OBS For Brand New Streamers (Creating Scenes, Adding Custom Widgets, and MORE)

[@Senpai]

What's something you'd like me to answer in a more advanced OBS tutorial?

[@lop6568]

Maybe how to see what you are outputing without dropping any frames. Love the channel :)

[@TheKayJ]

Some scenes I don't want a transition on, is there a way to choose or does it just apply to all?

[@Ver116_27]

How to fix the black screen glitch

[@Goodziepoo]

❤️❤️

[@harpreetchana1437]

How can i use your streamlabs rotating feed if my donations are set on streamlabs?

[@johnny8dljuneau]

I am a lecturer and this current global pandemic situation has meant I have needed to switch to online teaching. I really wanted to ensure students continue to receive a high quality education (after all, it’s not cheap, right?). After much research, I realised the Live Streamers are the people who I need to learn from to create a better experience for my students. In particular, your tutorials and resources have been EXTREMELY useful. So thank you, on behalf of me and all my students, for allowing me to ‘up my game’. Heck, at this rate, and with my setup, I may as well go all in and start playing video games live too!....

[@gqcbutworse]

damn 13 year old videos

[@SnakesDontSmile]

good mate :)

[@mrmikemtl]

Hey Johnny. Did you get your set up going? I would be interested to know how it is working out. I am a teacher as well. Thinking about the future if we are constantly going back and forth to remote learning. Cheers.

[@Einkie]

Now this is a good teacher

[@rekk1403]

after selecting "display capture" my multi displays i.e, displays in displays aren't popping up. there's only single and its all black. what do I do?

[@rodrickheffley8032]

I'm only 20 and I feel like an internet granny when it comes to twitch

[@snailsaredumb9412]

Me too bud, me too...

[@lorqfn9173]

rodrick is 20 now, feel old yet?

[@LoshYT]

Lol same

[@canniman7776]

Mate, i'm 38.... the internet didn't exist in peoples houses when i was born. I'm just getting into streaming now so you'll be just fine!

[@MrUpTheRa1234]

How are you already 20 rod?

[@ItsLavhander]

i literally started streaming a couple of days ago without having watched this first. Shame on me. Now I can make things even cleaner and be more confident about what I'm doing. Bless you Harris.

[@ShawnFX]

Hope your channel grows! I'm just for my equipment to arrive then doing my first ever stream!

[@creezin]

I started streaming 2 days ago and watched some videos before i started. Its helped a lot and i had a stream with 10 viewers at one point last night. Such a great feeling!

[@danielagain5634]

@@creezin how is it going bro

[@logan4410]

@@danielagain5634 lmao was about to ask that

[@danielagain5634]

@@logan4410 you planning to start?

[@BlackapinoTheTechGuy]

*FINALLY, Someone who ACTUALLY EXPLAINS How to Use this. Now I can Stream and see how this works.*

[@RS_Redbaron]

Hahaha right

[@kadiewarriner5520]

My display wont show up :( and I dont know why

[@michellelmao131]

that happened to me too u have to change ur graphic settings

[@malibubrad6579]

he never once explained where he got the white line border smh

[@hunterzeastman4076]

It's not only difficult to find half-decent tutorials on streaming. It's nearly impossible to find a creator who doesn't bore you to death by the end of it. I always find these engaging, helpful and entertaining. It helps that you can tell he's genuinely excited to help out new streamers and teach them some tricks of the trade. Alpha is like what Peter McKinnon did for photography tutorials. Thanks man!

[@snactivist]

HOW you explained this was perfect. You included all the little details that most streamers already know and forget to include in videos for newbies. I appreciate the work you put into this! Thank you!

[@ggclover]

This video is quite literally the pinnacle of support for beginners, praise

[@highvibegamer7251]

wish i knew about this before now i know about this and can create really good content just hope i dothe best

[@WhackyCast]

I know how all this works, yet, I'm watching it, just because it's so entertaining.

[@zayneth30rc]

Whacky!!!

