OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 2

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 30.2 new features:

Added support for Multitrack Video streaming [palana]
On Twitch, this is known as Enhanced Broadcasting. Currently, this requires Windows and an NVIDIA GPU. Support for other platforms and GPU vendors is planned. For more information, see: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/multiple-encodes
When this feature is enabled, the following data about your system will be sent to the streaming service when starting a stream:
OBS config info (canvas width and height, frame rate, encoder width and height, VOD Audio Track setting, OBS version)
CPU info (name, speed, core counts)
GPU info (model, memory, driver version, device ID, vendor ID)
Memory info (free, total)
OS info (name, version, arch, emulation)
Windows info (gaming feature status: Game Bar, Game DVR, Game Mode, Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling)
Multitrack Video settings (maximum streaming bandwidth, maximum video tracks)
Added support for Enhanced RTMP/FLV multi-track audio and video [palana/kc5nra]
Replaces the old metadata-based "VOD Track"
Added "Hybrid MP4" output format (BETA) [derrod]
Combines fault-tolerance of fragmented MP4 with wide compatibility and faster access times of regular MP4. For more information, see: https://obsproject.com/kb/hybrid-mp4
Supports inserting chapter markers into the file via a hotkey or API. These markers are supported by most video players and editing software, such as DaVinci Resolve
Added Linux support to the native NVENC encoder [derrod]
NVENC AV1 is now supported on Linux
Added Linux shared texture support to the NVENC encoder [derrod]
Added Linux shared texture support to the QuickSync encoder [kkartaltepe]
Added Linux shared texture support to the VA-API encoder [nowrep]
Added HEVC support to WebRTC output [murillo128]
Added Composable Themes system to simplify theme creation, maintenance, and enable future customisation options [derrod/Warchamp7]
Themes now consist of a base theme and variants that can be switched between in the new "Appearance" settings tab
Old themes will no longer work and will need to be updated to the new system. See the wiki page for details.

30.2.0 Beta 2 Changes

Fixed a crash in Beta 1 when canceling a stream attempt with incompatible settings [palana]
Fixed a crash in Beta 1 related to WebSocket settings migration on systems set to non-English languages [tt2468]
Fixed a crash in Beta 1 where loading a theme could result in infinite recursion [derrod]
Fixed an issue in Beta 1 with Lua scripts not working on Linux [tytan652]
Fixed an issue in Beta 1 with the chapter marker hotkey setting not showing up [derrod]
Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where the Replay Buffer button text could be incorrect when trying to stop the Replay Buffer [gxalpha]
Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where a theme would override another theme with the same ID [tytan652]
Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where a warning dialog box for Multitrack Video errors would have untranslated buttons [RytoEX]
Clarified a warning message in Beta 1 when choosing a different GPU for NVENC [derrod]
Added detection for outdated Visual C++ Runtime which would cause a crash in Beta 1 [derrod]
Added detection in the Windows updater for outdated Visual C++ Runtime which would cause a crash in Beta 1 [derrod]
Made some UI adjustments from Beta 1 based on user feedback [Warchamp7]