Best OBS Settings for Streaming 2024 - Complete Guide

In this tutorial I show you the best OBS settings for streaming 2024. When it comes to streaming it's best to use your GPU's inbuilt video encoder. Not all computers have these options, however, most gaming PCs will. If you have an NVIDIA graphics card then you will want to set the encoder to NVIDIA NVENC H.264. If your PC has an AMD graphics card then you will want to use the AMD HW H.264 video encoder. In situations where neither of these options are available you will want to stream using x264.
Another important OBS streaming setting is rate control. This is the method used when encoding your stream. The best rate control for live streams is CBR as it provides a constant quality for your stream.
Additionally, you will also want to have the best bitrate for streaming. The higher your bitrate the better quality your stream will be. However, streaming platforms like Twitch and KZbin do have bitrate restrictions. Another factor to consider is your upload speed as this will limit the bitrate you can stream with.
The best bitrate for streaming to Twitch is 8000, however, 6500 is also a good option. When streaming to KZbin you can set your bitrate to 10000, providing your upload speed allows it. By maximising your bitrate while streaming you can ensure your viewers are getting a good viewing experience.
If you're experiencing laggy stream then you can usually fix it by lowering your bitrate. At times low end PCs might not be able to stream with the best bitrate. However, there is a workaround. If your stream is laggy then you can lower the bitrate and frame rate. With a lower frame rate (FPS) a lower bitrate will look better.
To ensure you have the best OBS stream settings you will want to test increasing the encoder settings. If you start to experience dropped frames then you will need to lower the settings. As there is a lot more than just bitrate to consider there is a lot to play with. However, not every setting makes a huge difference when streaming.
For preset you will want to use the P6: Slower (Better Quality), or P7: Slowest (Best Quality) option. However, you can lower this if needed.
Once you have the best OBS settings for streaming you will need to apply them. This will save the settings to be used everytime you stream.
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[@slurptech]

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[@lamajigmeg]

For several years I have livestreamed a meditation class every 12 hours, but have little to show for it. Do you know of a course geared specifically for non-gaming livestreamers?

[@grimetone]

Best guide I've seen in a while, no bullshit just bam bam bam and set up.

[@adameqgames4757]

real

[@dwerngosciu]

insane guide. no waste of time. straight to the point. thank you dude

[@LeRafiky]

AMAZING VIDEO! Straight to the point and really informative. Appreciate it :))

[@Hugofoxli]

First "Viewer" in comment section. Thx huge help. Fast, no talking around and explained for different performances/hardware. Keep it up the good work :3

[@slurptech]

thanks, means a lot getting comments like this.

[@ImHyjro]

QUICK AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND THANK YOU 🙏🏾

[@vecxar]

This video is straight to the point and very easy to follow. Thank you!

[@GaminSimply_]

Ur straight to the point. I just saw ur video , making changes to my obs settings . Will let u know how this works . Thank you .

[@ripdrake]

thank you so much this helped me out so much cause the last video the guy ruined my stream quality and u did the complete opposite of what he did and fixxed it and made it better tyy

[@rickstail]

Excellent video, loved it!

[@EleeBot]

Thanks man, really appreciate it

[@livechangingvideos]

thank you so much no video helped me but this one❤

[@NirajKumar-qu2og]

Very Helpful ❤

[@leopold-turing]

Bro was on point from the first pico second.. Mad respect for the guide ❤👊

[@Ashybtw]

so i want to make two separate profiles, one for streaming and one for recording is there away to have one profile have diff audio tracks then the other? for example for recording i have 5 diff audio tracks bc it makes editing easier but for twitch i have to have all my audio on one track. so will making a profile save audio tracks or will i have to change them every time i wanna stream/record?

[@justusroblox695]

ty imma test this

[@jovodespot4076]

tnx broski :)

[@Rayzone-l8w]

thanks man

[@GameDashAndy]

Thanks man

[@FortuneSeek3rz]

It's getting to where you have to have a degree in video production to stream. Would have never figured this out w/o a tutorial.

[@YaBoyAshyy]

Excellent

[@havokbeatz5326]

Please!! all guides on KZbin need to be like this!! 100!!!

[@Mbuee]

I'm new to streaming/recording and content creation. You sir are a blessing to me! I REALLY appreciate the transparency, It has been so helpful between multiple of your videos that have helped me improve and get properly setup

[@slurptech]

Happy that I could help, good luck on your content journey!

[@oguzhancoten9206]

Best guide evet purely time efficient

[@stofthehoff225]

i will try these settings later !

