stable and safe version for win7 pro and, if it's different, for win7 home?
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Lawrence_SoCal
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Being free open source, OBS support is as you can get it. So... here is my $0.02 as only an end-user
- With WIn10 being a free upgrade (even today), I don't see any reason normally to stick with Win7 (and I'm avoiding for now Win11, basically still an in-progress Beta). Granted there are certain older Apps that have a problems with WIn10, but most of those have work-arounds. There are some aspects of MS trying to be more Apple-like that annoys me with Win10, but most of those are disabled easily enough. With similar resource demands, the only Win7 I still have around are VMs for historical purposes, and they haven't been booted up in years (having nothing to do with OBS).
- real-time video encoding is computationally demanding, and is therefore inappropriate on really old hardware (the primary reason to stay with Win7). But unless on govt/similar SA agreement and still getting Win7 updates from MS, one shouldn't be connecting to the Internet on a Win7 PC.
So, I question the premise. What real reason is there to stick with Win7 this many years after mainstream patches stopped being publicly available? I do get why in a validated manufacturing environment, with an isolated, restricted VLAN, why Win7 (or older) may still be running on very specific fixed task PCs. bad practice, but I get it). But consumer use? no, bad idea
As for OBS, you could go with an older version on Win7, but why? obviously if something breaks with v27.1.3 on Win7, then that would impact your decision. But I'd start with latest, and just be aware of the multiple methods of display vs game vs window capture, and options within each of those. Some were written for Win10 and may not work on Win7, but others may work fine.
Personally, I haven't needed the features of OBS 27 and I'm stilling running v26 on Win10. You need to look at which features you need, any plug-ins, etc, and review their requirements. Many current plugins have tie-ins with new APIs in OBS v27. So if you need a specific plug-in, that may dictate your OBS version.
- With WIn10 being a free upgrade (even today), I don't see any reason normally to stick with Win7 (and I'm avoiding for now Win11, basically still an in-progress Beta). Granted there are certain older Apps that have a problems with WIn10, but most of those have work-arounds. There are some aspects of MS trying to be more Apple-like that annoys me with Win10, but most of those are disabled easily enough. With similar resource demands, the only Win7 I still have around are VMs for historical purposes, and they haven't been booted up in years (having nothing to do with OBS).
- real-time video encoding is computationally demanding, and is therefore inappropriate on really old hardware (the primary reason to stay with Win7). But unless on govt/similar SA agreement and still getting Win7 updates from MS, one shouldn't be connecting to the Internet on a Win7 PC.
So, I question the premise. What real reason is there to stick with Win7 this many years after mainstream patches stopped being publicly available? I do get why in a validated manufacturing environment, with an isolated, restricted VLAN, why Win7 (or older) may still be running on very specific fixed task PCs. bad practice, but I get it). But consumer use? no, bad idea
As for OBS, you could go with an older version on Win7, but why? obviously if something breaks with v27.1.3 on Win7, then that would impact your decision. But I'd start with latest, and just be aware of the multiple methods of display vs game vs window capture, and options within each of those. Some were written for Win10 and may not work on Win7, but others may work fine.
Personally, I haven't needed the features of OBS 27 and I'm stilling running v26 on Win10. You need to look at which features you need, any plug-ins, etc, and review their requirements. Many current plugins have tie-ins with new APIs in OBS v27. So if you need a specific plug-in, that may dictate your OBS version.
Thanks for the lecture but do you know if my aunt struggles to use all those flying windows that she has win 10 and does not have a touchscreen but would like to record the meetings and meetings online with her friends from the bridge club using their old win7 pc. ..well what can I do
I try to please them and ask if you can know what the version on win7 is
So if you know something for sure about it you are welcome, for the rest I understand the message but, if you allow me, answer something else than what is requested I do not think anyone will need it. Certainly it does not help me or you who are only wasting time
So here's my $ 0.2 for a coffee
I try to please them and ask if you can know what the version on win7 is
So if you know something for sure about it you are welcome, for the rest I understand the message but, if you allow me, answer something else than what is requested I do not think anyone will need it. Certainly it does not help me or you who are only wasting time
So here's my $ 0.2 for a coffee
rockbottom
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Oh my, the horror!!
Page back until you find 24.0.3....
github.com
Page back until you find 24.0.3....
Releases · obsproject/obs-studio
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording - obsproject/obs-studio
github.com
thank dear :-)
So ...
I think she is not very interested in security since she uses the PC as if it were a television without a remote control...