Best OBS Settings for Recording 2024 - NO LAG

In this tutorial I show you the best OBS settings for recording 2024. This is a complete guide that covers all of the output and video settings for recording in OBS.
The most important OBS recording settings are the output settings. The output settings allows you to choose the recording format and encoder settings. When it comes to encoder settings you will want to use the CQP rate control option. This is the best for getting great quality when recording with OBS. The CQ level allows you to select the quality your OBS recordings will be. The lower the CQ level the higher quality of your recordings. However, this also results in a large file size.
For the best 1080 recording settings you will want to set CQ level to 15. This will provide great video quality without increasing the file size too high. If the file sizes are too large then you can use 16.
Anyone with a low end PC can try alternative settings which a higher CQ level. Alternatively, the CBR rate control can also be used. When using CBR rate control on a low end PC you can typically use a bitrate 25000. This will help give good quality without lag.
If you're recording in 4K in in OBS then you may want to set a higher CQ level. Using a CQ level around 18 will provide smaller file sizes while still maintaining good quality. The same settings can also be used for recording in 1440p.
When setting up your recording settings in OBS you will want to set your audio devices correctly. This will ensure your desktop audio, gameplay or microphone is also being recorded. For video editing purposes you can set your recordings to have multiple audio tracks. Allowing your microphone and desktop audio to be on their own tracks.
I have also shown how to setup a hotkey to record you screen. Once a hotkey as been set you can start and stop OBS recordings using a keyboard shortcut of your choice. If the same hotkey is set for both the start and stop recording options then the keyboard shortcut will work as a toggle. Pressing the shortcut once will start the recording while pressing it a second time will stop the recording.
When finding the best OBS recording settings for gaming you need to consider what your PC can handle. If you experience any lag then you will need to lower the quality of your recordings to best match what your low-end PC can do. If you're using CQP rate control, you will need to increase the CQ level to fix laggy recordings. However, you will need to reduce the bitrate when using CBR.
The best format for recording in OBS is MP4. If you're recording longer videos then you will want to use MKV. Using MKV will ensure the recording doesn't become corrupt if OBS were to crash. You will also want to use MKV if you're recording something important. Additionally, you will need to remux your MKV recordings to convert them to MP4. Allowing you to use the recordings in editing software.
If you choose to record videos in OBS with MP4 then you won't need to convert your recordings.
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[@slurptech]

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[@realoctora]

what is there's no CQP in the rate control??

[@Petq011]

My videos are still stuttering, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I tried all of the different presets you showed. Do you have any other video showcasing some other presets, or some sort of advice? Thank you in advance, and thank you for the video! :D

[@Portal_god1234]

this helped me thank you

[@PragmaticTax]

You're a saint for not turning this into some long, drawn out process! I love that it's clear, concise, and straight to the point!

[@CptSalty]

I feel this. I chose this video specifically, since it wasn't 18 minutes long to show 5 or 6 settings

[@ViperChief]

absolutely

[@AlwaysHorseLove]

It seems like you just saved my recordings. Thanks for the straight-forward no nonsense info!!!

[@FireFlameFriends]

Verified?

[@asherahgames]

Thank you! cleared my headache.

[@DudeATS]

Dayumm he didnt pin yo neither did he reply

[@sameerkhan-c5v1s]

@@DudeATS c'mon dude. I don't think that he tipped for sake of getting pinned or getting a reply.

[@ramosness4278]

i still have one lol, whats up with the output resolution? is that just a standard one and its up to the individual?

[@Bigduccc]

@@DudeATS bro a menace lmao

[@DudeATS]

@@sameerkhan-c5v1s bruh he should've pinned or atleast replied as thanks dont u think?

[@lucieus_]

I just downloaded obs and watched some tutorials on how to use it and after recording a bit, my quality was bad and I was looking even more tutorials on how to use obs. I didn't come here to fix the lag, but I am so happy I found this video, it's very informative and everything is to the point.

[@raidbossdad]

To mimic a bunch of other people... Well done, quick , simple and to the point. No filler. Cheers!

