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OBS Studio 32.1.0 Beta 1 available

155 points by Sean-Der 9mo ago

wpm 9mo ago
Holy moly the new source picker is awesome. Anxiously awaiting the full release of this version.
platz 9mo ago
I like how OBS has subsumed (often low-quality) screen recording apps for me; apart from the apps original intent for streaming
- Andrex 9mo ago
  Screen recording isn't built into your OS?
  - TheRealPomax 9mo ago
    Neither the Windows Game Bar nor MacOS's QuickTime offer any sort of meaningful control over the codec or destination. Once you have OBS installed, you have pretty much zero reason to use start-g or cmd-shift-5. Plus, on a Mac you can't even record your audio using the built in recording solution, you need a third party audio driver for that.
crtasm 9mo ago
a bit more information on the new features: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-32-1-beta.193720/ https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-32-1-beta.19...
phkahler 9mo ago
If you build OBS from source and would like more than a 3-band equalizer without a plugin, I've still got my eq8 branch getting stale here: https://github.com/phkahler/obs-studio/tree/eq8 https://github.com/phkahler/obs-studio/tree/eq8 I should rebase that... BTW they do not want it upstream for whatever reasons. I'm not complaining, I get it. But some of us like this built-in so I'm keeping it around.
- egorfine 9mo ago
  What's the drawbacks of having equalizer as a plugin as opposed to core?
  - phkahler 9mo ago
    First I have to choose one. Second I have to trust a 3rd party. Third, I have to figure out how to use/install it. All this for functionality that should be right there with all the other audio things that are bundled with it. BTW I hate needing plug-ins or add-ons for other software too for similar reasons - Gnome comes to mind.
    - deleted 9mo ago
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  - hnuser123456 9mo ago
    If there's a 3-band EQ built in, it should probably be an 8-band instead. 3-band is hardly worth using, 8-band lets you do a decent job of balancing most various audio equipment well enough. Should be hardly any additional code complexity or maint burden for a significant functional upgrade.
    - phkahler 9mo ago
      >> If there's a 3-band EQ built in, it should probably be an 8-band instead. My thoughts exactly. When I used OBS there was no equalizer. Later I decided to try making one and found they had a new 3-band which was useful for learning how to make audio tools and I was happy to bring my 8-band idea to life. I submitted a PR and one of the devs shepherded me through a few cleanups to make it acceptable. Then they rejected it as somehow non wanted in the project. As an OSS maintainer myself I get it - even though I don't understand the reasons they seemed divided on it since one of them helped with the PR. I try not to speculate on the why, so I have just kept my fork there with the 1 commit to add the 8-band. It's probably way out of date so I should rebase it on latest release. Sounds like there might be some naming convention changes too but I need to find time to look into it.
Sean-Der 9mo ago
If anyone is using/testing WebRTC I would love to hear how it is working for them :) I am hoping Simulcast makes a impact with smaller streamers/site operators. * Cheaper servers. More competition and I want to see people running their own servers. * Better video quality. Encoding from source is going to be better then transcoding. * No more bad servers. Send video to your audience and server isn't able to do modification/surveillance with E2E Encryption via WebRTC. * Better Latency. No more time lost transcoding. I love low latency streaming where people are connected to community. Not just blasting one-way video.
- ca6d8815 9mo ago
  Do you have any resources for someone who would want to get started in small-time self hosted options? Context here is just self-hosting my own site for friends to stream to friends (instead of whatever we squeeze out of Discord). The WebRTC work sounds awesome, would like to try it out.
  - Sean-Der 9mo ago
    Yes! I maintain https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box for this. You can try it out at https://b.siobud.com https://b.siobud.com to see if you like it first. It if fits your needs then go for the self host :) I run my instance on Hetzner I want to add more features to it, but I have been focused on OBS mostly lately. If you have any ideas/needs that would make it work for you and your friends I would love to hear! Join the discord and would love to chat. What I want to do next is make a 're-broadcast feature'. So friends can stream to it + hang out. When they are ready they hit a button and then goes to Twitch/YouTube etc...
- RobotToaster 9mo ago
  The only thing I know about webRTC is that vdo ninja uses it https://docs.vdo.ninja/getting-started/vdo.ninja-basics#powered-by-webrtc https://docs.vdo.ninja/getting-started/vdo.ninja-basics#powe...
  - 9mo ago
Newhouser 9mo ago
Does anyone use OBS to record Teams or Zoom meetings? If so, what is the best way to set it up? I wish their website had a getting started guide for this purpose but I haven't found one.
- zxcvasd 9mo ago
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- wpm 9mo ago
  In OBS, add a new "Source". Which choice you use will depend on your operating system, but on macOS they're using the built-in APIs in the OS to do the captures. I think on Linux and Windows it's "Application Capture" or "Window Capture". Choose your Zoom meeting window. Mess with the size/position as you please, and hit record. The OOBE setup that OBS takes you through on first launch should choose reasonable settings for output and audio pickup, but do a test recording first in your Personal Room and see if its picking up everything right. At least on Linux/Windows I don't think anything special needs to be done to pick up Desktop Audio. On macOS, you might need to add a "macOS Audio Capture" source as well. I use OBS all the time in the opposite direction, using the Virtual Cam plugin to serve video and content to a Zoom share. I have kinda draft of a walkthrough of my setup, with some explaination of like, the hierarchy of things and terms in the UI and how it all mixes together, that I haven't published but if there is a dearth of good basic setup docs for stuff it might light a fire under my ass to actually publish what I have and add some stuff for recording.
  - minimaxir 9mo ago
    On macOS with current OBS, "Screen Capture" will include the system audio automatically, while "Window Capture" will not.
    - derekja 9mo ago
      Complicated interaction with macOS Sequoia though. I’m on apple silicon and trying to capture on a multimon setup (although only capturing one screen) and the capture freezes painfully often. Going to window capture helps but doesn’t eliminate the problem. Seems to be related to ScreenCaptureKit. I’ve tried a lot to debug it but so far failed.
mervz 9mo ago
OBS is a great solution if you're on a budget or doing very simple streams, but I really urge anybody who is serious about live streaming professional shows to check out vMix. It's an incredible piece of software that is versatile and packed full of so many features professional broadcasts need all baked in.
- zxcvasd 9mo ago
  what features does vMix have, which OBS doesnt, that would be worth switching to a proprietary and paid program instead of a free, open source one?
  - seanw444 9mo ago
    I'd be interested to know as well. I may be in the minority, but I'll take a FOSS project with 80% of the features over a proprietary one with 100% of the features, almost every time. The philosophy of freedom is usually more important to me than squeezing out every last drop of functionality in exchange for a black box that I have to pay for and rely on some company that may or may not exist in a few years to develop it.
    - bobbob1921 9mo ago
      I’m pretty sure this has changed now, but when I first looked at OBS versus vmix, OBS did not have good NDI Support. Since the twice a year video production I put on is kind of like a hobby although I get paid, I just went with VMix and haven’t looked back. (Video is not my main job)
  - stonogo 9mo ago
    vMix is Windows-only, so I'd imagine the people it targets don't think about licensing much.
    - zxcvasd 9mo ago
      >vMix is Windows-only, so I'd imagine the people it targets don't think about licensing much. they probably think about money, though. and whether there's a significant difference in features or not.
ulrischa 9mo ago
What similar software runs on a raspberry pi?
- anonymousab 9mo ago
  I think OBS can be built and ran on a raspberry pi. https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/support-for-raspberry-pi-5.170859/ https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/support-for-raspberry-p...
  - ulrischa 9mo ago
    Is this kind of a hack or officially supported?
onemoresoop 9mo ago
I wanted to thank the OBS team from the bottom of my heart.

