OBS Studio 31.1.0 Beta 1

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Download and start streaming quickly and easily on Windows, Mac or Linux.

Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · May 30, 2025 00:08 EDT

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 31.1.0 Beta 1 changelog:

New Features

Added support for Windows on Arm (WoA) [thirumalai-qcom/PatTheMav/RytoEX]
Builds for WoA are not fully featured and should be considered experimental
Added new UI appearance options, font size and density (padding/spacing) [Warchamp7]
Added preview zoom controls [cg2121/Warchamp7]
Added support for Multitrack Video to macOS (Apple Silicon) [dsaedtler]
Added support for Multitrack Video to Linux [lexano-ivs]
Added support for additional canvases for Multitrack Video output [dsaedtler]
Added AV1 B-frame support for AMF [rhutsAMD]
Added support for color format/space/range GPU conversion [dsaedtler]
Added support for network optimizations and TCP Pacing to Multitrack Video [lexano-ivs]
Added support for Stream Delay to Multitrack Video [lexano-ivs]
Added Spatial AQ option for VideoToolbox encoders on macOS 15+ [dsaedtler]
Added QVBR rate control for VA-API [nowrep]
Added explicit sync support for PipeWire Screen Capture [dkorkmazturk]
Added support for V4L2 virtual camera on non-Linux environments (e.g., BSD) [yurivict]
Added support for hardware accelerated browser source to Linux [tytan652]
The feature is disabled on NVIDIA GPUs due to feature-support inconsistencies across model series and driver series

Changes

Updated game capture hook signatures on Windows [derrod]
This update fixes game capture with games from Riot Games that use Vanguard
Added logging for streaming service recommended settings [prgmitchell]
Adjusted appearance of Scene Collection importer [Warchamp7]
Adjusted appearance of Sources list [Warchamp7]
Adjusted appearance of dock toolbars [Warchamp7]
Adjusted Missing Files dialog [Warchamp7]
Added support for recursive directory searches up to two levels deep
Adjusted the size, layout, and other UI aspects of the dialog
Fixed a bug when locating only a single file that caused the additional files prompt to appear twice
Reorganized Preview/Source context menu [Warchamp7]
Unified appearance of menus [Warchamp7]
Improved preview draw performance [Lain-B]
Increased maximum crash report size to 200 KB [WizardCM]
Adjusted Multitrack Video reconnection behavior [dsaedtler]
Changed hotkeys on macOS to require Input Monitoring permission instead of Accessibility [gxalpha]
Updated Video Capture Devices and Capture Card Devices on macOS to a unified list-based format selector when not using a preset [jcm93/PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
Removed the Exit button from the Controls dock [Warchamp7]

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash with Media Sources with no video frame size, such as audio files [RytoEX/jeiea]
Fixed a crash on Windows with Display Capture if no display is available [RytoEX]
Fixed a crash on Windows with Vulkan Direct Display if OBS Studio is installed [mbechard]
Fixed a crash on Windows when importing a profile with a Unicode path [PatTheMav]
Fixed a race condition that caused subsequent recordings to fail/hang after an encoder timeout [derrod]
Fixed a freeze if an item was cropped further than its original dimensions [Lain-B]
Fixed a possible crash in Multitrack Video output [lexano-ivs]
Fixed a possible crash when reordering scene items [zavitax]
Fixed a possible crash when adding a procedure handler [norihiro]
Fixed a possible crash on shutdown from browser panels on Windows and macOS [WizardCM]
Fixed a possible race condition when loading sources [Lain-B]
Fixed a possible deadlock on Linux when checking if plugins were built against Qt5 [norihiro]
Fixed an issue with Rescale Output allowing invalid resolutions [flaeri]
Fixed an issue with browser source audio distortion on Windows [xtfo]
Fixed a possible packet loss issue with WebRTC output [Sean-Der]
Fixed R10L format output having bad RGB values [jpark37]
Fixed lookahead depth value logging for NVENC [DeeDeeG]
Fixed manifest commit hash comparison in updater [dsaedtler]
Fixed CBR spike when using QSV with Intel Battlemage GPUs [thyintel]
Fixed encoder throughput checks in AMF for older AMD drivers [rhutsAMD]
Fixed 10-bit and 16-bit PipeWire captures [PancakeTAS]
Fixed text input field in name dialogs (New/Rename/Duplicate) not being focused by default [Warchamp7]
Fixed some buttons not being readable by VoiceOver on macOS [gxalpha]
Fixed V4L2 virtual camera start failure on Linux [stephematician]
Fixed an issue with AMF where the encoder level was incorrectly set too high [lexano-ivs]
Fixed an issue with VA-API on AMD in Flatpak builds where the frame height was set incorrectly [lexano-ivs]
Fixed an issue where the game capture hook could incorrectly report that it was still hooked [EZ64cool]
Fixed an issue on Linux and macOS where POSIX pipes could fail silently [franga2000]
Fixed an issue with V4L2 devices where corrupted frames would terminate capture [JiangXsong]
Fixed an issue where settings could become corrupted when updating them in the AJA plugin [norihiro]
Fixed an issue with Multitrack Video where a stream would disconnect after 48 hours and fail to reconnect [dsaedtler]
Fixed an issue on Linux where hotkeys could stop working [norihiro]
Fixed an issue where FLV/RTMP timestamps were incorrect when b-frames are used [dsaedtler]
Fixed an issue where obs-browser cookie folder names could start with spaces [RytoEX]