[@CrockiRiki]

2 minutes in and this guy already fixed my problem

[@SEVPROJECTS]

Channels like these need a lot of subscribers and likes because they really deserve it, I've seen 20 videos before this one saying *ok lets cut to the chase or im not gonna waste your time* and then proceed to talk for 20 minutes and my recording still ends up looking like garbage

[@HowieRaps]

Just wanted to come back and say thank you for this! An update changed my settings to factory again and these are perfect! Looks great and practically no frame loss. (My laptop is lower end)

[@jiggyspice6809]

Thank you so much you beautiful human. So clean and easy to follow tutorial. Cant upvote this video any harder

[@lochIness]

Omg thank you so frickin much I didn’t think it was possible to get this good of a framerate on my laptop lol!!!💜💜💜💜

[@Giel1]

Great video! It’s good and short, love it!

[@ese_spy_no_es_nuestro]

Gyjdhki

[@nickyork7880]

Finally your tips fixed my recordings from looking fuzzy

[@collapsingmadns]

Thank you. YOU BROKE MY ENTIRE VIDEO RECORDER SOFTWARE. it literally was so bad that i had to change it.

[@slurptech]

What do you mean by broke the software? These are just settings and won't do that. If the recordings are laggy then it's most likely because your computer can't handle the settings you're using. If you're having issues with OBS itself you can close the application or restart your computer, then change the settings.

[@collapsingmadns]

@@slurptech it was like, it made weird noises, it was laggy

[@wladatronpr1me]

Thx man! U helped me. Greetings from Serbia!

[@DarkVM]

as a youtuber im proud stright to the point not like other 16 min vids 1 sub+

[@HigorBaptistella]

Thank you so much mate! Finally someone post something useful, keep up 🎉

[@nasscim]

thank you sm, i had some lag on the footage and now it is fixed

[@AayushSharma-b2c]

How did u fix it, when I play and record a video using obs, it does not lag but when I see the saved vid it lags a lot, ?

[@TonicCosine]

@@AayushSharma-b2c Same i have no idea how to fix it

[@kingmuzzy]

Thank you soooooooo much this actually worked!!! My rocket league gameplay has been such low quality and you sorted it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Will this work on my stream too or do I need to mess with more setting for that? Many thanks x

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[@Leusiom1]

lol 😂

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[@imadsaddik]

Thanks, super quick and to the point

[@VersaceMints]

Trying these out for a video I am recording soon so we will see how everything works out 👌

[@caderainier4052]

Quick and to the point, I *love* it! Subscribed! :)

[@L1fe_quotes]

thanks man, also i tried looking in the properties and clicked "use device timestamps" and i think that what fixed mine.

[@QASSASI_Arabic]

What should i do if i don't have CQP?

[@slurptech]

try CBR with 30000 bitrate

[@guyver1215]

very nice tutorial thank you straight forward to the point no nonsense.

[@YungAp-hb8ex]

very helpful, fully changed the way it looks

[@ourkaksha-mk3049]

Mann u literally helped me 😢seriously Thank u 🇳🇵

[@urnotmyfavemma]

Thank you so much for this video ❤❤ it helped me so much

[@p0pguy87]

let's give this man a trophy🏆

[@kopou99]

straight to the point, thanks!

[@4ura_w0r1d]

god damn u almost make me lose all my gallery but I fix it! Thank u

[@eggiobeggo]

works like a charm. thank you so much!

[@sodiqololade]

Bro thank you My vide quality was improved

[@Shihabshark]

Thank you so much.

[@Kawber]

Perfect video thank you!

[@Saver4]

Very good explained thanks

[@KireasEZ]

Thanks for this it helped me

[@PalpableLesson]

thank you bro

[@pratamachanel3439]

Good, it’s work.!! Thank you.❤

[@gavin5769]

I subscribed. Great video!

[@vng4530]

Oh mann u are godly u only told us what we needed take a bow king👑

[@mustafaelhaimer]

Thanks

[@Xander7576]

Thank u soo much

[@NazberryYt]

thank you

[@thegilfactortv]

Thanks for Sharing!

[@TerryMurrayTalks]

Thanks for the video, it was very helpful.

[@Hierophant_Gaming_1M]

Thx bro ❤ this video helped me so much

[@iimacdonald]

Great video mate. Thanks

[@siwnx]

thank you sir!

[@DeckToSky]

Thanks so much mate!!! u help me so much

[@maestroLYT]

You are a legend ❤

[@Theo10karlsson]

THANK YOU

[@Kinils]

thanks i love you!!!!!

[@thegamingstudio7895]

Thankyou so much 😍

[@Aisendray]

Thankyou !

[@trog1212]

What is this "CQP" you speak of? :D My options are CBR, ABR, VBR, and CRF. I've updated to the latest release...what gives?

