OBS Studio 23.2.1

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.

OBS Studio 23.2.1 hotfix changes:

Fixed a crash that could happen with the popular third-party obs-ndi plugin
Fixed the tray icon being shown even when the tray icon was disabled in settings
Fixed a display bug with sources when a custom color was applied to the list item in the sources list box
Fixed a bug where background-removing cameras would have a hall of mirrors effect

v23.2 New Features/Improvements:

Made a number of major internal improvements to the macOS browser source, eliminating many mac-related crashes that it would cause when browser sources were in use on macOS. This also fixes the issue of the program having an initial startup delay where the everything appeared blank. (Author note: I managed to get browser panels functioning, but they still have some issues, so service integration is still not yet available on macOS)
Added the ability to preview transitions in the properties of a transition via a new Preview button
Added an estimate to remaining available recording time according to available disk space
Added luma key video effect filter
Added the ability to set the exact desired dB volume value of sources in the advanced audio properties, replacing the percentage value
Added the ability to center items vertically/horizontally in the transform menus
Added a hotkey to toggle the preview
Added the ability to output the preview rather than program to a decklink device when in studio mode
Added the ability to copy and paste filters to/from scenes in addition to sources
Added the ability to manually set the network buffer size to the Media source when used in URL mode
Added the top patrons list to the about dialog in the help menu
The sources list box in the bottom-center of the main window now displays a message when there are no sources in the current scene, making it easier for first-time users to understand that they need to add sources

v23.2 Bug Fixes/Tweaks:

Fixed an issue on Linux where the program would not be able to capture some monitors
Fixed a bug where the "test bandwidth" option wouldn't reset properly until the program was restarted
Fixed a bug where the program would freeze up when an encoder error occurs in the middle of a recording or stream (it now shows an error and should now safely recover)
Fixed a bug where the selection lines of rotated items would incorrectly scale
Fixed a bug where audio would no longer work when certain types of audio devices are unplugged and plugged back in again
Fixed a bug where you could not press escape to cancel when renaming a scene
Fixed a bug where opacity on the mask/blend filter would not work under certain circumstances
Fixed a bug where fractional framerate recordings (59.94, 29.97) recorded with the new version of NVENC would have incorrect DTS timestamps in the recording file
Fixed an issue with VAAPI encoder on Linux where CBR would not always output at a constant bitrate
Fixed an issue where cookies would not properly be saved for browser panels (Twitch Chat/etc) when shutting down the program
Fixed some crashes that could happen when using QSV
Fixed a few rare crashes
Fixed a few rare/minor memory leaks
Recording errors should now gives more detailed errors when they occur
Replaced most icons with SVG icons, making icons look better and more consistent across different DPI scalings
Made the mouse wheel scroll the list of properties instead of scrolling individual property values in properties windows
Made the mouse wheel scroll the list of mixer items instead of scrolling individual mixer values
Moved audio monitoring device from advanced settings to audio settings
Improved logging when recording errors occur
Added a warning popup message box to Twitch authentication if the account is not set up for two-factor authentication (which is now required to stream on Twitch)
Removed the 5 item limit when dragging and dropping files in to OBS
Buttons in the Hotkeys list are now icons rather than text
Changed all opacity spin boxes in filters to sliders
Changed the default size of the color source to the same size as the canvas
Made the Dark theme a bit more consistent across operating systems
Scene item group details are now included in the log file
The stats dock no longer updates when it's not visible
When first renaming a source or scene, the existing text is now automatically selected
The Dark theme has now been renamed to "Dark (Default)", and the "Default" theme has now been renamed to the "System" theme
The cursor is no longer hidden in multiview projectors