How to Sync Audio and Video in OBS Studio - Easy Step by Step Guide

Syncing audio and video in OBS Studio does not have to be difficult. This is an easy step by step guide to syncing audio and video captured with more then one device.

Audio recorded through an interface is often not is sync with video brought in with a capture card. Latency of both video capture cards and audio interfaces can introduce enough variance for audio and its corresponding video movement to be visibly out of alignment in your streams and recordings using OBS Studio. This can be distracting to viewers and creators seeking to level up their content with dedicated cameras and interfaces. This tutorial shows you how to easily bring audio and video back into sync in OBS Studio (with some help from Premiere Pro) for your live streams and recordings.

Follow along with my step by step guide and get your OSB Studio audio and video in sync the easy way.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Why Audio and Video Don't Match in OBS
01:08 How to Create a Reference Video Sample to Measure Sync Variance in OBS Studio
02:14 How to Measure and Calculate Audio Video Offset using Premiere Pro
03:18 How to Setup Audio Offset in OBS Studio
04:26 Checking Your Results - Are Audio and Video in Sync? Ready to Record and Stream in OBS

[abubakark-bailawal]

How I wish I saw your video, before wasting my money on a video capture card! I now realized that all I needed, to sync my audio to video, was actually to have come across your tutorial!
Thanks a million sir.

[JeffRolka]

Thank you so much for providing a concise and precise way of doing this. Many others out there are happy with approximations for sync'ing, but I really like knowing that I've done the math and it's going to look great. Thank you!

[NelsLindahl]

Thank you! The video made the issue easy to fix. My audio sync gap was 120 ms vs. 150 ms, but that was easy to figure out by talking slow enough to really make it evident.

[thenon-dominanthand]

Thank you for the simple, effective tutorial. Solved my sync issue!

[neilnapier]

Brilliant! Been struggling with this for a while. You saved my videos. Subscribed for life!

[TheMumblingEditor]

Thank you very much for the calculation. Very helpful!

[skillsrev]

Love the calculation there, nice work!

[rubensitomanutd]

This video deserve much more views really good explanation

[jamielawrence]

Love this! I was toggling the sync rate up and down like maybe to 26 but not seeing much effect and have NO clue about this stuff. I was clearly way too low! Going to try some new numbers or this method if I have to get really detailed. Thank you!

[larrybud]

Any idea of the fix in OBS when audio starts out in sync, but progressively gets worse as time goes on?

[bobjohnson]

Great video. Will using a camera give the same results as for sync of a video source not from a camera? My lipsync shows on the OBS screen and doesn't go away after setting the offset which gives a corrected video output file. Also my offset is -300 so I'd guess that means the video is before the sound. Thanks!!

[AntipoloUMC]

Thanks for your tutorial. Can you help us syncing our audio input and video playback? Example: In our church we use recorded video hymns with lyrics and voices. However, when playing it live and another one is singing "live" through audio interface they are out of sync. The video hymn audio is ahead with the live audio input. I tried offsetting the audio of the video hymn but I can't figure out how to sync them. Thank and more power.

[tcarvalho]

Thank you! You helped me a lot! God Bless You!

[drewonthekit]

Im having some frustrating problems and absolutely love your videos. Is there a way to get ahold of you via email so I can ask some specific questions?

[patrickmarr]

what hardware would be necessary to get the audio and video working together without an offset?

[boiledeggs]

what if the audio is coming before the video. When i change the ms to negative it duplicates the sound

[BoReynolds]

Weird question but in Premiere all I have to do is highlight both my audio and video then click SYNCHRONIZE in PP and it does it, BUT then when I add my OBS screen recording with audio it DOESN't Synchronize correctly. Any ideas why?

[Michelle-uhcw]

Do you have to use Adobe Premier Pro in order to find the correct offset?

[tornadosmashbros]

How do you offset audio if it is delayed more than 1 second though? It only goes to 950ms for me