Download OBS Studio 29.0.2

Version 29.0.1 of OBS Studio was released and, due to an error, also 29.0.2 the next day. Open Broadcaster Software Studio is an open source and cross-platform software intended for recording and streaming video from one or more sources, such as a webcam, microphone, media files and the desktop. Version 29 adds support for Intel’s hevc encoder under Windows and macOS. In this first update since then, the following improvements have been made:

29.0.2 Hotfix Changes

• Fixed a bug introduced in 29.0.1 which caused sources with an upward compressor filter to stop audio playback under certain circumstances

29.0.1 Hotfix Changes

• Fixed the “NVIDIA AUDIO Effects SDK is outdated” message appearing on the noise reduction filter properties when the SDK wasn’t installed
• Fixed a crash that could happen if you use NVIDIA’s audio effect filters and then later uninstall the SDK
• Fixed the expander and upward compressor audio filters sounding distorted
• Added “Knee Width” option to the upward compressor audio filter to improve quality
• Fixed a bug where overriding the theme on Linux could cause the program not to start up
• Fixed software rendering not working properly on Linux
• Fixed a bug where the Stats window/panel would show an incorrect disk space calculation when pausing recordings
• Fixed a bug on Windows where the “Force SDR” setting in window capture wasn’t showing up
• Fixed a bug on macOS where the virtual camera would show up red
• Fixed a bug where Linux captures would not work correctly on X11
• Fixed a crash on Linux when using Wayland and trying to use the automatic scene switcher
• Fixed a bug where alpha wouldn’t output properly when setting OBS to use BGRA color format
• Fixed a crash on startup when OBS was minimized
• Fixed a bug where projectors could look washed out when projecting SDR content while using an HDR display
• Fixed a bug on Windows where secondary displays could sometimes not show up in the display capture properties
• Fixed a crash when using the virtual camera as an OBS source and changing the canvas resolution
• Fixed a bug on macOS where the properties window would go behind the main window after opening a file selection dialog
• Fixed a bug where profile encoder settings would not properly update when switching between services that require a different encoder
• Fixed a bug in custom ffmpeg output mode where RTMP would force certain encoders