[@maztOTV]

nice and informative video bro, could you link us that exacly version of the OBS? have a nice day :D

[@ComposureBS]

Perfect

[@coopienz]

ty!

[@lamajigmeg]

For several years I have livestreamed a meditation class every 12 hours, but have little to show for it. Do you know of a course geared specifically for non-gaming livestreamers?

[@demondragon7184]

thanks I think I got I it I just need to test it out

[@isaaccontee]

So finally I found what everything does in obs settings

[@PHRsharp]

this could have been a million hours clip but man,, you are a fast life saver, btw, youi sound like haward in better call saul

[@slurptech]

I try to keep my tutorials short, thanks. Appreciate the kind words

[@cvpercvtze]

I have a question for u. My PC Spec: ROG STRIX 2080Ti, i7 8700k (Game Mod: ON), 32gb RAM, 2 monitors with 144hz and with this settings in video, i think my stream is not smooth, It seems like 60 fps turns into 45-50 fps at times. When I go to see other streamers on Twitch, everything is smooth and clear. Any ideas?

[@SpikeSwinedell]

Great Tut Real laggy my first trys..

[@ALEXStudio5680]

Can you tell me how much to set the bitrate for 2K? And I have an RTX 4080 for streaming, which encoder is suitable? And for recording games?

[@CptZhu]

please make a video for best settings for microphone filters!

[@makyg690]

What version of OBS is that? some of the settings are not on my obs I'm using the 30.0.2 version

[@Raven3557]

Hello, for the encoder, starting from preset i don't have the same options, is it because of an update?

[@Franzzuu]

hello, I have a better cpu than gpu, and my gpu is having a hard time catching up with the cpu speed and the gpu most of the time almost or do reach 100% usage, is it fine to use nvidia nvenc h264 still or i can go and use x264, does using x264 impact quality?

[@Aussiecakes]

A lot of this is already outdated on OBS but is still good info tks

[@Blesscayne]

Thank you!

[@TheBionemesis]

Thank you champ

[@RealCrazeOfficial]

When it comes to your upload speed, did you mean Megabytes or Megabits? Or was this an error?

[@slurptech]

megabits, error on my part

[@kyoruwuz]

I LVOE YOU THANLKYOU

[@ruvuz601]

Pretty good video, just straight to the point. But whats with the 8k Bitrate ? is 6k not the limit ?

[@Jwebbplayz]

That’s what I’m here for an wondering, I have 1gb up/down hardwired to both pcs but twitch likes to use a walking 🦯 cane max 6000. KZbin I know you can blast the bitrate. I have my OBS twitch set to 6k. It states stable and then also unstable so I don’t know who wants what… 🤦‍♂️

[@Svartie]

Um..Why my OBS missing both lot of the setting from the video here? Look Ahead, Psycho Visual Tuning, both missing. Presets too, just 3 options too: Quality/Balanced/Speed. Is that some old version of OBS? I'm with Windows 10 and amd gpu (rx 7900). Edit: Yep. Said features sadly are only for Nvidia GPU's. For AMD, setting should be (as taken from official OBS post): "1) Set Profile to "High" B-frames to 1 2) In the AMF/FFMPEG Options field, enter HighMotionQualityBoostEnable=1 3) Untick "Rescale output", you should be using the "Video category" on the right side list instead, under "Output (scaled) Resolution"

[@daviddefterigos3473]

I have 2 options NVIDIA and AMD for the encoder, i have a gaming laptop with rtx 3050(laptop), What do i choose?

[@grisly7567]

I have a really anoying problem were my audio is fine then out of no where my audio skips and lags and is ahead/behind the video and it's really anoying. I've tryed so many things admin mode reinstalling OBS/GoXLR and it just keeps happening plz help im lossing my mind over this issue

[@georgebaggy]

How do the Keyframe and B-frame settings affect the image quality?

[@jaivse5085]

are saying for the bitrate Megabytes or Megabits?

[@BEATBOX54321]

nice

[@TheDBZCollector]

when i first got my elgato hd60 s+ i streamed Elden Ring PS5 using obs (pc specs at the time i7 8700k, rtx 2060, 32gb of ram) and it ran perfect. but i felt like streaming wasn't for me so i packed it away. several months to a year later I wanted to try streaming again so i hooked it back up (this time: i9 13900k, rtx 4090, 64gb of ram) to play Final Fantasy 16 but there was stutter (i believe is the correct terminology for what's happening). i tried Elden Ring and the same thing. i watched a bunch of videos on things to do but nothing works.

[@shayyszn]

why won’t it let me select advanced ?

[@Leutrimm]

This is the best OBS settings tutorial on KZbin

[@MaChteck]

How much did he pay you?

