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[!NOTE] NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 531.61 (Windows) / 530.41.03 (Linux) or newer.

[!NOTE] Windows users may who are experiencing crashes on startup should need to update the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

[!IMPORTANT] The code signing certificate for OBS is being updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions starting with the next major OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see https://obsproject.com/kb/capture-hook-certificate-update for more information.

30.2 New Features

• Added support for Multitrack Video streaming [palana]
  • On Twitch, this is known as Enhanced Broadcasting. Currently, this requires Windows and an NVIDIA GPU. Support for other platforms and GPU vendors is planned. For more information, see: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/multiple-encodes
  • When this feature is enabled, the following data about your system will be sent to the streaming service when starting a stream:
    • OBS config info (canvas width and height, frame rate, encoder width and height, VOD Audio Track setting, OBS version)
    • CPU info (name, speed, core counts)
    • GPU info (model, memory, driver version, device ID, vendor ID)
    • Memory info (free, total)
    • OS info (name, version, arch, emulation)
      • Windows info (gaming feature status: Game Bar, Game DVR, Game Mode, Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling)
    • Multitrack Video settings (maximum streaming bandwidth, maximum video tracks)
• Added support for Enhanced RTMP/FLV multi-track audio and video [palana/kc5nra]
  • Replaces the old metadata-based "VOD Track"
• Added "Hybrid MP4" output format (BETA) [derrod]
  • Combines fault-tolerance of fragmented MP4 with wide compatibility and faster access times of regular MP4. For more information, see: https://obsproject.com/kb/hybrid-mp4
  • Supports inserting chapter markers into the file via a hotkey or API. These markers are supported by most video players and editing software, such as DaVinci Resolve
• Added Linux support to the native NVENC encoder [derrod]
  • NVENC AV1 is now supported on Linux
• Added Linux shared texture support to the NVENC encoder [derrod]
• Added Linux shared texture support to the QuickSync encoder [kkartaltepe]
• Added Linux shared texture support to the VA-API encoder [nowrep]
• Added HEVC support to WebRTC output [murillo128]
• Added Composable Themes system to simplify theme creation, maintenance, and enable future customisation options [derrod/Warchamp7]
  • Themes now consist of a base theme and variants that can be switched between in the new "Appearance" settings tab
  • Old themes will no longer work and will need to be updated to the new system. See the wiki page for details: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/OBS-Studio-Theme-System

30.2 Changes

• Various UI and Theme tweaks [Warchamp7]
• Audio of multiple instances of a source in a scene/group is now deduplicated [derrod]
  • Deduplication is recursive, but does not apply on groups or nested scenes that are currently playing show/hide transitions, this may be fixed in the future
• Scene Collection specific plugin data is now retained for plugins that are not currently loaded [derrod]
• Closed-captions are now supported for HEVC and AV1 [jhnbwrs]
• Qt Fusion style is now always enforced on Linux [tytan652]
• Combined PipeWire window/display capture into unified "Screen Capture" source to align with other platforms [tytan652]
  • Renamed "Screen Capture (XSHM)" as "Display Capture (XSHM)" for consistency with other capture sources [tytan652]
• Set default recording format on macOS to fragmented MOV [gxalpha]
• Improved freetype2 text source performance [kkartaltepe]
• File open dialogs now start in the directory of the currently selected file, rather than the default [Warchamp7]
• Moved warnings in advanced output to bottom of settings window for better visibility [GPattenden]
• Various performance improvements for texture encoding [kkartaltepe]
• Prioritize NVDEC decoder on NVIDIA systems [moocowsheep]
• Support NVDEC decoder for encoded DirectShow sources [moocowsheep]
• Replaced non-texture NVENC FFmpeg fallback with native implementation [derrod]
• Log now includes all available encoders [Penwy]
• Reset duration of scene item show/hide transitions when removing the transitions [Warchamp7]
• Adjusted appearance of volume meters [Warchamp7]
• Adjusted appearance of multiview borders and labels [Warchamp7]
• Added support for audio-only and video-only WHIP outputs [tt2468]

30.2 Bug Fixes

• Fixed packet priority not being set for some AV1 encoders, resulting in outputs never recovering from dropping frames [derrod]
• Fixed various issues with audio channel layouts in (remuxed) recordings [pkv/derrod]
• Fixed various issues with the native FLV muxer [palana]
• Fixed various issues with the RTMP protocol implementation [palana]
• Fixed minor errors in HEVC and AVC decoder configuration records [derrod]
• Fixed change discard confirmation dialog popping up twice when closing source properties [tytan652]
• Fixed QSV AV1 on multi-GPU systems [thyintel/derrod]
• Fixed FFmpeg output erroneously checking disk space when not writing to a file [RytoEX]
• Fixed auto-config wizard not working without a stream key [mar10iana]
• Fixed text alignment with extents [exeldro]
• Fixed encoder properties having nested scroll areas in output settings [derrod]
• Fixed crash if input video resolution changes when using hardware-accelerated decoding [tt2468]
• Fixed button text being cut off in controls dock [powersagitar]
• Fixed undo action for filters showing UUID instead of name [derrod]
• Fixed not all eligible Patreon supporters being shown in the "About" dialogue [Warchamp7]
• Fixed copy-pasting show/hide transitions not including duration [Warchamp7]
• Fixed settings dialog being cut off on low-resolution screens [tytan652/Warchamp7/derrod/RytoEX] (yes, this one took four people to figure out)
• Fixed paused indicator text stacking [Aleksbgbg]
• Fixed disabled audio sources showing up in advanced audio properties [Penwy]
• Fixed Grid Mode setting not being persisted when enabled through the View menu [RytoEX]
• Fixed CoreAudio not handling encoder delay, resulting in audio being 44-48 ms late [derrod]
• Fixed OBS not handling negative audio timestamps at the start of an output correctly, resulting in Opus and CoreAudio AAC audio being delayed by a few ms [derrod]
• Fixed VA-API AV1 encoder being unavailable if H.264 is unsupported [kkartaltepe]
• Fixed WebRTC buffer size being too small for recovery with high-bitrate video [Sean-Der]
• Fixed renaming multiple scenes when hitting Tab key while renaming [howellrl]

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