Guides

Best OBS recording settings for League of Legends

OBS's own suggested recording settings for 1080p, for NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and CPU encoders. Six steps, about five minutes, plus a quick test.

Record horizontal. Crop vertical later.

Should you record vertical or horizontal in OBS for Shorts and Reels? Record wide, crop later. The real cost of each route, with the numbers.

What to clip from your League stream, and what to skip

Which League moments are worth posting as a Short? A five question test, six clip types, what to skip, and four creators to learn from.

How to put your face on top and gameplay below in a vertical clip

Build a 9:16 split with your camera on top and gameplay below. Six steps in OBS, with the real pixel sizes and what the crop costs you.

OBS recording format: MKV or MP4?

Which recording format to pick in OBS in 2026, how to switch it in Settings, and how to remux an MKV to MP4. Five steps, about three minutes.

How to make a good background for your face cam

A good face cam background is clean, slightly darker than your face, with one lamp for texture. Six steps, plus the OBS green screen settings.

How do creators make a hook for a clip?

A hook is what the first three seconds of your clip show and say. Six steps to write one, with League examples and how to check if it worked.

Why does my lighting suck on stream? How to fix it

Bad stream lighting usually means one light in the wrong place. Put a key light 45 degrees off, add a half strength fill, and set your webcam manually.

My mic is too low: how to fix it in Windows and OBS

Quiet mic on stream? Raise the Windows input volume, add a Gain filter in OBS, and check the meter. Five steps, about five minutes.