- 32.1 Beta 1 - 14 January 2026
32.1 is here with major UI overhauls, a few new features, and a whole bunc hof bug fixes. For full release notes, see the GitHub releases page: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/32.1.0-beta1
- OBS Studio 31.0 Beta 1 - 8 October 2024
Important NVIDIA Kepler GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC. The code signing certificate for OBS is being updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions starting with the next major OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see https://obsproject.com/kb/capture-hook-certificate-update for more information. 31.0 New Features Added NVIDIA Blur Filter and Background Blur Added preview scrollbars and zoom/scale indicator Added v210 format support for AJA device capture Added Amazon IVS service integration Added QSV AV1 Screen Content Coding Enabled first-party YouTube Chat features 31.0 Changes Updated the browser source/docks CEF (Chromium) to version 127 (6533) on all platforms Changed scene items to use relative coordinates Existing scene collections will be automatically converted to use relative coordinates if the scene collect…
- OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 4 - 19 June 2024
Fixed an issue in Beta 2 and Beta 3 where the warning message when changing Advanced settings that required a restart would not be visible Fixed an issue in Beta 1-3 where the submenu arrow indicator in menus was too close to the menu item text Fixed an issue in Beta 2-3 on Linux where Lua scripts still would not load Fixed an issue in Beta 1-3 with not being able to play certain video files on Windows with NVIDIA GPUs Fixed an issue with Bandwidth Test Mode not working with Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting Fixed an issue in Beta 1-3 with the Stream Audio Track setting not working correctly with Multitrack Video Added unit suffix Kbps to Multitrack Video Maximum Aggregate Bitrate setting field Added support for Multitrack Video (Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting) for AMD RX 6000 and 7000 series GPUs There is a known issue on Twitch's side that may cause a multi-GPU setup to not work correctly. C…
- OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 3 - 13 June 2024
Beta 1 and 2 had some issues that meant we couldn't safely publish them, so we're kicking things off with beta 3 this time around! Note: NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 531.61 or newer. 30.2 New Features ----------------- * Added support for Multitrack Video streaming + 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 (fr…
- OBS Studio 30.1 RC1 - 2 March 2024
Fixed a crash in Beta 1-3 when streaming with SRT Fixed an issue in Beta 1-3 where settings would not save correctly under certain circumstances when changing services Fixed an issue in Beta 1-3 where the Source Toolbar would not update after deleting a scene item Fixed an issue in Beta 1-3 on macOS with not being able to select an appropriate frame rate on some camera/capture devices Fixed an issue with Beta 3 not being published on Flathub
- OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 2 - 13 February 2024
Beta 2 Changes Fixed a crash in Beta 1 in the new Image Slideshow source when clicking the Randomize button with no files loaded Fixed a possible crash in Lua scripts when switching scene collections Fixed crashes with the Virtual Camera on Windows when apps consumed it as YUY2 Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where Twitch VOD track did not work in Advanced Output Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where AMF encoded videos did not work correctly in DaVinci Resolve Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where QSV on Linux could fail on systems with multiple GPUs Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where QSV on Linux would fail due to attempting to use the unimplemented texture encoder Fixed an issue in Beta 1 where the FFmpeg VAAPI encoder could hang on Intel Fixed an issue with free disk space calculation on ExFAT and FAT32 volumes on macOS Fixed an issue with free disk space calculation on macOS not matching values in Finder Fi…
- OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1 - 2 February 2024
Note: NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 531.61 or newer. 30.1 New Features ----------------- * Enabled HDR for HEVC over RTMP * Reworked the Image Slideshow source + The reworked Image Slideshow source loads files asynchronously and fixes an issue where the slideshow would loop before showing all images. To change existing Image Slideshow sources to the new version, you must recreate them. Existing Image Slideshow sources will continue functioning as before. * Added Capture Audio option to window/game capture on Windows * Added Premultiplied Alpha option for game capture on Windows * Added option for automatic cropping to bounding box * Added maxRGB tonemapper for SDR in HDR Tone Mapping filter * Added GPU rescaling options for streaming and recording outputs * Added channel selection for CoreAudio input devices * Added Capture Card Device source type on macOS * Enabl…
