How To Record Games On PC With OBS Studio | Recording Tutorial (BEST SETTINGS) (2021)

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[@TheVideoNerd]

✅✅ UPDATED VIDEO (2023) ✅✅ kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4LCZqN5nLGWoNU

[@Daal9x]

merry christmas

[@ItsMePilot]

Minecraft

[@патріот2мои]

Overwatch

[@aaminaamir3537]

Minecraft

[@GenjiRainbow]

Overwatch

[@lemonvibin3464]

So damn helpful. Got stuck on default settings trying to capture footage from Genshin and nothing worked. I followed your guide step by step and now the footage is buttery smooth. Thank you so much man.

[@ralphjustralph401]

does 8gb RAM enough to record the gameplay? my laptop only has 8gb ram

[@lemonvibin3464]

@@ralphjustralph401 Well your CPU and GPU do most of the work while capturing video. RAM matters yes, but in this case if you have an ok CPU & GPU to work with then you're good with 8gb.

[@ralphjustralph401]

@@lemonvibin3464 that was a fast reply... i think i5-9th gen with gtx 1050ti is enough. cause my laptop start lagging recently when i visit inazuma... thanks for your reply btw

[@lemonvibin3464]

@@ralphjustralph401 Yeah, really good specs. I recorded with an i7 5th gen and a GTX 750TI and it worked out. It should go fine.

[@ducxandy9889]

I love this guy literally like explaining everything on the book in one video. It kinda cracks me up, but I'm glad we have someone as dedicated as this guy to explain everything from A-Z 😂

[@lees5313]

he's also good in bed

[@ducxandy9889]

@@lees5313 lmaoooo 😂😂😂

[@HaychBeeHB]

Thought I'd look up how to stream on OBS if I ever do so and this video was so dang helpful for someone like me who just tends to get very confused very quickly with what a bunch of settings exactly do. So thank you for explaining it in a really simple way that was easy to understand what each did.

[@devinaugur7047]

Very comprehensive tutorial. My family loves watching me play video games, so I wanted to find a way for them to see what I do on PC. Because of you, now I know how to do that. Thank you.

[@condorX2]

🤣 Coolest family ever. Please tell me more about them.

[@Mystiquesz]

hi mate, Just downloaded OBS to start my recording adventure! This video helped me out so much and everything's working perfectly!

[@user-lg5fw2nm7j]

For those who didnt hear any mic audio when you stopped recording and checked the video. Just place it in an editor and then you will hear and see your video, game audio and Mic audio all separated. :)

[@Theeinsom]

Which editor? Any paid ones or free ones

[@user-lg5fw2nm7j]

@@Theeinsom I just used a stolen copy of Adobe Premiere but you can use any free or paid video editing software

[@_Zixy]

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[@dopeonthescale]

do u recommend any?

[@KlutchDj]

@@Theeinsom davinci is free is great . if your looking for one that has great pricing with great feautures , i prefer filmora 11 , it has a lifetime ($80) and a anuual for ~$45 a month if you like.

[@insane992]

thank you for explaining the audio track thing everyone skipped, seems really important

[@TheVideoNerd]

it is! People don't want to go through the trouble of explaining it :)

[@antispiral8487]

@@TheVideoNerd can u help me??? My screen is all black

[@YThates]

I'm so glad I clicked this video out of the many that popped up in the search results. You're so descriptive. SUBSCRIBED

[@closecuttingcombat4995]

Always improving my twitch streams thanks to you! Now I only need people watching ahah have a great 2021!

[@TheVideoNerd]

Good luck with that! And same for you :)

[@righttouchartstudio5580]

#facts sir

[@thisissobad9537]

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[@sharkyrl1144]

@@thisissobad9537 same name

[@tomprost3169]

I’m a complete Nubian to OBS. I’ve watched other videos but yours has been the most helpful. Thanks!

