000-70 000 for a 1080p gameplay, its just nuts, this felt alot more realistic
I love this video so musch ❤
So happy to hear :)
what about for macbooks air & pro m1 chips. what video encoder should they use? also can you please do a general video for mac settings obs
Just ordered a 4090 computer. Love this man. Can’t wait to get ,y pc in
Sweet, I’m sure you’ll love it!
@@Chiselchip can you explain what are Fragmented Mp4
Very nice video. It’s not outdated compared to other videos even currently. I have similar hardware but I was very surprised you were able to only use 16,000kbps for 4k for AV1
Now I’m excited to use AV1 with my 7900RT XTX since I plan on recording 1440p.
So glad it was helpful and still relevant!
I was wondering if you would consider doing a video/short with your Davinci Resolve (free version) export settings to TH-cam after making a recording using OBS with the “happy medium” settings you set in OBS in this video. I would be quite interested in it, though I understand if that’s not possible given there’s not enough requests for it.
Really like the content!
@@Sufy-ei9zj yah I’ve had a few people wanting that! Would love to do a video at some point on that when my schedule allows. I might do it on my other channel @bencarano where I want to go more into tech and filming also with Davinci Resolve
@@Chiselchip
That’s nice to know! Don’t rush it, and take your time if you truly want to create a video like that. I really appreciate the fast responses, especially on a video that was posted a year ago. I’m going to sub to your channel. Keep up the content!
@@Sufy-ei9zj thanks! I appreciate it! I try to engage with the community when I can still since I’m relatively small when I see comments:)
thxx
amazing video, men, ty❤
Just one question, why 2 s in keyframe interval?
Just what works best for me and most people to be the least laggy
Hello and a great video, in regards my recording all is good only one question if I may color I find hard to get right can you do a color in obs for us please keep up the great videos .
Color isn't related to OBS studio, the color of your screen is all based on the quality of your monitor and graphics card. or maybe I misunderstood your question
Thank you for this video, I am not technical at all so wanted to ask you a question. I am trying to record on OBS but my gameplay is glitchy, is this because i am using a late 2016 macbook pro plugged into my elgato hd60 x? If so, what hardware is do I need to be able to record in 1080p?
yes that's probably your issue! I'd say you need a minimum of 4gb of graphics ram and at least a quad core 3 ghz processor. Also at least 16 gb of ram. This will allow you to record simple games that aren't too hardware intense
This was great, comment for the algo
I am using a 3070ti and mostly playing American Truck Simulator at 1080p, what do you think the best preset to record the game?
i have the 3070 and i google it, av1 should be supported, so im gonna try that when i get home.
Im also geeking out about getting best possible quality when rendering using vegas pro 21 with voukoder renderer, im recording in 1440p (my monitor) but experimenting with using smart upscale when rendering to get a "fake" 4k video output. I noticed that no matter how crazy settings i use in vegas only rendering it out in 1440p, it will always look abit pixaleted when youtube in done processing it.
Upscaling it makes it look pretty crisp even tho its not "real"
Comment below your favorite settings, and if you have any questions :)
the bitrate settings for recording!
Loved the tutorial, i loved the best settings possible, but unfortunately none of these settings in this vid worked for me. im running a 3080TI with a AMD R5 5600x. any tips on how to get my recordings to stop skipping frames?
@@strewbzz hmmm I’m surprised that even the 1080p setting didn’t work, especially with a 3080
Thank you 😊
thanks for helping brother. :-)
How to use iGPU for 1080p and 1440p 60 fps recording without fps drops, while keeping NVIDIA GPU for gaming only? I also noticed NVENC tends to give lower visual quality and higher file size for the same bitrate compared to Intel H264? It'd be interesting to see how to enable iGPU in the BIOS, all the way up to best settings in OBS. Great video, thanks for sharing the tips!
Hello guy, nice vid. I'm having a bit of issue with the commentary sound settings. What do you recommend. Any help would be appreciated. Have a good one
Going to be doing a sound vid soon! been getting a few requests for one!
Would be interested in your audio settings. With the ettings you are recomending, will multiple audio channels show up in DaVinci? Are you using 4k cams or are you recording your monitor screen? Eposvox had a vid about upscaling from 1920 to 2k that sounded interesting. I just don't have the budget for 5, 2 or 4k cameras.
