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OBS Studio is a free and open source program for livestreaming and video recording.
Create scenes with multiple types of video sources, including your computer display, video games, webcams, video files, and more.
Stream your video productions on sites like Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook live, or record your videos locally to share.
Livestream video to sites like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Live, and many more, including your own custom servers
Record videos to save to your hard drive and share with friends
High performance real time video/audio capturing and mixing. Create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, capture cards and more
Set up an unlimited number of scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions
Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain. Take full control with VST plugin support
Powerful and easy to use configuration options. Add new Sources, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly
Streamlined Settings panel gives you access to a wide array of configuration options to tweak every aspect of your broadcast or recording
Modular 'Dock' UI allows you to rearrange the layout exactly as you like. You can even pop out each individual Dock to its own window
Choose from a number of different and customizable transitions for when you switch between your scenes or add your own stinger video files
Set hotkeys for nearly every sort of action, such as switching between scenes, starting/stopping streams or recordings, muting audio sources, push to talk, and more
Studio Mode lets you preview your scenes and sources before pushing them live. Adjust your scenes and sources or create new ones and ensure they're perfect before your viewers ever see them
Get a high level view of your production using the Multiview. Monitor 8 different scenes and easily cue or transition to any of them with merely a single or double click
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Fixed an issue where plugins might not load properly on the first start after updating OBS on Windows Blocked OBS Studio from running on macOS 12 Due to a Qt update, OBS Studio 32.2.x fails to launch on macOS 12. For macOS 12, please use OBS Studio 32.1.2.
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed missing audio mixer tooltips Fixed audio mixer minimum width being too large Fixed audio mixer sorting weight for global and pinned sourcesFixed disabled sources appearing in audio mixer Fixed missing toolbar actions for audio mixer Fixed incorrect colors in audio mixer Fixed audio deduplication incorrectly applying when an audio outputcapture source is set to monitor only
Read full update on Steam ↗32.0.1 Hotfix Changes Fixed a possible crash in 32.0.0 on Windows when opening source properties Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where browser sources would break after switching scenes This issue may also have caused increased resource usage. Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 with the audio deduplication logic when an Audio Capture Source device is also used for monitoring Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where Multitrack Video settings were unavailable to Custom Services
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 causing Multitrack Video to set the Maximum Video Tracks to 10 if the user had set it to "Auto" Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 causing Browser Source hardware acceleration to fail in the Flatpak version Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 where progress bars were styled incorrectly Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 where spacing around scrollbars was incorrect Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 where Decklink Output did not work Fixed a freeze in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 on Linux when using PipeWire capture with explicit sync Fixed an issue where Video Capture Devices on Linux could unexpectedly stop capturing video Fixed an issue with PipeWire capture on Linux where video filters could cause gamma shift This was done by reverting a fix for white-tinted PipeWire captures in 10-bit or...
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a crash when using YouTube browser docks Fixed an issue causing RTMPS streams to fail in some cases Fixed an issue causing Media Sources ingesting SRT streams to fail in some cases Fixed an issue causing Browser Source hardware acceleration to fail on Linux
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a crash on macOS caused by hand gesture reactions Fixed a crash caused by malformed scene collection files Fixed a possible crash on Linux when initializing PipeWire screen sharing Fixed a possible deadlock and freeze on macOS while exiting OBS Fixed an issue with inhibiting screensaver on Linux Fixed an issue where migrated NVIDIA Audio Effects filters would not retain their position in the filter order Fixed an issue where Scene Collections could have an incorrect base resolution Fixed an issue on Linux with Portable Mode causing the config directory to be in the wrong location Fixed an issue where an Image Slideshow Source set to Random Playback Mode would stop on the last image Fixed a missing string for an NVENC error message Changed NVENC to not permit invalid custom options
