Published package release OBS Studio 26.1 for streaming, compositing and video recording. The code is written in C / C ++ and distributed under the GPLv2 license. Assemblies built for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
The goal of OBS Studio is to create a free version of the Open Broadcaster Software application, not tied to the Windows platform, supporting OpenGL, and extensible via plugins. The difference is also the use of a modular architecture, which means the separation of the interface and the core of the program. Supports transcoding of original streams, video capture during games and streaming to Twitch, Facebook Gaming, YouTube, DailyMotion, Hitbox and other services. To ensure high performance, it is possible to use hardware acceleration mechanisms (for example, NVENC and VAAPI).
Provides support for compositing with scene construction based on arbitrary video streams, data from web cameras, video capture cards, images, text, content application windows or the entire screen. During broadcasting, it is allowed to switch between several predefined scene options (for example, to switch views with an emphasis on screen content and the image from a web camera). The program also provides tools for audio mixing, filtering with VST plugins, volume leveling and noise suppression.
In the new version:
- For Linux and macOS, virtual camera support is implemented which allows the OBS output to be used as a webcam for other applications on the computer. The v4l2loopback-dkms package is required for the virtual camera to work on Linux.
- When using video on demand (VOD), Twitch has added the ability to use a separate audio track.
- Added support for the OpenBSD platform. / li>
- Added the “Decklink Captions” item to the Tools menu to get titles from Decklink devices.
- Added the ability to enable hardware acceleration of animated transition effects.
- Added an option to duplicate filters from the context menu.
- Added the ability to use the clipboard to move the filter between sources.
- Added support for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) for YouTube.
