Indistinguishable Recording and Near Lossless Recording are useful if you need extremely high quality recordings, but be aware that the files will be huge. Try Recording if you don't need particularly high quality, and up it to High Quality Recording if that's not good enough. Thankfully, if you're using a graphics card encoder, OBS provides a few options to try using the Preset box. Setting bitrate too low will result in pixelated video, while setting it too high will generate a massive file. Essentially, a higher bitrate results in better-quality videos with larger file sizes.

This is a vital part of your recording setup.

If you switch to Advanced in the Recording panel, many of the additional options relate to the bitrate. Choose Advanced and swap to the Recording tab below to see them. Of course, Advanced gives you more options if you're comfortable with that. Doing so will likely provide better results when recording, as it won't put as much strain on your CPU.

If you have a powerful dedicated graphics card (not integrated graphics), you should change this to Hardware (AMD) or Hardware (NVENC), depending on your card. The default is Software (x264), which uses your CPU. Recording Path to a place of your choosing this is where your completed OBS video will go.īelow this, you'll need to choose an Encoder.Use Software (x264) if not (see below for more details). Encoder to Hardware (AMD) or Hardware (NVENC) if you have a powerful graphics card.Recording format to FLV, or MKV if you prefer.Recording Quality to Indistinguishable Quality.If you want a quick and solid preset, pick Simple and set the following under Recording: Switch to the Output tab to access options related to screen recording-make sure you're looking in the Recording section, not Streaming.Īt the top, you can set the Output Mode to Simple or Advanced. This will give OBS Studio the most resources so it can create the best recording. It's also a good idea to open the Advanced tab and set Process Priority to High. But if you desire a smaller file size or are recording something simple, 30 is suitable. Lastly, you'll need to choose the FPS (frames per second) of the recording.

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