OBS Recording Settings

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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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