OBS Tutorial: Streaming to Zoom, YouTube and Live Translations

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While writing this article the latest OBS version is: 29.1.3

OBS Bugs & Crashes. How to Avoid Them

OBS Config for YouTube

Here is the config we are normally using for our YouTube / Zoom streams.

1. Output > Streaming

   

   The important settings here are:

   • Bitrate: 2500 Kbps

   • Keyframe Interval: 2s.
     Explanation: During video streaming, we don't just send the full images, but rather the differences between this and the previous frame. Because it is more efficient. But we still need to send the full image sometimes because if some of the packages with differences get lost or corrupted then the video will become distorted.
     This setting is responsible for the frequency of sending the full image. In auto mode, it is ~10s, and YouTube can get confused, so we are manually setting it to 2s.

2. Output > Audio. We use 160 for Audio Bitrate:

   

3. Video

   

OBS Tips

1. Easily make an image fit the screen with Ctrl + f shortcut:

   

   

2. There is an annoying behaviour when after Transition OBS "swaps" the preview and program screens, instead of just replacing the program screen with the preview. This can be easily changed if you click on the 3 dots on the right of the Transition button and uncheck this setting:

   

Useful OBS Plugins

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Streaming to Zoom