[0:00] Today I'm going to be quickly showing
[0:01] you guys how you can take the video
[0:02] quality of your live streams from
[0:04] looking blurry, blotchy, and choppy to
[0:07] crystal clear, thus improving the
[0:09] viewing experience for your audience.
[0:11] And to do this, we're going to be using
[0:12] OBS Studio to implement these best
[0:15] practice settings. So, the first thing
[0:16] we're going to want to do is head over
[0:17] to the right hand side and access our
[0:19] settings. Go to the video tab. And
[0:22] within here, you're going to want to set
[0:24] the base and output canvas resolutions.
[0:26] The standard quality that you'll
[0:28] typically see on platforms such as
[0:29] YouTube and Twitch is going to be 1080p
[0:32] 60. So, right now, my base canvas is
[0:34] 1920x 1080, but our output is at 720p,
[0:38] and we want to adjust this to be at
[0:39] 1080p quality. As for the common FPS
[0:42] value, the standard is 60 fps. So, we're
[0:45] going to want to change that from 30 to
[0:47] 60. Once that's good to go, let's select
[0:50] apply and okay. And then the next thing
[0:52] we're going to want to do is add our
[0:53] gameplay source. So I'm going to do that
[0:55] within my sources by going to the plus
[0:57] button here, then adding a video capture
[0:59] device source. I'm just going to call it
[1:01] capture card. Select okay. And within
[1:04] here, we're going to select the device
[1:05] dropdown and choose the capture card
[1:07] connected to our computer. For me, I'm
[1:09] using the Aver Media Live Gamer 4K 2.1.
[1:12] Since I have everything connected
[1:14] correctly, it just popped right up. And
[1:15] then the next thing we're going to want
[1:16] to do is head over down here to the
[1:18] resolution FPS type. Let's select this
[1:21] dropdown and instead of using the device
[1:23] default, let's change that to custom.
[1:25] And then under that you're going to see
[1:26] the resolution dropdown. So we're going
[1:28] to choose that as well. Now if you
[1:30] happen to be playing your game in 4K
[1:32] quality and you are passing that through
[1:34] your capture card, I would go ahead and
[1:36] select the 4K option here. And the
[1:39] reason for this is because you'll get a
[1:40] better image quality if you set it to 4K
[1:43] rather than 1080p. But let's say your
[1:45] computer can't handle processing 4K,
[1:48] then instead I would just knock it down
[1:50] to 1920 by 1080, which will still look
[1:52] great. After that, you're going to want
[1:54] to set your FPS value to 60. OBS, why is
[1:58] this showing up over here? What?
[1:59] Whatever. Video format, you can keep at
[2:02] any color space, you can do Rex 709. And
[2:06] then color range, you want to have that
[2:08] to be full. Once that's done, go ahead
[2:10] and select okay. And now the next thing
[2:12] we're going to want to do is modify our
[2:14] actual stream settings. So to do that,
[2:16] we're going to want to go back over to
[2:17] our settings, then go to the output tab.
[2:21] And from here, instead of being in the
[2:22] simple output mode, we're going to want
[2:24] to select that drop down and choose the
[2:26] advanced option. Now, staying within the
[2:30] streaming tab here, audio track, you can
[2:32] keep that as is. Audio encoder is fine.
[2:35] VOD track is fine. The video encoder is
[2:38] one of the most important parts you're
[2:40] going to want to pay attention to. So,
[2:41] right now, mine is set to x264, which
[2:44] means it's leveraging the CPU or also
[2:47] known as the processor on my computer.
[2:50] You'll want to keep this option selected
[2:52] if you don't have a dedicated graphics
[2:54] card such as one from Nvidia or AMD. In
[2:57] my case, I do have an Nvidia RTX 5070
[3:01] series graphics card. So, in my case,
[3:04] I'm going to want to select the Nvidia
[3:05] Invect H.264 for my video encoder. For
[3:09] those of you guys that are using an M1,
[3:11] M2, M3, M4 silicon base chip Mac, then
[3:14] you're going to want to select the Apple
[3:16] VT hardware encoder. From there, we can
[3:18] head over down to our encoder settings.
[3:21] The rate control, we're going to want to
[3:22] have that at CBR or constant bit rate.
[3:25] The bit rate itself, you're going to
[3:27] want to set that to 6,000 if you're on
[3:29] Twitch. But if you're streaming to a
[3:31] platform like YouTube that doesn't have
[3:33] a cap on how much bit rate you can push
[3:36] out, then I would put this up to 10,000
[3:38] kilobits per second as your video
[3:40] quality will look much nicer compared to
[3:42] using a lower bit rate. As for the key
[3:44] frame interval, you're going to want to
[3:45] set this to two so that your viewers
[3:46] have a better playback experience.
[3:48] Presets, you can keep those as is with
[3:51] the exception of the multipass mode drop
[3:53] down. I would set that to full
[3:55] resolution. Profile can remain high.
[3:58] Look ahead and adaptive quantization
[4:00] should be checked off and B frame should
[4:02] be too. Once you have that complete, go
[4:04] ahead and select apply and okay. Go
[4:07] ahead and launch your stream with your
[4:09] new updated settings and let me know in
[4:11] the comment section below how your
[4:12] quality is looking. Now, as a bonus tip,
[4:15] if you are running to any network issues
[4:17] with your stream, then go back to your
[4:18] bit rate setting and keep reducing it by
[4:21] intervals of 500 until your issue is
[4:24] gone. It would even help to do a
[4:26] internet speed test to see where you're
[4:28] coming in at that will help you to
[4:29] adjust this number more precisely. All
[4:31] right, that's it. Told you it was going
[4:33] to be a quick one. Peace.