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a possible deadlock when using Hybrid MP4 Fixed a possible deadlock when closing OBS while outputs are active Fixed a possible crash when connecting to an RTMP server Fixed a possible RTMP disconnect/timeout on Windows systems without IPv6 connectivity when connecting to a dual-stack RTMP server Fixed browser source custom CSS injection for sites with 'require-trusted-types-for' CSP (e.g., YouTube) Adjusted IPv4/IPv6 address selection to be stricter Fixed a memory leak with the volume sliders
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a possible crash when loading scene data Fixed an issue with CoreAudio AAC timestamps causing a stream to fail Fixed an issue with obs-websocket not reading Virtual Camera availability correctly Fixed an issue with obs-websocket settings not saving correctly Fixed an issue causing the legacy AMF encoder to no longer be available after updating OBS Fixed an issue where attempting to run OBS with the OpenGL renderer on Windows would fail Fixed read-only QTextEdit background color Fixed source tree icon spacing Adjusted sizing of Classic audio meter elements
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed NVENC failing with old drivers/devices Reverted: Changed default recording format to fMP4/fMOV for stable releases
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a crash on macOS 11 when starting OBS Fixed missing HDR metadata for certain encoders Fixed broken hardware decoding of remote streams in Media Sources Fixed broken file output from remuxing a file with PCM audio Fixed an issue where macOS Audio Capture or macOS Screen Capture sources could stop capturing Fixed an issue on Windows causing Virtual Camera and 32-bit Game Capture to fail Fixed an issue on Linux which caused QSV encoders to be enabled on systems with no Intel GPUs Backported xdg-data metadata updates
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a CEF-related crash on macOS due to application bundle naming Fixed a crash with PipeWire Screen Capture Fixed a crash when removing scene items Fixed a crash on shutdown in obs-websocket Fixed macOS Sonoma capture indicator lingering on screen Fixed a memory leak on first run after updating OBS Fixed Safe Mode activating when using multiple OBS instances Fixed Stats Dock reporting incorrect free disk space on macOS Fixed menu bar application title issues on macOS Fixed issues with the shader cache feature causing OBS to be unable to run on Windows Fixed an issue causing browser docks to close OBS Fixed handling frontend JS events in browser sources Fixed audio devices resetting when encountering timestamp errors on Windows
Read full update on Steam ↗30.0 New Features Added WHIP/WebRTC output Redesigned the status bar The redesigned status bar now provides the same information in a more organized and well structured way, with more representative and recognizable icons. Added option for Full-Height docks to the "Docks" menu When enabled, a dock such as chat can take up the entire height of the OBS window Added support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, AV1 on Linux Added a shader cache to improve OBS startup time on Windows Added application audio capture on macOS Reworked the virtual camera on macOS to work with all applications (on macOS 13 and newer) Added a YouTube Live Control Room Panel when streaming to YouTube Added 10-bit capture support for Decklink devices Added HDR playback support for Decklink output Added an option to hide OBS windows from macOS Screen Capture's "Display Capture" Added a "Safe Mode" that runs OBS without third...
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed service selection resetting for services that are not shown by default Fixed crash when properties are deleted in callback, e.g. with the Source Record plugin Fixed keyboard shortcuts not being displayed for some context menu items Fixed crash with Freetype 2 text sources with non-ASCII text Fixed AMF encoder reconfiguration and dynamic bitrate not working Fixed AMF preset fallback not taking the GPUs reported throughput into account Fixed a bug preventing properties dialogs from being closed with the “Cancel” button Fixed window capture/game capture compatibility notices being displayed erroneously Fixed potential crash on exit with obs-websockets Fixed a crash when unloading Lua scripts Fixed unnecessary undo/redo entries being created for text sources Fixed macOS capture showing a white background on macOS 14 Beta Fixed macOS graphics thread timer accuracy Fixed a bug where t...
Read full update on Steam ↗Adjusted GPU priority level when Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) is enabled in Windows settings - This fixes OBS freezing and driver crashes that some users experienced when using NVIDIA Audio Effects filters - We will continue to work with NVIDIA to determine the root cause of these issues and revisit this change at a later date Fixed a possible crash when interrupting stingers Fixed a crash when double-clicking non-multiview projectors Fixed a crash on opening settings when a non-existent service was selected Fixed a crash when receiving multiple SIGINT signals Fixed a crash when closing OBS while a background thread had not completed Fixed the keyframe interval calculation for the VideoToolbox encoder Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the "Source Cleanup Error" to show when switching scene collections Fixed a reference leak with virtual camera when using source output...
