How to Fix Your Blurry Laggy Stream in StreamLabs OBS on a Mac (BEST SETTINGS)

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In this tutorial we review how to best configure your StreamLabs OBS stream settings so that it is not laggy, choppy, or blurry for your viewers.
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:53) Canvas Settings
(1:22) x264 Encoding Settings (CPU)
(2:55) CPU Usage Preset
(4:19) Why Dedicated Graphics?
(5:00) My Computer Specs
(5:09) Hardware Encoding Settings (GPU)
(6:09) Outro
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[@yincenteno298]

3:10-4:04 My guy, this info was SO HELPFUL!!! There's way too many well-meaning people that never really go far enough into depth about those settings for new streamers to know what values are responsible for fixing those graphical issues. Really appreciate how to-the-point, and simple you explained that.

[@_MrGodzilla_]

I find your attitude and delivery of information to be one of the best. Extremely personable and easy to listen to/follow. Subscribed.

[@avaloscreative]

It would be cool if steam labs had a chart with specs and recommendations for what one might have.

[@PremiereTC]

THIS WAS THE VIDEO I NEEDED, THANK YOU!

[@davidmurphy742]

Thanks so much for this. Haven't started streaming yet as I wanted to get everything spot on first and this was the best video for me and setting my MacBook Pro up. Really straightforward and easy to follow video. Nice one!

[@JenniferElise]

I think this was exactly what I needed! Thank you so so much! Fingers crossed for the next stream!

[@vangelogaming8901]

Thank you so much. You really are helping small KZbinr's without much experience. And I'm sure we're all truly thankful.

[@MarsisUnhappy]

Bro you have no idea how much this helped me out with my recording, Those settings fixed my problem and now im able to make content for KZbin. You have no idea how greatful I am. Thank you so much :)

[@f1.andrei774]

Hey thank you for these tips! You have been helping me since you had 28k!

[@MidnightMan]

I’m happy to help out

[@HollyJordi]

Thank you very much for your help! Your good mood makes me feel happy, hehe. Best wishes from Spain :)

[@YeetaIta]

Holy smokes I've been trying to fix that blurriness for so long, now my stream and background footage won't look like it's from Mars, thank you so much for making this!

[@ItzYozymi]

Thanks man, most helpful tutorial I watched

[@Duuul_]

Thanks man.. You are the best!❤️ Saw your both videos from el gato and this one. And helped me out a lot! New sub!

[@KyzenKyle]

This is GOD send! Thank you so much for this. My stream is fixed now!! Much love

[@DerKaeptn72]

This was so helpful - thank you so much!

[@ChChO1692]

Man. This is some high quality content, keep it up!

[@hannahsidener8998]

THANK YOU omg this is what I needed

[@woodycato]

perfect timing for me....cheers bro

[@tillytothetophere]

I just finished watching thank you for making this video.

[@zorglzats2001]

Your videos always help!

[@danascript]

Thank you so so so much! Very helpful explanation!

[@notkiki0832]

bro thank you so much this helped a lot!!!

[@FischerStudiosStreaming]

Thanks! Helped a lot.

[@YDCJay]

thank you, this really helps!

[@Teababii1995]

very helpful thank you!!!

[@stochCU09]

This video was what I needed to help get a much crisper quality on my stream. Obvious like, comment, and subscribe right here! Thank you.

[@hashland1887]

yoo thank you so much. i have a AMD Radeon Pro 550M graphics and had no idea i could send all that info there for my streams.. gonna go test out the new settings

[@MudkipYT]

THE ONE VIDEO THAT HELPED THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@ArocEntertainment]

Great videos on the channel!

[@shovi2934]

thank you so muchh!!! helped alot!!

[@13luvgreendayAlex]

Thank you!! This fixed it :)

[@rughacker7966]

YESS IV THEN WAITING FOR A VID LIKE THIS THANKS HOMIE

[@MidnightMan]

Happy to help!

[@foreigngamingtv9734]

Great vid, very helpful

[@romanhunt5295]

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[@liarastarkiller9096]

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[@Leolyah]

This is soo goood, thank you man, love you 😍 you and your family

[@myek_1384]

this is what i needed thanks a lot

[@Itz-ivan]

Nice video midnight man i realy like these kind of videos you do to help people out !!

