The first beta version of OBS Studio, 32.0.0, has been released with several new features and improvements. These include a basic plugin manager, opt-in automatic crash log upload, voice activity detection in NVIDIA RTX audio effects, and hybrid MOV support, among others. The update also addresses various bugs and crashes, including issues with SRT reconnection failures, multiview becoming blank, and incorrect color range property setting for AMD AV1 encoder. Overall, the new version of OBS Studio aims to improve stability and performance while laying the groundwork for future UI updates and features.
OBS Studio 32.0.0 Beta 1
32.0 New Features
- Added a basic plugin manager [FiniteSingularity/PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
- Added opt-in automatic crash log upload for Windows and macOS [PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
- Added Voice Activity Detection (VAD) to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects, which improves noise suppression for speech, as well as several optimizations to NVIDIA Effects [pkviet]
- Added chair removal option for NVIDIA RTX Background Removal, allowing removal of chairs [pkviet]
- Added Hybrid MOV support [derrod]
- Brings ProRes support on macOS and HEVC/H.264 and PCM audio support on all platforms
32.0 Changes
- OBS Studio will no longer load plugins built for a newer release of OBS to prevent future compatibility issues [norihiro]
- Added custom OBS widgets in preparation for larger UI updates [derrod/gxalpha/Warchamp7]
- Added preparations for Metal renderer (stay tuned!) [PatTheMav]
- Improved audio deduplication logic to cover more cases of nested scenes, groups, and multiple canvases [pkviet]
- Prevent audio duplication when sources are set to "Monitor and Output" while the monitoring device is also being captured [pkviet]
- Updated the default settings for AMD encoders [rhutsAMD]
- Improved accuracy of chapter markers in Hybrid MP4/MOV [derrod]
- Re-hid the cursor in edit fields on macOS [gxalpha]
- Improved format selection for PipeWire video capture [tytan652]
32.0 Bug Fixes
- Potentially fixed a rare crash on macOS when moving or resizing the OBS window [PatTheMav]
- Fixed a crash with SRT when using an invalid URL [pkviet]
- Fixed a crash when setting non-default pkt_size with SRT [pkviet]
- Fixed a crash in Media Source when playback starts with certain video files [howellrl]
- Fixed rare occurrence of multiview becoming blank [norihiro]
- Fixed SRT reconnection failures [pkviet]
- Fixed overflow texture rendering sRGB-awareness [PatTheMav]
- Fixed incorrect color range property setting for AMD AV1 encoder [rhutsAMD]
- Fixed Hybrid MP4 file splitting not working correctly in some cases [derrod]
- Fixed not being able to capture higher than 60fps with macOS Screen Capture [jcm93]
- Fixed focus not displaying properly in hotkey settings on macOS [gxalpha]
- Fixed the scrollbar appearing invisible in Light and Rachni themes [shiina424]
- Fixed HEVC frame priority not being set correctly in some cases, potentially causing playback errors when dropping frames [dsaedtler]
- Fixed an issue that could result in increases to output latency after temporary encoder stalls [dsaedtler]
- Removed a workaround for older Qt versions that prevented docks from loading correctly while OBS is maximized [RytoEX]
