How to record Discord video chats with OBS

These instructions are for OSX, the steps should be similar (or simpler) for Windows.

Discord settings

You want to make the Discord window small enough to record smooth video without killing your computer.

Bypass limit on window size (make it as small as you wish):

• Edit file: Macintosh HD⁩ ▸ ⁨Users⁩ ▸ ⁨[YOUR NAME] ▸ ⁨Library⁩ ▸ ⁨Application Support⁩ ▸ ⁨discord⁩ ▸ settings.json
• Add before WINDOW_BOUNDS::
  “MIN_WIDTH”: 0,
  “MIN_HEIGHT”: 0,

Remove left sidebar: click Member list in top bar

Remove right sidebar:

• View-Developer-Toggle Developer Tools
• Style panel — Filter — +
• Click inspector-stylesheet
• Add:

.sidebar-2K8pFh {
width: 10px;
transition: width .2s ease-in;
}
.sidebar-2K8pFh:hover {
width: 240px;
transition-timing-function: ease-out;
}

• This is not permanent, you’ll have to do this again next time.
• View-Developer-Toggle Developer Tools

OBS settings

Audio:

• Mic/Aux
• Audio Output Capture set to IShowU Audio Capture (see here for IShowU Audio Capture)

Video:

• Window Capture set to active discord window
• Right click Window Capture
• Resize output (source size)
• Right click Window Capture
• Transform - Edit Transform
• Set Bounding Box size equal to Size

FPS:

• Try 30