- OBS Studio 30.0 Release Candidate 2 - 30 October 2023
Fixed a regression in RC1 that caused crashes and "white screen issues" with browser sources and browser docks when attempting to load webp images Fixed a regression in RC1 that caused crashes on Windows when trying to change the update channel Fixed a regression in Beta 1 that caused obs-websocket to have a test mode enabled Fixed a regression in Beta 1 that caused frame render stats to not be logged when stopping an output Fixed a regression in Beta 1 that could cause blue and red channels to be swapped in PipeWire captures Fixed a regression in RC1 on Windows that caused child windows to follow the main window when moved Fixed a regression in RC1 on Windows that caused child windows to resize to their minimum size when the main window was moved Fixed a regression in RC1 on Windows that caused the taskbar icon overlay to be reset if a sub window was opened Fixed a regression in Beta 1…
- OBS Studio 30.0 RC1 - 10 October 2023
Fixed audio issues ("crackling") with Application Audio Capture on Windows (hopefully) Fixed a crash from a Beta 1 change when closing OBS while the stats window is open Fixed a crash in Beta 3 on macOS when loading display capture settings Fixed a crash in Beta 3 on Windows when starting multiple QSV encode sessions and then stopping one Fixed a regression in Beta 1 that caused QSV CBR bitrate overshoot Fixed a regression in Beta 1 that caused hidden browser docks to autoplay videos with audio Fixed a crash with QSV on Linux when starting an encoder session Fixed some issues with hotkeys with groups and duplicate sceneitems Fixed YouTube account login showing a message box with unclickable links on macOS Fixed some errors showing non-clickable links Fixed an issue with the QSV target usage setting not being migrated correctly Fixed async sources (e.g. video capture devices) sometimes u…
- OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 3 - 9 September 2023
Fixed a crash when quickly switching between NVIDIA Audio Filters Fixed a crash on Linux with Wayland when choosing a YouTube stream Fixed service integrations missing in Flatpak build Fixed AMD encoder settings not being saved in Simple Output Mode Fixed source type version when dropping files onto the OBS UI Fixed multiple issues with QSV on Linux Fixed an issue that could cause hardware encoders not showing up as options on capable GPUs Fixed SRT and RIST output being broken Fixed possible security certificate verification failure when trying to stream with RTMPS on macOS Fixed stream key tooltip being inaccurate Fixed alignment of vertical audio mixer controls Fixed alignment of status bar message Added logging for "Ignore streaming service setting recommendations" Added logging for Video Capture Devices on macOS for portrait and studio light effects Increased minimum output resolut…
- OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 2 - 19 August 2023
Fixed a crash in the Linux QSV implementation Fixed a crash with the YouTube Live Control Panel browser dock Fixed a crash in the QSV test app Fixed a memory leak Fixed Safe Mode being enabled after changing settings that require a restart Enabled QSV encoders on Flatpak Updated NVIDIA Audio/Video Effects SDK versions
- OBS Studio 30 Beta 1 is out! - 17 August 2023
A beta build for OBS Studio version 30.0 is now available! This is a major release, with a number of exciting new features and enhancements, as well as the usual round of bug fixes. Release Notes: New Features Added WHIP/WebRTC output Redesigned the status bar Added option for Full-Height docks to the "View" menu Added support Intel QSV on Linux Added a shader cache to improve OBS startup time on Windows Added application audio capture on macOS Added a "Safe Mode" that runs OBS without third-party plugins, scripting, and websockets Reworked the virtual camera on macOS to work with all applications (on macOS 13 and newer) Added a YouTube Live Control Panel when streaming to YouTube Added 10-bit capture support for Decklink devices Added HDR playback support for Decklink output Added an option to hide OBS windows from macOS Screen Capture's "Display Capture" Changes Changed audio/video en…
- OBS 29.1 is out now! - 2 May 2023
OBS 29.1 has now been released and is available via the normal OBS Studio Steam app. This playtest will remain in your library for use with future beta releases. Thank you for testing!
