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INSTRUCTIONS & TIPS

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The following article is provided by:  Bernie Fischer

TO COPY A LIVE STREAMED PRESENTATION, VIDEO, WEBINAR OR ANYTHING

 

  1. First you need to download the software 

  2. Do a Google search for OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software)

  3. Click on the site for OBS Studio

  4. Click on the computer system you have (Windows, MAC or Linux)

  5. This should automatically download the Installer into your Download folder

  6. Double click on the Installer and then follow the prompts to install the software

  7. Once installed open the program

  8. If you have two monitors, move the OBS screen to your secondary monitor.  Note that whatever you have on your main monitor will appear in the window in the OBS screen.  If you have only one monitor, the OBS program will appear as its’s own screen.  Whatever you have displayed behind the OBS screen will appear in the window in the OBS screen.  Once you have all of the settings selected and hit Start Recording, then you can minimize (click on the negative sign in the upper right-hand corner) the OBS screen

  9.  Click on Tools

  10. Under “Auto-Configuration Wizard”, make sure “Optimize for Streaming, recording is secondary” is selecte 

  11. Click on Next

  12. Under “Base (Canvas) Resolution”, make sure “Use Current (1920x1080)” is selected. You may have different numbers in the parentheses

  13. Under “FPS”, make sure “Either 60 or 30, but prefer 60 when possible” is selected

  14. Click on Next

  15. Under “Service” the following should be selected or shown:  “Twitch”, “Connect Account (recommended)” and “Use Stream Key”

  16. Click on the “X” to get out of that window

  17. Under “Scenes” It should say “Scene”

  18. Under “Sources” it should say “Display Capture”.  If not, click on the “+” sign and click on “Display Capture”

  19. Click on “File” in the upper tool bar

  20. Click on “Settings”

  21. Click on “Output”

  22. Under “Recording”, “Recording Path” click on “Browse” and chose where on your computer you want to save the recording

  23. Under “Recording Quality” select “Same as Stream”

  24. Under Recording Format” select “MPEG-4 (.mp4)”

  25. Then click “Apply” or “OK”

  26. Now you are ready to record 

  27. Click on “Start Recording”

  28. If you only have one screen, then minimize the OBS screen

  29. Then quickly start whatever it is you want to record

  30. When you want to stop recording (when the video or whatever is done), then click on “Stop Recording”.  If you had minimized the OBS screen you will have to maximize it to stop the recording

  31. You are done and can find the recorded file wherever you saved it

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