I think the reason why most people find OBS easy to use is because it requires fewer system resources unlike Streamlabs. So if you have a powerful PC then maybe you’ll enjoy it after learning how to go about it, if not…..^{(of course most streamers have powerful PCs, what am I even saying?)}
Anyway, I’m actually surprised you kept on looking for the template and didn’t just make a new one. That’s some serious digging you did there.
And for panda video compressor, it sounds like a cool tool. I’ll wait for your first upload to see how good it is before I jump on it.