So you think you know O B S?
Well,
it's changing fast.
So there could be some little
hidden gems that you aren't
even aware of.
Hey,
you can't know everything.
That's why I'm here to find
those cool little things that
you didn't have time to figure
out.
So today I have five hidden
features from the new O B S.
Oh,
and by the way,
there is a bonus for those
working with an older machine.
So you probably wanna stick
around and see that.
Hello,
my YouTube friends.
Let's get right into these
five hidden features,
starting with one that anyone
who has been using o bs for a
while is going to appreciate.
Now I'll be the first one to
admit that OBS looks cluttered
and confusing,
especially when you first
start using it.
But when you use it for a
while,
you get used to it and it
feels like everything is just
where it should be.
So when I put O BS 28 in there
for the first time and got the
new UI look,
I was like,
what the hell is this?
Let's just say it's not my
thing.
Well,
luckily it's not that hard to
set it back to its original
confusing glory.
Just go into settings.
On the general tab,
you have a theme dropdown.
The new default theme for O B
S 28 going forward is yami.
But if you drop this list down
and select dark all is right
with the world,
again,
it returns the UI to exactly
what you've grown to love.
This next one is an example of
how OBS is taking great
plug-ins and building them
right into OBS.
Win audio capture is one of
those tools.
Now it's a bit more basic than
the plugin,
which you can still download
and use if you want,
but for most people,
the built-in one is gonna get
the job done.
So if we click under sources,
we see the application audio
capture beta,
click that and you can name
your source.
Then under Windows,
select the executable for the
program that you want to grab
audio from.
Under window match priority,
you're going to select the
appropriate one.
Now,
which one is best?
Depends on the application
that you're grabbing.
Some audio applications are
gonna change the window name
over time to reflect the
artist or the song that's
playing while others like a
game is never gonna change.
I find that match title.
Otherwise,
find a window of the same type
works pretty much for
everything,
but just know that you can
change this if something
doesn't work right.
Now,
we can just click play on
Spotify and we can use the
audio that's coming in for our
scene.
How is that for cool and easy?
The next one is one that
everyone uses,
but you never even really
think about it.
The web socket used to be a
plugin that you had to
install,
and then once you did,
it just works and you really
never thought about it again.
It's a tool that adds all
kinds of cool functionality to
o Bs and makes using stream
deck and touch portal
possible.
Now it's totally built in for
the new o Bs and it looks a
bit different.
It also has a really cool
feature I bet you didn't know
about.
Lots of people want a remote
producer or maybe even someone
in their house to help with
their streaming duties.
Well,
with the the new web socket,
you can go to this page right
here and put in your
connection information and
bam,
you're connected to your O B S
and the scenes can now be
changed from anywhere.
This will even work on a
mobile phone.
You can start and stop a
stream,
a recording,
or even the virtual camera.
It's a cool little tool that
you should check out and see
how you might be able to use
it to make your stream easier.
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You know how I always say if
you wanna find success on
YouTube,
you have to create recorded
content from your live streams
and then you say,
yes,
sure,
Mike,
like I have all the time in
the world to sift through
hours of live streaming
footage to get clips for a
couple of five minute video.
I know it's a pain,
I get that.
Now,
in the past I've talked about
different apps and plugins to
help make this a lot easier.
But the third hidden gem I
wanna show you is truly the
easiest way.
It's just a simple button
press to have all the clips
that you really want.
It's so easy that anyone could
do it.
First,
go into settings and go into
the output tab.
Make sure the output mode is
set to advanced.
Now select the recording tab.
Now set up your recorder
settings and your encoder
settings.
So the files are where you
want to go and the recordings
look good.
I have a couple of videos on
the proper settings.
I'll link those at the end of
the video if you want to check
it out to be sure.
Now let's select the replay
buffer tab.
Click enable the replay
buffer.
Here you want to set how long
of a clip that you want to
save out.
If you're just taking kill
clips,
it can be pretty short.
If you're doing something
longer,
then you might want to adjust
this up below that is the
maximum memory.
Now,
this should be about the size
of the largest clip that you
may create.
Now,
you can easily test this by
setting up the record tab and
then bringing up an active
scene and clicking the record
button for the length of time
that you plan to need.
Then you just go into File
Explorer and see what the size
of the file is and then you go
according to that and maybe
make it slightly bigger just
in case.
Now you see a start replay
buffer button down here in the
controls.
Now you can click on that to
start your replay buffer,
or you can go into settings
again and click the
automatically start replay
buffer when streaming in the
general tab under output.
Now it's gonna start
automatically when you're
streaming,
so you don't even have to
think about it.
Now all we need to do is set
up a button to press to save
our replay out.
So go to the hot keys tab and
find the replay buffer and set
it to a hot key for saving the
replay.
Now all you have to do is
press that hot key and your
clip is saved,
and you can also set this up
easily for your Elgato stream
deck if you have one.
And then when your stream is
over,
you go into the folder you set
up and all your clips are
right there.
Now this next one is super
simple,
but for anyone using O B S to
record who only has one
monitor,
it's gonna be a huge thing.
This is what it usually looks
like when you're capturing
that one display to record a
game or something.
It's really disorienting.
But if we go into settings on
the general tab and in the
general area,
we can click on the hide,
the O B S window from screen
capture.
When we click that and we
click apply,
we see exactly what we want.
Whatever's under the O B S
window,
this makes it so much easier
to configure scenes and set
everything up.
All we have to do now is click
record or go live and switch
to the application that you
want and you're on your way.
No more pesky inception O Bs.
Now let me throw a bonus one
at you cuz everybody loves a
bonus.
How many of you folks out
there are using laptops or
older computers to run your
live streams?
Let me know in the comments,
but I know it's a lot of you
because I see the questions
that you ask.
Hey,
it's okay.
We all start somewhere and
most of us don't have a rich
uncle who can't wait to
finance our streaming dreams.
Luckily,
O Bs is a well-designed light
platform that is easy for
older equipment to use,
but there are folks out there
who maybe aren't awesome at
getting the most out of their
equipment.
There is a simple setting in
OBS that dials up the
priority.
So other things running on the
computer are less likely to
cause problems.
Go into settings and select
advanced at the top under
general,
you can change your process
priority.
Now the normal is default,
but if you find other apps
affecting your streaming,
why not jack this up a little
bit?
Now,
I would start with above
normal and see how it goes
before really jacking it up.
But this should help resolve
potential encoding issues that
you may have on a weaker
machine.
Now,
bet you didn't know that one,
or maybe you did let me know
in the comments how many of
these things you actually
knew.
And if you want to see what
the proper recording settings
are for your replay buffer,
you should check this video
out.
And if you're always looking
for tools,
tips,
and tricks to help make you a
better live streamer or
YouTuber,
subscribe to the channel.
My name is Michael Feyrer Jr.
Thank you so much for
watching.
Have a great day.
And I'll see you in the next
one.