[@TheVideoNerd]

I bet I can make this a 25 minute video

[@atgyt2361]

I bet so too

[@Professorpig_]

very soild my man

[@k1ttyyh]

Isnt the max bitrate for affiliates 6000 kbps?

[@VARCHAS8]

i have upload speed is 114 Mbps per sec ..i need to stream in 4k how much i should put in bitrate

[@DatGuyWood]

Hey for some reason I lag when i use my base resolution "1440p" and re scale to 1080p, I truly don't understand why tho

[@Warlock93]

Good setting,but my stream is still blurry,i have a 2 Gbit optical internet connection. Why i can't make such a good looking stream like others? :(

[@sard_mlbb]

i have been trying to stream on yt, ive copied the same settings but i am still gwetting 15s delay please help

[@macblink]

ryzen 5 3600+rx 6600m here, my twitch stream through OBS looked much better (clear) without using AMF/FFmpeg options, it appears after max B-frames here 2:03

[@KAGUTSUCHIIII]

Got a few questions for you @slurptech !: I get 517.4 Mbps download & 12.0 Mbps upload, and I'm streaming to Twitch. Should I set my bitrate to 6k or 8k? Also I have a high end PC but I game and stream from right now. When i 1st started my fps was at 60 but my streams would be choppy and I would get way less frame in game so I dropped it to 30 and that's been good for me. So should I really go back to 60? Or can I do something in the middle? LASTLY, why not put the 'Process Priority' on 'High' instead of Normal? Thanks!

[@KAGUTSUCHIIII]

@slurptech I need ya insight bro 🥹

[@PescaitoFrito]

If you have 12 Mbps this mean you have a 1.5 MBps upload speed. while OBS max bitrate for non partners right now is: 6000 Kilobits not even KiloBytes. So 6000 Kilobits are equal to 0.75 MBps so you are good to go with that upload speed of 12Mbps. Even if you family is watching netflix on one device at 1080p they may be using around less than 300 KB/s which is stand for 2mbps upload so 0.75+2mbps is like 0.95 you still having plenty of room to not saturated your stream. But if I was you, I will try to drop to 5500 to have a bit more of margin of upload speed, and that's still good. Hope this helps.

[@invictious8373]

i get 20 mbps upload but i have mine on 4000 just to be safe

[@Cegra]

does this apply to Mac too?

[@SAmzee158]

Can you help me every time I build in Fortnite my stream goes laggy and the colours are grey on my stream I don’t know what to do

[@SpacebarIsTaken]

Lancoz downscale filter works better for IRL content and webcams. Bicubic is better for gaming content. Overall though, great video.

[@aranaks1673]

i did all these , i try open stream and goes from 10000 kbs to 150kbs , it might the network be the problem?

[@FrostPlayz20]

im gonna test it

[@FrostPlayz20]

update:it made it worse

[@MuriloBeraldo]

Can I really stream for twitch at 8000 bitrate with no issues even not being a partner? Everywhere I look on the internet says that twitch only allows 6000 max bitrate if you are not partner.

[@rolifoodasmr]

I am using these settings and i have no problems.

[@CptBrian]

8000 works for everyone, and always has. You can even do higher resolutions & framerates above 1080p60, but it doesn't turn out as well with such a low bitrate cap. You can also crank up the bitrate much higher than 8000, but your livestream won't be viewable by people (you DO appear live), though your VOD will be watchable at your true bitrate.

[@DanzGaymer]

Did twitch increase the bitrate for non partnered users? I know it had a limit at 6000kb.

[@nanomachinesson3508]

no it's still 6k. after partership it's higher

[@toddhertenstein]

I am having an issue where my chatbox will not appear, I use streamlabs and copied their chatbox to a browser source. The chatbox is just invisible or something. Can someone help me?

[@KaiisKlips]

My upload is 400mbps+ what do i set my bit rate to?

[@thatboyghostphantom9092]

Would've been a bit more helpful to have actually shown results or a comparison at the end. Making Those changes probably make some improvements however there's also the possibility of it doing the opposite happening

[@aneeekkk]

Im going to stream on youtube and i have a speed of 88mbps which is approx. 11MB what bitrate should I choose?

[@p.p.burnell7294]

He mentioned it.....

[@DjStinger]

So, why is that a lot of streamers use 1664x936 instead of 1920x1080p? It does look a lot better on Twitch

[@slurptech]

You can use that resolution if you want, I’ve even suggested it in a previous video. However, I usually recommend 1080p as it’s better/easier to work with when creating content outside of Twitch, which is the best way to grow your stream. So for most people 1080p is the best option

[@HamManden]

12 megabits per second or megabytes per second?

