Little bit of correction: 24000kbps of bitrate means that every second you're writing 24 MEGABITS of data. 8 megabits make up to 1 megabyte, which means that, when you have 24000kbps of bitrate, every second you're writing only 3 megabytes, not 24... If that was the case, bitrate should have been to 192000kbps... Hope that helps. Great video tho
Listen to this man word for word. I wish I seen this video before I started recording content for my channel. Hours of game play deleted because the video quality was horrible. I got my elgato just threw it in there connected it to my console and tried to record in 4K. Don’t be me
Thanks for the info. My only suggestion here would be to use MKV and not MP4 because if OBS crashes or any other issues, you will lose your entire recording. MKV will not be lost. You can then Remux your MKV to MP4 within OBS. MKV also works with multi audio tracks.
@@theos7291 there’s a setting that you can turn on to automatically remux when you end recording. Settings > Advanced > “Automatically remux to mp4”. Otherwise, you can manually remux by going to File > Remux Recordings. Pick your MKV on the left and choose the destination on the right.
It's a good idea when you're recording multiple hour sessions. I do recordings that are only 5 or 10 minutes each, so I have never had a crash. If I did, I woudl just re-record.
Thanks so much! I’m on a MacBook Air m2 and I was getting the cpu overload with these settings. I then dropped the nitrate from 45000 down to 4000 and it’s working perfectly. Quality looks great and everything seems fine. I read online that 4000-6000 is optimal but your recommendations are soooo much higher. Also when I drop to 4000 it reduce the mo4 file size from 1.4gb (4 minutes recording) to 160mb! Not sure if the quality suffers to my eyes but maybe my eyes aren’t trained enough?
Fantastic video, very clear and to the point. Thanks! I am curious why you didn't choose to upload this video in 4K, but really good content either way!
well i think since his OBS was busy being demo'd he probably just used his laptop's built in screen recorder that defaulted to 1080p? I've heard that you can have multiple instances of OBS running to do this though.
Thanks for the suggestions, especially the advanced options in the recording section. I experienced dropped frames when trying to record 4K gameplay of Monster Hunter World with OBS Studio on the same computer, because the GPU was already 99 percent occupied with 3D rendering, and the CPU was too slow to do x264 encoding. Ended up using the GeForce ShadowPlay, which required less resource.
3 years late to the party, but had to comment. Absolutely outstanding video. You made things super easy and clear while also explaining all the logic behind your instructions in an easy to understand manner. I wish more people had your gift of teaching!
I've just seen a 16TB external hard drive on Currys for £320... a LOT cheaper than I thought it was going to be, I remember back in 2011 when a 16GB SD card was like £32. I thought the 16TB drive was going to be like £650 easily. This tutorial was incredible and EXACTLY what I needed. I love your energy, I also love that you finally gave permission to hit "ok" haha.
Thank you, just manually placing 3840x2160 gives 4k. Tried it, recorded video, played video and sure enough the resolution box was exactly a 4k screen. Nice video. All this time I thought OBS was capped at 1920x1080
@@tejasmore7441 In OBS there's an (input) and a (output). Let's say you wanna record a 720p windowed game running on the PC. 1280x720 is the input. You wanna upload the video in a 4k screen, so your output in OBS would be 3840x2160. It's that simple. Or you could do it this way. Place your input and output both on 720p to make the process faster. Then use another program called handbrake to convert the 720p video to 4k and compress the video at the same time. 2 methods.
I love how you explore options and show us the outcome of each (eg. 30fps vs 60fps, x264 vs NVIDIA)! I'm pretty sure if it were some other creator, I would have had to dig around for more videos that cover those two options. Thanks for the video! It's been really helpful. Liked and subbed to your channel!
MAN YOU WERENT LYING. I followed the video, only to hear the graphics card part at the end. I wanted to test it, and all i did was start a full screen recording of your youtube video. a 30second video took up over 300mb but i had an 11min 1080p video previously recorded that was like 400mb?! and the CPU usage was over 40% during the recording. I didnt even start a game! crap! I'm going to have to revert the settings there's no way i can do it yet. Thank you so much for this video i need to invest in an nvidia card before i do 4k.
