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OBS Studio 27.2.1 released with improved camera support, and more
OBS Studio 27.2.1 has been released with improved camera support, and more.
Check out what's new in this update and see how to install on Linux.
Open Broadcaster is an open source and cross-platform software (available for Linux, Microsoft Windows
and Apple OS X) that allows you to record your desktop activities and share them live
on the web.
There are many programs to capture and record what happens on the computer screen for Linux.
Even some tools to create GIFs or show what happens in the terminal.
But if there is a complete program with advanced options for professionals, then OBS Studio.
OBS Studio is a complete video recording and streaming program.
It is ideal for recording everything that happens on the screen of courses, tutorials,
uploading to platforms such as YouTube, or also broadcasting what you do live.
OBS Studio software is open source and free.
A complete software streaming and video capture program available for multiple platforms.
It's the one used by some youtubers, teachers or those who live stream on Twitch.
A very complete and completely free professional software, with a version compatible with Linux
as you already know.
This amazing program can be used to make video tutorials and share them on YouTube Live,
Twitch TV, DailyMotion and etc.
With it you can capture the entire desktop or just a window, import video from a capture
card and add images or text.
Now, OBS Project has released OBS Studio 27.2.1 as the first point release of the latest OBS
Studio 27.2 series.
What's New in OBS Studio 27.2.1
Coming just a week after the release of OBS Studio 27.2, the point release of OBS Studio
27.2.1 is here to address some issues reported by users of the previous version, as well
as to improve some of the existing functionality in an attempt to make the software more stable.
and reliable during recording and streaming.
Specific to Linux users, OBS Studio version 27.2.1 correctly improves camera support,
addresses an issue where some cameras did not decode on GNU/Linux systems and plugs
a memory leak in the new PipeWire capture feature.
It also adds a “legendary” workaround to fix some kind of driver/kernel bug that
caused browser font to trigger a full system freeze for some NVIDIA GPU users, improves
performance of updated Chromium version of the font browser and updates AOM /SVT for
new upstream features.
Other than that, it fixes an issue that broke some common keyboard shortcuts (eg Ctrl-F
to fit a font to the screen), fixes SRT and RIST from crashing the app when the URL is
not defined or when a media source is disabled with a RIST URL and fixes an issue that broke
the resize handle when dragged to the top in the filter window.
Among other notable changes included in the OBS Studio 27.2.1 point release, hiding the
app from capture is now logged and some other bugs specific to macOS and Windows users have
been resolved.
UI Improvements
Similar to Photoshop’s layer blending, different blend modes can be easily added to sources
by right-clicking on the context menu.
Twitch streamers can notice the Twitch panels toggle between dark and light modes depending
on OBS’s theme.
The Docks menu now has its dedicated space in the menu bar.
It was previously available as a sub-menu under the View option.
Improvements for the Linux Version The Linux version of OBS studio has undergone
a host of improvements and bug fixes.
Some of the most prominent ones are listed below:
The Window capture shows the list of all windows alphabetically
An audio monitoring bug that caused significant latency has been fixed
Modifying properties of video capture device no longer crashes
Fix for certain window managers that didn’t allow projectors to be resized
Performance and bug fixes for X11 Windows system
Other Improvents and Bug Fixes AOM AV1 and SVT-AV1 encoder support (experimental)
AJA source for AJA devices All the required dependencies have been updated
to the latest version.
Other subtle improvements include the volume meters now showing audio activity in grayscale
when muted, while a warning dialog pops up whenever a YouTube stream fails to start or
stop.
As for general bug fixes, undo/redo action has been applied to reset filter properties
and add a new source.
The cursor capture position has also been fixed.
If you are curious to know all the technical details, you should look at the official release
notes on GitHub.
Download OBS Studio 27.2 You can head to the official releases page
on GitHub, Flathub, or the official website to get the latest OBS Studio for your Linux
distribution.
Considering you have Flatpak set up on your system, type in the following command to install
it:
flatpak install flathub com.obsproject.Studio You should also find it in the repositories,
but it won’t be the latest version.
If you prefer the terminal, you can add the official PPA and get the latest version by
following the official installation instructions.
For Ubuntu-based distros, you can type in the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio sudo apt update
sudo apt install obs-studio Note that you need FFmpeg to use OBS Studio.
If you don’t have it already, follow our FFmpeg guide to set it up.
You can also find packages available for Windows and macOS on its GitHub releases section and
the official website.
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