OBS Studio 20.0.1

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, 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.

v20.0.1 Hotfix Changes:

Fixed a crash with the image slide show that could happen under certain circumstances
Fixed a bug which caused the Stats window to stop monitoring streaming/recording unless they were both active at the same time

OBS Studio 20.0.0 changelog:

Added new modular user interface that allows the user to move, disable, and customize elements of the UI. To unlock, go to the View menu, then the "Docks" sub-menu, and un-check "Lock UI". To reset to the default style, use "Reset UI"
Added Stinger transitions, which allow the ability to use video files as a transition with a specific transitioning point timing during playback of the video
Added a new "Auto" server for Twitch which will automatically select the server with the best routing. In addition, Twitch servers are now sorted based on the best route (as determined by Twitch)
Added support for Mixer's FTL protocol which allows low-latency streaming on Mixer. To use, open Settings, go to the Stream section, and set the service to "Mixer.com - FTL"
Added the option to disable looping in the image slide show, and stop or become hidden when all slides have been played
Added the option to change the visibility behavior of the image slide show: Pause when not in the current scene, restart when in the current scene, or always play regardless
Added the option to manually control the image slide show with hotkeys
Added the ability for the blackmagic source to automatically detect resolution/format rather than having to set it manually each time
Added ability to lock sources to prevent accidentally clicking on and modifying the position of a source
Added the ability to zoom in the preview for detailed editing while in canvas/output preview scaling modes. To use, click the preview, then hold down space bar and use the mouse wheel scroll to zoom in/out
Added a "Defaults" button to the filters and properties windows which will reset values to their defaults
Added a new "Rachni" theme [full changelog]