155 points by Sean-Der 9mo ago

wpm 9mo ago

Holy moly the new source picker is awesome. Anxiously awaiting the full release of this version.

platz 9mo ago

I like how OBS has subsumed (often low-quality) screen recording apps for me; apart from the apps original intent for streaming

Andrex 9mo ago
Screen recording isn't built into your OS?
- TheRealPomax 9mo ago
  Neither the Windows Game Bar nor MacOS's QuickTime offer any sort of meaningful control over the codec or destination. Once you have OBS installed, you have pretty much zero reason to use start-g or cmd-shift-5. Plus, on a Mac you can't even record your audio using the built in recording solution, you need a third party audio driver for that.

crtasm 9mo ago

a bit more information on the new features: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-32-1-beta.193720/ https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-32-1-beta.19...

phkahler 9mo ago

If you build OBS from source and would like more than a 3-band equalizer without a plugin, I've still got my eq8 branch getting stale here: https://github.com/phkahler/obs-studio/tree/eq8 https://github.com/phkahler/obs-studio/tree/eq8 I should rebase that... BTW they do not want it upstream for whatever reasons. I'm not complaining, I get it. But some of us like this built-in so I'm keeping it around.

egorfine 9mo ago
What's the drawbacks of having equalizer as a plugin as opposed to core?
- phkahler 9mo ago
  First I have to choose one. Second I have to trust a 3rd party. Third, I have to figure out how to use/install it. All this for functionality that should be right there with all the other audio things that are bundled with it. BTW I hate needing plug-ins or add-ons for other software too for similar reasons - Gnome comes to mind.
  - deleted 9mo ago
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- hnuser123456 9mo ago
  If there's a 3-band EQ built in, it should probably be an 8-band instead. 3-band is hardly worth using, 8-band lets you do a decent job of balancing most various audio equipment well enough. Should be hardly any additional code complexity or maint burden for a significant functional upgrade.
  - phkahler 9mo ago
    >> If there's a 3-band EQ built in, it should probably be an 8-band instead. My thoughts exactly. When I used OBS there was no equalizer. Later I decided to try making one and found they had a new 3-band which was useful for learning how to make audio tools and I was happy to bring my 8-band idea to life. I submitted a PR and one of the devs shepherded me through a few cleanups to make it acceptable. Then they rejected it as somehow non wanted in the project. As an OSS maintainer myself I get it - even though I don't understand the reasons they seemed divided on it since one of them helped with the PR. I try not to speculate on the why, so I have just kept my fork there with the 1 commit to add the 8-band. It's probably way out of date so I should rebase it on latest release. Sounds like there might be some naming convention changes too but I need to find time to look into it.