[@CT-bu5kv]

Honestly a super good video. I have spent so long trying to learn this on my own through various videos and all the info was right here. Would have saved so much time and I still learned some stuff. Thanks!

[@Zen_but_not_Zen]

I'm new to OBS recording and just wanted simple steps to setup a way to record my games. Thanks so much for this 👍

[@seifadly3613]

Damn bro I think this is the best tutorial on KZbin right now

[@ItCalvin]

Thanks man!!! I have had multiple fails, saving up for 2 years and finally am ready to become a youtube like you! I wish I could give you a hug man.

[@Jamoca5020]

Thank you a billion times bro. There are so many settings out there for OBS but no one except you explained the CPU usage preset. This was literally the reason why I had laggy recordings (was at medium). Now tested different presets while having task manager open and well well my cpu performs best at very fast because at faster it sometimes hits 99% and gets laggy for a little bit. Now I have lag free recordings and all this just because of you. Thank you bro. have been looking for a solution since a week and nothing really worked.

[@eeeeee6585]

Another good way is to right click the preview and click show preview to off. This makes your computer not have to do so much work

[@jonrantas]

For months I dealt with the horrible frustration of some reason my gameplay recording just never looked good even though I had every settings in the “optimal” way. I watched dozens of videos and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. You are quite literally the only person who even brought up the Display recording vs game capture. Every person I ever saw do a setup of OBS never brought that up so I recorded all my gameplay footage for months in display mode because that’s where my elgato was so I thought it was what I had to use. I deleted all my videos and haven’t made one in months, but damn dude this is just what I needed to get motivated and jump back in. Thank you so much man

[@catlord8568]

I just want to say.. Thank you so much! I have been trying to record specific games and they just haven't been working. You've literally saved my main channel, I am 100% dropping a sub!

[@bananaChannel1111]

THANK YOU SO MUCH these settings look so complicated but I finally understand because of you :D

[@projectjah3525]

Lol Change your name to "The Video Pro" because this helped me out lol

[@luvintm]

Lol

[@xxsilxntz_nightz5564]

He basically is one he is a nerd he knows a lot about it

[@Sparle-doughnut]

lol

[@bandito_kek]

Keep coming back to this video. Thank you!

[@keokluck]

omg thank you so much for this! instructions were clear and explained wonderfully. i learned exactly what i was looking for, and even learn some important stuff i didnt know i NEEDED to know!

[@blaydenappollis9406]

Wow, thanks alot, I was using a other screen recorder and my screen was black whole time because I was recording outside the game and I wasn't recording the actual game, now this guy really helped me out

[@BobMerlinx]

Thanks for this! Just got OBS Studio and tried a short recording of Subnautica for KZbin (just private upload to check quality) but it looked terrible after uploading (very pixelated even in 1080) so hope these settings will help improve stuff. I used screen recorder and 1080p (my screen is 3440x1440, but set the game to 2560x1440 and only recorded that area) recorded to flv, not MKV, and didn't convert it to anything before uploading to KZbin. Will try again tonight and see if it become better.

[@Raven-te6mv]

update? did the quality get better?

[@nationaltoaster496]

i had to stop the video just to give you praise for telling us how to separate the audio tracks for editing. thank you!

[@chavito808]

Looking forward to 2021 with brand new streaming settings for low end pcs

[@BrainBoostAI820]

tysm. cannot explain how happy i am to find out something that actually works

[@lukeftw2]

This was super helpful, thank you so much! Perfect tutorial, went at just the right speed.

[@twoface4458]

Thank you so much man, truly. I struggled all night trying to figure out a way to record gameplay for Red Dead Redemption 2, and this video was a TERRIFIC help. Thank you thank you

[@IAmStrand199-BjrnStrand]

I love your videoes! I have one question tho. Can you record your gameplay and your webcam in different tracks aswell?

