OBS Studio 32.0.0 RC1

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 · Sep 20, 2025 16:22 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 32.0.0 RC1 changelog:

Reverted "Removed ability on Linux to load plugins built for older major versions of OBS Studio [tytan652]" [RytoEX]
Changed default bitrate from 2500 to 6000 Kbps [notr1ch]
Changed Hybrid MP4/MOV to be the default containers [derrod]
Adjusted Plugin Manager UI [Warchamp7]
Fixed a memory leak when trying to output Hybrid MP4 to a non-writeable location [norihiro]
Fixed a UI deadlock when opening source properties from the Sources list when the Windows setting 'Snap mouse to default button in dialog boxes' was enabled by adding a 200ms delay before creating the properties window [Warchamp7]
Fixed an issue where Multitrack Video could still be enabled after switching from a service that supports it to one that does not [Penwy]