OBS Studio 32.1 Release Notes


New Features


  • Overhauled the Audio Mixer [Warchamp7]
    • Adjusted the horizontal layout
    • Adjusted the vertical layout
    • Added button to swap layouts to the toolbar
    • Changed the default layout to vertical
    • Added button to toggle audio monitoring
    • Sources in the preview are now shown while in Studio Mode
    • Added ability to pin audio sources
      • Pinned sources are always displayed
      • Global audio sources are always pinned
    • Added ability to display sources set to hide
    • Added ability to display sources that are not in the current scene
  • Added WebRTC Simulcast Support [Sean-Der]
  • Added missing undo/redo actions for scene items [cg2121]
    • Scale filtering, blending mode, blending method, deinterlacing mode and deinterlacing field order
  • Added partial support for Canvases to obs-websocket [exeldro/tt2468/Warchamp7]

General Changes


  • Improved security of browser sources using local files [Warchamp7]
  • Improved plugin manager by allowing enabling/disabling missing plugins [Warchamp7]
  • Removed "Source" from source names [Warchamp7]
  • Updated the Edit Transform dialog [Warchamp7]
  • Changed copying a scene item to copy all properties [cg2121/Warchamp7]
  • Disabled dock animations [Warchamp7]
  • Moved transition preview button to button box [exeldro]
  • Rearranged default dock positions [Warchamp7]
  • Increased media source playback slider update rate [Warchamp7]
  • Enabled palette for Light theme audio mixer [Warchamp7]
  • Changed default bitrates to 6000 kbps [mihawk90]

Bug Fixes


  • Fixed a crash if some source data was null [Penwy]
  • Fixed a crash on Linux when changing profiles or on application shutdown [hoshinolina]
  • Fixed a possible crash on macOS during application shutdown if YouTube docks were active [PatTheMav]
  • Fixed an issue where projector resolutions had decimals [Warchamp7]
  • Fixed sync of Preview/Program size and positioning [Warchamp7]
  • Refactored OBSBasic::Save to only save frontend canvas scenes/groups [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed NAL type for HEVC caption/BPM SEIs [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed an issue where video scaling could be incorrect in multivideo encoder scenarios [dsaedtler]
  • Fixed an issue with chapter markers having incorrect time when using file splitting [garyholmes]
  • Fixed an issue where some recordings could have black thumbnails [derrod]
  • Fixed an issue where the NVIDIA Blur and Background Blur could have banding or look splotchy [pkviet]
  • Fixed an issue where macOS Screen Capture would select an item for capture by default [jcm93]
  • Fixed an issue with PipeWire when capturing a device that does not require a framerate [tytan652]
  • Fixed an issue where PipeWire Camera framerates listed could be incorrect [tytan652]
  • Fixed an issue where HDR video playback in Media Source could be darker than expected [xtfo]
  • Fixed an issue that could cause OBS to become unable to change profiles or video settings [exeldro]
  • Fixed an issue that could cause transitions to become locked [Warchamp7]
  • Fixed audio deduplication incorrectly applying when an audio output capture source is set to monitor only [pkviet]