[@fusion9258]

what encoder are you using? i don't think they all have CQP but you can use CBR if it doesn't show up for you

[@Knosferatu]

use CRF its the same.

[@JustTheManiac]

same with me.

[@DrinkingWithDrewShow]

Yeah your Encoder Settings are WAY different than what I see on my end.

[@Reb-012]

So thanks man

[@Q8Duelist]

Is this recommended if recording in Laptop?

[@ScrimmSix]

i would also like to know that

[@know5656]

Yes, Bro even 4GB Laptop

[@SamEditz-z]

Ye

[@usmclucas]

THX!

[@redzorogaming]

best tutorial so far! good expain and fast! thank you. Btw for 720p record CQ Level also is good with 15-16?

[@unidentified799]

might aswell go 1 or 2 lower with 720p, but idk why you would record in 720p tbf

[@4Star__11]

This man’s truly god.

[@Nisaaaaaaa23]

man ate and left no crumbs ..thanks for the straight foward teaching

[@gokusgames]

Well done sir

[@One-Day-After-Another]

I wondered about the bitrate recording vs using CRF (constant rate factor).... when editing video handbrake recommends encoding using CRF and not bitrate... so when I saw the bitrate I wondered if I should change that... Usually if you're ripping a DVD and have the raw file that you want to compress, deinterlace, etc.... if it's 480p the defaul is 20 CRF... but I usually bump it to 17... but when it comes to using OBS... I'm such a noob. I've successfully recorded a few things (not game play) just recording video.. so I used 30 FPS....using a capture card... and I still noticed on some recordings a slight stutter during panning scenes... like if the camera slowly zooms in or out or moves slowly side to side...you will see a slight jerk (not horrible)...I can re-encode the recorded video and choose a setting to drop duplicate frames... that helps a lot but I still see it on occasion

[@MuqriBlue]

The video editing software DaVinci Resolve 18 is fine with MKV recordings well.

[@jackalack7234]

Followed your guide. I am trying to record Minecraft, but still getting like 20-30fps in recordings. I have a 7800 xt and a 5800x3d

[@PPFHD]

WOW, but how? 😱

[@papuyonic]

great content

[@Atom53185]

I don't know why, but after you scroll, for the CQ stuff and after that, I don't have those settings

[@Bad_Abisu]

Probably your OBS studios is outdated, Or you use some other encoders or something like that. But I would recommend checking your obs status.

[@V3cT0r..]

thanks

[@KsDiaku]

best tutorial i have seen in a f*cking while! I love you. 😂

[@Dereliction_]

my goat♥

[@FOX-BRICKS]

Hi, you could have added that Nvidia NVENC h.264 is only for graphics cards of the GTX 10 series or lower. Nvidia NVENC HEVC is for the newer RTX 20,30 and 40 series graphics cards. best regards

[@slurptech]

H.264 is better for editing, especially at high resolutions. I should have mentioned that if you plan on just recording and not editing anything to use HEVC but was just trying to be fast and as an “overall best” it’s h.264 but I may be bias as a video editor

[@PPFHD]

Fake info, nvenc h264 still gtx 600 series and gt 710 can do that too. Hevc already gtx 900 i think.

[@Lord.Uchiha_Madara]

Thank

[@INameIess]

Amazing

[@honzulka0512]

Maybe I'll instal OBS again bcs I got this version 1 year ago but I uninstaled it bcs it won't record screen Now I know how to do it, so I hope it will work

[@dez1448]

good vid; comment for algorythm

[@ryancollinsvideo]

Great video - one question though. Why would you not have output (scaled) resolution to 3840x2160? I'm recording video editing tutorials and my monitor is 3440x1440 so would it make sense to have both the same, or to have the output scaled resolution at 1920 x 1080? Cheers!

[@1maxearth]

I would output at 4k and keep them the same.

[@kaigamingyt8112]

Hello can I ask? on my obs studio, when i go to the "encoder settings" It doesn't show up the settings: Preset, Tuning, Multipass mode, [Look Ahead - Psycho Visual Tuning] and GPU. My version is already 30.02. I hope you can read this comment so that you can help me. :D

[@purpleman5564]

same here

[@handypurley]

same

[@hard2believe]

Same

[@mandardhale6918]

Can you suggest the same for streaming? I am window capturing something but the quality is degrading

[@malcomthehomie]

What should I do if the NVIDIA encoder doesn't show up?

[@AGENT-909]

Same here.