I did record on a 4K face cam with separate audio. Just works best for me when it comes to editing, but I also do plenty on my 1080p webcam
Great guide and really appreciated! When recording gameplay footage. Do I have to set the game's framerate to 60 in order to make sure there is no audio delay? Like say for instance an RPG game where there is a lot of dialogue and the sound and lip sync don't match? Or will the audio be unaffected if the games framerate is higher than 60?
Frame rate shouldn't affect audio, you might have another lag or delay issue somewhere
thanks so much for clarification!@@Chiselchip
hey bro if u dont mind me asking which type of capture card are u saying ? thanks
I don’t use a capture card. All my equipment plugs directly into the pc
Hey mate, what would you recommend: i am streaming with my 4080 and want to record two sources seperate with the plugin. Should i use m,y gpu or cpu (i7 13700KF)? I am streaming in 1080p
is using the intel HD770 and quick sync a good option? I'm having some trouble with my 13900k.
In the Audio tab of the Output section, what do you have your bitrate at? I see that it defaults to 160kbps. Do you keep it as the default, considering TH-cam compresses the audio?
Yes, I keep it at default! I hope to do an audio tutorial soon so be on the lookout for that... been getting a lot of requests
This is great! Love these videos!
Since you ask, I have an easy question and a possibly complicated question: 1 What should I set my mic thresholds at? 2 How do I record game audio and mic audio onto separate tracks? I'm unable to separate. After several hours of research we gave up and only record our mics on OBS, and record our game on a screen recording. I don't know much, but I'm pretty sure this is a dumb way of doing it. Any tips?
Glad you enjoyed the video!! Those are great questions! I will definitely cover your first question in an audio video soon, been getting a lot of requests for that! Thanks for the other questions about separate tracks too, I'll try to figure it out and include that in the audio video as well if it's possible... never tried it before but I'd assume there's a way!
@@Chiselchip you da man!
@@qarzzy Only account I see leaving robotic 3 letter responses to all my friend's comments is you. 🤣 I'm sure Chisel enjoys the algorithm bump though.
@@vicobong lmao yup. He helped me get some views and got muted in return 😂
@@Chiselchip lol
finally someone that really understand, thank you so much for the video!
So glad to hear it was helpful!
friend thanks for detailed video.... Well what about mkv to mp4 remux ? Obs can do it automatically... Check out the tab "Recording" and tick "Automatically remux to mp4" ...So we can prevent ourselves when there's an electricity cutting off....and After tesing out... CBR gives very gigantic results as file ......Try the "CQP" with 17-22 setting u will get the same quality but 1/5 .... 1/7 more lower file size....
mand your audio is clean what the use for mic and what is your gain setting?
Thanks! I have an audio video here if you wanna check it out th-cam.com/video/mCjo85MuD5A/w-d-xo.html
thank @@Chiselchip
Awesome video 👍👍✌️ just wanted to ask my laptop is ryzen5 6600 with gtx 3050 with 16 gb ram.. should i go for fragmented mp4?. Or quick time will work fine (1080p) for gaming videos
Quick time (.mov) is better for audio quality, but it's such a small difference that I just go with mp4 for a smaller file size, your computer should handle it just fine!
@@Chiselchip thanks bro great help..✌️
I tried this and the quality is amazing! The thing though is when I imported the video to Premiere Pro, it said the video is incompatible. 😔
Thank you for the video. I have one question that I didn't see anywhere in the video: what is the bitrate you use for your audio?
Its usually 160 I have another audio tutorial on my channel if you're interested in that!
Thank you!@@Chiselchip
Great video! I have do one question though, I have a dual pc setup and I use the streaming PC to record and stream off it for gaming and recording videos. On the streaming PC, I have a i7-10700k and a 3070ti, could these settings be good for that? or could I go max it out since I am not really gaming on it as I stream?
Thanks! :)
I'd do the 1080 p settings or do 1440p if it can handle that. A 3070 won't be able to max out all the settings even if you're not playing games
Ah OK understood! I see. OK I will just do the 1080p settings and do a little trial and error from there! Thank you! 😊 awesome video again!
so what about AV1 vs H265/264 for fast pace games like a Rally sim or Battlefield games where smeary fast fast action is the issue?
Brain teaser for ya. 35k(HDR10) HEVC bitrate(p010, 2100pq)1. P5 Slow(Good Quality) with High quality Tuning vs 2. p7 Slowest(Best quality) with Low Latency Tuning. Question is which setting (1. or 2.) would have the greatest quality recording overall! Thanks
STV-AV1 or AOM AV1? Those are my options.
after this vid my obs recordings stopped lagging tysm
Glad to hear!
you want to choose av1 and a much smaller bitrate to compare h264 120K bitrate
Have a question I followed the same setting using a av1 encoder and the only downside of this encoder was that I can't edit in premier pro. What editing software are you using?
