OBS Studio, the popular live streaming and screen recording software, released the first Beta for next major 31.1.0 version today!
The new release of this free open-source software added many new features, various improvements, and dozens of bug-fixes.
First of all, the release added initial support for Windows on ARM devices. Though the current ARM builds for Windows are NOT full featured and should be considered experimental.
OBS Studio introduced multi-track video support since version 30.2, which was only available for Windows users. Now, in the new 31.1.0 release, the feature has been extended to also work in Linux, as well as macOS on ARM (Apple Silicon).
Besides new platform support, it also added Stream Delay, network optimizations and TCP Pacing to Multitrack Video, as well as additional canvases for Multitrack Video output.
For Linux, it added hardware accelerated browser source, though this feature is disabled so far on NVIDIA GPUs due to inconsistencies across model series and driver series.
Other new features in OBS Studio 31.1.0 include:
- New options to configure app font size and density.
- Add preview zoom support.
- AV1 B-frame support for AMF.
- Add color format/space/range GPU conversion.
- Spatial AQ option for VideoToolbox encoders (macOS 15+).
- QVBR rate control for VA-API.
- Add explicit sync support for PipeWire Screen Capture.
- Add support V4L2 virtual camera on BSD.
In addition, it updated game capture hook signatures on Windows, adjusted the UI appearance and improved preview draw performance. There are as well many crashes and other fixes!
Get OBS Studio 31.1.0 Beta
NOTE: v31.1.0 is so far in Beta testing stage. Don’t use it for production!
The full changelog as well as the installer packages for Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows are available at Github page via the link below:
Just scroll down and click expand Assets section, then you’ll see the download link for all supported packages.
