| guide | OBS Studio 30.0 is now in public beta, promising several exciting new features, as well as a host of other changes and bug fixes for the popular free and open-source screencasting and streaming application. |
OBS Studio 30.0 promises support for Intel QSV (Quick Sync Video) on Linux, WHIP/WebRTC output, HDR playback support for DeckLink output, 10-bit capture support for DeckLink devices, and the YouTube Live control panel when streaming to YouTube .
This version updates the GUI, redesigns the status bar to provide users with more organized and structured information through more representative and recognizable icons, and adds a full-height base to the View menu. seat options.
OBS Studio 30.0 also promises a new "safe mode" that will let you run the app without third-party plugins, scripts , and websockets. Safe Mode will prompt the user when an improper shutdown is detected for troubleshooting purposes, but can also be activated manually through the Help menu.
Among other notable changes, the upcoming release of OBS Studio will sort the audio/video encoders dropdown by name by default, add the ability to arrange filters using drag and drop, enable GPU scaling when possible "Rescale Output ” and added logging of scene changes in Studio mode.
It will also add support for grayscale MJPEG in V4L/DirectShow sources, improve the settings interface for "Text (FreeType 2)" sources, add IPv6 support for RTMP streaming output, and add IPv4 fallback for dual-stack streaming services feature, and added the ability to set FFmpeg options to VA-API.
Of course, there will also be a number of software fixes to improve various features such as video quality with FFmpeg VA-API AMD encoders, lossless recording with fragmented MP4/MOV, and VLC media sources. For more details, check out the release notes.
The first beta release of OBS Studio 30.0 is available for public testing as a DEB package for Ubuntu distributions via the release notes page linked above, and as any other GNU/Linux distribution that supports the Flatpak Universal Binary Format via the Flathub Beta channel test.