Help with settings

[weemac29]

Is it best to have the canvas, obs resolution and the source resolutions the same, meaning if the canvas is 720p and obs settings 720p should i output from camera at 720p or does it not matter?

 

[koala]

It depends. What stream contents or recording do you intend to produce? This is the starting point of your planning. What should the output resolution be? And do I perhaps intend to change the output resolution later?

With games, it's usually best to set canvas to the same resolution as the game and output resolution to the resolution you intend to stream with or record.
If you want to stream some camera covering the whole screen as primary source, it's best to set the camera to the lowest resolution possible, because this results in best quality with the given resolution. You waste resources if you capture a camera at high resolution and downscale the video within OBS. The lowest resolution possible for a camera covering the full video space is the intended output resolution, so in this case you set everything the same: output, canvas, camera. Try to avoid downscaling a camera image, try to capture it the same or slightly above the intended resolution you want the camera appear in the output video.

 

[weemac29]

It depends. What stream contents or recording do you intend to produce? This is the starting point of your planning. What should the output resolution be? And do I perhaps intend to change the output resolution later?

With games, it's usually best to set canvas to the same resolution as the game and output resolution to the resolution you intend to stream with or record.
If you want to stream some camera covering the whole screen as primary source, it's best to set the camera to the lowest resolution possible, because this results in best quality with the given resolution. You waste resources if you capture a camera at high resolution and downscale the video within OBS. The lowest resolution possible for a camera covering the full video space is the intended output resolution, so in this case you set everything the same: output, canvas, camera. Try to avoid downscaling a camera image, try to capture it the same or slightly above the intended resolution you want the camera appear in the output video.

Thank you so much that was a great explaination and one that i understood for first time lol, i am streaming live Dj sets from Obs and Twitch i have been getting good results the audience is mostly on mobile phones, may i ask to get it clear in my head, so if i have the source camera and Obs set to 720p 60fps and the canvas 720p should give me the best results is that correct or would dropping fps to 30 fps make any difference? Once again thank you very much for your reply