What's the most stable, reliable, less problematic OBS version ever released ?

[Dihelson Mendonca]

Some years ago, I found version 22 for windows very reliable, it wouldn't crash my machine. After that, version 25 looks great too. They don't have all bells and whistles of the newest versions, but running on windows 7 and 10, they look rock solid compared to some other versions, at least to me. Do you agree or have another point of view ? Good day !

 

[rockbottom]

Strongly disagree. OBS is OBS, when it's configured correctly on a decent system, it just works as intended.

 

[koala]

The most current version is usually the best version to use. The more recent the OBS version, the more fixes for known issues it contains, so the amount of issues of a new version is lower than the amount of issues of any older version. There may be new issues with new features, but you don't have to use the new features.
It requires a healthy environment of course, that means it runs on reasonably recent hardware, the most current and updated version of Windows, with the most current drivers and all plugins the most current ones as well. A healthy environment also means not using unstable plugins.
And you're not expected to tinker with Windows with "tweaking" tools, "cleaning" tools and registry hacks.

If you choose to not update something I mentioned, it could be you need to freeze everything else as well to keep the balance, so you're frozen in some point of time in the past. However, the more you're living in the past, the more difficult it becomes to catch up to current software.

 

[oritxupolite]

The latest version, which has a safe mode, especially if you use a lot of plugins and scripts. I don't know if it's the most stable, but it has that great advantage.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

With the UI change in v28, there were certainly some glitches to work through. And the corresponding huge impact to all the (3rd party) plugins.

Unless you have special access (gov't contract, or other really large enterprise) Win7 no longer being updated, so a bad idea to use for streaming or other network-connected use case (without really special care). Win10 heading in that direction as well, unfortunately (I see Win11 in same vein as every Windows desktop OS release WinME, Vista, 8, ie something to avoid if possible, for as long as possible. but at some point, it will be time to move on from Win10, which I avoided for a year or two, but have all my Windows OS systems on that version now)

So, like most software, unless a new feature that is really pressing for a specific use case for you, often wise to avoid 'bleeding edge' and allow time for releases to 'settle down'/be patched, especially major releases. (and have a nice system backup to revert to, once you do decide to upgrade )