[@TheVideoNerd]

You can't, but what you could do is running 2 instanced of obs and recording things separately or you can set up a custom resolution in obs, for example 2500x1080 instead of 1920x1080 that will be wider so you have space to put your gameplay on the right side and then other things like your webcam on the empty space on the left in your editor, you can then play around with this, make separate tracks out of it, so you have a track with your game fullscreen and then a separate track with your webcam but that's pretty advanced

[@Barca-4-Life]

Is there a shortened way to record by pressing buttons on your keyboard? FOr example: Alt-z

[@creoplasma]

@@Barca-4-Life go to settings and click on keybinds than go to start recording and add your shortcut key than add keybinds for stop recording too

[@AXMAW47]

you can you have to be in a game and press ALT and F4

[@HelixHelhound]

@@TheVideoNerd Hi, I followed your steps as much as I could but I had to Window Capture setting since Game Capture doesn't recognize HI3 (Black Screen T^T), in the end I manage to capture a clip of my gameplay. You were saying earlier in the video that you can convert the MKV clips once you're done into MP4, how do you do so..? Pls help, my MKV is over 300MB and Google doesn't recognize MKV files T^T

[@sahilparanjape5211]

these 14 minutes saved a lot of hrs of me trying to figure it out on my own! thankyou!

[@incognito5070]

I noticed u had no subs so I subbed

[@sahilparanjape5211]

@@incognito5070 thank u 🥺

[@Celebable123]

This helped me out so much! OBS can be so overwhelming at first haha

[@lilly.bellobeauty]

if u record roblox, or know anyone please do help me lol

[@Celebable123]

@@lilly.bellobeauty i don't personally but i'm in a yt related discord with a couple hundreds people and i know there are some who record roblox. I can give you a link if you want

[@wudez]

@@Celebable123 yeah give me a link

[@Alexis-no4yj]

@@Celebable123 yo man, I want to start recording videos soon. Mind sending an invite as well?

[@FTORanger]

You're the first video I saw for screen recording my gameplay. Thank you!

[@gamingwithroxy1226]

Can you just record gameplay by ctrol R. Instead of recording it in the obs app?

[@brianaalewife]

This was super helpful. Not using the wizard and stepping through and EXPLAINING the settings makes it trivial to follow and adapt for personal use.

[@boombotx638]

Merry Christmas

[@TheVideoNerd]

same to you!

[@ap1307]

You're a hero. Tried to record an indie game that is almost impossible to record. Recording a window, while cropping did it.

[@SurajDesaram]

Merry Christmas! I also use obs and this guide is amazing!

[@TheVideoNerd]

same to you!

[@mphelioc1665]

This helped alot since I just downloaded OBS without knowing a single thing; thank you

[@NBNL005]

when I click display capture nothing is showing , a window opens only but it did not shows display capture ❤️❤️❤️❤️, can you tell me what to do next or can you please comment that how to solve this issue❤️❤️A fan from INDIA❤️❤️

[@jamesma8124]

Are you using a desktop computer or a laptop

[@NBNL005]

@@jamesma8124 Laptop

[@jamesma8124]

@@NBNL005 ah that makes sense. Try right clicking on the OBS launcher > Run with graphics processor > Integrated graphics. It worked for me

[@NBNL005]

@@jamesma8124 bro I do what you said but in display capture nothing is showing ,only a blank screen

[@NBNL005]

bro my window capture is working

[@invisbl]

11:55 I had the black screen for Forza Horizon 5. In my case, I managed to make it work after I re-opened OBS as Administrator. Great video mate!

[@dongoyo]

Hi there, when recording in Windows capture the smaller the size of the cam the less resolution and it becomes blurry. The ootput and canvas are 720. Cam is a c 922 logi. Tried game capture but the audio had a delay. Thanks for your help 👍

[@ibvalk]

first comment on verified

[@40546]

Second comment on ✔

[@alihamzahvirk1103]

Dude, this video was so helpful. I was using Windows 10 XBOX Game Bar to record Spiderman Remastered on a 2K screen, and it didn't look good at all. Lagging, big drop in quality, I didn't get it. Found your vid, downloaded OBS Studio, and followed all your presets. My reaction to my first screen record of Spiderman, my jaw dropped, it looked so good! Appreciate the great advice brother. Just liked and subbed!

