OBS Studio
Full-featured screen recording and live streaming software for Mac, Windows and Linux.
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What is OBS Studio?
OBS Studio (also known as Open Broadcaster Software, or OBS) is a screen-casting and live-streaming software available across multiple platforms including macOS, Windows and Linux. Boasting features typically only found in commercial screen recording apps, OBS also provides one of the simplest workflows with an intuitive and easy-to-learn interface that makes recording and streaming a breeze. It's also totally free and open-source.
With its long standing history of continued updates and considering its ease of use and free cost, it's no wonder OBS is one of the most popular and highest recommended apps for screen-casting and live streaming.
NOTABLE FEATURES:
Cross-platform (available for Mac, Windows and Linux).
Encoding using H264 (x264) and AAC.
Support for Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV), AMF and NVENC.
Unlimited number of scenes and sources.
Live RTMP streaming to Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, DailyMotion, Smashcast and more.
File output to MP4, MKV or FLV.
GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming.
DirectShow capture device support (webcams, capture cards, etc).
Windows 8 high speed monitor capture support.
Bilinear or lanczos3 resampling.
Light and dark themes to support various working conditions and preferences.
With its long standing history of continued updates and considering its ease of use and free cost, it's no wonder OBS is one of the most popular and highest recommended apps for screen-casting and live streaming.
NOTABLE FEATURES:
Cross-platform (available for Mac, Windows and Linux).
Encoding using H264 (x264) and AAC.
Support for Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV), AMF and NVENC.
Unlimited number of scenes and sources.
Live RTMP streaming to Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, DailyMotion, Smashcast and more.
File output to MP4, MKV or FLV.
GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming.
DirectShow capture device support (webcams, capture cards, etc).
Windows 8 high speed monitor capture support.
Bilinear or lanczos3 resampling.
Light and dark themes to support various working conditions and preferences.
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Features Vote on or suggest new features
- Capture Video
- Live Broadcasting
- Ability to select a source
- Livestreaming
- Game Streaming
- Screen recording
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Low CPU usage
- Customizable
- Video streaming
- Virtual camera output
- Video editing
- Twitch integration
- Audio Track Split
- Audio Recording
- Record desktop activity
- Youtube integration
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Live Camera Streaming
- Multicast RTP streaming
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Mac: OSX 10.11 +
Windows: Windows 7 +
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OBS Studio
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Our users have written 53 comments and reviews about OBS Studio, and it has gotten 779 likes
- Developed by OBS Project
- Open Source and Free product.
- Average rating of 4.4
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- tijptjik liked OBS Studiotiabout 17 hours ago
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OBS Studio is probably my favourite software of all time. You may think that OBS would be used exclusively for gaming purposes... far from it! Yes, you can easily set it up for streaming content to YouTube, Twitch, and the like, but it's also a great screen recorder software for educational videos and a great podcast recorder! It allows for extensive audio input configuration and easy stereo-mix recordings (remember that?) for a podcast session.
The software performs incredibly well even in outdated computers. My almost-10-year-old laptop can pull some recordings at lower resolutions.
Free, and does a lot of shit. All you will ever need to get started with streaming.
Now all that's left is a good machine, a good setup and an audience to get going.
It's also cross-platform. So you can learn the program once and use it on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Reply written almost 6 years ago
Sadly, they make what ought to be really simple stuff look far more complicated than it should be.
Did you already look for tutorials? That's what you should always do.
Reply written 9 months ago
er... that's precisely what I'm saying! When you have to resort to watching tutorials to do really basic stuff, you know there's something wrong with the software!
Sure, I'm all for tutorials when you have to do complex stuff, not basic stuff.
Reply written 9 months ago
I'm really liking this player. I'll be sticking with this one for awhile.
fast and feels like it's really well programmed. never crashes or glitches for me.
Stable, good and feature rich.
It's feature rich and easy to use. It's also free and open-source.