I was having so much trouble with this. I have a Nvidia Card but it's a T1200 in a precision laptop. I mostly use it for Solidworks and Engineering tasks. I kept having errors when selecting the card as the encoder but I updated windows and now it seems to work. 60FPS I think is making my game recording look a little stuttered but when setting my PS5 to graphics mode for the game and then setting OBS as 30 FPS the recording looks great. I was about to go buy a new desktop but this video just saved me all that time and money. Thank You!
If your using OBS studio to record games like GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2 your have to use 30 fps not 60, 60 will make your recorded video choppy, everything else is correct. I tried so hard to use the 60fps to work in video settings and all I got was a choppy mess, and I'm running a RTX 3080ti
I faced some issues while recording 4K videos with OBS and later found that I needed to upgrade my PC to avoid lags. After PC up-gradation, it gave me smooth experience. On the same PC (When it wasn't upgraded), ScreenRec was working well to capture 4K PC recording.
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you very so much for this video sir Finally i have found the video which have cleared my all probs of using OBS with 4k recording. Thank you again sir :)
I know this is kind of an old video now, but I still think I should give my opinion, and also the opinion of Nvidia- CQP is recommended for recording and CBR for streaming. And let me tell you, CQP makes some fantastic looking recordings. File sizes are pretty massive though.
Very, very good! Thank you man, been recording in OBS for a year with standard settings, learned lots of new features today, gonna go out and check em out on my machine. Wish you all the best with developing your channel, good luck and see you again! P.S. Private message me in case you need any advise on MS Excel, will be happy to consult =)
As a gamer, If you got a cpu and have to use x264 and don't have an Nvidia GPU, then the Ryzen 5600 processor can do 4k 60 fps recording on the ultrafast preset. Don't go slower above "ultrafast". At 11:20 he set x264 to "veryfast" and that is where he went wrong. Set your CRF to 20 (the lower the number the better the quality and more space is used on your hard drive), do not use CBR or VBR since it is a waste of hard drive space. By telling your cpu do the x264 recording you can let your gpu handle your game and give you smoother fps for recording gameplay.
I have a question when I go to the setting and then click on video, the output and canvas doesn't have the 3840x2160 resolution to choose. Do you have any solution?
Thank you very much for sharing! My iMac happily records 4k with around 12% CPU usage with the X264 codec. Apple iMac Retina 5K (27 ", Intel Core i7-10700K, 72 GB RAM, 512 GB, SSD), around 2500 USD. Which is a thousand dollars cheaper than the laptop and comes with a 27" screen instead of 15". Disadvantage: Not portable much :D
Oh man, on the mac version of OBS, there is no Rate Control option in the Recording tab. Just Bitrate. This was a great and straight to the point video though! Would be cool if a tutorial like this was made for mac users!
hi, Thank you. I am watching your video for the first time. Appreciated. Can you please tell me how you draw arrows at run time on your windows machine?
Andrew thank you so much bro! Youre really helping me out figure out how to utilize the most out of my nvidia graphics card and my Creator Asus Q laptop which is a very fast laptop too! But my settings recently weren't set right so i think ive had lagging and freezing issues when i record on my 4k webcam, so now im gonna try these specs! I think ill want to book you too because i need help growing my Christian UA-cam channel and how to figure out best lighting, video effects, and to make my videos be more widespread! God bless you!!
Hai thanks for you video, may i ask some question about your logo animation on the bottom left? Can you share to us the tutorial how to make that logo animation? Thank you before..
The absolute best 4K guide. I come back to it every year or so.
Little bit of correction: 24000kbps of bitrate means that every second you're writing 24 MEGABITS of data. 8 megabits make up to 1 megabyte, which means that, when you have 24000kbps of bitrate, every second you're writing only 3 megabytes, not 24... If that was the case, bitrate should have been to 192000kbps... Hope that helps. Great video tho
YES!! Very important!
