OBS Studio 27.2 Beta 2 Beta 2 Changes —------------- * Fixed vertical volume meters not showing grayscale activity while muted * Fixed a crash when using transition overrides * Fixed Flatpak deployment issue * Fixed a bug when using YouTube integration without browser support New Features and Additions -------------------------- * Added AJA source for AJA devices [DDRBoxman/AJA Team] * Added AJA output to tools menu for AJA devices [DDRBoxman/AJA Team] * Added the ability to set different blend modes to sources via the source right-click context menu (similar to Photoshop’s layer blending for example) [jw0z96] * Added AOM AV1 and SVT-AV1 encoders (note that these are currently considered experimental, work best with CPUs that have many cores, and are only accessible for recording in advanced output mode) [Jim] * Added an OBS hotkey for browser sources to allow refreshing a browser source via that hotkey [gxalpha] * Added hotkey filter search [furious] * Added hotkey duplicate detection [furious/Jim] * Added a warning dialog when switching profiles that have settings changes that require a restart [offthegrid-mike] * Added a “Show active outputs warning on exit” option in advanced settings, which allows you to enable/disable the confirmation dialog on exit while recording/streaming [bobvandevijver] * Added support for the RIST protocol [pkv] * Added official Flatpak support for Linux [GeorgesStavracas] * Added framework for future support of background hotkeys on Wayland [kkartaltepe] Tweaks ------ * Updated CEF (Chromium) for the browser source from 75 (3770) to version 95 (4638) (Absolutely amazing work by everyone who worked on this, especially the CEF community -Jim) [RytoEX/pkv/WizardCM/VodBox] * Updated dependencies to their latest versions [Jim/RytoEX/pkv/WizardCM/VodBox] * Volume meters will now show audio activity in grayscale when muted rather than showing no activity [cg2121] * Improve menu bar icons on macOS [PatTheMav] * A warning will now be shown when failing to start/stop YouTube streams [derrod] * Improved consistency of transition duration suffixes [cg2121] * On Linux, the list of windows shown in Window capture will now show alphabetically [donotnoot] * Twitch panels will now use light or dark mode depending on the OBS theme [RytoEX] * Changed the Docks menu from being a submenu in the View menu to instead be its own top-level menu on the menu-bar [Warchamp7] * A more user-friendly dialog is now displayed when a file could not be written for recording [R1CH] * The filters preview/properties are now resizable [Warchamp7] * Added the ability for RTMP servers to request a silent reconnect when the server is going down (otherwise known as the “[RTMP go away](https://github.com/facebookincubator/rtmp-go-away)” feature) [Jim] * Incompatible audio filters will now not be shown for sources that don’t support them [WizardCM] * Added frontend event so scripts can know when OBS is shutting down [cg2121] * PipeWire capturing is now more robust, especially in multi-GPU setups [columbarius] Bug Fixes --------- * Fixed the cursor capture position on certain applications with window and game capture [rcdrone] * Fix YouTube GoLive feature not working for existing broadcasts that are not auto-start broadcasts [derrod] * Fixed the YouTube broadcast button state when stopping streams without auto-start that have auto-stop enabled [derrod] * Fixed an issue where the edit menu wouldn’t properly update its state depending on what was selected [offthegrid-mike] * Fixed the Paste Source context menu items from still being enabled if source has been destroyed [Jim] * Fixed a bug where pressing “Cancel” on a properties dialog would cause settings to save in some cases despite hitting cancel [gxalpha] * Fixed a bug where certain settings would show as available in the video capture device properties when they weren’t actually available [lexi-lambda] * Fixed a crash where modifying the video capture device properties on Linux could cause a crash on some systems [lexi-lambda] * Fixed Linux PulseAudio monitoring volume with signed 32bit and unsigned 8bit formats [norihiro] * Fixed Media Source not working with audio-only files [norihiro] * Fixed a couple memory leaks with QSV [shleeable] * Fixed an issue where audio monitoring could have significant latency on Linux [kkartaltepe] * Fixed undo/redo not working for text changes on the context bar [gxalpha] * Fixed an issue where the transform window would not consistently updated for selected sources/scenes [offthegrid-mike] * Fixed missing undo/redo action when resetting filter properties [gxalpha] * Fixed missing undo/redo action when using “Add existing source” [gxalpha] * Fixed an issue where stinger transitions could sometimes loop unintentionally [exeldro] * Fixed an issue where transforms/crops would not be included when copying/pasting sources [torresam] * Fixed a couple potential freezes and crashes, especially with browser sources [Jim] * Fixed an issue where devices would not always reinitialize properly when switching scene collections [Jim] * Fixed various issues that would affect the websockets plugin [tt2468] * Fixed a bug where certain Twitch panel settings wouldn’t save properly [derrod] * Fixed a bug on Linux where Window capture wouldn’t properly capture on software rasterization devices [ishitatsuyuki] * Fixed various potential bugs and race conditions across the program and multiple plugins [wangshaohui] * Fixed network throughput to distant servers potentially being limited in low memory environments [R1CH] * Fixed a crash on Linux X11 that could happen when closing certain dialogs containing video previews [tt2468]