[@nadeemnajeeb7269]

@LOKOGUYY _ people are selfish. They don't care about u

[@MD_Production]

@@nadeemnajeeb7269 especially popular people They legit rarely ever respond so I agree its a true statement

[@ChacksenRsps]

Same

[@cayden6940]

WHACKY!!!

[@call_me_stan5887]

OBS is fantastic and it helped A LOT in our remote teaching regime during C19 thing. We could stream from laboratory directly in a multicam set-up, without the need to prepare videos in advance, saving time on recording, editing and rendering. We fed 3 cams and screen capture in various scene configurations and used virtual cam as an input for MS Teams. Worked like a charm. 100% live interaction with students.

[@greg6796]

I know you mainly talk about how to improve as a streamer, but your stuff is also really helping in the KZbin space, trying my hand at it, we’ll see how it goes

[@enduringeveryday]

Casually Cal don’t give up man, keep trying

[@johnl3794]

Casually Cal I’ll send a sub your way my guy, don’t give up

[@timthefatman2615]

Yeah man, the only thing you absolutely need is to not give up, the gear will come with time, I believe in you, who else is getting on the ground floor with this guy?

[@johnplays3317]

Your stuff isn’t bad, keep it up, and keep learning and improving

[@greg6796]

I really appreciate you guys, your words mean a lot, thank you very mcuh

[@cowlords13]

dude this is perfect, i literally was trying to find a video to help me yesterday , this is perfect thankyou

[@mrbotboomer9089]

Same

[@NeverLoseUrNerd]

Go to Eposvox channel, he even has a masterclass on OBS

[@1ksubswithnovideos928]

What’s funny is I still need to get a capture card but I’m watching all these tutorials on OBS... Sme btw

[@sebas.0773]

same

[@aaryanraskar]

69 likes

[@ancientkaz]

This is by far the most useful tutorial I have ever come across. Very good and straight to the point.

[@aoifeobailey5757]

Great tutorial. I'd love a more advanced walk through, specifically when it comes to designing your own custom widgets for things like alerts.

[@LuteOfficial]

That “Now Playing” graphic is LEGIT. I would LOVE to have something like that in my stream!

[@noooo5993]

Pixel chat

[@crosbyreece]

Out of all the obs videos for beginners, this has been the best one I’ve watched. Finally getting my pc built, and streaming on twitch, I needed to know how obs works. You explained it so well for me to understand

[@seanwattles9264]

I just need to say one thing Harris, you are a shining light in the community of streamers. You, and a SMALL handful of others, go out of your way to assist people and welcome them into this space. I hope others will follow the example you have set.

[@WackyJacky101]

MOM GET THE CAMERA Luv u harris

[@jett2235]

@Comedy Local Gaming haha- good luck

[@alexbeadventuring4633]

You are such a huge help man I have been wanting to stream for years but was just nervous. Your advice makes things a lot less overwhelming. I appreciate all the hard work you put into your production, keep up the good work!

[@jkarley42]

An informative, ADHD-friendly video for my uninformed ADHD brain. Thanks fam

[@natthejellyfish]

meds are so helpful for my adhd brain. but when they wear off his videos are amazing

[@rouge652]

I stand by that statement

[@tsuuthesloth]

I felt this haha

[@zedlz]

@@natthejellyfish thats nice, meds did not help me

[@caseysmith7182]

This was seriously so perfect, I’m trying to start streaming but I was so lost, thanks for the help fam

[@ItsJavaJawa]

did you manage to stream at some point?

[@mindyhooksyarn]

I am SO glad this popped on my feed! I am not new to gaming as I am 48 and started out on the Atari system. I know to record and upload videos to my YT channel Mad Ferret Studios. I have used computers since the day they came out available for the public. But when it comes to using OBS for live streaming I am very much overwhelmed. I want to start live streaming now that our channel is slowly growing. And this is a whole new beast of an area. And I have to echo the sentiments of another commentary, I feel like a fricking non-tech savvy granny. Thank you for taking the time to walk us newborn noobs through. Looking forward to starting streaming soon!

[@wizardoftech]

when you showed source grouping i swear i could hear the songs of the angels, so thanks for that!

