This has no end of applications and is how most broadcast tools usually work – but OBS lets you customize it a bit. Program Monitor is the view currently shown on stream, while Preview lets you see the next scene you wish to queue up.
Studio mode splits the OBS preview into a “Preview” and “Program” monitor view. Our last setting in the General tab has to do with Studio Mode. The one that’s often left unchecked is the “Snap Sources to horizontal and vertical center” option, which can make things a LOT easier for centering and aligning sources, especially bigger ones. Here you can adjust the sensitivity for OBS to detect that a snap should happen, as well as toggle edge or other source snapping. Make sure Source Alignment Snapping is even enabled in the first place. This box makes sure you have your high quality local VOD always saved, useful for busy people who don’t remember everything like myself. Likewise, there’s a checkbox to automatically start recording when you start streaming. (And of course it works on AMD GPUs or Intel iGPUs, since it doesn’t require a Nvidia GPU like Shadowplay, as well, so there you go!) This way, you don’t have to remember anything but to go live and hit your “save replay buffer” hotkey whenever you want to save a clip, and always be ready to rock. Thankfully they’ve added a checkbox in the general Settings tab which allows the Replay Buffer to automatically start whenever you hit “Start Streaming”.
If you’re unaware, OBS Studio has a neat feature that let’s you keep a running recording going but only save a specific chunk of time – useful for grabbing highlights or making instant replays without cutting through long VODs.īut, unlike Nvidia Shadowplay, which you can have running basically at all times, OBS’s replay buffer doesn’t just run as a system process, you have to manually start it.