Read full update on Steam ↗29.1.1 Hotfix Changes Fixed some Elgato devices being blocked on Windows Fixed audio mixer warning about sources not assigned to any tracks while monitoring was set to "Monitor Only (mute output)" Fixed FLAC being erroneously shown as compatible with MOV Added an error message for NVENC AV1 to explain why it fails Fixed an issue where captured video could appear to have tearing on Intel Macs Fixed a data corruption issue that could occur when switching scene collections Fixed a crash that could occur on macOS when connecting a service account
Read full update on Steam ↗This Update brings AV1 Live Streaming, Lossless Audio Recording, plus many Quality of Life and Performance improvements. New Features Added support for streaming AV1/HEVC over Enhanced RTMP Enhanced RTMP V1 extends the RTMP protocol to support newer video codecs and HDR. More info at: https://github.com/veovera/enhanced-rtmp Currently only supported by/enabled for YouTube as a beta feature HDR is not yet implemented Added support for multiple audio tracks in Simple output recording Added a DLL blocking feature for Windows. This allows OBS to block problematic DLLs from attaching to OBS and causing freezing or crashes, for example 3rd party overlay hooks and outdated video capture devices. This blocks old versions of popular VTubing software virtual cameras that are known to cause freezes when accessing video capture device properties. If you are affected, please update to the latest v...
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a bug introduced in 29.0.1 which caused sources with an upward compressor filter to stop audio playback under certain circumstances
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed the "NVIDIA AUDIO Effects SDK is outdated" message appearing on the noise reduction filter properties when the SDK wasn't installed Fixed a crash that could happen if you use NVIDIA's audio effect filters and then later uninstall the SDK Fixed the expander and upward compressor audio filters sounding distorted Added "Knee Width" option to the upward compressor audio filter to improve quality Fixed a bug where overriding the theme on Linux could cause the program not to start up Fixed software rendering not working properly on Linux Fixed a bug where the Stats window/panel would show an incorrect disk space calculation when pausing recordings Fixed a bug on Windows where the "Force SDR" setting in window capture wasn't showing up Fixed a bug on macOS where the virtual camera would show up red Fixed a bug where Linux captures would not work correctly on X11 Fixed a crash on Linux...
Read full update on Steam ↗This release brings additional encoders, including AV1 on the AMD RX7000 series and AV1/HEVC for supported Intel GPUs on Windows, and HEVC and ProRes support on macOS, as well as fixes for bugs and crashes. Features Added support for the AMD AV1 Encoder for the RX7000 series GPUs on Windows Added support for the Intel AV1 Encoder for Arc GPUs on Windows - Note: CQP is available but not fully supported Added support for the Intel HEVC Encoder on Windows Added an upward compressor filter Added a 3-band equalizer filter Added support for native HEVC and ProRes encoders on macOS, including P010 and HDR Added support for macOS Desk View Websockets updated to 5.1.0, which has a number of bug fixes, UI improvements, and new stream reconnect events. Added update channels for opting into receiving beta/release-candidate builds to Windows Tweaks and Improvements The Replay Buffer's memory limit...
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a Browser Source crash that could happen under certain circumstances Fixed "Always on Top" not saving on exit
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed NVENC preset not being migrated properly in simple output mode Fixed the inability to start the encoder when NVENC is set to a bframe count higher than is supported by the device
Read full update on Steam ↗OBS 28.1 is now available, this is a minor update for 28.0 introducing support for AV1 encoding via NVIDIA NVENC as well as a few bug fixes. Note for macOS users: Starting with this update M1/M2 Macs will run the ARM/"Apple Silicon" version of OBS by default. This may lead to some plugins or VST effects not being loaded due to not being Apple Silicon compatible, so make sure to check for plugin updates. To keep using the x86/Intel version of OBS add the "--intel" parameter to "Launch Options" (Right click -> Properties -> Launch Options). Changes: Added NVENC AV1 hardware encoder on Windows Currently only works with the NV12 (OBS default) and P010 color formats Currently does not support the "rescale" feature in advanced output mode Only available for RTX 40 Series video cards from NVIDIA Updated NVENC presets Presets have been split into 3 different settings: Preset, Tuning, and Mult...