I use dvinci Resolve. I'm surprised pramere pro doesn't accept it, but Davinci is fine with it
Hi, I am have been looking through different videos and trying different settings and recordings are still coming out quite choppy. I am not trying to make content but record tapes off an old camcorder. I have an okay PC (10700f, 3060-12GB, 16GB 3200Mhz). Even simply recording this current video, the finished product is still laggy. If you can please provide some insight I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and overall nice video.
I need help, I did all of the following settings, I did get better resolution, but i still get lag. Im not sure why, please advise!
i recorded 18 second video with 60000 bitrate and the size is 800mb
Yea I don’t recommend a 60k birate i recommend 10k-20k birate if you recording 1080p tbh
I use 2560x1080 on my ultrawide monitor to record, I can't find what bitrate to use with CBR and I also wanted to ask about CQP.
Hello, I'm owning a laptop with an Intel I5 12th gen H series without a GPU. By default I have Iris XE. Can you please suggest me, OBS profile for recording games?
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Excellent tutorial. I am curious what, if anything, would change for recording software tutorials. First of all, I only need 30 FPS, not 60. Secondly, the bitrate doesn't need to be anywhere as high as a game capture; the screen is mostly static graphics while I blabber, with an occasional pan / zoom / menu-clicking. I'd love to get your thoughts on this situation.
Thanks for the comment! Are you planning to use AV1 encoding?
@@Chiselchip I hope to, yes! My new recording PC has a RTX A4000 that has the AV-1 encoder. My editing PC uses Premiere Pro with a Quadro P5000; I’m not sure yet if it will do the AV-1. I might need a plug-in or to capture H.265 / HEVC
@@Chiselchip Also, I’m going to capture in 4K and then edit in 2K (at 50%) This will allow me to zoom in double size with no loss of quality. I did some tests and it looks amazing. This is why I bought the new high-end PC.
@@schultzeworks if you use av1, then you should be totally fine with 12,000 kbps at 30 fps with what you're talking about doing if you want to save file space. I might do 16-20,000 kbps if you use h265
@@Chiselchip Awesome service! Thanks for the fast reply. The new recording / capture computer arrives within a week, so I will be all over your suggestion. Thanks again.
What about recording in 2K? Would like to see your Settings for that 😅
That’s actually what I usually use. The settings are the same as my “personal favorite” accept for 2k instead of 4K and I use around 40000 kbps bitrate for recording
Hey.. How about Radeon GPU. I use RX 6600 XT and only have H.264 and H.265 (HEVC).
How much bitrate i should use for recording 1080p?
I tried for 25k, CBR. Edited with Premiere Pro. Still not good at all..
Help Please.
Im new to obs & PC gaming
I have a R9 3900x, 6800xt,32gb.
I will be gaming on my 48" LG Oled Tv in 1440p to 4K @60 and want to record in 1440p to 4k@60
but my OBS will be running on my 2nd screen which is a 1080p monitor.
How would i set my setting for that? Thanks
what if you're a streamer and you record (not games)? I have a RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 5500 so I stream in 1080p/60fps. Do I use the same settings for each?
You'd want to mostly just do 30 fps unless you're gaming or recording action videos. Otherwise the other settings can stay the same, but because you'd be only doing 30 fps, then you can also use a lower bitrate
Honest question about recording, why would you use a compressed file format like AV1 instead of something of higher quality? I know you can get crazy with DNxHD and such which Davinci for example prefers but the file size is gigantic.
Great question! Mostly for file size. I use Davinci Resolve and have the payed version, which does a fine job of de-compressing AV1 and then re-encoding it to h.264 for uploading to youtube and other platforms. Just a process that works for me and looks high enough quality, but yah there are other ways of maxing out the quality for sure!
@@Chiselchip Im in one of these phases where all of a sudden I have to learn all this stuff to bump my own YT quality. I do art stuff and record with OBS. When I messed with DNxHD, the file sizes were stupid big but I thought I needed that for Davinci (I have the paid version too). I'll try it this way, the only thing that may impact me is when I multistream locally. Not sure if even a 4080 will handle streaming to 3 places and recording. Guess I'll find out.
Yah give it a try! It's all about finding what works best for you, good luck with your ventures! @@CreateNowSleepLater