Go to Settings.
General
- Theme > Yami (default)
- Source Alignment Snapping > Enable (default)

Stream
- Skip
Output
Advanced > Streaming.
- Skip
Advanced > Recording.
- Type > Standard
Recording Settings:
- Recording Path > default or select preferred drive/folder
- Recording Format > mkv (default)
- Audio Track > 1 (default)
- Encoder > Nvidia NVENC H.264 (hardware encoder)
- Rescale Output > skip/unchecked (default)
- Custom Muxer Settings > skip/none (default)
- Automatic File Splitting > skip/unchecked (default)

Encoder Settings:
- Rate Control > CQP
- CQ Level > 14
- Keyframe Interval (0=auto) > 2s
- Preset > P5: Slow (Good Quality)
- Tuning > High Quality
- Multipass Mode > Two Passes (Quarter Resolution) (default)
- Profile > high (default)
- Look-ahead > unchecked (default)
- Psycho Visual Tuning > checked (default)
- GPU > 0 (default)
- Max B-frames > 2 (default)

Advanced > Audio.
- Skip
Advanced > Replay Buffer.
- Skip (mainly used for streaming)
Audio
General:
- Sample Rate > 48 kHz (default)
- Channels > Stereo (default)
Global Audio Devices:
- Select the device to be used.
Meters:
- Decay Rate > Fast (default)
- Peak Meter Type > Sample Peak (default)

Advanced:
- Skip
Hotkeys
- Skip
Video
- Base (Canvas) Resolution: 3840×2160 (resolution of the monitor)
- Output (Scaled) Resolution: 2560×1440 (for downscaling)
- Downscale Filter: Lanczos (Sharpened scaling, 36 samples)
- Common FPS Values > 60

Hotkeys
- As required
Accessibility
- As required
Advanced
General:
- Process Priority > Normal
- Show active outputs warning on exit > checked
Video:
- Renderer > Direct3D 11 (default)
- Colour Format > NV12 (8-bit, 4:2:0, 2 planes) (default)
- Colour Space > Rec. 709 (default)
- Colour Range > Full
- SDR White Level > 300 nits (default)
- HDR Nominal Peak Level > 1000 nits (default)
Recording:
- Automatically remux to mp4 > checked (for using mkv format)

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