
However, if we are focusing on ShadowPlay vs OBS recording, I would always choose OBS. Featuresīetween ShadowPlay vs OBS, there aren’t many differences when it comes to features. Lastly, make sure to add all of the plugins you need for streaming. OBS is great at recognizing these devices on its own, but they do have to be added manually to the Sources and Audio tab. If everything looks good, you can connect the webcam (or another camera), and microphone. The most suitable bitrate, resolution, and FPS are set, so check out whether these settings match your preferences. This software has default settings for both streaming and recording and in most cases, you don’t have to alter these settings so much. OBS allows direct linking as well – through OBS log-in to Twitch or other services you plan on using. In most cases, this is done via the stream key. Once you get the software, you should link it with the desired streaming service. The installation is straightforward, and setting up is also super easy. There are multiple links for different operating systems. The installation link for OBS is placed on the website. Updates also don’t cost anything, and in most cases, plugins are free as well. PriceĪs said, this is an open-source program – anybody can get it for free, no matter where they live. OBS allows both streaming and recording, and it is compatible with all operating systems. It is open-source software, so anyone can edit the code and help improve it. It is possible to do simulated keys with this program but I've found it a little buggy.Open Broadcaster Software was the first streaming software ever launched. That doesn't disable the button but it'll stop doing what you don't want it to do.

After installing simply set whatever buttons on your mouse you don't want to function to " disable" (see spoiler). With my mouse (razer mamba) button 4 is the default back button on browsers so I needed to disable it, to do this I use a program called X-Mouse Button Control. If you're like me and you use a mouse button for push to talk on TeamSpeak (I use Button 4) you've probably run into problems when trying to bind the same key in both OBS and ShadowPlay and numerous other programs. Posting this here as a guide as it's something I just figured out how to do and I found no hard and fast answer on how it's done, I kept running into threads on other forums years out of date talking about registry edits then finding it didn't work anymore and messing around with mic mute/unmute programs but nothing was working for me.