[@TheLuckster]

This is nice to see, after a while. I'm moving from Streamlabs to OBS. Edit: I started to make the switch after watching Nutty's videos about it, and I realized that regular OBS is just better, and it has more features, and *I think* uses less hardware.

[@simarbeer]

TheLuckster why ? They’re essentially the same

[@lucanix8522]

@@simarbeer SLOBS is build on the OBS Core BUT there are a lot of differences. In short: OBS Studio has allways the newest features and has support for plugin and more indepth options, SLOBS has native Streamlabs integration and is much more straight foreward and easier to get into!

[@rosevolverid]

@@simarbeer maybe he faced something similar to me where i wasnt able to change the stream encoder. I had software x264 and hardware qsv, i switched to hardware qsv but when i start streaming, SLOBS always overrides tht setting and puts the encoder back to software x264 OBS on the other hand changes encoders with no problem. He prob facing the same thing, idk dou

[@niftyislive]

How much more hardware intensive is streamlabs....

[@TheLuckster]

@@rosevolverid I didn't, I'm switching for plug-ins and things like that.

[@Ryan-us7oh]

For those of you who didn't know for switching scenes, if you don't have a streamdeck they actually have a phone app and only costs like 2 dollars a month and u can use it on your phones 😉

[@Love23muffin]

I just started streaming on twitch this really help me a lot. Going to try this obs streaming now. Thank you!!

[@djmadlive]

Rus... I am new to streaming also can you let me know how it's working out for you I will be on twitch too!

[@Love23muffin]

@@djmadlive it works awesome. Its free just follow his sets it works very good.

[@animeshuun4211]

Appreciate your advice and taking the time to share this with everyone.

[@OperationWyzard]

This has been one of the best videos that I've discovered helping me take my stream from junk to slightly organized trash!

[@menofmicetea]

Absolutely loved these tips. Even though I am using them, these are still great reminders. Would love a more advanced tutorial as well!

[@TruthAfterDarkPodcast]

bro, you are one if not the best, at explaining what to do when it comes to setting up your stream, I can't thank u enough.

[@MajorLeeGaming]

This is such a great tutorial for beginners man! I know I struggled a lot with this crap in the beginning (still do) 😂

[@tashagotdebo]

Coming from a kid who wants to stream during break or during the summer, thank you so much

[@usingwolfram1352]

I've watched countless hours and videos about how to setup your OBS for streaming on twitch and whatnot and your video is the most high in detail, simplifying overcomplicated settings and tools while being able to deeply explain everything in full detail. Also showing what you use and where to get them is like icing on the cake. You're a true G and as soon as I wake up tmrw, hopefully, my next stream is gonna go from just a plain gameplay screen to a full out near professional stream, thank you

[@The1kberry]

This was so perfect man it was literally everything I needed!

[@ChUnKyMiEnbOi]

This is one of the most comprehensive and easy to follow videos ever for Twitch stream setup guide there is. You saved me hours of figuring it out on my own. Thanks!

[@bacode8337]

My mates and I are soon to start up a gaming channel and me being the only techy one I needed to learn all there is to know about streaming and OBS in particular... your crash course is a time saver! Cheers mate! Brilliant content.

[@killat0r]

I sure wish OBS had an "Undo/Ctrl Z" option haha!

[@victorpkstrength]

It's coming to the next OBS release! Version 27 I believe.

[@vinzer72frie]

It does now

[@MemerDad]

I has it now :)

[@angelaguilera600]

@@MemerDad hey how can I stream my console using OBS studio?

[@MemerDad]

@@angelaguilera600 Sorry, I don't have any idea.

[@yeetavrajplayz7702]

What a guy, I know how to stream now and actually make good content, ty Alpha Gaming!!!!

[@MissRach89]

I'm looking to help my other half get set up on Twitch and offered to mod and set up the back end of stuff like this and was getting a bit lost. But this totally helped! My vague understanding is now a crisp vision of what needs to be done. Thank you so much!!!

