OBS Studio 27.2.1

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, 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.

27.2.1 Hotfix Changes:

Fixed an issue that triggered a full system freeze for some users. Made a legendary workaround to some sort of driver/kernel bug which was triggered by the browser source (I am really proud of this) [Jim]
Improved performance of the updated Chromium build of browser source (I am also really proud of this) [Jim]
Fixed an issue where some users with certain older Windows versions would not be able to stream at a very high bitrate [R1CH]
Fixed an issue where some cameras wouldn’t decode correctly on Linux [kkartaltepe]
Fixed an issue where common in-program shortcuts stopped working sometimes (such as Ctrl-F to make a source fit to screen) [gxalpha/WizardCM]
Fixed a bug on Windows 8.1 where desktop audio capture stopped working [WizardCM]
Fixed SRT and RIST from crashing OBS when a URL isn’t set or when disabling a Media source with a RIST URL [pkv]
Fixed a memory leak in PipeWire capture on Linux [fzwoch]
Fixed an issue where the resize grip would break if you dragged it all the way to the top in the filters window [WizardCM]
Updated AOM/SVT encoders again because there seems to be some new good changes [Jim]
Hiding OBS from capture is now logged [WizardCM]
Fixed an issue on macOS where FFmpeg dependency filenames were unnecessarily complex, breaking some third party plugins [PatTheMav]
Fixed browser plugin not loading if OBS launched from certain paths on macOS [derrod]