[@MiGzZ_X1]

Question i have a 2k monitor im playing my ps5 on.. my pc monitor is 1080.. what should be my resolution n bitrate

[@slurptech]

I would set base and video resolution to 1920x1080 and fit the gameplay to match, then follow the settings in the video. So 8000 bit rate if your internet allows

[@MiGzZ_X1]

@@slurptech what u mean fit the gameplay to match. U mean turn 1080 on my ps5? Or

[@slurptech]

you can do that if you wan't to, but I just mean right-click on the gameplay source and go to transform then fit to screen. It will make fit the 1920x1080 canvas@@MiGzZ_X1

[@Mvdpack]

how can i check my mbps?

[@draft_fusion]

1:20 Twitch has a cap for the bit rate, my recommendation is 4k however if you are playing a FPS game it can range from 5-6k as 6k is the maximum Edit: this is due to the fact that FPS games have more pixels and more graphical updates

[@slurptech]

Set obs to ignore the cap (shown at start) and use 8000, then whenever possible your stream will be better quality.

[@Mercenary1996]

i dont have the same settings as you please help

[@karmanhoward1942]

Why is it not letting me change it to output mode advanced. It just keeps me on simple

[@HimuGamingYT.]

Which mic u using 😮

[@davoroxi]

LOL

[@filipkolar2023]

what do i set on bitrate if i have 150 upload

[@ytuser4597]

I have a wireless headset with bluetooth and built in mic. Ibhave it synced to my PS5 and OBS on Windows 10. I have my input/output set to my headset but I'm not hearing anything. What can i do?? 🤔

[@ytuser4597]

Also I use a capture card. What should the audio settings be for my capture card??

[@Lajsu_1]

So if my upload speed is around 298Mb/s what value should i put in bitrate section?

[@slurptech]

8000 for twitch 10000 for KZbin

[@WildFang_Gamer]

i cant find p6 slowest can you help it just says balenced and speed and one more but yea

[@jpitoy]

speed, balance and quality. Pick the quality one, it just means u dont have a very very powerful PC.

[@marelea5984]

How do i check my upload?

[@kraby_tv]

Should i us AMD or NVIDIA? i have both options.

[@StuckProcessing]

Can you post a screenshot of the menu and another screenshot of the performance tab in task manager to imgur and link them here?

[@dakuderLIVE]

best settings for CPU encoding?

[@Toxic0T]

dont use cpu it will fuck ur frames in game

[@Thatdemon01]

My streams look buffering when I’m moving fast in games , can anyone answer why?

[@144hzpkl]

i have 800mb upload and i put 13000kbps and my stream it's still low quallity shuld i put it higher?

[@slurptech]

8000 on Twitch and 10000 on KZbin, any higher doesn’t do anything and may cause issues.

[@LilJT334]

alot of those setting in output i do not have

[@micha_fnt]

I just made a speedtest, and i get : 37.72 Mbps (Upload) What should i put as Bitrate ?

[@slurptech]

If you're streaming to Twitch: 8000 If you're streaming to KZbin: 10000 Any stuttering/dropped frames then reduce the bitrate

[@nanomachinesson3508]

@@slurptech 6000kbps is hard cap for non partners on Twitch, on YT it's 15000kbps

[@TheRandmGamr]

why use the graphics card? why not cpu encoder?

[@spongebobicantfingyou]

my valorant fps drops to 60 what do i do i consistently get 300

[@Lancerris]

Doesn't get better than this

[@vibes8354]

I have an issue with my gaming monitor being more vibrant and better looking but on the stream it doesn’t show the vibrant colors just keeps them dull… how do I fix?

[@slurptech]

right-click on the source you want to be more colorful, then select filters. You can add a color correction to the effect filters and adjust how it looks.

[@vibes8354]

@@slurptech what have you found to be best for the settings?

[@MissyKebz]

isn't 8000 bitrate just for partners?

[@FitzAF]

I'm getting constant skipped and dropped frames because I have 1 165hz refresh rate, but my stream fps is at 60. What frame rate would be best for me to stream at that's as close to 60 as possible?

[@slurptech]

Is OBS saying you're dropping frames? If that's the case it's not because of your monitor. 60FPS is the max for streaming at the moment. The issue is coming from somewhere else, potentially your hardware being limited or something taking up your resources in the background.

[@maychal1000]

same here, my laptop have 144hz. Good connection but everytime i stream to youtube it's always stutter and laggy

[@6dsYT]

What if my upload speed is 32mb?