[@MidnightMan]

I'm always happy to help people out, even if just a few of you need to watch to get help

[@Itz-ivan]

@@MidnightMan you help me out a lot i started youtube and i dident now how to edit the video or add music and you help me so thanks hopefully you get 100000 subscribers you deserve it for all your work!!

[@alexkopp]

Thanks for this!

[@lucasflores1552]

Thanks! This helped alot

[@Iamjamaalwesley]

Hey @Midnightman big fan and you actually helped me get my whole mac setup for streaming so FIRST id like to say thank you for your great content and I wish you much success in the future. I am having trouble with my wave 3 always crashing during stream the audio just stops completely in streamlabs obs during stream. I constantly have to end stream reset mac and do that work around is there anything you recommend to fix the audio issue with it crashing /

[@2bros1wave48]

needed this

[@CraytonTv]

Awesome video bro 👏🏾 great explanation glad mine is setup right keep up the good work I’ll be sharing this video to my subscribers so they know.. God Bless

[@MidnightMan]

@Crayton TV Looking forward to your SLOBS tutorials as well, if anyone needs additional help with SLOBS this is a great resource!

[@CraytonTv]

MidnightMan think you should drop one for Regular OBS for ppl using that.. cause for me some odd reason OBS will not setup properly lol 😂

[@MidnightMan]

CRAYTON TV hmmmmm

[@DanScorpion]

Thanks for this Video!

[@kenbrittmcg]

Thank You bruh. 💯

[@KEYZgg]

@MidnightMan I bought a new elgata hd60s game screen comes up and after 2 minutes i get a no signal error can you help me?

[@noob2chicken592]

Go to the source (Video capture device-Elgato) and click Properties and under Device click and use the one that says like: Game Capture HD60 pro(Video)(#01). Dont use Elgato Game capture that lags the picture every couple of seconds. Plus make sure you installed all the Elgato Software on your computer

[@melissabray5307]

youre saving my life one video a time thank u angel

[@MidnightMan]

Anytime!

[@Adrian-io9mj]

0:19 🤣🤣🤣 AMAZING

[@RealGamerz]

Hydrozing lol yh

[@acedlovespvp6097]

Very much useful This helped my blur on my stream

[@takis123shit]

God bless this guy! 👊🏾

[@ace_7837]

Yo your like the best youtuber for this hope u reach 1mil

[@RickRickiGames]

Thank youuuu kind sir.

[@realchilleffect]

my g! didn't know about the hardware encoder on mac!! i cant wait to test this out

[@MidnightMan]

As long as you have a dedicated GPU you’ll have this option. If not you’ll have to shell out extra money on an external GPU

[@realchilleffect]

@@MidnightMan i dont have that super speed cable yet! That could be another issue, that’s coming this Saturday

[@rosecultureofficial5758]

hey thanks man!! good shit

[@HUVA11S]

Thanks u helped me

[@clandclgaming7235]

THANK U SO MUCH

[@MidnightMan]

Hope you guys can take these tips to improve your stream quality! These same settings can be used for "recording" too (feel free to go crazier with the bitrate). It helps to have a good computer as you will be able to record/stream videos in higher quality using Apple hardware.

[@pimp4843]

Do this on mobile plz

[@kahanjani5995]

Wow nice wallpaper in ps4 can you tell me from where did you got it please🙏🙏🙏🙏 In the video how to record gameplay without capture card

[@realrell7419]

I know you’re busy but plz hit me back with some info regarding using a MacBook Air to stream off of my ps5 I’m losing a ton of frames almost unplayable what you think the problem could be should I return it and go for the 16inch with the same graphics card u have or go for the intel irus plus 645 graphics card

[@thirdyvillaester4774]

niceeee, thanks bro

[@gtaldtay]

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[@andrewcorbin4851]

Nice video! I'm a windows user, but I think I can figure out from the video what optimal settings are for me. One question @Midnightman: can u make a video on creating overlays and implementing them both in streamlabs and obs studio? Thanks!

