OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1: It's ready with interesting new features!
If you are a content creator, whether from the Linuxverse or not, you surely know or use OBS Studio. Since, today, it is one of the best and most used software for video recording and live streaming. Above all, because in addition to being free, it is cross-platform and open source. Personally, I don't usually record videos or stream video, and when I do I usually use simpler tools like VokoScreen vs Simple Screen Recorder. But, today I used OBS Studio for the first time to record a linux video without edits, and without a doubt, the use of audio filters improves its quality.
And for this same reason, that is, using OBS Studio for the first time, I have learned the great news that, from this February 02th 2024, the software corresponding to «OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1». Therefore, it is a very opportune time to explore and publicize the news Of the same. Just as we did a year ago, with the official launch of the stable version corresponding to OBS Studio 30.0.
OBS Studio 30.0: A new version available for 2023
But, before starting to read about the availability of this new trial version of the well-known recording and streaming software call «OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1», we recommend one previous related post with said multimedia application for later reading:
OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1: AV1 for VA-API and AV1 for WebRTC/WHIP
List of new features included in OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1
According to the developers of OBS Studio, in the official new version releases section from your GitHub profile, this version 30.1 Beta 1, has important new features, among which some stand out, such as the following:
New Features
- HDR has been enabled for HEVC over RTMP.
- Enabled multitrack audio support for mpegts.
- Added channel selection for CoreAudio input devices.
- Added video capture device (PipeWire) source type.
- Added one orption for automatic clipping to bounding box.
- Added Premultiplied Alpha option for game capture on Windows.
- Added Capture Audio option to window/game capture on Windows.
- Added GPU rescaling options for streaming and recording outputs.
- Added maxRGB Tone Mapper for SDR in HDR Tone Mapping Filter.
- Added AV1 support for VA-API, and also for AV1 over WebRTC/WHIP output.
Changes made
- A c has been implementedImproved playback buffer configuration in simple mode.
- Switched to larger units in the UI for large, high bitrate recordings.
- Added support for Python 3.11 for Windows and macOS. And Obs-websocket was updated to version 5.4.0.
- HDR support was added for the Elgato HD60 X Rev.2, andsNVENC alternatives for Win7 and Ubuntu 20.04 have been removed.
- Added search paths for topic data and about Lua Script location to find the path of native Lua libraries.
Bugs fixed
- Problem trying to transmit with WebRTC/WHIP.
- High CPU usage with virtual camera on macOS.
- Failure to load Python at runtime on Windows.
- Image display failure when adding a directory without files.
- Crash on macOS when trying to stream to WHIP servers with certain settings.
These points mentioned are only a good part of the many improvements, changes and fixes made. So, if you want to know them all and in more details, we invite you to directly explore the official announcement. And also to try this new version on Debian and Ubuntu just by clicking here to download its installer in the supported package format.
Summary
In summary, soon we will have a new stable version 30. 1 of OBS Studio to be able to enjoy throughout the year 2024. And as can be seen with this first test launch, called «OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1», said future version will include a much appreciated and well-valued number of new features. Which, surely, will be very useful for many of its current and future users. Making it maintain and consolidate itself as one of the best multimedia applications for recording and transmitting videos through YouTube, Twitch or other similar platforms.
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