OBS Optimization - Best Settings for Live Video
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I'll walkthrough some of the important settings for live streaming video in OBS. Also, what you should leave alone and how to get the most out of your recordings.
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Your labor helps millions of Church Streaming nowadays! Thanks much! from Philippines here!
+1 from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
God bless you Steven!
I moved recently and In the area where I live, I'm only getting 2.5-3 mbps up and tried streaming an offline game at 720p and had terrible results. I thought I would not be able to stream anymore =(
But after following your video and a couple other tutorials, I'm managing to stream at 720p 60fps with 224 audio bitrate. It sounds good and the image quality isn't that bad (not ideal, but wayyyy better than before optimizing). Now I can stream again!
Thank you so much for your help!
Your video is so well done and so informative. I’ve been looking for info on the best settings, along with the reason behind them. Thank you, thank you!
Hey Steve, we’re from Boston, MA and your video really helped us get a better sound out of OBS! Thanks so much.
Thank you for the great info. No fluff, clear and good pace.
So far one of the best explanation on how to setup OBS for Streaming, I sub because how well you explained thumps up for you
mrblackgx I agree totally with u. Great clear video.
Thank you for another great video. I love that your videos really focus on what a church has to do to get best sound and picture quality; the video gamers are great too, but they don't address all the same issues that churches face. Your tutorials have got us up and running for the quarantine-stream. We want to continue the live-streaming after the congregation is allowed back to church. I checked out your other videos on which cameras are appropriate, already we are making headway in making a proposal for the simplest 'sound booth' arrangements. Blessings!
Thankyou. you speask slowly cleasrly not only changing stuff but explaining why what it does. As i am new to OBS as i am fed up with just face book live. When i started streaming oibs it kept pausing the broadcast. so hope settings work now.
Appreciate for sharing your ideas on how to optimize streaming videos. So kind of you.
You speak very well , this video is absolutely great ! You are the guy that company's should pay to make explanation videos. I already knew all of this just wanted to double check and this video was perfect. Thank you sir
Thanks for the kind words.
I really enjoyed this video. Clear and to the point. A good pace and with no waste info. Great job. Thank you. Very helpful.
GREAT VIDEO! I'm doing a Ballastflix right now, watching all your videos hahaha. Whats is the bit rate you recommend for streaming in 360p or 480p? The internet and PC are not great in my church, and It's lagging too much (I've watched your video about that too) so I want to spare bandwidth and process power. I believe I should reduce the video resolution at the cameras and swicher too in sort of sparing the PC?
What video interface do you have? Yes, you can run 480p at about 1500, or 360p you could run down to 700 if you have to and still have a manageable image. Experiment with it a little. If you can add a graphics card that supports nvenc to your pc it will make a world of difference.
thanks man, this actually worked for me after hours of trying to fix the lag between mic and audio.
Thank you. Your video helped me to better my live streaming.
The best explanation video that I can find thanks
VERY helpful video, liked and subscribed.
Your communication on these videos are stellar! OBS is finally making sense to me thanks to you!
We used your recommended settings today on our facebook live show (facebook.com/relatewithsteph) and it worked perfectly! Thank you!
Thank you for your concise and thorough explanation of the basic OBS settings, it's exactly what I was needing in my Church Streaming journey. But as a person with not quite perfect hearing, I find the (obligatory?) backing track very distracting. You have such a clear voice and confident speaking manner, why spoil that with the addition of the unnecessary "music-on-hold"?
Looking forward to more of your excellent advice, thanks!
Thanks for the useful feedback.
Incredible value in the description!
Nice job and thanks
This is GREAT info, brother -- Thank you! There are a couple of details where my opinion might be different than yours -- but overall, I'm shaking my head yes, yes, yes, this guy know what he's doing! Thank you so much!
Thanks for the kind words. I'm always willing to learn, I'd be happy to hear what you do differently.
Great video - Finally got my settings right to minimize the 'black bars' on the side of the screen using the new EOS Webcam Utility form my 5Ti - Thanks!
man you’re awesome. thanks for this informative video. now i understand obs settings and its functions easily
Great Content. Salute sir.
TH-cam shows" TH-cam is not receiving enough video to maintain smooth streaming. As such, viewers will experience buffering.
" when I conduct live class through OBS. How to overcome it with?
With a lot of thanks.
Great video. Can i ask about video streaming keep lagging (not all the time) but the sound does not.
