Tips to Get Best OBS Settings for Live Streaming and Screen Record

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Tips to Get Best OBS Settings for Live Streaming and Screen Record

4 June 2020 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Last update by James Smith at 9 November 2026

Summary
Video game live streaming is becoming hotter and hotter. Now, this industry attracts many new comers. But they are confused about how to get the best OBS settings for clear and fluent live streaming. They don’t know how to record video game, either. In this essay, we will talk about how to improve live streaming through OBS settings and use Renee Video Editor Pro to record screen.

Content

Part 1: How to Get Best OBS Settings for Live Streaming

Part 2: OBS Screen Record

Part 3: Use Renee Video Editor Pro to Record Video Game

Part 4: Summary

Part 1: How to Get Best OBS Settings for Live Streaming

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), the free, multifunctional and open-source software of live streaming, is widely used live shows. In order to get the better live effect, the game hosts always use OBS. But many people still don’t know how to get the best OBS settings for clear screen quality. Here are the steps.

Step 1: Open OBS before your live show. Then, right-click at the blank space and select to add [Scenes].

Step 2: Right-click at the blank space under [Sources] to select [Window Capture]. Then, your screen will be captured.

Step 3: Right click at the source and get into [Properties]. In the option [Mode], select [Capture any fullscreen application]. Then, select the game you like, such as LOL and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds.

Step 4: Go to edit the capture settings.

Step 5: Further edit the output settings

Step 6: After that, back to the main interface and click [Preview Stream]. The small green block is the proof of successful settings. Then, click [Start Stream] and begin your live show.

Notice: You must complete all settings before your live streaming. Otherwise, all effects are invalid. If you want to check the live effect, you can preview stream. The green block next to the frame rate means well fluency while the red one is the proof of bad effect. If you want the live streaming to be more fluent, we suggest you set the frame rate as 30kb/s. The screen will be normal unless the resolution of the viewer is above 2K. Besides, if OBS fail to capture the target screen, you can try to display capture.

Part 2: OBS Screen Record

Usually, we need to record screen. Especially for the game hosts, they need to discover the problems in their live streaming by watching the live replay. Or, they need to keep their fancy moments. These ideas reply on a screen recorder.

Of course, OBS contains the screen recording function but this function is just accessary. The key feature of OBS is live streaming improvement. Besides, the recorded contents cannot be edited within OBS. Black screen and unclear screen are also cons of this recording function.

Part 3: Use Renee Video Editor Pro to Record Video Game

If you want to record the clearer game screen, we suggest Renee Video Editor Pro, a multifunctional video editor and screen recorder.

In addition to recording game screen, Renee Video Editor Pro can merge several records into one, cut/rotate/edit videos, convert video formats, and add background music/subtitles/special effects. Besides, there are many fancy styles of watermarks. Users can freely add text, image, video and shape watermark to their videos.

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How to use Renee Video Editor Pro to record video game:

Step 1: Download and install Renee Video Editor Pro and click [Screen Recorder].

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Step 2: Set the recording options, such as record target and storage location.

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Step 3: Before recording, you can go to the Video tab in Settings to further set for screen record, such as output format, quality, resolution and frame rate. MP4 is well because of wide use.

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Step 4: After that, back to the main interface and click [Record] to record your video game.

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Notice: If you want to record your PC screen at the specific time, auto record schedule is right for you. To enable this function, click [Auto] at the right corner of the interface.

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Set all necessary options and click [OK] to create the auto recording schedule.

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Part 4: Summary

Here are the tips to get the best OBS settings for live streaming and screen record for video game. All in all, the recoding function of OBS is not powerful enough for clear screen record. Black screen and vague screen are the drawbacks. What’s more, OBS don’t support further editing. If you want to record the video game well, Renee Video Editor Pro is the professional software for recording screen and editing video. Compared with OBS, it has the more fluent recording effect and auto recording schedule. Besides, it supports MP4, FLV, AVI, WMV and many other output formats but also contains many editing functions.