OBS Studio 27.1 is now available for streaming, compositing and video recording. The code is written in C/C++ and distributed under the GPLv2 license. Builds are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS.
The development goal of OBS Studio is to create a free analogue of the Open Broadcaster Software application that is not tied to the Windows platform, supports OpenGL and is extensible through plugins. The difference is also the use of a modular architecture, which implies the separation of the interface and the core of the program. Supports transcoding of source streams, capturing video during games and streaming to Twitch, Facebook Gaming, YouTube, DailyMotion, Hitbox and other services. To ensure high performance, hardware acceleration mechanisms (eg NVENC and VAAPI) can be used.
Support is provided for compositing with building a scene based on arbitrary video streams, data from web cameras, video capture cards, images, text, the contents of application windows or the entire screen. During the broadcast, switching between several predefined scene options is allowed (for example, to switch views with an emphasis on the screen content and the image from the webcam). The program also provides tools for audio mixing, filtering with VST plugins, volume leveling and noise suppression.
In the new version:
- Added support for integration with YouTube video hosting, which allows you to connect to your YouTube account without using a streaming key. To create and manage streams on YouTube, a new "Manage Broadcast" button has been proposed. Each stream can have its own title, description, privacy settings, and schedule. The autotuning wizard provides the ability to test throughput. A panel with a chat for public and private broadcasts has been implemented, which currently works in read-only mode.
- Added '18 Scenes' option to Multi-view, enabling it to display Preview and Program studio modes simultaneously.
- In animation transitional effects (Stinger Transition), the option βMask Onlyβ has been added to the Track Matte mode, which provides a transition with simultaneous displays of parts of the new and old scenes.
- Browser Source broadcast sources have limited support for controlling OBS, requiring explicit permissions from the user.
- Added option to show security zones in preview (same as in multi-view).
- Sources for screen capture in Wayland protocol sessions are now available without the need to launch OBS with a special command line option.
- For Linux, support for transferring scenes and sources in drag & drop mode has been returned.
Source: opennet.ru