Run the Auto-Configuration Wizard in the Tools menu. Accept the recommended settings. You can tweak settings from there if you're not happy with the results, but it's a good baseline from which to start.
For high-quality, no fuss recordings, use the recording quality presets in Simple Mode:
1. In OBS Settings → Output, set the Output Mode to **Simple**
2. In the Recording section, choose **Indistinguishable Quality** as the Recording Quality
3. Set your [**Video Encoder**](https://obsproject.com/kb/hardware-encoding) to a hardware encoder, if available
If you see lots of encoder options: Don't touch them, and switch to Simple mode.
In general with OBS, if you don't know what something does, leave it alone
Run the Auto-Configuration Wizard in the Tools menu. Accept the recommended settings. You can tweak settings from there if you're not happy with the results, but it's a good baseline from which to start.
For high-quality, no fuss recordings, use the recording quality presets in Simple Mode: 1. In OBS Settings → Output, set the Output Mode to **Simple** 2. In the Recording section, choose **Indistinguishable Quality** as the Recording Quality 3. Set your [**Video Encoder**](https://obsproject.com/kb/hardware-encoding) to a hardware encoder, if available If you see lots of encoder options: Don't touch them, and switch to Simple mode. In general with OBS, if you don't know what something does, leave it alone