<aside> ⚠️ Warning: These settings produce files of roughly 4GB/hour. Please ensure you have enough disk space. For first-time running OBS, please give OBS all the permissions it requests (camera, audio, screen recording, etc) and ignore the "Auto-Configuration Wizard".

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1. Install OBS

  1. Download and Install OBS at: https://obsproject.com/download

2. Settings

To configure the recording settings, go to Settings in the bottom right corner:

  1. Choose the Output section
  2. Change the Output Mode at the top to Simple
  3. Set Video Bitrate to 8000 Kbps
  4. Set Audio Bitrate to 320
  5. Set the Video Encoder to Hardware (Apple, H.264) if available.
    1. Otherwise select Software (x264)
  6. Set the Audio Encoder to AAC (Default)
  7. Set a desired recording path
  8. Set the Recording Format to MPEG-4 (.mp4)

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Next, click the Video section:

  1. Set both Base and Output Resolution to 1920x1080
  2. Set the Common FPS Values to 25 PAL

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Next, click the Audio section:

  1. Set the Sample Rate to 48 kHz