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Ogh’s Video settings let you control every aspect of how your stream is encoded before you go live. You can choose the resolution, frame rate, and bitrate that match your upload speed and audience, and toggle orientation and screen-awake behavior to suit your setup.

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Where to Find Video Settings

Open Settings, then scroll to the Video section. All the options below are available there.

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Video Settings Reference

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Choosing the Right Quality

For most streams, the defaults — 720p, 30 fps, 2.5 Mbps — deliver a clear picture without straining a typical home upload connection. If your connection is fast and stable, stepping up to 1080p at 4.5–6 Mbps produces noticeably sharper results. Before committing to a higher preset, verify your actual upload speed; sustained upload bandwidth must comfortably exceed the bitrate you select. Higher-end presets also place greater demands on your device’s hardware and the destination platform’s ingest. If preparation fails at a high preset, try stepping the resolution or bitrate down first.
Resolution, frame rate, and bitrate are locked once you tap Go Live — the video encoder cannot change these values mid-session. Set them before starting your broadcast.
Start with the defaults (720p, 30 fps, 2.5 Mbps) and only step up once you’ve confirmed your upload speed can handle the higher load without dropping frames.

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Camera Source and Orientation

When you use a camera as your video source, Ogh samples your device’s physical orientation at the moment you tap Go Live and locks it for the session:
  • Landscape — Ogh uses the standard width × height for your chosen resolution (for example, 1280 × 720 at 720p).
  • Portrait — Ogh swaps the dimensions (for example, 720 × 1280 at 720p).
The encoded canvas stays fixed for the entire session because changing the video dimensions mid-stream would require ending and restarting the broadcast. Rotating your device after going live does not change the canvas dimensions; Ogh adjusts the camera frame orientation automatically so the live video stays upright. The preview is counter-rotated to match, so what you see on screen always looks correct. Camera preview uses fill scaling — the aspect ratio is preserved and any overflow is center-cropped. You will never see letterboxing or stretching in the preview or in the encoded output.

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Lock Orientation

When Lock Orientation is enabled (the default), Ogh locks the app’s user-interface orientation as soon as your saved settings load, and the lock stays in effect whether you are idle or live. This setting controls the app UI only — it does not affect how camera frames are encoded or how screen capture handles rotation.

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Keep Screen Awake

When Keep Screen Awake is enabled (the default), Ogh prevents the display from sleeping while a session is active. Disable this if you want normal screen-timeout behavior, but be aware that a sleeping screen can interfere with screen-capture sources.