Able to help?
Listen to this man word for word. I wish I seen this video before I started recording content for my channel. Hours of game play deleted because the video quality was horrible. I got my elgato just threw it in there connected it to my console and tried to record in 4K. Don’t be me
Thanks for the info. My only suggestion here would be to use MKV and not MP4 because if OBS crashes or any other issues, you will lose your entire recording. MKV will not be lost. You can then Remux your MKV to MP4 within OBS. MKV also works with multi audio tracks.
how do you convert it to mp4 within obs?
@@theos7291 there’s a setting that you can turn on to automatically remux when you end recording. Settings > Advanced > “Automatically remux to mp4”.
Otherwise, you can manually remux by going to File > Remux Recordings. Pick your MKV on the left and choose the destination on the right.
This is advice is priceless, I never knew there was an extension that doesn't get ruined when the recording stops accidentally, thanks a lot sir.
Yeah I do this too, I remux only after I'm done recording
It's a good idea when you're recording multiple hour sessions. I do recordings that are only 5 or 10 minutes each, so I have never had a crash. If I did, I woudl just re-record.
Thanks so much! I’m on a MacBook Air m2 and I was getting the cpu overload with these settings. I then dropped the nitrate from 45000 down to 4000 and it’s working perfectly. Quality looks great and everything seems fine. I read online that 4000-6000 is optimal but your recommendations are soooo much higher. Also when I drop to 4000 it reduce the mo4 file size from 1.4gb (4 minutes recording) to 160mb! Not sure if the quality suffers to my eyes but maybe my eyes aren’t trained enough?
this is without a doubt the best OBS tutorial I have ever seen. thank you.
omg pickleee
Fantastic video, very clear and to the point. Thanks!
I am curious why you didn't choose to upload this video in 4K, but really good content either way!
well i think since his OBS was busy being demo'd he probably just used his laptop's built in screen recorder that defaulted to 1080p? I've heard that you can have multiple instances of OBS running to do this though.
What's the point in him uploading this video in 4k? There's no extra fine details that us viewers could see and benefit from with this type of video.
This is honestly the *BEST* tutorial I have ever seen in my 8 years of owning a pc! Thank you so so much!
very rarely you see yt videos going STRAIGHT on the point
thanks for that!
Thanks for the suggestions, especially the advanced options in the recording section.
I experienced dropped frames when trying to record 4K gameplay of Monster Hunter World with OBS Studio on the same computer, because the GPU was already 99 percent occupied with 3D rendering, and the CPU was too slow to do x264 encoding. Ended up using the GeForce ShadowPlay, which required less resource.
Just purchased my new computer and this was everything I needed to get OBS working at 4K....thank you!
3 years late to the party, but had to comment. Absolutely outstanding video. You made things super easy and clear while also explaining all the logic behind your instructions in an easy to understand manner. I wish more people had your gift of teaching!
Samr❤
I've just seen a 16TB external hard drive on Currys for £320... a LOT cheaper than I thought it was going to be, I remember back in 2011 when a 16GB SD card was like £32. I thought the 16TB drive was going to be like £650 easily.
This tutorial was incredible and EXACTLY what I needed. I love your energy, I also love that you finally gave permission to hit "ok" haha.
7:35 if you're looking for the bitrate (45,000 if 30fps or 68000 if 60fps)
This was a lifesaver. Thanks so much!
Thank you, just manually placing 3840x2160 gives 4k. Tried it, recorded video, played video and sure enough the resolution box was exactly a 4k screen. Nice video. All this time I thought OBS was capped at 1920x1080
hey can you help me plzzz ??
@@tejasmore7441 In OBS there's an (input) and a (output). Let's say you wanna record a 720p windowed game running on the PC. 1280x720 is the input. You wanna upload the video in a 4k screen, so your output in OBS would be 3840x2160. It's that simple. Or you could do it this way. Place your input and output both on 720p to make the process faster. Then use another program called handbrake to convert the 720p video to 4k and compress the video at the same time. 2 methods.
with obs, you are the best! thanks a lot!
