Investigation Post - Sources in OBS Studio

Sources in OBS Studio are the objects that make up the scenes that are broadcast. Audio Input Capture records data from microphones or any other devices that send audio data to the PC. Audio Output Capture records the sounds from programs or all the sound being produced by the Desktop. Display Capture records the whole screen. This is a less used option due to how it doesn't really allow for professional-looking recording. Game Capture is optimized for recording gameplay. Image simply displays an image, while Image Slide Show will cycle through a set of images, and is commonly used to display a set of sponsored ads on a stream. Media Source will play Audio and Video files over the stream. Scene will add another scene, which isn't a source, so it is quite odd that it is in the menu for adding a source. Text will add a text box, which can be edited to have special effects such as stroke or slide, as well as gradient coloring. Video Capture Device will record video from a webcam or other camera device connected to the PC. Window Capture will record any specific window, and in newer versions includes the option to hide the frames that Windows adds. Deprecated currently only holds the older version of the Text source. Another option not pictured here but not present in this version is Browser Source, which will display a webpage outside of using an actual browser, which is useful when using StreamLabs or any other online streaming tools.