[@disgruntl3dv3t]

I very much appreciate your time and effort with all this. I have no idea what I'm doing but your help has been invaluable!

[@swiftfeathers7028]

I want to start streaming and I can already tell that this is going to be extremely helpful!!! Thank you so much for making this video!

[@usnaccountant]

This was very useful. I’m a university professor and accountant. In responding to students and clients I’ve decided to embrace video content. Especially during these tough pandemic times of physical distancing. I’d like to learn more about setting up scenes and transitions. I realized quickly on that using the hot keys on my keyboard is a hot mess so I will be probably expensing a stream deck. For now the hot keys will have to work. I’d also like to learn how you quickly and seamlessly zoom into your face and back out and how to change the cursor on the display capture vice having the tiny arrow. Thanks for posting.

[@SaturnRose]

This was delivered really well for an absolute noob, feel like I have a good starting point, ty.

[@freegamingbuddy6787]

Foreal. It helped me get my stream set up so easily.

[@Walkingcedar2006]

I neglected to mention that I"m not just using this to do my paranormal investigation analysis show, but to teach my University classes in World Literature. Hey, that is the one that pays the bills. ; )

[@striking964]

I know its kinda late but I just wanted to say thank you. Just got my first pc and I was so lost. Your video helped me in the right direction.

[@drvince0725]

I’m 23 and I feel like a boomer with streaming ….now I can be more confident. Thanks for the tips

[@eric_andrews]

This was amazing. Getting my first stream ready, was super overwhelmed, but now I think I'm ready to go. Thanks dude

[@jazzalinn]

I hate watching informational things, it always feels like school to me but this was oddly entertaining. It wasn't even the video I was looking for but I still watched it and learned a lot from it!

[@jab1867]

Dude you’re a legend from guiding me through this

[@hometeamz2073]

Dude thank you, when I tried obs by myself I named my scene minecraft and thought it would just show minecraft, this was a few years ago.

[@potatogaming4101]

I expected this vid to be shorter, but idc cuz i watched it 2 times. Finally someone who can explain things.

[@canvey6758]

Hey dude! i know im a bit late, but how do i get it so that i can see my chat overlay while playing in full screen (single monitor)

[@canvey6758]

@Luke Francis O' Meara yeah I figured it out dude thanks 🙏

[@gregg.oliver]

Would love to have "the next level" tutorial... to learn hot to automate scene switching, etc.

[@assertivenessnotfound3305]

A friend of mine wanted to stream for 1 year by now but still hasn't started yet, I will totally recommend this to them! This is super helpful for setting up a stream of all kinds and it is quite hard finding a proper tutorial that actually helps with setting up a stream, thank you so much :D

[@and4968]

Me: "Do u kno da wey" Alpha Gaming: ..yes..

[@justinred4404]

Hey I think it would be cool if you did an updated version of this with all of the recent features that have come to OBS

[@chloeopalka8619]

i opened obs for the first time tonight and was incredibly overwhelmed and had no idea where to start, but after watching this I am incredibly confident in my ability to get a basic stream going! Thank you for the guide, definitely subbed for more content and tips!

[@nabira1324]

‘So basically I don’t have to use an editing software to edit my vids’ ❤️

[@21_Etho]

Where was this 3 years ago when I wanted to start streaming

[@angelsmile6942]

Downloaded OBS for the first time today to set up a stream I have to do tomorrow, and the only reason I am sane and confident is this video. Everything is working fine, thank you so much for posting this guide!

[@goitalia]

Dude you save my life✌️ now i can start my Journey on youtube. 👑💖

[@oddness8013]

The only problem i am having is the display capture doesn't work for laptops i always try to do display capture and my screen just stays black

[@metamolly379]

im having this issue too. did you end up fixing it?

[@EduardoOliveira-xs6eq]

@@metamolly379 this video helped me kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKPQlH9-e6h0n68

[@oddness8013]

@@metamolly379 nope

[@mattbarnett7985]

Took a few hours of messing with things to make it how I like but I am officially setup and ready to stream!! Thank you so much!