I spent an entire day yesterday trying to optimize my Settings and my streams still looked like trash. This is the best video I found so far! Thanks!
So did this video help it not look like trash?
Jeff Swartzentruber well, i’ve learned a lot in the last three weeks since watching this. You have to have the perfect storm of a good camera, the correct configuration in OBS, and a computer that is capable of processing everything. I finally isolated my problem down to my computer. My computer is a mid 2012 MacBook Pro and it’s way too slow to keep up with all of this. I’m not a big computer guy so that never even occurred to me. I’m running Catalina on my MacBook and my day to day stuff works just like it did the day I got the computer years ago. I didn’t realize that it was severely lacking in the video processing department. I’ve since been looking at a new beefed up PC. I think that’s one of the things that a lot of people fail to mention in these tutorials. You have to have the power under the hood to make all the stuff work properly. Hopefully this comment will help anyone else that’s having the same problem.
@@DustinBairdsolo ahhh great to know. Ive been wanting a sharper image for our livestream and I thought we just needed to look into trying to stream in 1080, but from this video, looks like we are stuck with 720 but we probably arent getting as sharp of a recording as we probably could be.
Thank you so much for doing these videos. So helpful! I have one question. Our audio is coming from Logic Pro X which is then being sent to another computer running OBS. At 8:34 you start going over the audio settings. When you use the term “input source”, you’re referring to audio, correct? You’re saying that audio from a video source will most likely be 48khz. However, since my “input source” is from Logic, I can set this at either 44 or 48, correct? Thanks for the help. Much appreciated!
Nice video! Just checking in to see what settings and suggestions you have. We tend to try to stream at higher framerates to keep the video smooth, but it definitely takes a bit beefier computer to handle it. Keep up the good work!
This is a very helpful video. Thank you.
Very elaborate. I was getting frustrated with streaming on OBS still I got this tut. A big thank you.
Great information. Thanks!
Excellent video 👍
Thank you! Very helpful!!!
Very detailed and informative. Thanks for all of this.
Very Helpful info with regards OBS settings
This video is super helpful, informative, and well-done. Thank you! Would you mind recommending what I would need for CPU and RAM? I'm streaming music to Facebook with one channel of audio and one channel of midi, plus effects. The DAW then goes through OBS to the stream.
As always, I recommend an i7 processor, 16GB of Ram, and using an NVIDIA graphics card that supports NVENC. Then you can encode video on your graphics card and that will free up your CPU for the DAW.
Thank you very much! Subscribed as of yesterday.
Best explanation I have heard for OBS.
excellent job thank you for explaining each of the settings and pros and cons for the setting specifically. So many other people just say use the setting and move on.
Thanks, I like to understand the "why" behind a decision!
thank you for helping me sir
This is fantastic, thank you so much! WOuld the streaming for YT and Twitch be best left the same, do you know? I'm not steaming games or anything, basically the same set up for scenes etc. Again, thanks so much for this.
Not sure exactly when you mean by "best left the same?" I'd use the settings that the platform your streaming to recommends.
Great Steven as always! I would like to see inyour future videos how to manage with internet in case of taking services to another venue (hotel, club, church) far away your headquarters, where the bandwidth can not be appropriate to a live streaming. Cheers!
All the same principles would still apply. Know what your upload bandwidth is, and set your bit rate accordingly. Unfortunately when streaming you are at the mercy of your bandwidth. Might want to lower the resolution of your stream so a lower bandwidth will still look ok. Also, if any way possible avoid wifi and use an Ethernet connection. This would still apply no matter where you are: th-cam.com/video/-OyOBRhjYeo/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
Saving this to favorites!! Now I just have to figure out how to turn the AF off, I turned the grid off on remote shooting and on the camera and it still showed up 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ I was so embarrassed lol
Thank you.. very brief and easy to understand
Hi Thanks a lot for your suggestions... this video really helped.... I would appreciate if you can kindly help me with some clarifications I am in need of.
1) In the source section i selected the audio input capture which is my Audio Interface... I also tried to play a pre-recorded video through MEDIA SOURCE..... how to i get audio from the same video which I am trying to play... the video too is upside down lol ... is there any settings i can make?
2) Does OBS support Stereo audio input or is it only MONO ?
Thanks in advance for your kindness.
Cheers
You should create a scene for each of your different sources. So a scene for playback, with your media source, and a scene for Live Video with your video and audio input devices. Not sure about the upside down video though! ha
OBS will do stereo or mono, it's a setting. In Settings go to audio page, stereo or mono selection is at the top.
