
If you do not have any other firewall installed then you can follow this article to open the Windows Firewall. Open FirewallIt is important to open your firewall for Streamlabs Desktop to properly connect to the internet and allow the various used widgets, like Alert Box, to get updated promptly. If you did update any drivers or software, make sure that you have rebooted your computer before continuing. Updated Drivers and SoftwareMake sure that your drivers, especially your video graphic card drivers, and Windows are fully up to date.
Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable īoth the 32 bit and 64-bit versions should be installed, even if you have a 64-bit version of Windows. Please download and run both of these Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 redistributables and reboot your computer afterward. If you are not sure which setting to use, we recommend starting with the very fast preset and then moving up to the faster or ultrafast preset if you are not happy with the quality of your video.Install VC++ 2017Streamlabs Desktop requires some additional files to be installed on your system before using the software else it might run into issues. You have settings called Quality and Performance and all the in-between, and it is easier to understand, because Quality means it will give you more quality and Performance means more performance. The ultrafast preset will use the most of your computer’s processing power, but it will result in the highest quality video.īut we have an encoder preset, which is the same thing as a CPU Usage Preset, but the terms are easier to understand. The faster preset will use more of your computer’s processing power, but it will result in better quality video. The very fast preset will use the least amount of your computer’s processing power, but it will also result in lower quality video. For low-end to midrange GPUs, I recommend a very fast preset. Faster will use far less CPU with less quality, and slower will use more CPU but give you more quality.
Overall, this setting means how the encoder should run. There are many different settings that you can choose from: very fast, faster, ultrafast, and many more. The CPU usage preset is a setting that allows you to control how much of your computer’s processing power is being used by OBS.