Open Broadcaster Software
| Open Broadcaster Software
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 OBS Studio 24.0.0 on Windows 10 |
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| Maintainer | Hugh Bailey and other contributors |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| Current version |
25.0.8 ( April 27, 2020 ) |
| operating system |
Windows macOS Linux |
| programming language | C , C ++ |
| category | Streaming media |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.obsproject.com | |
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is free software for recording the screen content of a PC or transmitting it over the Internet ( live streaming ).
General
The Open Broadcaster software supports the user in transmitting screen contents in real time via a network connection to the Internet . The transmitted content can be adapted and supplemented using various scenes and windows before the transmission.
The data is transferred using the Real Time Messaging Protocol . The data can be received and processed by RTMP supporting destinations (e.g. YouTube or Twitch ). So-called “stream keys” are used to authenticate and assign the data. These character strings stored in OBS are transmitted with the data to the streaming service, which can be used to assign the data stream to the user account.
The software also offers the option of saving the screen contents on the local hard drive. For video encoding, OBS can use the x264 , Intel Quick Sync Video and Nvidia NVENC encoders to encode videos in H.264 format. Audio data is stored in either the MP3 or AAC codec.
OBS Studio is available in 41 languages, including German . The logo shows a left-rotating triple tomoe .
history
Open Broadcaster Software was started as a small project by Hugh Bailey. The project reached many internet users who worked on the software to support the project and improve the software. In 2014, development began on another version of OBS that was developed from scratch. This includes additional functions and support for multiple operating systems (Windows, macOS and Linux). The software initially provided as OBS Multiplatform is now available for download under the name OBS Studio . To avoid confusion, the original OBS software was renamed OBS Classic . The last update for OBS Classic was released in August 2016 and support was discontinued in order to concentrate development on its successor, OBS Studio.
Plug-ins
The functional scope of OBS and OBS-Studio can be expanded using plug-ins . Plug-ins are provided on the OBS official website, which are mainly developed by users of the software and divided into different categories. There are plug-ins such as automatic scene changers or remote control (via a web browser), but also plug-ins that enable recording or streaming from other sources than those provided by OBS.
Web links
- Alex Castle: The beginner's guide to game streaming with Twitch. PCWorld , 2014-10-10, accessed on 2016-07-06 (English).
- Angelika Beranek, Stephan Schölzel: Game films. Let's produce play videos. c't 18/2015 from 2015-08-08, pp. 166-169.
- Sarah Jacobsson Purewal: The complete guide to Twitch streaming from your PC with Open Broadcaster Software. CNET , 2016-01-26, accessed on 2016-07-06 (English).
- Ian Paul: The best PC game video capture software: 5 free recording tools compared. PCWorld, 2016-03-04, accessed on 2016-07-06 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ OBS Studio Contributors. Retrieved May 23, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Open Broadcaster Software. In: SourceForge . Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Release 25.0.8 . April 27, 2020 (accessed April 27, 2020).
- ^ Tyler Wilde: How to stream games with Open Broadcaster: a fast, free livestreaming application. In: PC Gamer. December 4, 2012, accessed April 5, 2017 .
- ↑ obsproject / obs-studio. In: GitHub . Retrieved May 3, 2017 .
- ↑ OBS 0.659b. In: GitHub . August 31, 2016, accessed June 5, 2018 .