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)