OBS Studio 30.2 is now available!

This release comes with exciting new features, such as Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting, a new theme system, zero-copy hardware encoding on Linux, and a new “Hybrid MP4” format for crash resiliency, compatibility, and long-awaited support for chapter markers!

• Added support for Multitrack Video streaming [palana]
  
  • On Twitch, this is known as Enhanced Broadcasting. For more information, see: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/multiple-encodes
    
  • The supported audio channel configurations are stereo or mono.
    
  • This feature is currently only available on Windows and requires an NVIDIA GTX 900, GTX 10, or RTX 20 series GPU or newer or an AMD RX 6000 series GPU or newer. Support for other operating systems and GPU vendors is planned.
    
  • When this feature is enabled, the following data about your system will be sent to the streaming service when starting a stream:
    
    • OBS version and audio/video settings (Resolution, framerate, audio channels/tracks)
      
    • 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 customization 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: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/OBS-Studio-Theme-System
    
  • The legacy System theme is no longer available. If it was used for accessibility reasons with high contrast, enable high contrast in your operating system settings to re-enable the OBS System Theme. OBS can only detect high contrast on Windows and macOS at this time.

• Various UI and Theme tweaks [Warchamp7]
  
• Audio of multiple instances of a source in a scene/group is now deduplicated [derrod]
  
  • Deduplication is recursive, but does not apply on groups or nested scenes that are currently playing show/hide transitions, this may be fixed in the future
  
  
• Scene Collection specific plugin data is now retained for plugins that are not currently loaded [derrod]
  
• Closed-captions are now supported for HEVC and AV1 [jhnbwrs]
  
• Qt Fusion style is now always enforced on Linux [tytan652]
  
• Combined PipeWire window/display capture into unified "Screen Capture" source to align with other platforms [tytan652]
  
  • Renamed "Screen Capture (XSHM)" as "Display Capture (XSHM)" for consistency with other capture sources [tytan652]
  
  
• Set default recording format on macOS to fragmented MOV [gxalpha]
  
• Improved freetype2 text source performance [kkartaltepe]
  
• File open dialogs now start in the directory of the currently selected file, rather than the default [Warchamp7]
  
• Moved warnings in advanced output to bottom of settings window for better visibility [GPattenden]
  
• Various performance improvements for texture encoding [kkartaltepe]
  
• Prioritize NVDEC decoder on NVIDIA systems [moocowsheep]
  
• Support NVDEC decoder for encoded DirectShow sources [moocowsheep]
  
• Replaced non-texture NVENC FFmpeg fallback with native implementation [derrod]
  
• Log now includes all available encoders [Penwy]
  
• Reset duration of scene item show/hide transitions when removing the transitions [Warchamp7]
  
• Adjusted appearance of volume meters [Warchamp7]
  
• Adjusted appearance of multiview borders and labels [Warchamp7]
  
• Added support for audio-only and video-only WHIP outputs [tt2468]
  
• Changed default container in non-macOS OBS Beta builds from Fragmented MP4 to Hybrid MP4 [derrod]

• Fixed packet priority not being set for some AV1 encoders, resulting in outputs never recovering from dropping frames [derrod]
  
• Fixed various issues with audio channel layouts in (remuxed) recordings [pkv/derrod]
  
• Fixed various issues with the native FLV muxer [palana]
  
• Fixed various issues with the RTMP protocol implementation [palana]
  
• Fixed minor errors in HEVC and AVC decoder configuration records [derrod]
  
• Fixed change discard confirmation dialog popping up twice when closing source properties [tytan652]
  
• Fixed QSV AV1 on multi-GPU systems [thyintel/derrod]
  
• Fixed FFmpeg output erroneously checking disk space when not writing to a file [RytoEX]
  
• Fixed auto-config wizard not working without a stream key [mar10iana]
  
• Fixed text alignment with extents [exeldro]
  
• Fixed encoder properties having nested scroll areas in output settings [derrod]
  
• Fixed crash if input video resolution changes when using hardware-accelerated decoding [tt2468]
  
• Fixed button text being cut off in controls dock [powersagitar]
  
• Fixed undo action for filters showing UUID instead of name [derrod]
  
• Fixed not all eligible Patreon supporters being shown in the "About" dialogue [Warchamp7]
  
• Fixed copy-pasting show/hide transitions not including duration [Warchamp7]
  
• Fixed settings dialog being cut off on low-resolution screens [tytan652/Warchamp7/derrod/RytoEX] (Yes, this one took four people to figure out)
  
• Fixed paused indicator text stacking [Aleksbgbg]
  
• Fixed disabled audio sources showing up in advanced audio properties [Penwy]
  
• Fixed Grid Mode setting not being persisted when enabled through the View menu [RytoEX]
  
• Fixed CoreAudio not handling encoder delay, resulting in audio being 44-48 ms late [derrod]
  
• Fixed OBS not handling negative audio timestamps at the start of an output correctly, resulting in Opus and CoreAudio AAC audio being delayed by a few ms [derrod]
  
• Fixed VA-API AV1 encoder being unavailable if H.264 is unsupported [kkartaltepe]
  
• Fixed WebRTC buffer size being too small for recovery with high-bitrate video [Sean-Der]
  
• Fixed renaming multiple scenes when hitting Tab key while renaming [howellrl]

A beta build for OBS Studio version 30.2 is now available! This is a minor release, with a number of new features and enhancements, as well as the usual round of bug fixes.