[@SimplyKanae]

The game I wanted to record is Genshin Impact, but for some reason "game capture" doesn't work, and in the "window capture" menu, the game doesn't show up. What do I do?

[@dexter4963]

I'm trying to record Rainbow Six Siege and the game isn't showing up in window capture so I'm asking the same question.

[@rayraypedia]

when i was trying to record genshin this also happened to me, but to fix it i changed genshin to a windowed screen, then i was able to actually see the game. u can switch it back to full screen after and it'll still be there, lmk if this helped!!

[@SubsonicH]

Try display capture

[@ChaoticCoffeecc]

I was sitting there trying to figure Obs out for like a good 1 hour and then I found your video this helped me so much!

[@unforgivenbeast6358]

3:18 its kind of weird how the mouse is spinning without his hand even on it....

[@AstroNotFound]

probably the video is prerecorded and the webcam is recorded after

[@danielgeorgieff386]

True

[@abhinabgogoi2000]

Thanks a lot. Just started using OBS. Didn't know how to use. Video helped a lot

[@ManjuMoshii]

"if you dont see nvench then youre graphics card is really old" *amd user cries*

[@vurhn2009]

New to OBS Studio since 2022/09/15 and I must say this is a perfectly well-done and comprehensive video so not only am I able to record my gaming footage but I can finally call it my new main recording software to use.

[@BlairSantos]

Interesting how you're at the top of the search results when looking for "how to record gameplay" despite your relatively low view count and the amount of competition. Perhaps you can make a video about discoverability?

[@SimplyRaara]

I've never tried recording game play before but I feel like I have a working understanding now thank you so much!

[@SimplyRaara]

Quick question tho, I can only get audio from my headset mic if it is one the same audio track as the desktop. I was hoping there's a way to fix that with out having to buy a different mic?

[@Caboose1474]

I've been trying to make my recordings for YT better over the past year but had no idea what I was doing. Thank you so so so much!

[@k_baby484]

I am literally amazed how this worked I was about to have a meltdown but u saved my meltdown thx.

[@passenger6803]

Why a meltdown?

[@hannah_playzzgames8144]

SO HELPFUL! I am planning to upgrade to using computer for my videos and I needed to know how to record with a safe and easy recording app!

[@zai_the_gamer1250]

It helped me alot! Thanks so much I have been trying to figure this out for weeks non-stop and this boosted me up a WHOLEE lot, thanks again man

[@simoroei]

was strugle recording mxbikes now im good thank you man you are the king

[@Sylaise]

I'll be giving this a try. I don't have a gaming laptop but the two games I want to try do run well past the recommended spec settings. I'll be back with an update!

[@randallwhiting7532]

I can't believe how much I learned. Thanks again!

[@Topsecretgaming4477]

New to KZbin and pc gaming this helps alot. Thanks man!

[@husgdslo]

Thanks so much! I've been try to figure OBS for a long time now, your truly amazing!

[@thevenerablekev1]

Thank you for this superb instructional video. It's a video I keep coming back to, to help me with OBS - a program that has a lot more depth than I thought. I can't figure out where you're from, but your English is flawless!

[@mattotterpop]

Thanks so much for this, been trying to record a game from a browser source and of course my elgato is no good for that! Now its no problem!

[@msleviathan5572]

You really have no idea how much this video helps i watch this video every time I need to reset my obs settings and everything always works thank you so much defiantly earned a sub from me!

[@CptnRumbeard]

This made a world of change for me, thankyou!

[@IJTFILMSI]

Thank you so *so* very much for the awesome tutorial. Recently got a PC and wanted to resume making content. Thank you very much kind sir. Cheers.