[@thrasherxcv]

Bro this was so informative! What about a more in-depth "How-To" setting up an Elgato with a console to OBS specifically the audio lol

[@chloefranke4556]

Agree, el gato audio is so confusing lol

[@Pixel-Vixn]

I'd watch that one

[@gavinsleeper2018]

I cant find an image without a background for my camera border

[@KozukiRinVT]

Your tutorials for ANYTHING content creator related is the best. Thank you

[@ThePraveenbhat]

awesome tips ...there is a lag , a delay during my window capture . can u suggest some settings

[@sanders4362]

What are you capturing in your window? If it’s a game, then window capture isn’t made for that, but if it is something else, then it is something wrong in your settings.

[@gunnerdax370]

Sanders If it’s a game, how do you capture it?

[@idksom8928]

Use streamlabs obs

[@aydenzinter2849]

@@idksom8928 streamlabs performance is horrible, if you have a bad pc use regular obs

[@damontracey8439]

Alrighty Harris, i have been watching for months, i have gone back and watched some older vids. 1.) Thank you for putting very helpful content out my man. truly appreciate the help, i even use one of your old cam overlay's 2.) i need HELP! using an Elgato HD60 s, and after the ps4 update to 7.5.5(or whatever i know its 7.5) i lost all audio to my stream and recording. on my channel i have evidence of it working(Darthdizzle2243) i played Final Fantasy 7 remake on my ps4. sir i have uninstalled and reinstalled the elgato software and even reset my OBS to default, added the elgato back and still nothing for the ps4 Dude i could really use the help, you have been such a help so far. p.s. my xbox connects just fine but my Switch is also giving me grief

[@djordje0]

probably one of the best tutorials out there for begginers, thank you very much!! btw your voice is so calming I would listen to you whole day straight😂😂

[@SE7VENprod]

Harris do you recommend switching from streamlabs obs to just obs

[@MrDylanButton]

yes

[@LilJagger]

Yes

[@SicariusGaming87]

What is so wrong with slobs?

[@shaepaulo]

@@SicariusGaming87 nothing, they're both fine. slobs is a little more user friendly to get your feet wet if you don't want to "learn" obs

[@MarveliciousG]

@@shaepaulo it also uses more cpu then normal obs + streamelement, there is simply no reason to use slobs.

[@Fxrgd]

Can we have the link to the Now Playing overlay? Couldn’t find it and thought it was cool.

[@noooo5993]

Pixel chat

[@RicardoIsBored]

It’s on pixelchat.net

[@Fxrgd]

Ceberus Thanks!

[@Fxrgd]

4Hexd Thanks!

[@bengvideos572]

I was looking two days for this video . Finally found someone who explains in details on how to work with obs . I'm using elgato HD60X and struggling with my microphone on my head set .

[@markusbond7262]

RIP spotify widget doesnt work anymore :(

[@ILIKEGAMES80]

Really I just finished setting it up and wondered if it was gonna change eventually but never did do you know of any new options???

[@miker1568]

Just switching over to streaming from a laptop instead of directly from console. This has been a huge help! Thank you

[@DoctorFatPuppyGaming]

This is the best turtorial i have ever seen on OBS for twitch!!!!

[@nicholasbond6319]

so i have just decided i want to try my hand at streaming and spent several hours over a few weeks on best tools and i settled on obs. but it is a whole new world. these tips have kinda eased the burden of new knowledge thanks heaps

[@4089saad]

whats your twitch channel i wanna give a follow :)

[@nextgenpoke7573]

Super helpful! My two children convinced me to start a channel with them and I bought all the gear/computer/lighting ect.. Then ii realized wow I don't know how to record! This was displayed and explained prefect for me to take notes and at least started. I am honestly hoping now i have the right equipment, Regardless thank you for making this video! NextGenPoke

[@LilkuYt]

i wanna say i appreciate you & your content ive been doing youtube 5 years & now im able to get into streaming because of you 💯

[@ildani550]

finally someone who has properties of language and summary. keep up with the good work

[@pixievixen]

Had to switch from Stream labs OBS to OBS and now I have no issues with alerts and or dropping frames. I recommended this to any streamer struggling with that.