Sean-Der 9mo ago

If anyone is using/testing WebRTC I would love to hear how it is working for them :) I am hoping Simulcast makes a impact with smaller streamers/site operators. * Cheaper servers. More competition and I want to see people running their own servers. * Better video quality. Encoding from source is going to be better then transcoding. * No more bad servers. Send video to your audience and server isn't able to do modification/surveillance with E2E Encryption via WebRTC. * Better Latency. No more time lost transcoding. I love low latency streaming where people are connected to community. Not just blasting one-way video.

ca6d8815 9mo ago
Do you have any resources for someone who would want to get started in small-time self hosted options? Context here is just self-hosting my own site for friends to stream to friends (instead of whatever we squeeze out of Discord). The WebRTC work sounds awesome, would like to try it out.
- Sean-Der 9mo ago
  Yes! I maintain https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box for this. You can try it out at https://b.siobud.com https://b.siobud.com to see if you like it first. It if fits your needs then go for the self host :) I run my instance on Hetzner I want to add more features to it, but I have been focused on OBS mostly lately. If you have any ideas/needs that would make it work for you and your friends I would love to hear! Join the discord and would love to chat. What I want to do next is make a 're-broadcast feature'. So friends can stream to it + hang out. When they are ready they hit a button and then goes to Twitch/YouTube etc...
RobotToaster 9mo ago
The only thing I know about webRTC is that vdo ninja uses it https://docs.vdo.ninja/getting-started/vdo.ninja-basics#powered-by-webrtc https://docs.vdo.ninja/getting-started/vdo.ninja-basics#powe...
- 9mo ago

Newhouser 9mo ago

Does anyone use OBS to record Teams or Zoom meetings? If so, what is the best way to set it up? I wish their website had a getting started guide for this purpose but I haven't found one.

zxcvasd 9mo ago
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wpm 9mo ago
In OBS, add a new "Source". Which choice you use will depend on your operating system, but on macOS they're using the built-in APIs in the OS to do the captures. I think on Linux and Windows it's "Application Capture" or "Window Capture". Choose your Zoom meeting window. Mess with the size/position as you please, and hit record. The OOBE setup that OBS takes you through on first launch should choose reasonable settings for output and audio pickup, but do a test recording first in your Personal Room and see if its picking up everything right. At least on Linux/Windows I don't think anything special needs to be done to pick up Desktop Audio. On macOS, you might need to add a "macOS Audio Capture" source as well. I use OBS all the time in the opposite direction, using the Virtual Cam plugin to serve video and content to a Zoom share. I have kinda draft of a walkthrough of my setup, with some explaination of like, the hierarchy of things and terms in the UI and how it all mixes together, that I haven't published but if there is a dearth of good basic setup docs for stuff it might light a fire under my ass to actually publish what I have and add some stuff for recording.
- minimaxir 9mo ago
  On macOS with current OBS, "Screen Capture" will include the system audio automatically, while "Window Capture" will not.
  - derekja 9mo ago
    Complicated interaction with macOS Sequoia though. I’m on apple silicon and trying to capture on a multimon setup (although only capturing one screen) and the capture freezes painfully often. Going to window capture helps but doesn’t eliminate the problem. Seems to be related to ScreenCaptureKit. I’ve tried a lot to debug it but so far failed.

mervz 9mo ago

OBS is a great solution if you're on a budget or doing very simple streams, but I really urge anybody who is serious about live streaming professional shows to check out vMix. It's an incredible piece of software that is versatile and packed full of so many features professional broadcasts need all baked in.

zxcvasd 9mo ago
what features does vMix have, which OBS doesnt, that would be worth switching to a proprietary and paid program instead of a free, open source one?
- seanw444 9mo ago
  I'd be interested to know as well. I may be in the minority, but I'll take a FOSS project with 80% of the features over a proprietary one with 100% of the features, almost every time. The philosophy of freedom is usually more important to me than squeezing out every last drop of functionality in exchange for a black box that I have to pay for and rely on some company that may or may not exist in a few years to develop it.
  - bobbob1921 9mo ago
    I’m pretty sure this has changed now, but when I first looked at OBS versus vmix, OBS did not have good NDI Support. Since the twice a year video production I put on is kind of like a hobby although I get paid, I just went with VMix and haven’t looked back. (Video is not my main job)
- stonogo 9mo ago
  vMix is Windows-only, so I'd imagine the people it targets don't think about licensing much.
  - zxcvasd 9mo ago
    >vMix is Windows-only, so I'd imagine the people it targets don't think about licensing much. they probably think about money, though. and whether there's a significant difference in features or not.

ulrischa 9mo ago

What similar software runs on a raspberry pi?

anonymousab 9mo ago
I think OBS can be built and ran on a raspberry pi. https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/support-for-raspberry-pi-5.170859/ https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/support-for-raspberry-p...
- ulrischa 9mo ago
  Is this kind of a hack or officially supported?

onemoresoop 9mo ago

I wanted to thank the OBS team from the bottom of my heart.