OBS Studio How To: Recording-Only Sources/Overlays

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How To: Recording-Only Sources/Overlays - Guide to make certain sources (chat overlay, etc) appear in recording but not in stream.

I've been searching for around a year for a good way to have certain sources be visible only in the recording and not in the live stream. In my case, I want to have a chat overlay in my recording so that context isn't lost in VODs on YouTube, but not have that overlay be visible on Twitch since it's redundant and annoying on a live stream.

Every guide or solution I've been able to find up till today has either:

• been the opposite of what I want to accomplish (have an overlay...

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[harry34]

Oh wow, this is honestly super helpful, I’ve been wanting this exact thing for ages too. Really happy to see a clear solution like this, gonna try it out right away!