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OBS Studio (32-bit)

OBS Studio 26.0 (32-bit)

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  • Latest Version

    OBS Studio 27.2.4 (32-bit)

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

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  • Filename

    OBS-Studio-26.0-Full-Installer-x86.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    0eb970b6ca69392394375ba9cefdf0cd

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

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What's new in this version:

New Features and Additions:
- Windows: Added Virtual Camera, allowing you to use the OBS output as a camera in other apps on your computer. Support for other operating systems will be added in future versions when they're ready
- Added a Source Toolbar to allow easy access to relevant controls for the currently selected source. The toolbar can be toggled via the View Menu -> Source Toolbar
- Added media controls to allow controlling playback of media/VLC sources on the source toolbar when a media source, VLC source, or slideshow source is selected
- Added a new noise suppression method to the Noise Suppression filter, RNNoise, which is an AI-based noise suppression method with significantly better results for voice than the pre-existing method (Speex)
- Added the ability to take screenshots of the previews, sources, or scenes with hotkeys
- Added a log viewer when going to the Help menu -> Logs -> View Log menu item
- Added a percentage toggle checkbox to the volume controls in advanced audio properties
- Added more audio capture support for BSD operating systems
- Added the option to disable antialiasing for text sources
- Added a right-click context menu option to projectors to make a specific projector always on top of other windows

Improvements/Tweaks:
- QSV Encoder: Improved performance when running OBS on an Intel GPU and simplified various options
- The cursor will now change to reflect your action (dragging edges or sources) when editing items in the preview
- Improved the interface of transitions dock
- Increased the update rate of the level meters in the audio mixer from 30Hz to 60Hz for improved smoothness and responsiveness
- Media sources using remote URLs will now automatically try to reconnect when disconnected
- Added a "Defaults" button to the script dialog to reset script properties to defaults
- Added a right-click context menu when clicking on scripts to allow opening the script file location or reloading specific scripts
- The auto-configuration dialog will now use standard/common resolutions when selecting what resolution you’d like to use
- The VLC source’s playlist property can now be reordered by dragging and dropping items within it
- Projectors associated with specific monitors will now be deleted when the monitor is disconnected from the system
- You can now use slashes in the recording name format and prefix prefixes/suffixes to automatically create directories when recording or making replays
- Improved performance and accuracy of the LUT filter
- The default audio sample rate is now 48khz instead of 44.1khz
- NVENC: Added a more friendly warning that will show up if you are using an outdated NVIDIA driver
- Windows: The program will now show a list of command line options in a dialog box if started with the --help or -h command line parameters
- macOS: Added support for several more virtual audio drivers to be selected as desktop audio capture devices in audio settings
- Image sources will no longer check for changes or try to load an image while hidden
- The minimum canvas resolution is now 8x8 to prevent issues where this could be rounded to zero causing OBS to fail to start
- The settings window can now be closed with the ESC key
- macOS window capture no longer shows windows which aren't relevant to capture

Fixed:
- Windows: Fixed an issue where loss of certain devices could cause a crash with window capture
- Windows: Fixed a bug where an inactive UWP app (such as Calculator) could be selected for window capture, but would still fail to capture even after being unminimized
- Windows: Fixed a flaw where capturing Chrome-based programs with Window Capture might fall back and capture other Chrome-based programs unintentionally
- Windows: Fixed the auto updater always launching OBS as administrator after a successful update
- Windows: The auto updater now works correctly if the OBS user and administrator user are different accounts
- Linux: Fixed an issue where the browser source could crash when browsing files
- Linux: Fixed an issue with “always on top” sometimes not working with projectors
- Linux: Fixed an issue where cameras using V4L2 would not respond correctly to pan/tilt controls
- Linux: Fixed an issue where a user’s preferred language could not be detected correctly
- macOS: Fixed an issue where “always on top” windows would not always be on top
- macOS: Fixed an issue where certain prompts didn’t have a default action for keyboard users
- macOS: Fixed a memory leak which could cause a crash after extended use
- macOS: Fixed an issue where resizing a multiview window could cause a crash
- Fixed a bug where pressing the rename shortcut while editing a scene name would reset the edit state
- Fixed a bug where the system tray icon could appear even though it was disabled in settings
- Fixed a bug where you could get two save confirmation dialogs in a row when exiting the filter/properties
- Fixed various bugs and stability issues with Vulkan capture
- Fixed a bug where starting recording or the replay buffer could resize the main window
- Fixed a bug where media sources hotkeys would not work correctly in Studio Mode’s preview
- Fixed an issue that allowed “Paste (Duplicate)” for scene sources, resulting in strange bugs
- Fixed an issue where the volume meters in the audio mixer would appear to be clipping when docks were moved
- Fixed an issue where the right edge of certain JPEG and movie files could be incorrectly rendered
- Fixed an issue where groups would not be selected/deselected correctly
- Fixed a hang that could occur when streaming with certain streaming services (caused by certain RTMP status values)
- Fixed an issue where scene collections which used similar names with different symbols could overwrite one another
- Fixed a bug where CoreAudio audio encoder would not work with 4.0 audio correctly
- Fixed a crash when a hotkey to play/pause was used on a media source with an invalid or blank file
- Fixed a bug where the “Start Streaming” button could become blank under certain circumstances
- Fixed a bug where a changed theme get stuck if the user exited the settings dialog with the [x] button rather than the OK/Cancel buttons
- Fixed a bug where filters would be deleted on sources that had their plugins removed
- Fixed a bug where hotkeys could repeat when held down
- Fixed a bug where unnamed sources would show up in the hotkeys settings
- Fixed a bug where services wouldn't be ordered properly when showing all services
- Fixed an issue where the automatic scene switcher tool wouldn't detect some windows
- Fixed a bug where the Stats dock would steal focus from the main window
- Fixed a tearing issue for certain codecs (such as ProRes) when using FFmpeg output
- Fixed a bug with the SRT output to make it compliant with ETR 290 Level 1 recommendations (rewrite of srt output)
- Fixed a bug where the last frame of a media source could be visible briefly when restarting playback
- Fixed a bug where you could not capture programs using executable names beginning with “time”
- Fixed a crash with certain AJA devices
- Fixed a memory leak when dragging and dropping stuff on to OBS to create sources
- Fixed a memory leak and crash on shutdown when scenes were reordered
- Fixed the script_path() script function causing memory corruption
- Fixed camera controls on Linux video devices not workingFixed a crash