OBS User's Manual

1. Download

1.1 Follow the link and download OBS studio: https://obsproject.com/ru.

1.2 If the download does not start, then click “Try again”.

2. Installation

2.1 After downloading, run the installer.

2.2 After installation, close the window by clicking the “Finish” button and

OBS will open automatically. A program shortcut will appear on the

desktop.

3. Settings of OBS

3.1 After launch, we will have an OBS window with a proposal to

automatically configure the program.

3.2 Select a video recording and click on the desired item 2, then select

further.

3.3 Leave the default settings and click next.

3.4 Click on “Apply Settings”.

3.5 OBS window appears.

3.6 Next, you need to change the video recording format. Choose settings.

3.7 Section “Output”.

3.8 Choose in format “mp4”.

3.9 In the encoder “Software (x264)”.

3.10 Click “Apply”, then “ok”.

4. Creating scenes and sources

4.2 Let's move on to scenes and sources settings.

Scenes are small rooms with sources installed in them (video, picture,

sound, monitor screen, etc.). These rooms may differ from each other.

4.3 To add a new scene, click plus and enter the name of our scene. (The

number of scenes can reach more than a hundred, do as much as you

need).

4.4 The work area to be recorded on video / broadcast is the black part of

the program.

4.5 To add a source, click the plus in the sources section. And we select the

source we need, for example, a webcam or other device for capturing

video.

+” - video capture device - fill in the name / select an existing

source - “ok”

4.6 In the settings, select the camera and click “ok”.

An area with our camera appears on the scene.

4.7 Which size and position can be adjusted, move the edges of the area

and move this area.

4.8 If you want to stretch the source area to the entire work area, press the

key combination “CTRL + S”.

4.9 Sources can be as many as needed. Add, for example, another desktop

entry.

“+” - screen capture - fill in the name / select an existing source -

“ok”

After that, a window with source settings appears. Select the

screen - click “ok”.

4.10 In this case, it turned out that the camera is under the screen. Just click

on the source and move it up or click on the source and the

corresponding button where we want to move the source (up / down).

4.11 Get desktop images with a camera mounted on top.

5. Microphone setup

5.1 If you want to turn off the sound source or switch the microphone, use

the “Audio Mixer” panel.

We work with the strip “Mic / Aux”.

5.2 To turn off, click on the speaker icon, to adjust, move the slider.

5.4 If you want to switch the microphone, press the gear.

5.5 Select Properties

5.6 Choose the device that we need and click “ok”.

1. Start video recording

6.1 To start the video, click on the appropriate buttons.

6.2 To stop on the stop buttons, or to pause.

Recorded materials are saved along the way:

“C:\Users\”User_name” \Videos”

или

“С:\Users\” User_name ” \Видео”