The good news for the community of film and video production on Linux! With the OBS Studio-31.1.0-Beta 1 has been released for testing purposes, and brings a robust set of new features to the popular app’s recording and video streaming of the open-source code.
The big news for Linux users, there is the long-awaited support for-Video Multitrack. This feature, which is available for Windows, from the OBS Studio 30.2 released in July of 2024, it has finally come to us.
For those who do live streaming (streamer), it is the ability to send multiple versions of a video to different levels of quality. This feature is crucial in order to provide a viewing experience that’s optimized for most people, and adapt to the ability of the connection to each of the viewer – that’s Twitch, for example, calls it ‘the Enhanced Broadcasting.
The main features of the OBS Studio-31.1.0-Beta 1
This is the beta version is packed full of improvements and additions to the important ones:
- Support for-Video Multitrack Linux forThe functionality of the Linux community have been waiting for, by allowing broadcasts to more flexible and adaptable.
- Support for-Video Multitrack for mac os (Apple Store): Mac Users will also get this feature.
- Support for display of Additional Video Output to the Multitrack: Extends the range of the video output.
- New Options for the Appearance of the User Interface,Includes all the options of the font-size and-density padding/spacing) to personalise your experience.
- The Zoom controls in the preview: to have More control over the display of your content.
- Support for AV1, B-frame to the AMF: Improvements in the encoding of the video.
- – Support for Conversion to a high-level of Form/Space/Reach-Color: Optimization of the performance of the chart.
- The optimizations of the Network, the TCP and the Pacing for the Video-Multitrack: Improved stability and performance in the transmissions on the multitrack.
- In support of the Transmission Delay (Stream-Delay Video-Multitrack: to have Greater control over the timing of the transfers.
- Option to Spatial QUALITY to the Coding VideoToolbox macOS 15+: Improvements in the quality of the audio.
- Control of the Rate QVBR for VA-API –More options to optimize the quality of the video.
- Explicit support for the Synchronization of Screen Capture PipeWire: Improved performance and stability of the screen capture on a mac.
- Support for the Camera is a Virtual V4L2 in Environments with Non-Linux systems (e.g., BSD-like): Expands the compatibility of OBS Studio.
- Support for the Source of the Browser, Hardware-Accelerated, Linux: the Best performance for the sources of the browser built-in. (Note: the Disabled in the graphics cards with NVIDIA because of the inconsistencies in the cradle.)
- Support for Windows on Arm (WoA): A new experimental platform to platform.
The main Changes and Improvements
in Addition to new features, many improvements and adjustments have been implemented: - Signatures are updated for Game Capture on Windows– Fixes problems with catching up with the games, After the Games that you use to Attack.
- The record for the Recommended Settings for the Streaming Service: it Helps you to optimize your stream.
- Adjustments to the Appearance of the User Interface: Improvements to the visuals in the import from the Collections of the Scene, the list of Fonts, toolbars, docks, and on the dialog box, the Files are Missing.
- The improvement of the Performance of the Design in the preview: to preview more smoothly and efficiently.
- The increase in the Maximum Size of a bug Report: Allows you to report in more detail, in case of a problem.
- To adjust the Behavior of the Reconnection of the Video-Multitrack: performance in the transmissions on the multitrack.
- Change the keyboard shortcuts in mac os: the program Requires the permission of the Monitoring of the Input, rather than ease of use.
- The update of the Video Capture Devices on mac os: A unified list for you to select the format.
- The removal of the Button to ‘log Out’ from the Cradle to the Controls: there is a Small adjustment to the user interface.
And, of course, as one might expect from a beta version, a lot of bug fixes have also been implemented in order to ensure a more stable experience.
This update is a significant step forward for users of Linux, they want to take their audio-visual productions, and live streaming to a whole new level. With the support of the Video, Multitrack opens up a range of possibilities, especially for those who are looking to optimize the quality of the target audiences.
Stay tuned for the Movie the Linux for more information on the OBS Studio’s, and other tools in the production of audiovisual works in the environment of Linux!
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