| Where the file is | The sources of OBS Studio cover a game, a window, a capture card, an image, a text or the whole display, and the resolution of the source should match the resolution of the game. |
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| What the file is | The resolution of the recording is set in the Output section with the scale filter: a source in 1080p can be recorded in 720p. |
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| What can go wrong | The name of the file of the recording holds the year, the month, the day and the time with hours, minutes and seconds. |
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| What the platform says | The MKV container is the default one of OBS Studio, it supports every single codec combination of the program and it is not corrupted as a whole when the recording stops without a graceful ending. |
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| What the platform says | In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the MKV takes the H.264, HEVC, AV1 and ProRes video codecs and the AAC, ALAC, FLAC, Opus and PCM audio codecs. |
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| Length of one file | up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro |
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| Free plan | $0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card |
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| Pro plan | $10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month |