How to Use OBS Studio (Beginners Guide)

Recently in the “Free Software” series, I showed you OBS Studio, which is a free and open source screen recorder for Windows, Mac, and Linux. In the comments of that video, many of you asked for me to do a tutorial. In this beginner’s guide, I will show you how to set-up and use OBS Studio.

OBS Studio

0:00 Intro
0:25 Where to get OBS Studio
0:59 Setup Screen Capture Area
2:48 Change, Delete and Priority of Display Source
3:26 Microphone and Desktop Audio
4:15 User Interface
5:21 General Settings
5:53 Stream Settings
6:18 Output Settings
6:59 Audio Settings
7:17 Video Settings
8:09 Hotkey Settings
8:21 Advanced Settings

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[jacksonolivarez]

I'm now realizing, you used a screen recorder, to show HOW TO USE A SCREEN RECORDER





mind blown

[dawndillan]

wish more tutorials were like this. no yelling, no talking about everything else, simple and managerble.

[shubhambhatt]

Fun fact: he used a screen recorder to record his screen recorder.

[AmateurStorytime]

There's one crucial step that was missed. Audio Mixer may not show your microphone. If that happens, under Controls, go to Settings > Audio > Mic/Auxiliary Audio, then select your mic.

[controllerpleb]

This is an awesome guide. You don't waste any time, and you made the effort to cut out any "uhs" or "ums." It's very professional, I like it.

[veronicahudson]

Is no one gonna talk about the fact that he has 4 monitors?

[vertex.gaming]

Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant! No screaming, No over-the-top advertisment, No time wasted. Straight to the point and very easy to udnerstand.

[RoRo_beats]

This is what YouTube expects you to do when you make a video, to the point and effective.

[justsomemustachewithoutagu]

0:25 Where to get OBS Studio
0:59 Setup Screen Capture Area
2:48 Change, Delete and Priority of Display Source
3:26 Microphone and Desktop Audio
4:15 User Interface
5:21 General Settings
5:53 Stream Settings
6:18 Output Settings
6:59 Audio Settings
7:17 Video Settings
8:09 Hotkey Settings
8:21 Advanced Settings

[lindybeige]

The question I have is: how do you get it to record either the whole screen or a selected part of it? When I start the programme, it picks a bit of the screen to record, and nothing I try has altered this. There are thin red lines around a rectangle with corner controls, but these just scale the picture up or down.

[PotatoPlaysThePotatoQueen]

The first minute of this video helped me figure out OBS Studio in a minute or less, thanks for helping me do this so I can show my friends my Miitopia gameplay on my Nintendo Switch :)

[RandomGuyWoomy]

*Me wanting to make videos*: alright time to absorb and try to make sense of a tutorial video

[thatoneguy]

I’m glad obs allows you to bind keys because when I’m playing tf2 and some kid get real salty in voice chat I instantly think “this would be a good recording!”

[creationerror]

thank you so much. I'm 4 years late to the party but I just started streaming and this helped me fine tune my OBS setting. I really appreciate you making this.

[time-ytcz]

first timer at the ripe young age of in my 40's and i very much enjoyed this video. thank you for keeping so simple even i could follow along and actually learn.

[TonyHarlan]

I have to say, this was a perfect video. You need to make how-to videos for every single thing that you do in life. Well done.

[AlbertLebel]

You make this look so simple and user friendly that I may go ahead and try using it.

[WayChezzy]

My friend showed me OBS studio, and downloaded it for me. He told me it how he recorded his videos with it, which were really good, so he downloaded it for me. I immediately had no idea how to use it, so I looked up a tutorial how, and this one helped me out so much, now, I bet you I'll have better quality videos! Thank you so much! I liked the video and subscribed! I don't normally subscribe to someone just because they made a tutorial. Awesome video!

[jfojwdfs]

Perfectly narrated, explained and paced tutorial. 1000 THUMBS UP!

[paulcox]

Great! Simple! To the point! Easy to understand, the voice quality was the right tone, words were enunciated clear, and descriptions were not difficult to understand.