OBS Studio is a powerful, free, open-source software that enables video recording and live streaming. It offers high-performance real-time video and audio capture and mixing, and seamless transitions between unlimited scenes. Advanced features include a wide range of video source filters, such as image masking, color correction, and chroma/color keying, along with an intuitive audio mixer featuring professional-grade filters like noise gates, noise suppression, and gain control. This comprehensive suite of tools empowers users to create high-quality productions across various platforms.
OBS Studio features a powerful API, allowing plugins and scripts to offer further customization and functionality tailored to your needs. Use native plugins for high-performance integrations or scripts written in Lua or Python to interface with existing sources. Collaborate with developers in the streaming community to access the features you need, with endless possibilities.
Open Broadcaster supports all your favorite streaming platforms and more.
OBS Studio Features:
- High-performance real-time video and audio capture and mixing. Create scenes from multiple sources, including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, capture cards, and more.
- Set up an unlimited number of scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions.
- Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain. Take full control with VST plugin support.
- Powerful and easy-to-use configuration options. Add new Sources, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly.
- The streamlined Settings panel offers numerous configuration options, allowing you to adjust every aspect of your broadcast or recording.
- The modular ‘Dock’ UI lets you rearrange the layout to your preference. You can even pop each dock into its window.
Create Professional Productions
- Choose from various customizable transitions for switching between scenes, or add your stinger video files.
- Assign hotkeys for nearly every action, such as switching scenes, starting or stopping streams or recordings, muting audio sources, push-to-talk, and more.
- Studio Mode lets you preview scenes and sources before going live. Adjust or create new scenes and sources, ensuring they’re perfect before your viewers see them.
- Gain a high-level view of your production with Multiview. Monitor up to 8 scenes and easily cue or transition to any of them with a single or double click.
OBS software is distributed under the GPLv2 license and developed by volunteer contributors in their free time. The license summary that OBS is free to use for any purpose, with no watermarks or limitations. It can be used commercially without restrictions.
Changes in OBS Studio 31.0.1 :
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows 10 and 11.
- macOS 10.15
- Ubuntu 20.04 and newer