Best OBS Settings For Recording | The Ultimate Guide | 2024 Edition

This is the ultimate guide to full crystal clear HD recording in OBS. In this video we go over the best settings for recording in OBS Studio in 2024. This tutorial was created using the updated and newest version of OBS. This includes audio settings, video settings, encoder settings, key binds, sources, and much more.

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My Equipment

Microphones

Camera

Elgato Stream Deck

GoXLR

Lighting

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Thanks For Watching Guys!

#obs #recording #hammerdance

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DISCLAIMER:

[katiescape]

I recorded an entire video thinking obs would be set up correctly by default, complete waste of a 40 min recording. I watched this video so it doesn't happen again, thank you so much <3

[MthicalGD]

Video quality improved an insane amount and I don't have frame loss anymore. Thanks so much for your help

[mnemonth]

Excellent video -- clear and concise. Most importantly, the quality of my recordings improved dramatically with your recommended settings. Much appreciated.

[Vxertzu]

Thank you brother! Been having trouble with OBS for weeks now, maybe months. Now My video quality is crisp. Thanks again!

[DeadMuffin]

thanks so much! Very happy that ive found this bc i am going to record a game for my friends and i was happy to see a nice easy tutorial to follow!

[ChristopherRobin]

Your guidance has granted me a much smoother recording experience, much appreciated.

[Tamoshikiari]

It all looked good during recording but after recording the quality was really low, what should i do?

[Vaxtin]

Still not seeing very many recent videos that aren't 2+ years old discussing the encoder NVENC HEVC (H.265) for recording. I'm trying to get more information about its performance. Supposedly it's supposed to be better now, but still isn't widely supported?

I also have read that the Profile (P1-P7) do not effect quality very much when you are using CQP. Instead it supposedly has a small change on the file size?

I don't know, my sources are just random google links I've clicked while trying to figure out what these things are actually doing. There are many videos that say to 'do this thing' but I'd also like to learn what these settings are adding/subtracting so I am more informed in using the program, instead of just doing what someone says because they said so.

[Xtimus]

This made my recording look FLAWLESS!!!! Thank you so much dude. Only negative thing is I feel bad all my old recording look terrible compared to this god tier quality lol

[solomonsignet]

Thank you!! Recording is looking way better for me. Appreciate you!

[velox.mortis]

Always looking forward to these videos! Awesome job

[UnkemptBush]

Thanks, I used this to resetup my streamlabs OBS. I am pretty familiar with this after years but it really helps to just have someone tell you as you go through to confirm settings. I noticed I was getting lag in SLOBS and sure enough I had a couple settings that seem to be why. Time to get back to recording and see how it goes. Thank You!

[m]

thanks bro. My recordings used to look horroendous. Now they are way clearer.

[rowinile]

thank you so much! this video deserves way more attention

[HowieRaps]

Very confused why you're telling us to use flv but you have mp4 selected. What purpose or benefit does that provide for ur video?

[viruschris]

Thank you dude! Thank you so much, this video guide helped getting my recording to look like my game as close as can be.

My recording was weirdly darken and washed out colors and I didn’t understand why. But I set colors to Full instead of Limited in the Advanced Tab. Switching it fixed my problem.

Filesize might get a little bit bigger so I’ll experiment if flv files or mp4 files are better for uploading to YT and other video hosting sites.

Thank you for this awesome guide!

[MrBrokenPancreas]

What should my BITRATE be for recording. I know I can be higher than the streaming bitrate. How much of a difference does it make if I’m recording while I’m streaming? Will the bitrate values be different and affect each other?

[Theagames]

Problem: I don't have the Encoder Settings you have tho since I use AMD, it's just Quality/Speed/Balanced. I have no clue which one to use for AMD settings.

[Eros_Official_Universe]

Idk how I don't have that preset tab and also profile and even multipass so weird

[ToxzenSL]

Thank you! Your information was clear straight forward and easy to understand 10/10 help