OBS User Guide

Concepts

OBS

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is free and open source software for video recording and livestreaming.

Billing mode

OBS and its source code are free of charge.

How to Obtain

Download a version suitable for your OS from the OBS official website. Then install the software as prompted.

Operation Guide

1. Obtain an ingest URL.

   Click Manage in the domain name list to obtain an ingest URL, as shown in Figure 1.

   Figure 1 Ingest URL
   
   

   If the ingest domain name is not configured, you can only manually generate an ingest URL by referring to Assembling an Ingest URL.

2. Install OBS according to the installation wizard.
3. Configure key parameters of OBS.
   1. Click Settings in the lower right corner, as shown in Figure 2.
      Figure 2 Configuring OBS parameters
      
   2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Output. Set Output Mode to Advanced and Keyframe Interval to 2, as shown in Figure 3.
      Figure 3 Configuring the keyframe interval
      

4. Enter the ingest URL.
   1. Click Settings in the lower right corner, as shown in Figure 4.
      Figure 4 Configuring OBS parameters
      
   2. Select a stream and enter the ingest URL, as shown in Figure 5.
      

      The ingest URL consists of two parts: URL and Stream Key. For details, see Assembling an Ingest URL.

      • Enter the part from the beginning of the ingest URL to the AppName for URL.
      • Enter the part from the StreamName to the end of the ingest URL for Stream Key.
      Figure 5 Configuring an ingest URL
      
   3. Click OK.

5. Start to push streams.
   1. Right-click in the Sources area and select a stream source, as shown in Figure 6.
      Figure 6 Selecting a stream source
      
      • Media Source indicates a local media file.
      • Video Capture Device indicates a camera.
   2. Click Start Streaming to push streams.