OBS Tips and Tricks for Streaming and Gaming on a Budget PC

This tutorial shows you tips for optimizing your game PC for live streaming while gaming using simple free tricks and free software. This tutorial uses the latest version of OBS Studio, but this also applies to Streamlabs OBS.
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[BenjiDWJ]

This was an awesome video as per usual thank you as always for the helpful & useful tips. 😁 👌

Cheers man! 🍻

[idmooseman]

Excellent video and information. I have one "complaint", (IDK what else to call it), about the kbps settings Streamers/YouTubers use when they're doing things like this. I hope you'll take this as the constructive criticism in which I intended it, so here it is...


I live in Southwest Idaho. My current ISP choices are between two companies; one has good down/up speeds available, but has a data cap; the other one, (the one I currently have - cannot afford to switch due to reasons), has no data cap, but has terrible down/up speeds. My current download/upload speeds, which are currently the "fastest" available in my area from this ISP, are 20Mbps download and 0.85Mbps upload. No, that is not a typo.


I do not have the option of setting 6000kbps in OBS Studio/OBS Live. I haven't streamed in a long time. My "Just Chatting" and "Unboxing" videos are fine; very little pixelation and/or dropped frames. My streaming falls apart when I try to stream games. I would love to see someone come up with some solutions and/or helpful suggestions for those of us that want to stream, but just don't have the upload speed to use settings such as those shown in your video.


I'm a Disabled Veteran and don't get out much, especially now that the weather turned cold. Streaming has become the "Socializing" I can no longer take part in, and I do enjoy it. I have no plans to make Twitch Partner, especially with the current ISP, but I did manage to make Twitch Affiliate, which I'm very proud of achieving.


I would love to hear your thoughts and/or suggestions on OBS Studio/OBS Live settings for the speeds I have. If you want to come to my house and try to stream/test, you are more than welcome to come visit. I don't mean that to sound facetious; it is a serious invitation. I don't think anyone with faster speeds can test with any validity, nor do I have the technical know-how to conduct valid testing on my own.