OBS Studio 32.2.0 Beta 2

OBS Studio delivers high-performance video capture, mixing, and streaming with powerful scene tools, filters, and multi-platform support.

Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · Jun 24, 2026 07:00 EDT with 0 comments

OBS Studio

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 32.2.0 Beta 2 changelog:

Beta 2 Changes

Fixed a CI deployment issue. There are no application changes since Beta 1.

32.2 New Features

Replaced add source dropdown with new dialog [Warchamp7]
Improved FPS selector UX [jcm93]
Added missing file support for filters [exeldro]
Added ability for plugins to set custom icons for new source types [cg2121]
Included .webp files when adding a directory to Image Slide Show source [TarunCore]
Added copy paste functions to frontend API [exeldro]
Added filter to compose SDR into HDR [jpark37]
Added delete as a hotkey to delete sources on macOS [PatTheMav]
Added dynamic bitrate support to multitrack video [lexano-ivs]

32.2 Changes

Forced Intel-based installations to update to Apple Silicon version on macOS [PatTheMav]
This change means that OBS Studio versions built for Intel-based Macs but running on Apple Silicon Macs will automatically update to OBS Studio built for Apple Silicon Macs. If an installation was using third-party plugins, those plugins will no longer load until replaced with Apple Silicon versions.
Fixed audio mixer state getting out of sync when changing settings via websockets or plugins [Warchamp7]
Added theming for checked QToolButtons [glikely]
Improved OpenGL performance slightly on low-end machines [kkartaltepe]
Set minimum size for color source to 1 pixel [exeldro]
Added minimum width to spinboxes [Warchamp7]
Disallowed overwriting the crash handler [sebastian-s-beckmann]
Applied process mitigation policies for Windows [notr1ch]
Adjusted description of multitrack video [jhnbwrs]
Changed new capture devices to use fallback frame rate by default [PatTheMav]
Improved DLL loading behavior on Windows [notr1ch]
Limited multitrack video config to Custom service [PatTheMav]

32.2 Bug Fixes

Fixed OAuth and dock state save corruption [PatTheMav]
Fixed group bounds not resizing when removing items [howellrl]
Fixed canvas mixes not being restored after video reset [dsaedtler]
Fixed some erroneous crashes during shutdown [Warchamp7]
Fixed display capture sometimes capturing black after a duplicator failure [ThrowTop]
Fixed color of controls dock output buttons in System theme [shiina424]
Fixed virtual camera reset failures [stephematician]
Fixed potential crash when user discards changes in the settings window [suogesi]
Fixed incorrect return value in virtualcam filter [xtfo]
Fixed source toolbar buttons not working after dragging a source into a group [Warchamp7]
Fixed properties hint icon spacing [Warchamp7]
Fixed potential crash when a video device reconnects on macOS [jcm93]
Fixed an issue where PipeWire could fail on NVIDIA GPUs [hoshinolina]
Fixed obs_canvas_get_video_info returning incorrect framerate [dsaedtler]