Read full update on Steam ↗Note for macOS users: Starting with this update Apple Silicon Macs will correctly run the ARM version of OBS by default. This may lead to some plugins or VST effects not being loaded due to not being Apple Silicon compatible, so make sure to check for plugin updates. To keep using the x86/Intel version of OBS add the "--intel" parameter to "Launch Options" (Right click -> Properties -> Launch Options). 28.1 Release Candidate 1 Changes Fix Stats widget appearance and font size Fix theme selection after clicking apply and cancel in Settings Fix Steam launching x86 version under Rosetta Fix crashes in apps loading macOS Virtual Camera Use correct title for failed replay buffer start Fix crash on resolution change of Windows Virtual Camera Fix possible crash when making quick UI changes Fix a crash related to Windows Virtual Camera Fix crash after running autoconfig at less than 240p Fix...
Read full update on Steam ↗Fixed a bug where the Linux Window Capture target would reset every time obs loaded Fixed issue where green tint would sometimes occur when the OBS color range was set to Full Fixed a performance issue with the Windows per-application audio sources Fixed a bug where auto remux did not work with certain settings in simple output mode Fixed a bug where transition items would be grayed out when switching scene collections Fixed a bug where unpausing would cause recordings to stop when using certain encoders Fixed a bug where m3u8 wouldn’t work with certain video encoders Fixed dock title bar icons not loading on Linux and not being the right color OBS will now warn you to restart when switching python installs in the scripting configuration dialog Fix hang when Windows audio capture is active in the background and stopped by either closing OBS or switching scene collections
Read full update on Steam ↗The second hotfix for 28.0 is now available. It addresses a number of issues reported by our users since the 28.0/28.0.1 releases. Note: We updated the Visual C++ redistributables to the 2022 version, you may be asked to install the new version when launching OBS. Changelog: Fix macOS updater not updating to newer versions Fix YouTube Manage Broadcast dialog being too large for 768p displays Fix broken prefix for obspython binary module on Linux Fix hotkey settings screen not accepting all input on macOS Fix memory leak with mpegts Fix crash when left-clicking on non-multiview projectors Fix I420 HLG support Fix resource leak in v4l2-output Fix source name edit textbox not accepting input on enter Add support for reading NV12/YUY2 PQ/HLG Fix spacing in scene and source tree Fix Qt5-linked plugins crashing Qt6-based OBS builds on Linux Update volume controls decay rate on profile switc...
Read full update on Steam ↗We just released the first 28.0 hotfix to address a few issues reported since the 28.0 release on Wednesday: Fixed a bug causing MP4/MOV files to sometimes save in a corrupted state Fixed a bug causing DeckLink device sources to sometimes not capture Fixed the Windows auto-updater to only update on Windows 10 and above Added "Resize output (source size)" back to the source context menu Reverted a change causing video capture device settings to be reset when used NOTE: This reverts the automatic saving of video capture device configuration settings. This will be reintroduced in a future version. For the full changelog including 28.0 itself see github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/28.0.1
Read full update on Steam ↗Welcome to OBS Studio 28, celebrating the 10th anniversary of OBS! 10 years ago, the first version of OBS was released by Jim. Today, we have hundreds of contributors and countless users. We're very grateful for all the support, and we're happy that so many people find it useful! This release comes with a ton of new features, all of which can be found in the release notes, but we've highlighted a few here. First, and probably the biggest change, is that we now have HDR support! You can play games in HDR and OBS will automatically tonemap the content to SDR. If you want to capture and record HDR content, this is now possible with the appropriate HDR settings. See the release notes for a basic overview and how to set OBS correctly for HDR. For our Apple M1/M2 users, native Apple Silicon support is here! OBS is now available as an ARM64 app for macOS, running without Rosetta. Also availa...
Read full update on Steam ↗In preparation for OBS 28.0 and native Apple Silicon support the way the macOS build is launched will be updated. This should not cause any issues as long as your OBS install was updated to this build.
Read full update on Steam ↗Changes: Fixed a bug where sources could show up in the mixer while using studio mode even when those sources weren’t active Fixed a bug where audio wouldn’t capture for people with older Windows versions Fixed an incorrectly colored icon on the Rachni theme Fixed an issue that could lead to the macOS application bundle’s signature being invalidated when distributed in a way that does not preserve extended file attributes (e.g. Steam)
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