Step 4: Change Mac Permissions to Allow Screen Capture We’d recommend your default video location on your mac or creating a new folder called ‘OBS Recordings’ so you don’t get confused in the future! Click browse and choose the folder on your system where you would like to save all of your OBS recordings. There you will see the ‘recording path’ setting. To choose your own file path, click Settings in the bottom right-hand corner and go to the ‘Output’ tab.

If you’re using OBS Studio to record video files and save them locally, it’s not uncommon to be confused about where those files get saved to. MP4 files are widely recognized as the most flexible and supported format to work with on both PC and Mac.

Switch this to high quality and set your format to MP4. Any higher than this and you won’t notice any difference but it will take up more bandwidth and CPU.įor recording, your ‘Recording Quality’ will be set to Same As Stream by default.

Set your encoder to Software x264 (On Mac, there should ONLY be this option available! This value is suitable for most internet speeds and streaming platforms. For streaming, make sure your bitrate is around 4500. Your output settings are going to determine the quality of your video files.

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