Open Broadcaster Software

Main Window

• Preview

Scenes

• Edit Mode

Sources

• Which capture to use?
  • Window Capture
  • Monitor Capture
  • Game Capture
• Video Capture Device
• Image
• Image Slide Show
• Text

Features

• Global Sources
• Plugins
• Profiles
• Replay Buffer
• Scene Collection
• Sub-Regions

Basic Settings

• General
• Encoding
• Broadcast
• Video
• Audio
• Hotkeys
• Microphone Noise Gate

Advanced Settings

• Server authentication
• Shortcut options
• Technical Explanations
• Development

FAQ

Window Capture

Select the desired Window you want to capture. (With Aero on, this will only capture the window itself, and not any windows on top. With aero off, it will capture windows on top, this is a windows design limitation)

Settings

Capture mouse cursor

Deactivate this to hide the mouse cursor.

Capture Layered Windows

Activate the capture of overlapping windows.

Compatibility Mode

Captures to RAM before uploading to the scene. This mode is primarily as a last-resort option for multi-GPU laptops and systems where capturing has issues

Gamma

Change the Gamma of your capture.

Opacity

Change the visibility of your capture.

Use point filtering

Uses point filtering for image resizing.

Sub-Region

Sub-Region

Activate the Sub-Region (crop) selection

Position

Set Position in Pixels.

Size

Set Size in Pixels.

Select Region

Select the Size of your screen region by resizing the white rectangle to your liking.

Color Key

Use Color Key

Activate the Color Keying.

Color

Select the Color to chroma out.

Similarity

How much the selected color is allowed to vary. A higher value, means it can vary more.

Blend

Specified how much to smooth out the edges chroma keyed color. A higher value means smoother edges.