May 22, 2020 Generally speaking the most important configuration options are under the ‘Output’ tab under ‘Settings’. In this tab you can configure the majority of both video and audio options. First we’ll want to enter the ‘Advanced’ mode, as this gives us the ability to more tightly tune our OBS settings. If you're only streaming audio, you can skip ahead to Step 7. Step 6 - Configure OBS for Video. If you want to stream a capture of your screen or video input (or both) you can add these as well. Click the + button at the bottom of the Sources window to add a new Display Capture source, you can keep the defaults and click OK. Open OBS Settings and Set Audio to “iShowU Audio Capture” For the final step, launch OBS. If you don’t already have OBS downloaded, check out how to do it in this tutorial. Next, click on the “Settings” button on bottom right, as performed in picture. I use two laptops to livestream using OBS Ndi plugin. At 1280x720p 30 fps and the preview screen does seem high quality on my streaming laptop. Whenever I stream on Twitch 720p 6000kbps with given settings below, it looks crisp and clear. But with these same settings I get potato on Youtube, even the leader board usernames get blocky.
Minecraft does not default to the high-performance GPU. In order to get it working with game capture you will need to do the following:
This is mainly for laptops and all-in-one systems.
A first troubleshooting step is to make sure that the Game Capture source 'Mode' is set to 'Capture specific window', and select javaw/Minecraft in the 'Window' drop-down
Close OBS and Minecraft
Open the Windows 10 Settings App (Start button → Cogwheel icon)
- Navigate to System → Display and select 'Graphics settings' near the bottom
- Choose 'Classic app' or 'Desktop app' (they are the same thing, only named differently on different windows versions) and hit 'Browse'. Navigate to javaw.exe, usually located here:
For Minecraft Vanilla Java edition the default path isC:Program Files (x86)Minecraft Launcherruntimejre-x64binjavaw.exe
For the Minecraft Lunar client, the default path isC:Users[your Windows account here].lunarclientjrezulu8.50.0.53-ca-fx-jre8.0.275-win_x64bin
and then find the javaw.exe file and select that.
For other custom launchers see the info at the bottom of the guide for instructions to find the path of the javaw.exe
- Once Minecraft/javaw.exe is added, click 'Options' and choose 'High Performance'
If you're using a custom launcher, you might not find javaw.exe in the default location, but instead in a subfolder under the launcher, here is how to locate that:
- Launch Minecraft(the game, not just the launcher)
- Press Ctrl+Shift+ESC(Escape) to open Task Manager
- Right-click Java(TM) Platform SE binary and select 'Open file location'
- The folder that opens is the location of your javaw.exe. Scroll up and use that path to find the correct javaw.exe to set to High-Performance Graphics.
Perfect Stream Settings For Obs
Once this is completed, restart both OBS and your game (remember that they should have been closed at the beginning of this guide).
How To Stream Minecraft Obs
As we all know, hackers in Minecraft servers are a persisting issue that is impossible to completely remove from a community. Even if it is impossible to remove the problem completely; you can slow it down. And that's with the help of the players. Having players record and upload hackers in the server is a hard thing to ask of them when some do not have powerful enough systems to do so. Although, with the help of OBS, you can customize and tweak just enough to help most low to mid-end systems capture game-play. (This doesn't have to be used for just hackers but also recording your own game-play too!) So that's why I have decided to make this extremely in depth tutorial on how to install and configure OBS.
Getting Started
Step One:
The first step to getting OBS to work with your computer is to download it (https://obsproject.com/).
Step Two:
After you have downloaded the installer go ahead and follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Step Three:
After the installation is complete go ahead and open the program and head towards the next section.
Setting Up OBS
Step One:
Once you have the program opened you will see a window like this pop up.
Step Two:
In order for you to capture the Minecraft program/screen you will need to add it to OBS. First, right click in the 'Scenes' box and choose 'Add Scene'. You can call this what ever you want it wont affect it. It should look like this except for the name because that is your choice.
Step Three:
After you have created the scene and given it a name, make sure you have it selected and right click in the 'Sources' box and you will see 'Add >'. Choose that and then you will see 'Game Capture' and then choose that and give it a name and at this point you will see this window pop up.
Step Four:
After the window pops up, open Minecraft all the way to the main menu and go back to that window and next to the drop down menu under 'Select Application' click refresh and Minecraft should now be in that list.
Configuring Settings
Step One:
Now after you have selected Minecraft for the application close that window and go back to the main OBS screen and click 'Settings' next to the 'Sources' box and under the mic icon.
Step Two (Recommended):
In order to achieve small file sizes use these settings in the pictures posted.
Step Three:
Hit OK, and you're done. Make sure to note the path your video will be recorded to. Now, go to Minecraft, hit F9 (or whatever key you set to start the recording) and hit it again when you wish to stop recording. The following will achieve a video quality such as this:
This is ideal for evidence for report and low file size recording. A 1 minute video will only have a file size of about 2.5 MB, which will also upload to Youtube in a matter of seconds.
Step Four (Optional):
If you would like to record in higher quality videos then watch this back to back video of different bit rates you can edit it the 'Settings' tab under 'Encoding.'
NOTE: I do NOT take credit for that video whatsoever. That is someone else's video but it is a good source if you want to find the bit-rate faster with out having to mess around with it.
Thanks for reading this guide and hope it helped!