Disclaimer: This is a test build, not a full release. This build may contain bugs or broken functionality. For production usage, we still recommend using the latest stable build of OBS. If you are willing to test this build, please let us know if you run into any issues.
We have new build for OBS Studio 28.0 available for testing! This will be an enormous release with several features and upgrades that will need extensive testing, including the following:
Steam users: To access the beta via Steam, right-click the OBS Studio entry in Steam or click the cog icon on the game page, select "Properties...", then navigate to "Betas" and select the "beta" option in the dropdown:
Flatpak Beta Installation:
Ubuntu PPA Beta Installation:
Due to the magnitude of this release, we need your help tracking down as many bugs as you can find before we make a full release! Please give the build a try and let us know here or in the #beta-testing channel on Discord if you have any issues. Thanks for your help!
We have new build for OBS Studio 28.0 available for testing! This will be an enormous release with several features and upgrades that will need extensive testing, including the following:
- HDR and 10-bit color support (Windows, macOS/Linux support limited)
- Native Apple Silicon Support (macOS)
- Note that many third-party plugins will need to release Apple Silicon versions of their plugins in order for them to work on Apple Silicon builds of OBS
- Upgrade UI framework to Qt6 (All platforms)
- NOTE: Unfortunately, this means OBS Studio can no longer support the following operating systems:
- Windows 7 & 8
- macOS 10.13 & 10.14
- Ubuntu 18.04
- All 32-bit operating systems
- Additionally, many third-party plugins that depend on legacy Qt5 components may not work until they are updated.
- NOTE: Unfortunately, this means OBS Studio can no longer support the following operating systems:
- obs-websocket 5.0 plugin native integration. Read more here! (All platforms)
- Updated AMD Encoder implementation (Windows)
- Support for ScreenCaptureKit on macOS 12.5+ for significantly improved capture performance (macOS)
- Significant improvements to Apple VT encoder (macOS)
- Application-specific audio capture (Windows)
- Integrated NVIDIA Background Removal (Windows)
- Automatically split recordings by time or filesize (All platforms)
- New default theme, Yami (All platforms)
- And much, much more!
Steam users: To access the beta via Steam, right-click the OBS Studio entry in Steam or click the cog icon on the game page, select "Properties...", then navigate to "Betas" and select the "beta" option in the dropdown:
Flatpak Beta Installation:
Bash:
$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
$ flatpak install flathub-beta com.obsproject.StudioUbuntu PPA Beta Installation:
Bash:
Install
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio-unstable
$ sudo apt install obs-studio
Uninstall
$ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:obsproject/obs-studio-unstable
$ sudo apt remove obs-studioDue to the magnitude of this release, we need your help tracking down as many bugs as you can find before we make a full release! Please give the build a try and let us know here or in the #beta-testing channel on Discord if you have any issues. Thanks for your help!
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