OBS Studio Setup

Step 1

• Open OBS Studio

  • If you have never configured OBS, then it should look like this screenshot

Step 2

• Click on "File" in the top left corner of the window

• Select "Settings" in the dropdown menu

• Click on "Stream" in the left sidebar

• Click on the "Service" menu

• Select "YouTube / YouTube Gaming"

  • If you don't see the YouTube option, then click on "Show All..." and then scroll down to "YouTube / YouTube Gaming"

• Paste your YouTube Stream Key in the "Stream Key" text field

  • Instructions for finding your stream key can be found here.

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner

Step 3

• There are two areas that are used to configure your video and audio stream; "Scene" and "Sources" in the bottom left corner of the main OBS window

  • "Sources" are any audio or video source  to show on a stream (i.e. a webcam, a microphone, a monitor display, an image, etc)

  • "Scenes" are a pre-configured collection of "Sources" that can be quickly changed to live (i.e. the webcam and microphone, the monitor display and microphone, etc)

• Click the "+" icon under "Sources" to add a video or audio source

Step 4

• Click the "+" icon under "Sources" to add a video or audio source

• In the popup menu, select "Display Capture"

• In the popup window, either keep the suggested title for the device or name it something memorable

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner

Step 5

• Click on the "Display" dropdown menu

• Select the display is the projector connected to the computer

  • If you are unsure which display in the menu is the projector, select them one at a time until the image is the same as the projector

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner

Step 6

• In the popup menu, select "Video Capture Device"

• In the popup window, either keep the suggested title for the device or name it something memorable

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner

Step 7

• If you have multiple webcams, then click the "Device" dropdown menu and select which webcam you want to add to the stream

• You can keep the default settings for the device or configure it differently, if you see a need

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner

Step 8

The top section of OBS Studio will now show the added video sources.  Each source will have a colored outline around it, and can be moved and resized.

• Click and hold in the center of the webcam box

• Move it to the bottom right corner of the stream display

  • It will snap to the corner

• Click and hold the top left corner of the webcam box

• Move towards the bottom right corner to shrink the webcam image

Step 9

• Click the "Start Recording" and "Start Streaming" buttons near the bottom right corner of OBS

• Congratulations!!! You are now live with a basic stream streaming configuration showing what is on the projector and the webcam

Step 1

• Click the "+" icon under "Sources" to add a video or audio source

• In the popup menu, select "Audio Input Capture"

• In the popup window, either keep the suggested title for the device or name it something memorable

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner

Step 2

• Click the "Device" drop down menu

• Select the external microphone device in the menu

• Click the "OK" button in the bottom right corner