OBS Studio is software designed for capturing, compositing, encoding, recording, and streaming video content, efficiently. It is the re-write of the widely used Open Broadcaster Software, to allow even more features and multi-platform support. OBS Studio supports multiple sources, including media files, games, web pages, application windows, webcams, your desktop, microphone and more.
OBS Studio Features:
- High performance real time video/audio capturing and mixing, with unlimited scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions.
- Live streaming to Twitch, YouTube, Periscope, Mixer, GoodGame, DailyMotion, Hitbox, VK and any other RTMP server
- Filters for video sources such as image masking, color correction, chroma/color keying, and more.
- x264, H.264 and AAC for your live streams and video recordings
- Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) and NVIDIA NVENC support
- Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain. Take full control with VST plugin support.
- GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming
- Unlimited number of scenes and sources
- Number of different and customizable transitions for when you switch between scenes
- Hotkeys for almost any action such as start or stop your stream or recording, push-to-talk, fast mute of any audio source, show or hide any video source, switch between scenes,and much more
- Live preview of any changes on your scenes and sources using Studio Mode before pushing them to your stream where your viewers will see those changes
- DirectShow capture device support (webcams, capture cards, etc)
- Powerful and easy to use configuration options. Add new Sources, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly.
- Streamlined Settings panel for quickly configuring your broadcasts and recordings. Switch between different profiles with ease.
- Light and dark themes available to fit your environment.
- …and many other features. For free. At all.
OBS Studio 27.2 new features and additions:
- Added AJA source for AJA devices [DDRBoxman/AJA Team]
- Added AJA output to tools menu for AJA devices [DDRBoxman/AJA Team]
- Updated CEF (Chromium) for the browser source from 75 (3770) to version 95 (4638) (Absolutely amazing work by everyone who worked on this, especially the CEF community -Jim) [PatTheMav/RytoEX/pkv/WizardCM/VodBox]
- Added the ability to set different blend modes to sources via the source right-click context menu (similar to Photoshop’s layer blending for example) [jw0z96]
- Added AOM AV1 and SVT-AV1 encoders (note that these are currently considered experimental, work best with CPUs that have many cores, and are only accessible for recording in advanced output mode) [Jim]
- Added an OBS hotkey for browser sources to allow refreshing a browser source via that hotkey [gxalpha]
- Added hotkey filter search [furious]
- Added hotkey duplicate detection [furious/Jim]
- Added a warning dialog when switching profiles that have settings changes that require a restart [offthegrid-mike]
- Added a “Show active outputs warning on exit” option in advanced settings, which allows you to enable/disable the confirmation dialog on exit while recording/streaming [bobvandevijver]
- Added support for the RIST protocol [pkv]
- Added official Flatpak support for Linux [GeorgesStavracas]
- Added framework for future support of background hotkeys on Wayland [kkartaltepe]
- Added an option to general settings to hide OBS from all capturing, allowing you to capture your screen without OBS showing up [R1CH]
Tweaks
- Updated dependencies to their latest versions [Jim/RytoEX/pkv/WizardCM/VodBox]
- Volume meters will now show audio activity in grayscale when muted rather than showing no activity [cg2121]
- Improve menu bar icons on macOS [PatTheMav]
- A warning will now be shown when failing to start/stop YouTube streams [derrod]
- Improved consistency of transition duration suffixes [cg2121]
- On Linux, the list of windows shown in Window capture will now show alphabetically [donotnoot]
- Twitch panels will now use light or dark mode depending on the OBS theme [RytoEX]
- Changed the Docks menu from being a submenu in the View menu to instead be its own top-level menu on the menu-bar [Warchamp7]
- A more user-friendly dialog is now displayed when a file could not be written for recording [R1CH]
- The filters preview/properties are now resizable [Warchamp7]
- Added the ability for RTMP servers to request a silent reconnect when the server is going down (otherwise known as the “RTMP go away” feature) [Jim]
- Incompatible audio filters will now not be shown for sources that don’t support them [WizardCM]
- Added frontend event so scripts can know when OBS is shutting down [cg2121]
- PipeWire capturing is now more robust, especially in multi-GPU setups [columbarius]
- Sources will now be activated when viewing them in the filters dialog [tt2468]
- Browser sources are no longer refreshed when their size changes (useful when programmatically resizing them) [exeldro]
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the cursor capture position on certain applications with window and game capture [rcdrone]
- Fix YouTube GoLive feature not working for existing broadcasts that are not auto-start broadcasts [derrod]
- Fixed the YouTube broadcast button state when stopping streams without auto-start, that have auto-stop enabled [derrod]
- Fixed an issue where the edit menu wouldn’t properly update its state depending on what was selected [offthegrid-mike]
- Fixed the Paste Source context menu items from still being enabled if source has been destroyed [Jim]
- Fixed a bug where pressing “Cancel” on a properties dialog would cause settings to save in some cases despite hitting cancel [gxalpha]
- Fixed a bug where certain settings would show as available in the video capture device properties when they weren’t actually available [lexi-lambda]
- Fixed a crash where modifying the video capture device properties on Linux could cause a crash on some systems [lexi-lambda]
- Fixed Linux PulseAudio monitoring volume with signed 32bit and unsigned 8bit formats [norihiro]
- Fixed Media Source not working with audio-only files [norihiro]
- Fixed a couple memory leaks with QSV [shleeable]
- Fixed an issue where audio monitoring could have significant latency on Linux [kkartaltepe]
- Fixed undo/redo not working for text changes on the context bar [gxalpha]
- Fixed an issue where the transform window would not consistently updated for selected sources/scenes [offthegrid-mike]
- Fixed missing undo/redo action when resetting filter properties [gxalpha]
- Fixed missing undo/redo action when using “Add existing source” [gxalpha]
- Fixed an issue where stinger transitions could sometimes loop unintentionally [exeldro]
- Fixed an issue where transforms/crops would not be included when copying/pasting sources [torresam]
- Fixed a couple potential freezes and crashes, especially with browser sources [Jim]
- Fixed an issue where devices would not always reinitialize properly when switching scene collections [Jim]
- Fixed various issues that would affect the websockets plugin [tt2468]
- Fixed a bug where certain Twitch panel settings wouldn’t save properly [derrod]
- Fixed a bug on Linux where Window capture wouldn’t properly capture on software rasterization devices [ishitatsuyuki]
- Fixed various potential bugs and race conditions across the program and multiple plugins [wangshaohui]
- Fixed network throughput to distant servers potentially being limited in low memory environments [R1CH]
- Fixed a crash on Linux X11 that could happen when closing certain dialogs containing video previews [tt2468]
- Fixed VST plugin windows disappearing when resized [Blue Cat Audio]
- Fixed a VST plugin crash that could occur under certain circumstances [walker-WSH]
- Fixed an incorrect offset of scene labels on certain multiview configurations [norihiro]
- Fixed a bug that would allow resizing sources that are locked [ntoff]
- Fixed a performance issue with X11 window capture on Linux [ishitatsuyuki]
- Fixed a bug where projectors could not be resized with certain window managers on Linux [univrsal]
- Fixed window flashing on macOS when starting the program minimized to tray [CodyJung]
- Fixed a bug where push-to-talk or mute delay would not save under certain circumstances [CodyJung]
- Fixed a bug where mouse hotkeys would not always function correctly on Linux [kkartaltepe]
Download 64-bit: OBS Studio 27.2 | Portable | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
Download 32-bit: OBS Studio 27.2 | Portable
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