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How to setup OBS Studio for streaming

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In this tutorial well tell you about OBS settings and features, which are you need to know in order to perform your live
streams.

Stream Settings
All the process of OBS setup for streaming can be divided into two main stages:

1. Getting and entering of your credentials for streaming service (URL and Stream key)
2. Setup of video and audio options which are meet the recommendations of your streaming platform (eg. Twitch,
YouTube, etc.)

This guide is about OBS settings in general. We also recommend you read tutorials with speci c instructions for your live
streaming video platform:

Twitch (https://www.projectobs.com/en/tutorials/how-to-stream-on-twitch-with-obs-studio/)
YouTube
Periscope (https://www.projectobs.com/en/tutorials/how-to-stream-on-periscope-with-obs-studio/)

Encoders and Quality Presets

Encoders:
x264 is recommended to use for the best quality, but its also a most processor-intensive encoder and you need a good
processor to use x264 without lags in processor-intensive games.
Recommended by default.
QSV aka Intel Quick Sync Video has medium quality and performance. Available only on systems with processors which
are supports IntelQSV.
You can try to use it if you have performance problems withx264.
NVIDIA NVENC H.264 andAMD Advanced Media Framework (AMF) has a better performance but worse quality than
QSV andx264. Available only on systems which are supports those encoders.
You can try to use it if you have performance problems withx264 andQSV.

CPU Usage Preset (only with x264):

There are many available presets:

1. ultrafast
2. superfast
3. veryfast (default, recommended)
4. faster
5. fast
6. medium
7. slow
8. slower
9. veryslow

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10. placebo

They are arranged in ascending order of quality and descending of performance, i.e. ultrafast has a best performance and
worst quality and placebo has a worst performance(very high load of processor) and best quality.

But in a fact, only rst 3 are useful for streaming purposes and has a signi cant di erence in quality. All other presets after
3rd has a big di erence in performance but almost have not any di erence in quality. This is why veryfast is recommended
as the best balance between quality and performance.

Scene setup
Scene is your main working area were you can control the view of your stream: add sources such as game, chat or webcam.

You can createseveral scenes with di erent sources and switch between them. It may be useful when youre want to create a
di erent scenes for di erent games or IRL streams, etc.

Ok, lets setup our rst scene. By default, rst scene hasnt any sources. You need to add them. Start OBS and a game or
program which youre want to capture. Click + icon under the sources panel and then click game capture or window
capture depending on your needs. Set mode to capture speci c window and select a window which youre want to capture.

(https://www.projectobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/obs_add_source.png)

(https://www.projectobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/obs_add_source_2.png)

(https://www.projectobs.com/wp-

content/uploads/2017/01/obs_game_source_settings.png)

Its pretty easy, doesnt it? There are a lof of source types. The same way you can add any other sources, for example you can
add your webcam, any image, text le, or even donations.

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Tutorials
Twitch (https://projectobs.com/en/tutorials/how-to-stream-on-twitch-with-obs-studio/)
Periscope Producer(https://projectobs.com/en/tutorials/how-to-stream-on-periscope-with-obs-studio/)

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