Thanks for the helpful information
Great video. Very helpful.
Very helpful run-through of the settings!
Great explanation
Thanks for having actual captions for the Deaf! I am helping with Facebook Livestream for church using OBS and Blackmagic Web presenter. Your videos are a great help. I have subscribed.
Great video. Thanks.
Well done - great, informative video and very clear.
Thanks brother for this very helpful video...God Bless you!
Great video! Clearly know your stuff and has helped me greatly. Thanks
super awesome video!! Thank you
Very informative
Great video. I am becoming a pro with this.
brilliant, clear, to the point and no show! I learnt so much! God bless you!
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Very nice ...Thanks
Hi Steve , Thank you so much for your videos, really helpful. I have a question, in 9:35 You made a comment about to keep an eye on the dropped frame indicator , cause it means problem, but what is the best way to fix this on the fly ?
Unfortunately there really isn't a way to fix this on the fly, you can't change encoder settings while it's encoding. That's why its important to test before you actually go live.
@@BallastMedia Thanks, I will pay attention to this.
Great info thanks
Excellent video!! really very useful, thanks a lot!!
Great video. I am trying to use an rmtp feed from GoPro 8 Black into OBS Studio (ver 25.0.8) using the monaserver (v2.565) on my windows 7 laptop. Everything is great except for the 3s lag coming from setBufferTime being set by OBS to 3000ms.
Is there a way to change this parameter to something lower than 3000ms like 30ms ? Thanks.
Cette vidéo est très utile pour améliorer notre compréhension des configurations d'OBS Studio. Merci et que Dieu te bénisse!
Hi I just came across your channel by chance and found it very helpful so I have subbed....could you please help me with something..
In this video you mention
Output - recording - rate control - set to VBR
And bitrate - set to high 30,000
I am only recording so I took note of this part of the video. I am using a two canon 100d cameras and also an iPhone 8 Plus all as cameras plugged into an a let usb hub which is plugged into my MacBook Pro. For audio I have a Yamaha mg series mixer plugged into the usb hub and analog xlr mics plugged into the mixer. The recording itself is ok but it doesn’t look professionals nhs sometimes drops frames.
My rate control however is set to CBR not VBR. And bitrate is set to 8000. Should I change to VBR and Chang’s bitrate to 30,000 for optimal finished results?
Find out the bit rate your cameras are coming in at, no reason to go higher then that. Also, in obs if you go to the View menu and click Stats while you are recording, it will give you a good indication as to what is causing dropped frames.
Thank you so much for making this vid! It has unveiled some of the mysteries regarding streaming in general and FB specifically...
And by the way, this was a game changer for us. Dropped frames were abysmal, but this fixed it (as long as our internet provider gives us enough bandwidth).
Short question. I own a Macbook Pro from 2018. I last connected my DSLR via USB and integrated it into OBS using a software solution. A USB mic is also connected to the Macbook Pro. When streaming, the Macbook Pro box has already reached its limits and the CPU load ensures that you can actually no longer use the computer to work in a program and stream a video tutorial, for example.
The ATEM Mini Pro with built-in encoder could solve this problem for me. In any case, I understand it that way, when I connect all the hardware mentioned to the ATEM Mini Pro and also connect my Macbook Pro to the ATEM via HDMI, that I can stream directly from the ATEM Mini Pro and the entire CPU performance would no longer come to fruition yes the ATEM is working.
How does it all work when I connect all my hardware to the ATEM Mini Pro and connect it to my Macbook Pro via USB-C and then stream from my Macbook Pro via OBS (source is then ATEM video and audio). Is the CPU utilization of my Macbook Pro even smaller than when I use the first scenario without ATEM? Have you been able to gain experience on this?
Connecting the Mini to the MacBook would be the same as connecting the camera to the MacBook, each are seen as a video feed that the MacBook has to encode. Using the MacBook as a source in to the atem mini pro and streaming from it, sounds like the best way to go for you. (Short of purchasing a new computer that is up to the task)
How to Live Stream on face book by external by Vedio camera (Sony HDR pj 675) with our Logo and some tex ,watermark , Without Laptop ..any Small Equipment For this Work?
I don't know of a standalone solution that would do that. You could take a look at the new ATEM mini and use it to key your logo over your video and then run the output from that to a standalone streaming device.
