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OBS Studio

by obsprojectC

The open-source standard for recording and live streaming.

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Recording a screen or camera and streaming it out needs scene composition and encoding that OS tools do not cover.

Use it when

When you need local screen capture, scene composition, or live streaming to a platform.

Not the right pick when

Not installable from the repo instructions, since the README only links to build and install pages on the wiki.

Capabilities

  • capturing video sources
  • compositing scenes
  • encoding video
  • recording to disk
  • streaming video content
  • developer and plugin API documented separately

Cost: Free and open source

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Latest release 32.2.1

Published 2026-07-24

[!IMPORTANT]

The NVIDIA SDK was updated to version 13 in this release. This means that the minimum supported driver version is now 570. If you experience any issues with NVENC, please ensure that your GPU driver version is fully up to date.

[!IMPORTANT]

Due to an update to Qt, macOS 12 is no longer supported. For macOS 12, please use OBS Studio 32.1.2.

32.2.1 Hotfix Changes


  • Fixed game capture failing after updating OBS if the previous hook was still in use [notr1ch]

32.2 New Features


  • Replaced add source dropdown with new dialog [Warchamp7]
  • Added copy paste functions to frontend API [exeldro]
  • Added filter to compose SDR into HDR [jpark37]
  • Added delete as a hotkey to delete sources on macOS [PatTheMav]
  • Added dynamic bitrate support to multitrack video [lexano-ivs]
  • Added missing file support for filters [exeldro]
  • Added ability for plugins to set custom icons for new source types [cg2121]
  • Improved FPS selector UX [jcm93]
  • Included .webp files when adding a directory to Image Slide Show source [TarunCore]

32.2 Changes


  • Forced Intel-based installations to update to Apple Silicon version on macOS [PatTheMav]
  • This change means that OBS Studio versions built for Intel-based Macs but running on Apple Silicon Macs will automatically update to OBS Studio built for Apple Silicon Macs. If an installation was using third-party plugins, those plugins will no longer load until replaced with Apple Silicon versions.
  • Fixed audio mixer state getting out of sync when changing settings via websockets or plugins [Warchamp7]
  • Added theming for checked QToolButtons [glikely]
  • Added minimum width to spinboxes [Warchamp7]
  • Changed new capture devices to use fallback frame rate by default [PatTheMav]
  • Improved OpenGL performance slightly on low-end machines [kkartaltepe]
  • Set minimum size for color source to 1 pixel [exeldro]
  • Disallowed overwriting the crash handler [sebastian-s-beckmann]
  • Applied process mitigation policies for Windows [notr1ch]
  • Adjusted description of multitrack video [jhnbwrs]
  • Improved DLL loading behavior on Windows [notr1ch]
  • Limited multitrack video config to Custom service [PatTheMav]
  • Removed redundant "Monitor Only" from the Advanced Audio Properties window [Warchamp7]
  • Mute and Monitor are handled independently in the new Audio Mixer
  • Removed Close button from What's New dialog [Warchamp7]
  • Removed margins from What's New dialog [Warchamp7]

32.2 Bug Fixes


  • Fixed OAuth and dock state save corruption [PatTheMav]
  • Fixed group bounds not resizing when removing items [howellrl]
  • Fixed canvas mixes not being restored after video reset [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed some erroneous crashes during shutdown [Warchamp7]
  • Fixed display capture sometimes capturing black after a duplicator failure [ThrowTop]
  • Fixed color of controls dock output buttons in System theme [shiina424]
  • Fixed virtual camera reset failures [stephematician]
  • Fixed potential crash when user discards changes in the settings window [suogesi]
  • Fixed incorrect return value in virtualcam filter [xtfo]
  • Fixed source toolbar buttons not working after dragging a source into a group [Warchamp7]
  • Fixed properties hint icon spacing [Warchamp7]
  • Fixed potential crash when a video device reconnects on macOS [jcm93]
  • Fixed an issue where PipeWire could fail on NVIDIA GPUs [hoshinolina]
  • Fixed obs_canvas_get_video_info returning incorrect framerate [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed NVENC using incorrect bitrate in CQVBR mode [Lordmau5]
  • Fixed VAAPI AV1 not working when streaming with WHIP [RytoEX]

32.2 Deprecations


  • Deprecated obs_properties_add_button [sebastian-s-beckmann]

Checksums

OBS-Studio-32.2.1-Sources.tar.gz: 6a2532b1094bc51bc2fdeb1068d5c19cfe04216191a5b35c8707625401a80bf4

OBS-Studio-32.2.1-Ubuntu-24.04-x86_64-dbsym.ddeb: 7fd2a7f043658ce9504f9d3

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README

OBS Studio <https://obsproject.com>

===================================

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:alt: OBS Studio Build Status - GitHub Actions

:target: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/actions/workflows/push.yaml?query=branch%3Amaster

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:alt: OBS Studio Translation Project Progress

:target: https://crowdin.com/project/obs-studio

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:alt: OBS Studio Discord Server

:target: https://obsproject.com/discord

What is OBS Studio?


OBS Studio is software designed for capturing, compositing, encoding,

recording, and streaming video content, efficiently.

It's distributed under the GNU General Public License v2 (or any later

version) - see the accompanying COPYING file for more details.

Quick Links


  • Website: https://obsproject.com
  • Help/Documentation/Guides: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki
  • Forums: https://obsproject.com/forum/
  • Build Instructions: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/Install-Instructions
  • Developer/API Documentation: https://obsproject.com/docs
  • Donating/backing/sponsoring: https://obsproject.com/contribute
  • Bug Tracker: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues

Contributing


  • If you would like to help fund or sponsor the project, you can do so

via Patreon <https://www.patreon.com/obsproject>_, `OpenCollective

<https://opencollective.com/obsproject>_, or PayPal

<https://www.paypal.me/obsproject>_. See our contribute page

<https://obsproject.com/contribute>`_ for more information.

  • If you wish to contribute code to the project, please make sure to

read the coding and commit guidelines:

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

  • Code for the project follows the code style guidelines, located

here: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/master/CODESTYLE.md

  • Developer/API documentation can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/docs

  • If you wish to contribute translations, do not submit pull requests.

Instead, please use Crowdin. For more information read this page:

https://obsproject.com/wiki/How-To-Contribute-Translations-For-OBS

  • Contributors to OBS Studio and related repositories are expected to

follow our Code of Conduct, which can be read here:

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/master/COC.rst

  • Other ways to contribute are by helping people out with support on

our forums or in our community chat. Please limit support to topics

you fully understand -- bad advice is worse than no advice. When it

comes to something that you don't fully know or understand, please

defer to the official help or official channels.

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