How to set up OBS for VR recording and streaming

This tutorial will cover how to set up OBS to bring in your game play from VR. This includes configuring audio sources as well as which eye view you will want to use. From there you can either stream or record. This will be the first in a series of how to start streaming in/with VR, so make sure to subscribe to get future videos.

Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Adding a new scene in OBS
01:34 - Configuring Steam VR for OBS
02:23 - Which Steam VR Eye view to choose
04:39 - Adding a new source in OBS for VR
05:12 - Configuring Audio sources
05:54 - What are default audio devices
07:10 - Verifying audio sources are working
08:27 - Streaming and Recording settings

[WillfulTangent]

Out of the dozens of videos I’ve watched during this rabbit whole deep dive, THIS is the most informative and cohesive video hands down. Thank you! This is a huge help.

[evilmurray]

Clearly a natural instructor. Looking forward to the other guides.

[pilotembgamers]

Thank you so much!! Your guide was like the only one on YT I found that actually explains how to set it up completely. Cheers!

[Imaproshaman]

This was such an easy to follow video that was really helpful. I'm surprised at how this isn't more popular. Thank you!

[TAKERfan]

I wish I had you for everything OBS. So nice and clear. I was able to pay attention without skipping a beat. Very informative!

[huntsman]

Y’all YouTube algorithm is so weird. My friend just told me to use SteamVR and before I could even search on YouTube this popped up. Thank you!

[digo]

It usually takes me a few minutes to find the right video I need, I got yours the first time, thank you very much!

[pratyushraj]

I'll echo the sentiments of the comment section - this is the best guide for how to set up VR recording.

Subbed for clear communication!

[pujiea]

omg. I searched up entire internet to find out how to get steamvr to showup as a full window, glad that I finally stomp upon your video. thank you

[Lunar_gamingx]

This Is perfect! Super helpful and detailed information! Gonna use this to play now

[Gersendai]

THANK YOU So DAMN MUCH!!!! I wasted over 3 hours today trying to figure this out and all the videos i saw were talking about a ton of random bs that didnt matter, so once again,

[AuroraLex]

I have a tip regarding quality when capturing the SteamVR VR view window, especially if you use lots of supersampling in SteamVR, like 300% and above.
The capture quality will depend on the size of the VR view window, meaning, if you fullscreen it on a 4K display, the captured quality will be better than if you fullscreen it on a 1080p display, even if the OBS canvas is 1080p.
The reason for this is that the VR view window point-samples from the VR image, leaving most of the rendered pixels unsampled to the VR view window since the VR image is of a lot higher resolution.. So the larger you make the VR view window, the more samples are retained.
OBS can then downsample the 4K window using high quality filters like Lanczos or Bicubic that take all samples into account, effectivly supersampling a 1080p image from a 4K source.
The performance penalty of capturing in 4k vs 1080p is about 3% on my 3080.

[GordMcLeod]

Thank you so much for this! This is a fantastic video that cleared up a lot of things that google was just NOT surfacing for me at all. Helped a lot with setting up the Quest 3 with Steam VR in OBS Studio.

[EubyGamingUK]

This was perfect, Sky. Thank you so much for your video! I was pulling my hair out last night figuring out how to set up recording VR. I was trying to follow some guides online but i couldn't find some of the options they were telling me to select. They were completely wrong though, as your setup is very different, but has worked perfectly. Thank you again! New sub! :)

[tapewerm]

Great tutorial. I just ordered a Quest 3. It arrives first thing in the morning! When OBS was new, I tried it and had all kinds of issues. I had a difficult time removing it. But this was over 10 years ago and I may have downloaded a bogus version. Now that I know it's the standard and want to produce more content, I'm giving it another shot.

[salmik_]

love the vid and i'm happy you're posting tutorials!! great idea :) love your cat headset as well

[HC-PEGASUS]

Best video for getting these settings nailed by far. Very clear, concise and to the point, thank you so much. The single screen VR social output was proving elusive until I found your video. Liked & subscribed 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[TheHeavenlyRestrictedCowboy]

This was SUPER helpful thank you for uploading this i couldnt find any good videos on VR recording n stuff lmao

[Madmacy]

Omg your the only clear one about this video thank you so much it helped a lot and good job keep up the good work😃

[JorgeEscobarMX]

God bless this woman and giver life to continue making this tutorials.