Bro i love you.
Great video.
Double thumbs up
I love how you explore options and show us the outcome of each (eg. 30fps vs 60fps, x264 vs NVIDIA)! I'm pretty sure if it were some other creator, I would have had to dig around for more videos that cover those two options. Thanks for the video! It's been really helpful. Liked and subbed to your channel!
MAN YOU WERENT LYING. I followed the video, only to hear the graphics card part at the end. I wanted to test it, and all i did was start a full screen recording of your youtube video. a 30second video took up over 300mb but i had an 11min 1080p video previously recorded that was like 400mb?!
and the CPU usage was over 40% during the recording. I didnt even start a game! crap! I'm going to have to revert the settings there's no way i can do it yet.
Thank you so much for this video i need to invest in an nvidia card before i do 4k.
By far the best tutorial ever with very clear and concise details. Thank you!
You mixed up megabytes and megabits at 7:45 but otherwise, great video thank you!
Thank God. I was a bit panicked when I heard that.
thank you so much! helped me a ton with setting up my logitech brio 4k on obs (which has NOT been easy, but has been worth it)
I was having so much trouble with this. I have a Nvidia Card but it's a T1200 in a precision laptop. I mostly use it for Solidworks and Engineering tasks. I kept having errors when selecting the card as the encoder but I updated windows and now it seems to work. 60FPS I think is making my game recording look a little stuttered but when setting my PS5 to graphics mode for the game and then setting OBS as 30 FPS the recording looks great. I was about to go buy a new desktop but this video just saved me all that time and money. Thank You!
Dude your awesome! A true OBS Studio Ninja! Thank you
This video needs more support, definitely loved it, by support I mean people liking it 😶💯
Thank you so much! Subscribed!
lmfao bro went straight into the subject less then a second. what a legend
thank you for making it so easy to understand
If your using OBS studio to record games like GTA 5 or Red Dead Redemption 2 your have to use 30 fps not 60, 60 will make your recorded video choppy, everything else is correct. I tried so hard to use the 60fps to work in video settings and all I got was a choppy mess, and I'm running a RTX 3080ti
I faced some issues while recording 4K videos with OBS and later found that I needed to upgrade my PC to avoid lags. After PC up-gradation, it gave me smooth experience. On the same PC (When it wasn't upgraded), ScreenRec was working well to capture 4K PC recording.
what configuration do you have? I have 3950x + 3080ti but still get lags recoding 4k
Wow! I finally found your video while looking for a way to record gameplay in 4k with OBS. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you very so much for this video sir Finally i have found the video which have cleared my all probs of using OBS with 4k recording. Thank you again sir :)
You are a treasure. I found this 2 years too late.
Thank you very much. Great and very understable video
Just wow, fantastic video dude! you earned a sub!
thank you so much, i just got 2 4K monitors and struggled with the bitrate and stuff, it looks amazing now, thanks :D
You go directly to the goal. Thank you :)
Dude this was incredible! Your teaching skills are OUTSTANDING! Thank you for existing. Your purpose in this world is to teach.
you are the best Andrew!
Great tweaks, I will try it to record MSFS2020 short scene
Professor Andrew Wall, you are genius! Perfect video tutorial 10/10 👍
Thank you for these steps! Clearly either well planned or you just know all settings by heart at this point, or both!
Thank you! I was already worried that did I upgrade my pc for nothing because 4k didn't come out too good 😅
THANK YOU!
Fantastic tutorial.
I know this is kind of an old video now, but I still think I should give my opinion, and also the opinion of Nvidia- CQP is recommended for recording and CBR for streaming. And let me tell you, CQP makes some fantastic looking recordings. File sizes are pretty massive though.
Really amazing video, very nice explanation for what each setting does!
Thank you! I just subscribed!
This was epic. Thanks for sharing these tips. Applied the same settings on my Macbook Pro M1 - worked a treat!
You are the best mate!
