OBS Studio
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Open source and free software
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Most Helpful Reviews for OBS Studio
1 - 5 of 1,022 Reviews
CharRon
Entertainment, 2 - 10 employees
Used less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed April 2021
OBS time
Charles Boampong
Verified reviewer
E-Learning, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Best screen recorder and video editing software
As an open-source software that offers an extremely high screen recording and video recording for professional work, I will recommend OBS for everyone, especially new YouTubers, Facebook content managers, and other digital marketers.
PROSIt has a great configuration and advanced tools for video streaming, recording, and editing.
CONSIt can be a little complicated as a first-time user, but you soon discover that it's easy to use.
Reason for choosing OBS Studio
A friend recommended OBS to me.
Reasons for switching to OBS Studio
I found it easier and much more convenient to use OBS.
German Liber
Verified reviewer
Arts and Crafts, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2021
OBS, the king of streaming (on budget) studios
It was a slow learning curve and at first really confused me, but OBS Studio was the best solution for my project. While looking at the stream I really thought it looked professional, and I was very satisfied.
PROSI started using OBS while doing a film series in my city, the project was open to the public, but the pandemic forced me to turn the thing into an online project. I used a lot of streaming software at first, skipping OBS for no reason, but when I tried the software I was in awe. The whole package its free to use, while limited sometimes, if you learn how to set it up (Wiki and guides are really useful on the official website), you're good to go. I like to think about OBS as a solution for basic or minimalistic projects. On audio, you can set different audio tracks, separate them and record them. About video, the settings for streaming are useful if your internet connection it's not too good or if your PC/laptop it's not the most powerful out there. The software was using a lot of ram on my laptop at first, but after tweaking the settings a bit, it became really lightweight. You can add a capture device, you can capture your own desktop, a window, you can even add GIFs, images and videos and resize them or drag them through the screen. And yes, you can record on .H264, and that's one of the best things about it. Rookie streamer, if you're reading this and want to take a challenge, download and install OBS right now, it's the best solution for your project if you're on a tight budget.
CONSAs said, sometimes it lags the computer a bit if you didn't set up the whole thing correctly. The instructions guide it's really extensive and things are kind of hard to understand if you're a novice (YouTube tutorials can help you a lot on this).
Reason for choosing OBS Studio
OBS it's free and open source, and I chose it because I had zero money on the project.
Juan pedro
Broadcast Media, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2021
Obs is a really good open source experience
Wonderful experience reliable always on my tool set for all my projects
PROSYou can achieve most you will do with payed software The tools grow on every version and it gets better
CONSLack to capture devices connections as AJa for example Today main suppor on black magic products is good but meet to expand this
Reason for choosing OBS Studio
Price
T. Ryan
Verified reviewer
Entertainment, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Extremely powerful tool for broadcasting multiple video and audio sources.
Overall I think OBS is fantastic. It is a bit kludge-y in certain aspects but I have been using it for about a year and a half now and I can't imagine switching to a different tool. It has been able to handle multiple camera scenarios with ease. I just love it.
PROSThis product allowed me to quickly put together professional "studio grade" composite video scenes that were then easily broadcast to a number of online sites. I used it most frequently with Twitch and it has nicely integrated twitch features, but it can also be used to broadcast to facebook or youtube given that you have things configured correctly. The ability to apply video and audio filters as well as support for a variety of different audio and video formats for inset playback was extremely useful.
CONSThis product has a bit of a DIY flair. For anyone with a background in video editing or audio editing it wont take too long to figure out how to set up a scene and broadcast with OBS. However, the onbaording for new users is virtually non existant. I certainly wouldn't give OBS to someone with little to know technical experience and expect them to be successfull. In today's tech landscape, especially when it comes to streaming there are so many unsophisticated users attempting to get started that I think a few more passes to the UX and UI would be beneficial.
Reason for choosing OBS Studio
OBS has much better integrated streaming features that many of the other video / screen capturing products i looked at do not.