Hotkeys for almost any action such as start or stop your stream or recording, push-to-talk, fast mute of any audio source, show or hide any video source, switch between scenes,and much more.

Number of different and customizable transitions for when you switch between scenes.

GPU-based game capture for high performance game streaming.

Take full control with VST plugin support.

Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain.

Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) and NVIDIA NVENC support.

x264, H.264 and AAC for your live streams and video recordings.

Filters for video sources such as image masking, color correction, chroma/color keying, and more.

Live streaming to Twitch, YouTube, Periscope, GoodGame, DailyMotion, Hitbox, VK and any other RTMP server.

High performance real time video/audio capturing and mixing, with unlimited scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions.

DirectX 10.1 compatible GPU (GeForce GTX 900 Series, Radeon RX 400 Series, Intel HD Graphics 500).

OBS Studio runs on Windows, macOS and Linux systems with at least 4GB of RAM. What are OBS Studio basic system requirements? You can't edit videos on OBS Studio, for that you may need a video editor like DaVinci Resolve, Shotcut or VSDC Video Editor, which are great free options. However, you can record audio and video from multiple sources. OBS Studio stands for Open Broadcaster Software, which means its main purpose is livestreaming your gaming sessions on YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, among others. OBS can be used commercially without restrictions, it won't add watermarks and has no limitations. OBS Studio is open source software and free for anyone to use it.

Create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, capture cards, and more. High performance real time video/audio capturing and mixing. OBS Studio provides real-time capture, encoding, and broadcasting for YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and many other providers.

Obs free screen recorder