Great video. Super helpful
Very, very good! Thank you man, been recording in OBS for a year with standard settings, learned lots of new features today, gonna go out and check em out on my machine. Wish you all the best with developing your channel, good luck and see you again!
P.S. Private message me in case you need any advise on MS Excel, will be happy to consult =)
As a gamer,
If you got a cpu and have to use x264 and don't have an Nvidia GPU,
then the Ryzen 5600 processor can do 4k 60 fps recording on the ultrafast preset. Don't go slower above "ultrafast".
At 11:20 he set x264 to "veryfast" and that is where he went wrong. Set your CRF to 20 (the lower the number the better the quality and more space is used on your hard drive), do not use CBR or VBR since it is a waste of hard drive space. By telling your cpu do the x264 recording you can let your gpu handle your game and give you smoother fps for recording gameplay.
THANKS!!!!
nice video my friend, thank you👍
I have a question when I go to the setting and then click on video, the output and canvas doesn't have the 3840x2160 resolution to choose. Do you have any solution?
Thank so much, so help full
Thank you! Helped a lot! Crystal clear in every way :)
This is very useful. I am a fighting gaming creator. and I really needed this!
Amazing. Very useful. Thank you
fanfuckintastic man, you are awesome, and I hope you go places. Thanks for the simplicity, and thank you so much for not wasting time at all.
thank you, good sir.
This worked for me thak u so much bro
Thank you for making this video.
Thank you very much for sharing!
My iMac happily records 4k with around 12% CPU usage with the X264 codec. Apple iMac Retina 5K (27 ", Intel Core i7-10700K, 72 GB RAM, 512 GB, SSD), around 2500 USD. Which is a thousand dollars cheaper than the laptop and comes with a 27" screen instead of 15". Disadvantage: Not portable much :D
Good advice, v helpful
thank you for this!
Great vid. I upscaled my monitor to record better and you always have great tutorials for all my obs needs! Keep it up!
Oh man, on the mac version of OBS, there is no Rate Control option in the Recording tab. Just Bitrate. This was a great and straight to the point video though! Would be cool if a tutorial like this was made for mac users!
Thank you for your comment! I will keep this in mind for all my mac folks out there
Thanks very much, I used this to record my first OBS 4k Brio video
Thanks very much (I'm french)
ohhhhh you have to manually enter 3840!!! i dont know you. but i love you.
thanks for making it so i dont need to watch the 12 minute tutorial
i love how hes showing how to get 4k recordings and then the amount of lieks the video got is also 4k lol
Great Content! Keep it up....
hi, Thank you. I am watching your video for the first time. Appreciated. Can you please tell me how you draw arrows at run time on your windows machine?
Best OBS video setup ever!
Helpful thank you
Andrew thank you so much bro! Youre really helping me out figure out how to utilize the most out of my nvidia graphics card and my Creator Asus Q laptop which is a very fast laptop too! But my settings recently weren't set right so i think ive had lagging and freezing issues when i record on my 4k webcam, so now im gonna try these specs! I think ill want to book you too because i need help growing my Christian UA-cam channel and how to figure out best lighting, video effects, and to make my videos be more widespread! God bless you!!
Thanks so much!
wow you are amazing man .
Love those videos ... straight to the point and very informative, 10/10 !
Thank you very much.
God bless you
Thanks, but do you have the settings for a Macbook book pro?
Awesome & Thanks :)
Finally i can put my 3070 to use
Thank you, this helped tremendously
Excellent how-to video! Thank you for making it!
You are proffesional. Thanx i try it!
Thank you. This helps with my UA-cam channel.
Thanks man, I like the way u talk and everything, that helped me sooo much thx man u deserve a sub
Straight to the point thanks !
nice presentation bud
Fantastic! video - so helpful!
You are absolutely AMAZING! Thank you so much! God bless you
This was a great video! Thanks for the help!
This is excellent, well taught.
Thank you for the tutorial!!!
Hai thanks for you video, may i ask some question about your logo animation on the bottom left? Can you share to us the tutorial how to make that logo animation? Thank you before..