[@ninjary5845]

I have a question my video encoder doesn't show NIVIDIA NVENC H.264 it shows QuickSyncH.264

[@PPFHD]

Use Quicksync VBR 8000 kbps,preset veryslow profile high Keyframe 6 b frames 2. And dont click mine name, and dont watch mine Channel. 😂

[@Hisoblack29]

my recordings for reactions be laggy at least when i try to record full screen on youtube videos any tips to fix this because it diddnt use to be a problem at all

[@ToriksLV]

Nice

[@birthing4blokes46]

thank you for this great video, was very helpful for sure. I want to record a reaction video, I am finding lag when doing the recording, it is so frustrating. I have made all the changes that chatGPT suggest, my settings seem to be ok. i have unplugged and repluged the cam link etc. etc. i am using a mac mini m2 with 8 gigs of ram. I do not know what to next to improve the video quality? feel frustrated etc etc. i am also getting lag on zoom, not so much when i record with quick time player, but still there is a little lag still, i have turned off every other program so that only obs is playing. do i need a new camlink? aghhhh if you could help that would be great.

[@fredblues7175]

I hope this works. I Did everything in the editor with no change, so I hope the problem is in the recorder.

[@yannachxn]

What if I don't have the CQP in Encoder Settings? What will I use?

[@slurptech]

CBR and test quality of 20000 bitrate

[@PARANOIDGAMIN]

MY OBS IS NOT SHOWING THE ENCODER SETTINGS IN RECORDING SECTION PLZZ HELP!

[@StrawbrryMilk]

same

[@TcaphtaeD]

update your obs

[@Sishir7171]

Bro i updated my obs and it does not show CQP

[@AngelSwervo]

Why should you check the box to automatically remuz to mp4? Then you have a mkv version & a mp4 version. Do I just use the mp4 version & why? Is it better to use that?

[@midibenni]

If u use ure Output Videofile later on a Video-Editor and cut or trim that Video-Recording to upload on youtube. The most Video-Editor Software on this planet handle mkv files not very well. if u put a mkv file in a video-editor, it lags to load on the position you will cut or trim. you cant move the curser fluid on that position you want (mkv). The Elgato Games Capture Software doing it too. The Elgato Software has also a shadow recording in background in .ts or .mkv and if you stop recording, that software delete the shadow recording and you get the mp4 output.

[@BadejoAyowaleEmmanuel]

Hello Mr Michael, My name is AY I am from Nigeria. I have been trying to connect my OBS to VideoPsalm to display lyrics..My OBS version is 30.2.3 & Videopsalm version is 1.27beta. What do I need to do Mr Micheal to Integrate my Videopsalm Lyrics into my OBS

[@R0b0teqGD]

1:24 I don't have the CQP option, what should i choose?

[@R0b0teqGD]

I Have CBR option used

[@JamesYTLyrics]

Hmm.. If you don't have that option, I think you should leave that. And it will be fine.

[@R0b0teqGD]

@@JamesYTLyrics Thank you my recording is fine

[@commentsectionweissenheime2071]

CQ at 15 is ridiculous. The file sizes are enormous and there is no gain over 16, 18-20 is also quite acceptable, quality wise. Same with running CBR at 25000, 15000 is more than youtube allows for 1080p60.

[@Aboringidiot]

i love this vid but i dont have CQP in my rate control 😢😢😢😢

[@robinstanfield1699]

Ok you have start a game to record what key do you tap to start the obs record or toggle back and forth to game and obs

[@AlThePal78]

I guess it is a good setting but I don't have multipass and some other features you have 😢

[@rocus80m]

I am running it on a mac M3, what type of Video Decoder will I nee to take? X264? Is this then the best one? Not the apple H.264 Hardware Encoder?

[@Vjayje_offical]

i have on the video encoder another option which is called NVIDIA NVENC AV1. Should i use this instead?

[@PA22859]

Did everything suggested but for some reason it still lags when recording COD gameplay, even though I get avg 120fps and record at 60fps. Looks like 30fps and delayed sound. Only happens on COD and not other games for some reason

[@NeoPlayzSC]

i did the shortcut to find out it didnt work, it keeps saying "starting the output failed. please check the log for details"

[@Yoltx_Zapix]

So when i record a video in Roblox bedwars (with xbox bar) the video gets blurry so if i record with obs and with these settings will it help to get better quality and not blurry? pls anyone respond!!

[@Rizzad-UwU]

yea xbox game bar kinda sucks