Find the the full patch notes for OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 3 here: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/30.2.0-beta3

You can now opt-into the beta by adding the "OBS Studio Beta" app to your library, this will allow you to keep the stable release installed side-by-side and give you a clean installation to play with.
To add the beta to your library go to the OBS Studio store page and click "Request Access", you will be given access immediately:
If you instead wish to update your regular OBS Studio Steam install to the beta open the "Properties" window, navigate to the "Betas" tab and select the "beta" option in the dropdown:
(If you're not seeing the "beta" option yet try restarting your Steam client)

We need your help tracking down as many bugs as you can find before we make a full release! Please give the build a try and let us know here or in the #beta-testing channel on Discord: https://obsproject.com/discord

Note: NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 531.61 or newer.

• Enabled HDR for HEVC over RTMP [nquah]
  
• Reworked the Image Slideshow source [Lain-B]
  
  • 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 [derrod]
  
• Added Premultiplied Alpha option for game capture on Windows [jpark37]
  
• Added option for automatic cropping to bounding box [derrod]
  
• Added maxRGB tonemapper for SDR in HDR Tone Mapping filter [jpark37]
  
• Added GPU rescaling options for streaming and recording outputs [derrod]
  
• Added channel selection for CoreAudio input devices [PatTheMav]
  
• Added Capture Card Device source type on macOS [PatTheMav]
  
• Enabled multi-track audio support for mpegts [pkviet]
  
• Added AV1 support for VA-API [nowrep]
  
• Added AV1 support for WebRTC/WHIP output [Sean-Der]
  
• Added Video Capture Device (PipeWire) source type [GeorgesStavracas]

• Added HDR support for the Elgato HD60 X Rev.2 [FBirth]
  
• Added theme data search paths [derrod]
  
• Added Lua script location to search path for Lua native libraries [Smartkin]
  
• Added Python 3.11 support for macOS [PatTheMav]
  
• Updated obs-websocket to version 5.4.2 [tt2468/Lain-B]
  
• Improved simple mode replay buffer settings [gxalpha]
  
• Switched to bigger units in the UI for high bitrate/large recordings [derrod]
  
• Disabled Paste Transform on locked scene items [cg2121]
  
• Disabled Edit Transform if scene item is locked [cg2121]
  
• Removed Windows 7 and Ubuntu 20.04 NVENC fallbacks [derrod]
  
• PCM audio in (fragmented) MP4/MOV is now supported [derrod]
  
• Changed default recording format to fMP4/fMOV for stable releases [derrod]

• Fixed crashes with the Virtual Camera on Windows when apps consumed it as YUY2 [vico-shang]
  
• Fixed crash when loading Python at runtime on Windows [PatTheMav]
  
• Fixed crash in Image Slideshow when adding a directory with no files in it [notr1ch]
  
• Fixed crash on macOS when attempting to stream to a WHIP servers with certain configurations [RytoEX/Sean-Der]
  
• Fixed crash when trying to stream with WebRTC/WHIP [CrackThrough]
  
• Fixed a possible crash in Lua scripts when switching scene collections [exeldro]
  
• Fixed a possible crash with WHIP output [Aleksbgbg]
  
• Fixed deadlock when adding a macOS Screen Capture source [PatTheMav]
  
• Fixed issue where OBS could be closed by docked browser panels [WizardCM]
  
• Fixed high CPU usage with Virtual Camera on macOS [jcm93]
  
• Fixed checkbox misalignment on macOS in properties view [nikola3211]
  
• Fixed audio track 1 audio being offset/desynced with other tracks [derrod]
  
• Fixed incorrect VST window size on HiDPI display [xlinshan]
  
• Fixed editable list UI element having incorrect background-color [tuduweb]
  
• Fixed the resize cursor with respecting the item transformation [BGM99]
  
• Fixed disk space reporting for attached network drives on macOS [PatTheMav]
  
• Fixed Safe Mode removing third-party transitions from scene collection [derrod]
  
• Fixed being unable to use QSV in the Flatpak package [twelho]
  
• Fixed audio track titles not being set in Custom FFmpeg Output [tuduweb]
  
• Fixed an issue with free disk space calculation on ExFAT and FAT32 volumes on macOS [PatTheMav]
  
• Fixed an issue with free disk space calculation on macOS not matching values in Finder [jcm]
  
• Fixed an issue where a removed source's scene would not be correctly logged [exeldro]
  
• Clarified the macOS microphone permissions prompt [jcm]
  
• Fixed a regression causing a missing tooltip for Fragmented MOV/MP4 [shiina424]
  
• Fixed an issue with the background of audio meters being transparent causing visual artifacts [fzwoch]
  
• Fixed an issue with Yes/No buttons on the Reset Docks confirmation message box not being translated [shiina424]
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the Remux dialog from being used multiple times [RytoEX]