By right clicking it, you can enable, disable, lock and, scale and do preview mode selection.Ģ. Preview: Once you add the target scene with available capture sources, you can watch related source image here.

Set the topmost toolbar aside, there are six main sections in total:ġ. Good start is half the battle and here let’s have a good start by understanding OBS’s main interface first. In view of this, I will share some OBS tricks to simplify your “ OBS how to record” journey, with top capture requirements I rounded up involved, say game capture, full/partial screen capture, multitrack capture and so forth. Then if you are a newbie who just hear this name from any enthusiastic friend around you or on the web, you may find it’s hard to get a screen recording started due to the pro-looking interface, diversified setting options and lack of official guidance. When it comes to free and open sourced screen recorder, OBS Studio from Jim (maintainer of OBS software) is a household name among screencasting crowd, especially those who have a demand for live streaming. Mac users could also take it for reference because the operations on Windows & Mac OBS Studio are quite similar. Although no official guide here on how to record Windows screen with OBS (26.0), this beginner-tutorial will teach you how to in no time.

Obs recorder tutorial