Compress OBS Recordings & Stream Archives — Save 50-80% Disk Space

OBS Recordings Fill Your Drive Fast

Streamers and content creators know the pain — recording settings optimized for quality produce massive files:

• Lossless or high-CRF OBS recordings: 20-50 GB per hour
• Stream VOD archives accumulate hundreds of gigabytes per month
• Keeping highlights and raw footage means constant drive management

Video Recompress Studio compresses your OBS recordings after the stream, preserving quality while shrinking files 50-80%.

How It Works with OBS

Designed to fit into your streaming workflow:

• Point to your OBS output folder — drag your recordings directory
• Pick a preset — 'YouTube Raw' for upload-ready files or 'Max Savings' for archive
• Batch compress overnight — GPU-accelerated encoding processes your backlog while you sleep
• MKV and MP4 support — handles OBS's native MKV recordings and remuxed MP4s

Typical OBS Recording Savings

Real compression results from common OBS recording settings:

Results using H.265, CRF 23. Lossless sources compress the most. Already-optimized recordings see smaller gains.

Fits Your Streaming Workflow

Compress after streaming — no impact on live performance:

• Record at max quality — keep your OBS settings lossless or high-bitrate for editing
• Compress after editing — batch compress final exports and raw recordings
• CLI automation — schedule compression jobs via command line for hands-free workflow