This was awesome. Thank you so much.
By the way I subscribed to your channel, awesome work!
Very professional. Thank you!
sheesh this is super clear. thanks so much
Your videos are awesome. I have learned so much. Quick question, my church bought the Canon Vixia R-82. They have a MacBook Pro A-1286 Quad Core i7 2.0Ghz, 16gig of ram. The only problem is that it has the older Thunderbolt (up to 10 Gbps), a Usb 2.0. Would the AJA U-TAP or Blackmagic device still work?
You'd probably be best off going with the BMD Mini Recorder through your thunderbolt port. (The u-tap crops video to lower resolution if you connect it through usb2.) The Mini Recorder works with the Vixia R600/800 on it's HDMI input, so I'll go out on a limb to say it should work with the R82.
Ballast Media Thanks for the quick response! Canon Vixia R82 is the 32gig version of the R800 from what I understand.
What do you suggest for a rural church stream that runs through a DSL stream?
Thank you for this tutorial, very useful. I've subbed.
Glad you found it useful!
Stephen, what is the best platform to live stream on for a 1.5 hour music concert? You use OBS but on what platform. I would like to charge tickets and or possibly have a live tip jar too. it's just more about audio quality. Thank You.
Dudee...
THANK YOU!
Hi!! Thank you so much for your video. I got question, i'm in Europe and i receive signal into my computer from an Atem tv at 1080 50p. In this case, how many frames should I select in Obs? streaming would be on Facebook or TH-cam.
Facebook doesnt support pal frame rates, only 30. Your best off converting to 30 on your end, or if you let Facebook do the conversion you'll most likely get motion artifacts.
@@BallastMedia Is it the same for TH-cam? In this case I can use a Decimator md hx for example and convert that signal to 1080 30 and problem solved. Thanks
@@mayomode TH-cam does support 25fps, so no need to convert for TH-cam.
@@BallastMedia Thanks!!!!
Hi Steve, How are you Sir? I am having problem setting proper sound level for my live streaming. Sound is either too low or too loud. I have a stream mix coming out of my X32 to a Shure Mvi interface into OBS. I am unable to send a good sound level out. I would appreciate anything you can suggest.
Great and helpful. God bless you!!
I don't experience any dropped frames anymore yet my stream momentarily breaks. What could be causing it plsss?
In OBS go to the View menu and click Stats. Is anything showing up in red or orange?
thaku 4 this tutor, mr
i have a question i recently bought a graphics card AMD RADEON 5700 XT how can i set that up with OBS? CHECKING MY ENCODER ON OBS IT'S NOT THERE. NEED UR HELP PLEASE
Have you installed the latest drivers for your graphics card from the AMD website? Also, there are a lot of known issues with Radeon graphics cards being used for encoding. Lots of bugs in the drivers that cause issues for encoding, it's not the best choice for encoding. In some instances you may be better off using your CPU!
Question #1: If you just want to record going through the ATEM Mini Pro, will the ATEM Mini Pro Type C output be the same as the video streaming output set in the OBS settings? If I set my video record output in OBS settings to 1920x1080, will this same video frame size be true for the direct output from the ATEM mini pro going through the Type C output to an external SSD Hard Drive. Question #2: If I only want to record with OBS, will I need to disregard the streaming settings in OBS or do I have to set it to a certain setting?
Yes, if you are bringing in 1920x1080 from your Atem mini, then set your canvas to 1920x1080 and also use that for your recording resolution in the encoder. If you are only recording you don't need to set the streaming settings.
Giving the general advice of setting the scaled resolution to 1280x720 *can* lead to difficulties on slow internet connections. If a connection can’t upload 6 Mbit or more, you’d have to send less data, which in turn makes your stream look worse, unless you choose a lower resolution to scale to. On 720p30, 4000 kbit is the lowest I could recommend. A bitrate lower than this will make the image quality suffer considerably, because in the end, the bitrate directly influences the image quality of a set resolution.
That being said, depending on the purpose of a recording, I find 32 Mbit to be a bit of overkill on a resolution of 1080p30. Even a blu ray disk - tho technically possible- almost never outputs that bitrate. Most movies stored on that media have a bitrate of 18-25 Mbit. Unless you plan to edit the recording, 25 Mbit will most likely be more than enough. If you edit the recording 32 Mbit *might* give your recordings a bit more detail.
