OBS Studio 27.1, a package for streaming, compositing, and recording video, is now available. The code is written in C/C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Builds are created for Linux, Windows и macOS.
The goal of OBS Studio development is to create a free analogue of the Open Broadcaster Software application, not tied to a platform Windows, which supports OpenGL and is extensible via plugins. Another distinguishing feature is its use of a modular architecture, which separates the interface from the program core. Supports transcoding of source streams, video capture during games, and streaming to Twitch, Facebook Gaming, YouTube, DailyMotion, Hitbox, and other services. Hardware acceleration mechanisms (such as NVENC and VAAPI) can be used to ensure high performance.
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 “Mask Only” 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 dragging and dropping scenes and sources has been restored.
Source: opennet.ru