[@bm_m4in215]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! Planning on starting a gaming channel and your tutorial REALLY helped out :))

[@shadowdragoon5]

Thanks! With your help I am ready to go!!😃 I went from knowing nothing to ready to record/stream in 15 minutes! 🤯

[@PilotsCorner]

You appear fairly new or perhaps I have never come across this channel before. I find a lot of this kind of stuff pretty interesting. It is always good to find another great one

[@richardlionheart3935]

Excellent video. Learning a lot from your videos as I am starting to record my gameplay for later editing and upload to youtube. Many thanks.

[@alienlarry]

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[@golld3n]

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[@YogurtSnipe]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I just switched from being a mobile KZbinr to a pc KZbinr. It’s been years in the making.

[@shaunsurplus5346]

Thanks man! You saved me! Cheers and cold beers from Australia.

[@elyaspro5198]

very helpful video, I like the way you explin all settings simple with the perfect details i hope you will get all the best

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Im a new youtuber and this helped me a lot. You just earned a new subscriber! TYSM!

[@phantomer1907]

This tutorial is so good! I was able to understand OBS quite easily.

[@simonhuggins8585]

Thank you so much. You've saved me hours of trial and error.

[@rempeii1703]

tysm i was really confused on obs until i saw this thx for this!

[@fredmariano9751]

Thank you this is so informative, I am starting my own streaming, this will help.

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Thank u so much for this video i searched whole KZbin for such a vidoe Thanku!!! :)

[@runbutonjapan5567]

Without any understanding even a single word, I managed to do this. Finally. Thank you, uh... "The Video Nerd" for helping my stoope head setting my OBS.

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Omg my dream is being a KZbinr and you made it happen thank you you changed my life

[@extra7694]

This video helped so much and now i can finally record with fps

[@mysteriak4584]

Thanks man :) really help, mostly that 2 audio tracks thats exactly what I looked for

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

Good info, I have OBS studio already, didn't know I could use it to capture games... thankyou.

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[@wotaddictglobal]

Thank you! This video was AMAZING and you really helped me get started properly with OBS for this new channel :)

[@jeremy7383]

Thank you for making this so much easier to understand!

[@CamisnicelikeIce]

Thank you for talking about the audio portion of OBI. I watched another video stating that I should have two mixer tracks for audio but they didn’t explain that you have to designate which track the audio goes to. I tried to record a video last night and my microphone audio was recorded over the gameplay because of this reason. 😭😭

[@izqos2449]

I don't care if the video it's been 8 months... I still think this video is very helpful. Thanks a lot :D

[@frenzybrawlstars9449]

Thanks a lot your video was very helpful for me now i can record properly gameplay on my pc

[@secksysequin2580]

Wanna start recording games with my family. This has pointed me in the right direction. Thanks pal x

[@vladi1239]

thx man i did my setting and now i can record ur the best

[@rexer222]

awesome info bud! thank you for the slow explanations/and recaps. (very helpful)

[@ishraq_6251]

I was using display capture all this time😅 Thank you so much! 🥰

[@arandomglitch7867]

Thank you! I recorded a video on OBS but it didn't look quite right. Thank you for this!

[@mcalphez9006]

This was really helpful thanks a lot. Now I can finally start streaming and recording my games

[@aziacilek]

That audio track tip literally changed my life lmao 😍

[@TheCardsharp]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm fairly new to OBS, and I had no idea how to record gameplay. I've been using Elgato's Capture software for years. I just bought a new PC which meant I had to buy Elgato's 4K60 Pro because with the new PC I also bought a new 4k monitor. Your video saved me from having to buy the 4K60 Pro. Thank you so much!

[@cvltxmedia]

Dude, thank you!! I was getting so annoyed with my Overwatch gameplay being so shitty when I recorded it even though my graphics are set to max. Ugh!