To create a new folder for your OBS recordings, right-click and choose New -> Folder. This will bring up your file explorer and allow you to choose a new or existing folder. To change where OBS Studio saves your recordings, click ‘Browse’. This will show you where your recordings are due to be saved once finished. It might be a drop-down menu, in which case click the + symbol to open up all of your options.įrom here you should be able to see your recording path. In the output tab, go to the ‘Recording’ sub-menu. Once inside, navigate to the ‘Output’ tab on the left. How to Change the Location Where OBS Saves RecordingsĪlthough your ‘Videos’ folder is the default location to store recordings, you can change this quite easily inside the OBS Studio settings menu.Ĭlick the cog in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen to bring up the OBS settings menu. It will also capture your audio settings in exactly the same way. This includes overlays, alerts, and streamlabels. The record feature will capture everything that would be visible to your stream viewers. This is highlighted within the two red squares above. The record button will record everything inside your stream preview box. To end your recording simply click the button again and it will return to its grey state. You’ll know that you are recording when your ‘REC’ button turns from grey to red and it will also display the amount of time you have been live to the left of the button. This is your record button and will initiate your recording once clicked.

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that below to ‘Start Streaming’ in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen is a Start Recording button below.

Due to OBS being predominantly a streaming software, it’s not immediately obvious how to record locally or even that the feature exists!

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