This helps me to stay organized and could help you too. I organize by OBS, Media/Clips, Branding, Bots, and Documents. My hierarchy exists as a folder on my secondary hard drive containing all my stream files.

I decided to go with the Cyber Punk’d option from the artist Digital Olimon Designs. Wait, but I need an overlay, right? Check out Our Marketplace for tons of free overlays and transitions to boost your production value. We will show you how to set up an overlay by adding another source. If you use old game consoles, advanced video transitions, or nested scenes, the settings may need to be adjusted in OBS studio sources to make it appear correctly. You can leave the settings on default to handle most use cases. We will log in to Twitch while still in the settings panel after editing the stream settings. You can go back and review your previous streams to see the video quality and judge for yourself. Feel free to test between 55 Kbps bitrate and see what looks clean for the stream. I know, right?įind the output section and keep it at the simple setup for now. The ideal number for 1080p/60FPS is 6500. I use 5800 to avoid connection drops and keep a stable connection to Twitch. OBS allows you to set your resolution and output to fit within these bounds. Anything over this will not get picked up by Twitch, so it’s best to stay under this number if possible. The basics of setting up OBS to stream on Twitch start at a bitrate up to 6000 K, six megabits per second. As long as the upload speed here is higher than 6MB/s, we are going to be just fine ^_^ This process will give you an idea of your upload speed if you don’t know. With your ISP, aka internet service provider, in mind, go to google and type in the name “upload speed” and your location. Let’s peek at some of the advanced features to help get that image looking crisp.įrom here, we want to cover the basics of bitrate. Navigate to the settings tab at the bottom right of the application. FOR FREE!Īnother article you may enjoy: 7 Easy Steps To Setting Up OBS for Content Creation Open OBS Studio and find the settings panel near the bottom From here, we will cover settings, get some of your first sources added, and then even get some fancy graphics to help you stand out.

We will be starting assuming you have already picked up OBS studio from Their Website.

We are here to help you break down the process step by step. If you have spent any time diving into bitrates, settings, and sources, it gets confusing quickly. Setting up OBS to stream on Twitch can seem like a daunting task.

Set up obs studio for twitch