

A lower resolution will use less bandwidth if your Max Bitrate from the Encoding section is low, you may want to use this feature.

The Resolution Downscale can be set to downscale your monitor's resolution to output a lower-resolution feed. The Base Resolution should be the native resolution of your monitor (if you have more than one monitor, choose the monitor you'll be playing the game on). If you have multiple graphics cards, choose the one you'll be playing your game on. Under Video, your Video Adapter should be set to your default graphics card. In the Audio Encoding section, Twitch recommends using an AAC codec with a bitrate of 64 to 128 kbps. If this number is lower than 3,300, enter it in the Max Bitrate box. Multiply this number by 1,000 to get your upload speed in kilobits per second (Kb/s as reflected in the software). To find your upload throughput, do an upload test here, which will give you your upload speed in megabits per second. Twitch recommends your Max Bitrate be 3300 or 80 percent of your upload throughput, whichever is lower. Under Encoding, in the Video Encoding section, make sure both 'Use CBR' and 'Enable CBR padding' are checked. Settings in OBS can be tweaked for your streaming needs. You can also create a Setting Profile, but you don't have to. Open the settings by clicking the Settings button in the lower right corner. Once OBS is installed, you will need to tweak the settings - you should only need to do this once, the first time you use OBS. You can download OBS here (Windows users should download the latest version of OBS, while Mac and Linux users should download OBS MultiPlatform). Step 1: Download Open Broadcaster Softwareīefore you can do anything with OBS, you need to.have OBS. This tutorial will walk you through setting up your first Open Broadcaster Software scene, complete with a game stream and a webcam video stream. You don't need a webcam to stream gameplay on Twitch, but viewers like to see the person who is playing.
