How To Record A YouTube Video With OBS - This Tutorial Uses 1080p BUT YOU CAN GO HIGHER!

This simple and easy tutorial will explain how to record a YouTube video with OBS studio. Scott starts by explaining the settings for OBS Studio. The tutorial assumes that you have one computer and that you are making a reaction video or tutorial based on software that is playing on that single computer. This lesson does not explain how to connect two computers. I say this because some gamers desire improved performance by having a second gaming computer, which gets recorded by a second system that runs OBS Studio. That tutorial is for another time.

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The tutorial digs right into the best settings for your recorded video. Scott chooses 1080p at 60 frames per second for his resolution, but you can select a large video size of 4K. Just understand that if your recorded video is longer than 10 minutes, you could be facing a video file size that will be gigabytes in size. Make sure that your system has the available storage for the 4K setting. If you choose the larger size, one way of reducing file size is to choose 30 frames per second instead of 60.

Another parameter that impacts the size of your file is the bit rate. Bitrate is the amount of information used to generate your video file. If your streaming video, this becomes very important because the data pipe (connection speed) used to send the info can be limited. In this use case, we are NOT streaming, and so if you select your video card as the encoder (not your CPU), you can choose "lossless" as the bitrate. In other words, there is no bitrate throttling, and your created video will clear regardless of the amount of motion and detail shown on the video. Video quality is our goal with OBS Studio.

This tutorial also demonstrates how to create three scenes. Each scene uses two sources a YouTube browser window and a C922 webcam source.
The only difference between the scenes is that the C922 sources are placed in different places in the video area. When hotkeys are set up, a simple keyboard click moves your face in various locations on the screen, which creates a slick effect when making your videos.

OBS Studio is free, and learning how to record a YouTube video with OBS is tons of fun because when you learn hotkeys, you begin to realize the power at your fingertips.

I wish you all the success with your YouTube channel

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[hikikostudios]

2 years later, and this video is still applicable and extremely helpful. Thank you!

[dawsflix]

This is so helpful! I'm setting up OBS so my son can record his Nintendo switch gameplay for YouTube and this has made life a whole lot easier lol. Thank you 👍

[Barren-MIND]

Great video, but this didn't help me at all 🤣

[Frankincensedjb]

Thanks, Scott. I'm just starting out recording material for lessons related to my info. business, this is a GREAT way to get started. Thanks again.

[christophedesmarest]

Hi Scott, you are in a punchy mood and your explanation are great. If outputs could give large files, each of us can set according to his need because of your excellent topic. Excellent :)

[ARL-LifesLessons.-nkfd]

You are the only person who really makes understanding OBS less daunting, thank you.

[onnight]

Thank you very much Scott! It helped me out since I'm starting YouTube Tomorrow!

[TheBharath]

Thank you so much, this was exactly what I was looking for!

[TheSusieChannel]

awesome Scott.... you know all the cool tricks... keep up the good work... everytime I come to your channel I learn something

[wesleypryce]

All the advice here is great. Thanks for the tutorial, Scott! One thing I would add is that recording in lossless will make your file size very large. 80-100 megabytes for well under a minute of video. If you plan on recording 30+ minute videos to your channel, as I do mine, then I'd suggest learning more about the CQP rate control setting, and setting the CQ option between 15-20. Especially so if you have a slower internet speed. This video assumes that you have the storage space and the internet speed to store and upload massive file sizes. That rate control setting can slim down some of those files without any discernible loss in quality at 1080p, depending on your unique use case. The only way to find out is to play with the settings and see what looks best to your eye. Good luck!

[Sheraytv]

This helped a lot, I have a MacBook Air laptop so hopefully when I get a camera I can start doing that

[AirborneSapper]

Thank you very much. This worked for me to record a part of a video for a school presentation. Thanks again !!! :D.

[tammilee]

Thank you for this tutorial! Need to record class lessons from my computer and this will help!

[An.D]

Awesome Tutorial as usual Scott, Good work my friend 👍✌️

[TheBlakeBauer]

3 years later, and this video is still the best out there.

[themrreepodcast]

Excellent video. I love the humor and you explain things really well. This video is helping me out so much!!! : )

[floridaprepper]

Hey Scott, great video but how do I get YouTube videos into the Capture method to begin with? Thanks

[DerekJFiedler]

Sweet, thank you! I will use this for my next video.

[facelegion]

Just wanted to say thank you for showing me how to set it up

[krishnasrivatsa]

This has to be the most underrated video for OBS recording. This tutorial is *amazing*, thank you so much!