- OBS Studio 29.1 RC1 - 26 April 2023
Release Candidate 1 Changes: Fixed simple mode replay buffer maximum not being set Changed Add Source menu to sort case-insensitively Added logging if the active encoder is incompatible with dynamic bitrate Made hotkey edit layout margins symmetrical Fixed macOS Virtual Camera not being available Fixed a crash that could happen when creating a new source with the API Fixed some cases where AV1 remuxing wouldn't work Fixed a bug where certain system localizations couldn't load Lua files on Windows Fixed a case where HDR -> SDR might not tonemap correctly Fixed an issue where Push to Talk on Linux wouldn't work when assigned to secondary mouse buttons Fixed an issue where the audio encoder bitrate in Advanced outputs would not respect the user's configuration
- OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 4 - 13 April 2023
Fixed an AV1 crash on Linux/macOS Fixed a crash in Decklink Output when no Decklink device is available Fixed properties for an encoder still showing even after the encoder has been invalidated Fixed a crash on Windows caused by Citrix injecting a library into the OBS process
- OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 3 - 6 April 2023
Beta 3 with some important bug fixes as well as a Mac build finally! Fixed Auto Scene Switcher not saving settings correctly Fixed container selection in simple mode sometimes not working correctly Fixed FFmpeg audio encoders taking too long to start Fixed v210 video not working correctly Fixed unassigned audio source icon not showing up under some circumstances Fixed AMF encoder crashing when streaming by temporarily disabling dynamic bitrate when it is in use Fixed potential issue with audio encoder configuration when recording surround sound Fixed properties not resizing correctly Fixed recordings made with Apple VT Hardware encoders in CRF mode only having one initial keyframe
- OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 2 - 5 April 2023
OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 2 is now available! Note: Due to technical issues this beta is still Windows only, we hope to have a Mac build uploaded later this week. Fixed a crash when attempting to start an NVENC encoding session when using the FFmpeg encoder Fixed an issue where Properties would scroll incorrectly when toggling options Fixed an issue where Game Capture would display compatibility notices unnecessarily Fixed various issues with remuxing & auto remuxing the new fragmented video formats Fixed CBR padding when using NVENC AV1/HEVC Fixed AV1 padding data being removed from RTMP streams Fixed an issue where replay buffer and automatic file splitting would not work when using fragmented video formats Added AMD AV1 encoder to simple output mode Improved default buffering behavior for most Elgato video capture devices on Windows Various improvements and fixes to Decklink performance F…
- OBS Studio 29.1 Beta 1 is out! - 29 March 2023
We have beta build for OBS Studio 29.1 available for testing! This is a minor feature release, with a number of new features and enhancements to existing functionality, as well as bug fixes. Note: This Beta version is Windows-only for the moment, macOS builds will follow later. Release Notes: New Features Added a DLL blocking feature for Windows. This allows OBS to block problematic DLLs from attaching to OBS and causing freezing or crashes, for example 3rd party overlay hooks and outdated video capture devices. This blocks old versions of popular VTubing software virtual cameras that are known to cause freezes when accessing video capture device properties. If you are affected, please update to the latest version of your VTubing software. Added Update Channels on macOS and updated Sparkle for smaller and faster updates going forward Added settings to select the audio encoder for stream…
- OBS Studio 29.0 is now available! - 8 January 2023
OBS Studio 29.0 has been released and is available via the main app. Thank you all for testing and providing us with feedback! The playtest will remain in your library but will not be updated until the next beta period.
- OBS Studio 29.0 Beta 3 - 20 December 2022
Fixed two bugs where systems with multiple video adapters with hardware encoders would not show support for their respective hardware encoders Fixed AMD AV1 encoder's default CQP value being 7 rather than 20 Fixed upward compressor sounding like it's peaking or a bit blown out when used Added a couple rate control methods for AMD's AVC/HEVC encoders Fixed chroma location for VAAPI Fixed a case where macOS' VideoToolBox HEVC encoder would be parsed as AVC Allow SRT streams to disconnect after timeout Fixed a bug where slideshow sources wouldn't remove cleared files when removing missing files Fixed slideshow counter on the source context toolbar showing "1/0" when empty, now shows "-/-" instead
