OBS Studio, the popular free and open-source video recording and live streaming software, announced a new major 29.0 today.

The new release came with great improvements for Windows users, including AMD AV1 Encoder for the RX7000 series GPUs, Intel AV1 Encoder for Arc GPUs, and Intel HEVC Encoder.

It also introduced native HEVC and ProRes encoders, including P010 and HDR and Desk View support for macOS.

Other changes OBS Studio 29.0 include:

• Upward compressor filter
• 3-band equalizer filter
• Update channels for opting into receiving beta/release-candidate builds to Windows
• Websockets 5.1.0
• Add media key support in Linux
• Encryption and authentication support for SRT and RIST outputs
• Support for higher refresh rates in the Video Capture Device source on Windows
• Apple VT Hardware encoder to the Auto Configuration Wizard

How to Install OBS Studio 29.0 in Ubuntu:

It provides official binary packages for Windows, macOS and Linux in its official website.

For Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Linux Mint 21, and their based systems, there’s also an official PPA repository contains the latest packages.

1. Firstly, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open a terminal window. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Then, either use Software Updater to upgrade the software package is an old version was installed on your system.

Or, use apt command to install/upgrade the software package:

sudo apt install obs-studio

NOTE: Linux Mint may need to run sudo apt update first to update package cache.

Once installed, search for and launch OBS Studio from ‘Activities’ overview or start menu depends on your desktop environment and enjoy!

Uninstall OBS Studio

To downgrade the software to the stock version that your system repository provides, run command:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Or, either open Software & Updates and remove the PPA source line under ‘Other Software’ tab:

or run command in terminal to remove the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Also, remove the OBS Studio if you want by running command in terminal:

sudo apt remove --autoremove obs-studio

Free open-source video capturing, recording and live streaming software, OBS Studio, just got a big update with exciting new features!

It’s the 10th anniversary release that features 10-bit & HDR video encoding support! Thought, the new feature so far works only with AV1 and HEVC encoders, and 10-bit HEVC encoding requires NVIDIA 10-series, AMD 5000 series, or newer GPU.

OBS Studio 28.0 also adds native Apple Silicon support, many third-party plugins may not yet be ready for the native build.

The release is also porting to Qt6. Except for Ubuntu 20.04 PPA package, all others are now based on Qt6. Meaning many plugins may not work until the developers updated with Qt6 support. See most common plugins, that works with OBS Studio 28.0.

Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer officially supported though user may try the Flatpak package that run in sandbox.

OBS Studio HDR

Other changes in OBS Studio 28.0 include:

• New, optimal AMD encoder for Windows.
• Add support for CBR, CRF, and Simple Mode to Apple VT encoder
• New default Theme “Yami”
• Native SRT/RIST outputs
• Send chat messages to YouTube from within OBS
• See more in Github releases page.

How to Install OBS Studio 28.0 in Ubuntu & Other Linux:

The OBS Studio website offers the packages for Windows and macOS.

For Linux users, it offers the official packages via both Flatpak and Ubuntu PPA.

Option 1: Install OBS Studio Flatpak in most Linux

Flatpak is an universal Linux package runs in sandbox. In case you want to install the new release in Ubuntu 18.04, try the steps below.

1.) Setup Flatpak daemon

Some Linux, such as Linux Mint, Fedora, Pop! OS has Flatpak support out-of-the-box. But, most other does not, so you may first follow this setup guide to enable it for your Linux.

For Ubuntu 18.04, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run command to add the Flatpak PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flatpak/stable

Then update system package cache via:

sudo apt update

Finally, run the apt command to install the daemon package:

sudo apt install flatpak

2.) Install OBS Studio as Flatpak

After setup the daemon, run the single command below will install this live streaming software:

flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.obsproject.Studio.flatpakref

As a containerized software packages, it may also install the run-time libraries that takes more disk spaces.

Finally, launch it either by searching from “Show Applications” screen or via command below:

flatpak run com.obsproject.Studio

Option 2: Install OBS Studio via Ubuntu PPA

The official PPA has updated the packages for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint 20/21 based systems.

1.) First open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard and run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Type password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2.) Linux Mint and maybe some other Linux do not update the package cache automatically while adding PPA. So, you need to run the command below instead to do it manually:

sudo apt update

3.) Finally, either update the package via “Software Updater” (Update Manager), or run the command below to install it:

sudo apt install obs-studio

Uninstall OBS Studio:

For the Flatpak package, open terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard) and run command to uninstall the package:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.obsproject.Studio

For the Ubuntu PPA package, either install PPA purge tool and purge the PPA, which also downgrade all installed package:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Or, remove the PPA package via apt command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove obs-studio

As well as removing the PPA repository via:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

OBS Studio, the free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming, released version 27.0.0 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04 via PPA.

OBS Studio 27.0.0 features native Wayland support, includes new PipeWire capture source for Ubuntu 21.04+. Also, it adds undo/redo support either from ‘Edit’ menu or via Ctrl+Z /Ctrl+Shift+Z keyboard shortcuts.

Other changes in the release include:

• Display Capture on laptops now allows for capturing displays on different GPUs
• Added a missing files warning when loading scene collections
• Added service integration and browser dock support to macOS and Linux
• (Windows only) Added support for NVIDIA Noise Removal in the Noise Suppression filter
• Added a Track Matte mode to stinger transitions
• Added support for SRGB texture formats

How to Install OBS Studio 27.0 via PPA:

The official Ubuntu PPA has made the packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 21.04, and their derivatives.

1. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for “terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then either upgrade OBS Studio from an existing version using Software Updater, or run command in terminal to install the software:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install obs-studio

Once installed, launch the software from your system application launcher and enjoy!

Uninstall:

To remove the software, either use Synaptic package manager or run command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove obs-studio

To remove PPA repositories, launch Software & Updates and navigate to ‘Other Software’ tab, then remove the relevant line from the list.