Thanks, this has been so much helpful
Sir thanks for the content 🙂
Thank you so much, Stephen!!!
My church has been streaming for 18 months during the pandemic. The last 8 months our stream has been terrible. Both FB and TH-cam have been buffering and dropping frames. The internet speed has been flaky at best. Our video is at 1280x720, my bitrate is at 2500 but it goes through a 3rd party to enable multi streaming to FB and TH-cam at the same time. If I increase the Bitrate to 4000 will that fix the buffering?
thank you mr Ballast
For Encoder, my MC Air has x264 & Apple VT H264 Software encoder & H264 Hardware encoder. SHould i stay with the x264 as the setting? Thanks - great videos.
I haven't done a whole lot of experimenting on a mac for encoding. I'd say give each a try and look at your CPU usage and see which one produces better results. Also look at the View menu and Stats to see if any frames are being dropped by the encoder.
Question on graphics encoding for a Mac. OBS gives the options, x264, Apple VT H264 Software Encoder, and Apple VT H264 Hardware Encoder. Any advantage to use the options to x264?
how to live stream by external camera ..through obs studio Facebook and you tube at the same time ,with our logo ,water mark and some Tex
Hello my friend and thanks for all your tutorials.
My question is if i can add 5 webcams for use with obs for facebook live at same time?
Theoretically yes. The issues you will run in to are 1. If they are bus powered your usb controller may not be able to power all of them. (You can add an additional USB pcie card if you are using a desktop). 2nd issue may be the data bandwidth all the cameras will need again may exceed the capability of the USB controller.
Do you have a video that shows how to configure OBS so that the operator can use Bluetooth headphones? We tried this, but got feedback.
Hi I'm using Canon 550D and capture card when I'm streaming the sound from camera is not coming out what can I do please help I'm streaming on Facebook
thank you this is good stuff
Having trouble getting audio connected using clean box pro. Can you explain exactly how to connect shotgun mic through clean box pro and into Mac? Not sure what cables are needed or settings.
The clean box pro isn't an audio interface. You need a USB audio interface with pre-amps to get audio in to a computer. Something like the Focusrite 2i2 (amzn.to/2UQiF4w) , or the Behringer UM2. (amzn.to/3d6Yypb)
Hi Your tutorials have been extremely helpful. My new issue is with my streaming! I can stream video to
TH-cam but the audio is gone? Streaming with OBS on a Mac. Any idea.
The last time I had audio output issues was my fault and a quick fix. To the right of your audio meter, there's a gear icon. Press that. Click advanced audio properties. For my audio input, I accidentally set it to "monitor only", when it should have been set to "monitor and output".
Maybe see if you made the same mistake I did?
hey man, I have a super fast upload speed of 70-80mps. I am streaming at 1080p in Livestream Studio at their recommended setting (1920x1080 at 4680kps) and my stream is struggling to output at times. I am currently just doing playback from a media bin and the occasional remote guest. Is there a reason why my stream is struggling? it should be able to output 70 or 80,000 kps so i am a little lost. I know the rule of thumb is half your upload speed but even then i should be able to output 35,000kps. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I also occasionally run camera's in our venue which are 1080i (not sure FPS) and run lyrics from Pro Presenter from a 2019 Mac Mini. Any thoughts on bit rate and resolution for this setup? We have an NVIDIA Quadro KS5000 on an i7 PC with 24GB of RAM. Thanks a lot man
So, the 1/2 upload is a guideline for people with limited upload bandwidth, now as upload speeds are getting faster, it doesn't necessarily mean you up your bit rate to that. For a 1080p stream, I'd say 6000-8000 would be a good place to be if your connection can sustain it. But the next thing in line to sustain the bit rate is your computer doing the encoding. It sounds like your computer should be able to handle 1080p at 6000 ok though. If you are using OBS, go to the View menu and click Stats while you are streaming. This will give you an indication of where the issue is, if the encoder is dropping frames, your computer isn't keeping up, if your network is dropping frames, your connection isn't keeping up. You are using a hardwired ethernet connection right? And not a wifi connection?
thank you very much
Hi Ballast Media. I have the lattes version of OBS (25.0.08). It does not give me the Nvenc option. My options are x264x, Apple VTH264 Hardware and Apple VTH264 Software. I have A MacBook Air laptop. Which option should I choose?
I'd just do x264 if your CPU can support it. NVENC only shows up if you have an NVIDIA graphics card that supports NVENC encoding.