Confirm that settings are properly: “Settings” > “Output”.

Add a source: “Sources” > “+” > choose your source.

Setup your audio devices: “Settings” > “Audio”.

Manually adjust suggested settings if necessary.

Run the OBS Auto-Configuration Wizard to find optimal settings for your system.

That said, let’s run through the process of setting up OBS Studio: The OBS Auto-Configuration Wizard makes using OBS for streaming video simple for beginners.Įven with the OBS Auto-Configuration Wizard tool, there are a few manual configurations that you’ll need to set up to use OBS for streaming. Luckily, the OBS Auto-Configuration Wizard is available to automatically determine the proper settings for your computer and streaming solution. In order to use all of the functions of OBS Studio, you have to set up OBS to flow with your streaming setup. Since OSB Studio software is free, we often recommend that new broadcasters use OBS Studio to experiment and learn the ropes of video production. OBS operates with community-developed plugins, which you can find on the OBS Forums page. Some of the main functions of OBS Studio are encoding, screen recording, adding text and graphic overlays, managing multiple stream sources, and more. For the Linux version, FFmpeg is required. It is available for macOS 10.13 or newer, Windows 8, 8.1, and 10, as well as Ubuntu 18.04 operating systems.

The latest version of OBS Studio, Version 27.1.4 was released on March 29th, 2022. OBS Studio is a free, open-source streaming software that many broadcasters use for mixing and producing live video content. A simple setup is required before you can get started. Get Started for Free What is OBS Studio Used For? OBS Studio is a great software encoder option and has many use cases. New to Dacast and interested to try out our live streaming platform for yourself? Sign up today for a 14-day trial to test out all of our features for free.

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