OBS Quick Start Guide
1. Run the Auto-Configuration Wizard
First things first, let's start by setting up the best settings for your recordings and streams. The Auto-Configuration Wizard optimises OBS Studio for your needs, whether you're streaming fast-paced gameplay or recording high-fidelity video.
It takes into account what you want to do in OBS Studio, your computer's hardware resources, and your network conditions (if you're streaming).
The wizard shows the first time you run OBS Studio. If you wish to use it again, click on the Tools menu → Auto-Configuration Wizard.
2. Add Sources to your Scenes
When you start OBS Studio, you start with a blank scene by default. You can add all kinds of Sources — to show images, text, video, your webcam, game play, desktop, etc.
At the bottom of the main window is the Sources Dock. Click on the + symbol to add a source of your choice. Here are a few basic Sources to get you started:
Display Capture Source and Window Capture Source for Windows and Linux, and macOS Screen Capture Source for macOS — capture your desktop or a single window.
Game Capture (Windows only) to capture 3D games with the highest performance.
Video Capture Source to capture your webcam and/or capture cards
3. Set up your Audio
By default, OBS Studio is set to capture your desktop audio and microphone. You can verify this by looking at the volume meters in the Audio Mixer (pictured left) at the bottom of the main OBS Studio window.
If they aren't moving, or you suspect the wrong device is being captured, click on Settings → Audio and select the devices manually.
4. Test your Settings
Double check that all your settings are how you want them in Settings → Output. Then, click Start Recording or Start Streaming on the Controls Dock (pictured left).
We strongly encourage running a test for a few minutes to make sure that there are no issues, rather than just jumping in to your first stream or recording.
Setting up OBS
Check encoding settings:
Protocol: RTMP
Video codec: H.264
Profile: Baseline
Bitrate:
1920 x 1080 - 4000–8000 kbps
1280 x 720 - 2000–4000 kbps, max 30 fps
854 x 480 - 1000–2000 kbps, max 30 fps
640 x 360 - 500–1500 kbps, max 30 fps
Video encoding: CBR
Framerate: up to 60 fps
Keyframe interval: 2 seconds
Audio codec: AAC
Audio sample rate: 44,1 kHz or 48 kHz
We recommend 128 kbps audio bitrate for 1080p and 720p, and 64 kbps for 480p and 360p.
Recommended advanced settings:
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Frame type: Progressive scan, 2 B-frames, 1 reference frame
Entropy Coding: CABAC (Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding)
To start streaming in OBS Studio software, open file > settings > stream and select "Custom" from the list of services:
The next steps are:
Proceed to https://sprintty.com/partner/streams/
Create new stream.
Generate key in the Broadcast Tab
Copy URL of the stream and paste it into the «Server» field in the OBS Studio window.
Copy the Broadcast Key and paste it into the «Stream Key» field in the OBS Studio window.
Click «Apply» to save the selected items
Customize and create a scene
Before you start broadcasting, you need to set up OBS Studio, i.e. decide what will be shown to the audience. This can be a screen or part of it, a video file, a webcam, an external capture device, and much more. The content displayed in a broadcast is determined by its sources.
The sources in OBS Studio can be:
All sources are combined into scenes for quick access.
When you are ready – start broadcast by clicking on Start Streaming button.
