How to Use OBS Studio - Complete Tutorial for Beginners!

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Published 2021-01-24
Learn how to use OBS Studio step-by-step in this complete OBS Tutorial for beginners! Open Broadcaster Software is powerful, free live streaming software for Facebook Live, YouTube Live, and all the major livestream platforms.

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Timestamps:
00:00 How to Use OBS Studio
01:07 Getting started on OBS Studio
04:06 OBS Settings
06:39 Best bitrates for live streaming on OBS
08:04 Recording settings on OBS
08:34 Audio settings on OBS
09:49 Video resolution settings on OBS
11:07 Hotkeys on OBS
11:30 How to automatically reconnect on OBS
11:55 How to set up scenes on OBS
15:18 How to add a secondary camera on OBS
16:20 How to add a screen share on OBS
17:42 How do picture in picture on OBS
18:52 How to add a video on OBS
20:24 How add effects on OBS
22:11 How to crop on OBS
23:17 How to add text on OBS
24:19 How to add logos on OBS
25:00 How to go live on OBS
26:49 How to use OBS Studio Mode
28:00 How to create custom animations

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Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio) is a powerful, free live streaming app (and screen recorder) compatible with all the major live stream platforms.

It also works on Mac, PC and Linux and while it packs in a TON of great features, it can be a little intimidating for new users just starting out… But that’s where we come in!

In this video we’ll run through a complete OBS tutorial for beginners, covering everything you need to get up and running fast, step-by-step.

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All Comments (21)
  • Justin, your tutorials are heads and shoulders above everyone else on the YouTube platform. Thank you so much. Very clear. Very concise.
  • Must admit, set the benchmark on video tutorials. Kept it simple, informal, engaging, punchy but with enough detail to get you going. Awesome job
  • @GordyUno
    2-years later and your video is still amazing and relevant. Thinking of doing something livestream using OBS. It's definitely powerful and I thank you for going through the steps to get this newbie started. Gracias!
  • This is such a great tutorial! It has relieved a lot of the stress and anxiety about going live, getting confused and my brain shutting down!
  • @SA1NT53
    FINALLY an OBS tutorial that doesn't waste time and gets right to the point and actually answers our questions! THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • Thank you so much for the tutorial! You made it so clear and helpful and I love how instead of spending so much time yapping about other stuff you got straight to the point! TYSM!!!
  • Justin, I have tried using my webcam to go live on youtube with not success at all!! I had no idea that I had to download a software. I've watched a dozen of videos on how to go live on YT and not one tutorial helped me at ALL!!! The best and I mean the best tutorial that I've seen on YouTube! Thank you so much!
  • @djbelnavis
    Wow thank you so much. I just downloaded OBS and have been watching various tutorials-- yours is by far the most clear and concise beginners tutorial I have seen. Thank you for making this software seem less daunting!
  • @emikof
    Awesome break down, I have watched several and was still lost until I saw this one. Thank you for actually doing a beginner friendly version.
  • Thanks Justin for this Step-by-step lesson. I've long downloaded OBS App but could not be able to use it because of its complexity. Now I'm confident of loading videos to my empty YouTube channel. May God bless you.
  • Thank you Justin! When my colleague initially shared his screen to introduce OBS to me, it seemed complicated. You took the intimidation out of something new in a very short period of time, and I appreciate this.
  • Thanks for the tutorial. You made it so simple and easy to use. Loved your presentation.
  • Unbelievably clear and helpful. Just love the straightforward step by step as though we are paying you big bucks for every minute. LOVE it. Was very apprehensive until I watched this through, then love learning to master it myself, all new vocabulary, slowly doing what you show us to do. THANK YOU.
  • Was browsing YouTube just to figure out how to start YouTubing and specifically using OBS. Well three vids in this is the best one so far and very detailed in me learning all the screen setup in the software. I’ll have to even revisit and rewatch this vid again so I understand everything. It never goes to say if you make a tutorial explain it properly so a new person can understand and know how to use the thing your explaining and this was explained in detail I needed and will help me on my first video. But you got me as a new subscriber.
  • i went through 20 plus tutorials where each one had some part missing or the order not quite building up but rather back and forth through all features of OBS - so thanks finally for this one. To us around here it is the first tutorial after many others that seems very good for beginners, building from the bottom up, no rush, everything explained by its practicality - for us a relief: many thanks!! (ryan)
  • @Adgproductions
    Hi Justin, I have been hesitating to use OBS because of its apparent complexity, however your wonderful clear and concise video has changed my misconception. Now I can feel more confident in setting up my facebook livestream course on an Introduction To Playing The Blues. A big thank you.
  • @mattfriedt7097
    As someone that hasn't done any type of capturing on pc or streaming, this is by far the best video I have found. I know there are a lot out there but I have no idea what I am doing. You broke it down and showed it step by step. I'm not done watching the video but you have my sub and I will be checking out your other videos to learn more. Thank you so much for your work on this video, this is what I was looking for!
  • @jackseve
    Thanks. I needed this for one of my jobs where we need to record virtual tours. I wasn’t liking the idea of holding my cellphone up and recording a screen for an hour. Plus with this I can do so much more than just screen capturing.
  • Wow. One of the best Youtube tutorial videos I 've ever seen. Incredibly professional, informative and interesting. And, I'm sure it was intended, but as I was going along, I realized I that the tutorial itself was (obviously) made using OBS and was therefore a living example of a nice, basic OBS-made video. Bravo. Thanks, Justin!