[@fantastic_4ork]

Been streaming for the past year on console, I'm now trying to switch to streaming through a laptop with obs. Your video provided me with some very useful information, so thank you.

[@Ondrarix]

What amazing video this is. I can already tell I will watch this multiple times as a I would scroll through a textbook. 10/10 Much appreciated.

[@stevie_stevens7134]

man i just wanna say thank you haha, i downloaded obs and was figuring all of this out along the way as it is and had it working but my video quality was crap and i didn't know how to customize anything, i can't tell you how much all of this helped. thanks so much!

[@HylianMom]

I have tried to find the right video to guide me through OBS but never have I found one that was this easy but also covered so much. I stumbled along in the darkness for a year before you brought me to the OBS light. Thank you!!! I am going to be coming here for all future needs, and I also love your beard and hair. :D

[@KutVibezLLC]

This is by far the BEST OBS setup guide for us newbs, thanks 📈📈📈

[@UltimateGrandpa1]

im serious,he explained and i understood wow finally someone that is great.thank you

[@prauwnsauce]

Thank you so much, I legit was so worried on how to use obs and now I’m definitely confident enough to sneak around in the software

[@prauwnsauce]

Oh man you didn’t mention you can put gifs lmao

[@johnborrini4623]

I'm VERY new to streaming of any kind and this was super Helpful and easy to understand for someone like me who knew very little about the OBS software and the daunting number of options.

[@NorthernSoulGaming]

This was a super helpful tutorial. Not even just for streaming but for using OBS in general. I've used OBS for a bit now and don't believe how much I'd missed just from watching this video! Thanks for the help!

[@trapray1]

had my pc for 4 days trying to figure eveything out on my own going thru several peoples videos and yours is the only ones i understand they helped me out alot im not so stressed anymore thank you my friend suggested you watched several of your videos answering all my questions.

[@alcibiades4579]

I hope you see this becauses you're THE man. You've helped my out so much and I want you to know how grateful I am to you for this video. Thank you.

[@Xyzrutfrj]

Thanks dude the most detailed and basic video on obs screen recorder live streaming that i have seen so far. I am really grateful to you my friend 🙏

[@andyrechenberg]

Love this. Thank you for the help. One clarification - 14:13 for the decibel (dB) scale, the power output is doubled or halved every +-3dB. Every +-6dB is doubling or halving of voltage or Sound Pressure Level (SPL). Because human loudness “perception” is logarithmic (like the dB scale), perceived volume doubles or halves for every +-10dB. Yes, I’m an audio 🤓. Thanks again for the great video. Cheers from Space City.

[@KissMyConverseFool]

Couldn't you just make 10 louder?

[@slenderfilms139]

Thank you. I plan on just plain recording for KZbin for a while before any streaming but this was a great introduction to OBS.

[@fatgriz69]

This video has been very helpful. The OBS software for a newbie can be very daunting to try and just figure it out on your own but your guide is very well made and easy to follow. I'd recommend this video to anyone coming in to learn how to get a beginners stream going. MUCH APPRECIATED!

[@BartTheSpartan]

By far the best OBS video I’ve seen, incredibly helpful

[@ysoserious1318]

OBS has been overwhelming before I watched your video. 21 min later and everything has changed. Thank you!

[@ADHDGingy]

been streaming for a year and this has been the best help since im rebranding a bit

[@YettiSweaty]

Just got a brand new pc and looked up for OBS settings and found you. This is great extremely helpful and simple perfectly explained too. Thank you for helping out the community! ❤

[@kyrawells8169]

I find your content to be super helpful. I like how you explain things + your voice is easy to listen to. Thanks for being here!

[@AverageMoe]

I’m am a new streamer and this sole video has been the MOST informative and comprehensive guide/tutorial I have seen period. Thank youX3. I’m officially subscribed to this channel and if you ever feel like raiding a low level stream I’m AverageMoeShow on Twitch . Blessings