OBS Studio 30.2 RC1

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.

OBS Studio 30.2 RC1 changes:

• Fixed a crash in Beta 1-4 with Hybrid MP4 if the encoder failed to start [derrod]
• Fixed a crash in Beta 4 when shutting down OBS while a Multitrack Video stream was running [tt2468]
• Fixed an issue in Beta 4 with the streaming audio track being incorrect [lexano-ivs]
• Fixed an issue in Beta 1-4 where the Hybrid MP4 output could produce invalid files when using split by size [derrod]
• Fixed an issue in Beta 1-4 where NVENC AV1 4:4:4 errors were unclear [derrod]
• Fixed an issue in Beta 1-4 where a video capture device could spam the log with errors if hardware decoding and custom config were enabled with no CUDA devices in the system [RytoEX]
• Added an error dialog for Multitrack Video (Enhanced Broadcasting) when audio channels are set to unsupported values [palana]
• The supported audio channel configurations are stereo or mono.
• Disabled Multitrack Video settings on non-Windows platforms for now [palana]
• Made further UI adjustments from Beta 4 based on user feedback [Warchamp7]

Download 64-bit: OBS Studio 30.2 RC1 | Portable | ~150.0 MB (Open Source)
View: OBS Studio Homepage | Other Operating Systems

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