[@AnythingGoes709]

I’ll try this later,. I have a good specs pc but when i’m streaming i’m not getting a good quality output.. new subs here! Thanks ;)

[@Chri5TenTFF]

Yo Midnight Man nice upload bro gonna test out these settings and see if they improve my stream quality

[@MidnightMan]

Let me know how it goes!

[@mamamations9524]

oh wow..... thanks.... this acturrly worked

[@AroopGamingYT]

Nice Bro

[@whatdadogdoin8930]

thx men

[@sebastiangarcianovoa6986]

Thank 🎉 is perfect ❤

[@undead4456]

Thank you so much! I live out in the country and I stream on an old 2016 MacBook... this saved my life 😩👌🏻 I have a question, I noticed that you also don’t have the option of “game overlay” in your settings, I only have one monitor and I can’t seem to set up a chat/notification overlay for me to see what’s happening while I’m streaming without having to look at my phone constantly. I know Streamlabs offer this but I can’t seem to find out how to make it work, do you know? Thanks 🙏🏻

[@ChavonneBrown]

i dont know much about computers but you made this so easy for me to understand lmaoooo. i went from a surface pro to the new 27 inch and for the life of me i couldnt figure out why streams were so lagged lol. thank you so much for the gaming visuals lol

[@MidnightMan]

So happy I could help out!

[@ThisIsJBird]

Great channel! Anyone know a great dedicated graphics card for Mac Pro [2010 tower] ?

[@Quiky1000]

This video was so helpful!! I finally got the right settings for dropped frames. Thank you for this video!! But now I have another problem. When I play on my PS5 using Remote Play to my MacBook Pro. The game lags hard! When I move the analog sticks in a first person game the camera spins around making a full turn. Or when I'm moving the game character it stops doing what I want it to and suddenly moves a different direction. I have been looking everywhere for this controller lag but haven't found anything for Mac users. Any ideas would be much appreciated! 👍 Thank you!

[@okz6876]

Hey new sub it’s me Ali x from the stream but on my new phone

[@RealGamerz]

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[@RealGamerz]

3:26 the ultimate montage

[@MidnightMan]

Lol for sure!

[@RealGamerz]

@@MidnightMan 😅 also, my mac is still kinds blury. I have a macbook pro 2019. On my game capture hd software it is perfect quality but on OBS it sucks. Why is this. Game csprure hd isnt working for me rn thats why imooking for these vids on how to get good obs quality :/

[@Drifter_Rage]

Thank you for all your amazing content. Question... I have the elgato hd60x and using streamlabs so when I go to my encoder it doesn't show hardware only software (x264) and QuickSync H.264 is there a way to get it to show my elgato? Please and thank you.

[@RainbowCraftGaming]

i have all of these settings for a good quality stream but it still looks a bit pixelated at times (even with a dedicated graphics card). is there something else that could be making the stream quality not great?

[@lazyguy21]

what should i put if i have around 100 mbs upload but my mac is pretty crappy?

[@DeniseMarichalar]

Do you know how I can fix my in game text from looking blurry ? Everything else looks fine but the text looks blurry when I stream

[@cuteek]

Do you use these same settings for recording?

[@SweboySMM2]

About the CPU preset, I have search a fair amount to get answer on it. But mostly, I always find this standard answer: _'For OBS at least, putting it any slower than veryfast can disable many x264 optimizations. You are better off increasing the frame rate, resolution, or bitrate to improve the quality (in the case of recordings, a quality based rate limit all the way up to placebo would be better - but cost a ton of storage). Changing this setting to improve quality is not recommended as the improvements are very minor and come at a great CPU cost.'_ But since I have a huge CPU (giggidy), it feels like a waste to not use it. And I'm using OBS, and am a little concerned that it can "disable optimizations", whatever that means... Gained any knowledge about this after this video?

[@NasserAlazzawiTV]

Hey thanks man. I'm moving from a Windows NVENC set up to a Macbook Pro 2015 with AMD. I always run my streams 720p @ 60fps. A nice picture improving trick I learned was a rescaling trick 1080p to 720 with Lanczos 36 Sample rescaling - is there any reason you've said "not to rescale" on the hardware encoder? Does it put pressure elsewhere i.e. CPU or does the Hardware encoder overheat etc?

