Technical
Display capture
Capturing your entire monitor, notifications and all. Flexible but risky — everyone has accidentally streamed their DMs this way.
Related terms
- Game capture
OBS's hooked capture of a game's video directly — the most efficient way to capture gameplay. Use it before Display Capture.
- Window capture
Capturing one specific application window. Safer than display capture for browsers — chat can't see your other tabs.
- Source
One ingredient inside an OBS scene: a game capture, webcam, image, browser overlay, or mic. Scenes are just stacks of sources.