The latest beta release of OBS Studio 32.0.0 introduces significant enhancements, bug fixes, and new features that build upon the initial beta release. The update addresses critical crashes, improves stability on Linux, and resolves various issues with Scene and Group sources, SRT-related problems, and rendering issues. Key new developments include the experimental addition of a Metal renderer for Apple Silicon Macs and improvements to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects, including Voice Activity Detection (VAD) for speech noise suppression. Additionally, several bug fixes have been implemented, including potential crashes on macOS, blank multiview issues, and SRT reconnection failures, to ensure a more stable and efficient user experience.

OBS Studio 32.0.0 Beta 2 Pre-release Update

The latest beta release of OBS Studio 32.0.0 introduces significant enhancements, bug fixes, and new features that build upon the initial beta release. This update addresses critical crashes, improves stability on Linux, resolves various issues with Scene and Group sources, and fixes several SRT-related problems.

Notable Bug Fixes

1. Invalid configuration files: The Plugin Manager issue has been resolved, ensuring stable plugin operation.
2. Stack smash and TLS issues: Stability improvements have been made for browser sources on Linux.
3. Scene and Group source issues: Problems with missing or invalid Scene and Group sources have been resolved.
4. OpenGL capture source: Capture sources now function correctly on OpenGL platforms.
5. Crash log prompts: Inappropriate crash log prompts no longer appear on systems that do not handle them.

New Features

1. Experimental Metal renderer for Apple Silicon Macs: An experimental Metal renderer has been added to support Apple Silicon Macs.
2. Relocation of the crash sentinel file: The crash sentinel file is now stored in its own dedicated subdirectory.
3. Qt 5 plugin workarounds removed: Workarounds preventing the loading of Qt 5-based plugins have been removed.

Key Enhancements

1. NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects enhancements: Voice Activity Detection (VAD) has been added for improved speech noise suppression and optimizations.
2. NVIDIA RTX Background Removal updates: A chair removal option is now available in the NVIDIA RTX Background Removal feature.
3. Hybrid MOV support: ProRes support on macOS and a more widely supported HEVC/H.264 + PCM audio option across all platforms have been added.

Changes

1. Prevention of loading newer OBS plugins: Measures to prevent the loading of plugins built for newer OBS releases have been implemented to avoid compatibility issues.
2. Custom OBS widgets: Custom OBS widgets are now available in anticipation of UI updates.
3. Metal renderer preparations: Preparations have been made for the Metal renderer.
4. Audio handling improvements: Enhanced deduplication logic has been added for nested scenes, groups, and multiple canvases.
5. Default settings for AMD encoders updated: Default settings for AMD encoders have been updated.

Additional Bug Fixes

1. Potential crash on macOS: A potential rare crash when moving or resizing the OBS window on macOS has been fixed.
2. SRT-related crashes: Multiple SRT-related crash fixes, including those with invalid URLs and non-default pkt_size, have been implemented.
3. Media Source crash fix: A crash in Media Source with certain video files has been resolved.
4. Blank multiview issue: The rare occurrence of a blank multiview has been fixed.
5. SRT reconnection failures: SRT reconnection failures have been addressed.

Rendering Improvements

1. Overflow texture sRGB-awareness fix: Overflow texture sRGB-awareness has been fixed.
2. AMD AV1 encoder color range property setting: The incorrect color range property setting for AMD AV1 encoders has been corrected.

Other Fixes

1. Hybrid MP4 file splitting issue: Hybrid MP4 file splitting is now working correctly.
2. macOS Screen Capture issue: macOS Screen Capture can capture higher than 60fps.
3. Focus display in macOS hotkey settings: Focus displays properly in macOS hotkey settings.
4. Scrollbar visibility in Light and Rachni themes: Scrollbars are visible again in Light and Rachni themes.
5. HEVC frame priority setting: HEVC frame priority is now set correctly, preventing playback errors.
6. Output latency issue: The increased output latency after temporary encoder stalls has been addressed.
7. Dock loading issue on maximized OBS window: A workaround for older Qt versions preventing docks from loading correctly when OBS is maximized has been removed.

OBS Studio 32.0.0 Beta 2

Beta 2 Changes Fixed a crash in Beta 1 when loading an invalid config file in the Plugin Manager [FiniteSingularity]

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