[@MidnightMan]

For quality purposes, 1080p is always nicer to run if your computer can handle it.

[@NasserAlazzawiTV]

@@MidnightMan True, but many of my live viewers are on Mobiles (over wifi or 4G LTE etc) and for the sake of avoiding choppiness for small a percentage of users I use 720 (30fps) and a bitrate of 2000 to 3500 (60fps). Mine is a DJing/Audio experience where I don't need the quality things like Gaming would.

[@alexdaubon134]

Bruh you literally saved my stream

[@alexismartynvela1439]

My webcam video and visual is off sync with the audio and visual from the capture card. I use a mac, do you have anything on how to fix that?

[@Kingleo_23912]

Hello. I stream from my ps5 and have 4K tv n use my iMac for OBS with 8gb ram and M1 chip. 2021 model. My download speed 936 mbps upload 40 mbps. Which settings would be best for me?

[@QUANTUMNOTICIAS]

I have the same cpu as yours but When I play you tube video it lags. My upload is 34.1 mbps and download 244.0 mbps. I’ve set my settings to what you have recommended and still have the same issue. Please help! Thanks

[@baby.mostafa]

hey bro , am streaming and my bitrate 2500 , i set cpu on very fast , my upload almost 3mb , i have a blurry picture ... what is the best settings for my upload speed for stream labs thanks bro

[@itsverafied4361]

Does this help with dual core MacBook Pro? I keep reading articles saying it’s not possible to stream on dual core , “ quad core “ is mandatory . Can you make a video is this is true or not?

[@funkmatsaflux5378]

Is the intel iris plus graphics 655 1536 good enough to use as a dedicated graphics?

[@MrProteeus]

Can y’all do one for recording PlayStation? When I record despite all the settings you changed it’s still choppy

[@LolabdullahAbdullah]

I have a question, I run 120fps on fort nite on my os5 and when I plug everything in it gives me 60 and the reaction time is delayed what do I do???

[@malachicota6994]

what should i set my bits to if i get an upload of 11.6?

[@riderrohan8656]

I have dual pc setup on my streaming pc it has i3 7 gen what settings should i apply plz tell🙏🙏🙂

[@funkvolume23]

I have the 2020 MacBook Pro i5 1.4 ghz quad core. 8gb and Intel iris graphics card. U think I should be good with these settings? Thank u for all the help man. I appreciate u.

[@MidnightMan]

Yes you’ll be ok. Follow the setting I discussed for the x264 option

[@THEL3GiiTTRiiX818]

@MidnightMan do you happen to have a solution regarding audio delay on streamlabs/obs? when using the el gato from my console to my pc the audio over time comes out of synch by like a second and no matter what i do; Even adjusting the the mixer delay on streamlabs itself other than constantly restarting the application. Help?

[@MidnightMan]

Hi, if using the HD60S even if you set the delay amount it continuously get out of sync at other time points. A quick fix is to disable/enable OBS link every time it happens, long term you need the HD60S+ as that runs best for Mac.

[@AllHopeIsDead2]

how do you get rid of blur, when using elgato game capture hd60 s+, on ps4 pro? looks fine at obs and at capture utility. but on twitch is blurry.

[@AG-lz1zk]

Yo midnight I have a question what specs do I have to look for in a laptop to be able to support the stream softwares while I play ps4

[@MidnightMan]

Quad core CPU, 8 + gb ram, dedicated graphics card

[@crushbent]

When I use apple hardware encoder, my game capture shows up in OBS but when I send it to KZbin, it’s a black screen. Any help?

[@NoreturnMG]

I set all the settings like these & the stream isn’t lagging but it’s a lil choppy like it’s not catching all the frames or something. My upload speed is good & everything? Any ideas how to fix this?

[@alexancoo]

Thank you men 1 cuestión im using the el gato hd 60+ but obsstreamlabs dont reconice mi capture card i Just use the ndi for streaming can you help me im using big sur

[@niongem9273]

@midnightman I tried this steps from your video, it’s still showing laggy and delaying. Dunno where I did wrong, can you help?

[@BryanTheBizGuy]

That intro got me Lmao