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||<tablestyle="width:100%" style="border:0;vertical-align:top">OBS Studio is free and popular open source video capturing and mixing software.<<BR>><<BR>>It can record from multiple sources simultaneously and overlay or combine them into a single output to a streaming platform.<<BR>><<BR>>The project is being actively developed and benefits of the expertise of the community but also from the video broadcasting industry.||<style="border:0;vertical-align: top;">{{attachment:obs-studio-bullseye.png|OBS Studio 26.1 from Debian Bullseye|width=60%}}||
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== Capabilities ==
''Note: This is not an exhaustive list of everything OBS is capable of, but I'll try to touch on the major features.''

 * Add PiP (picture in picture) objects such as titles, overlay one video source such as a webcam on top of another video source, etc.
 * Record footage to a file, or stream it live to a variety of services or even your own custom server.
 * Capable of capturing footage from your own screen or external hardware such as capture cards, cameras, etc..
 * Audio and video sources are added separately, so you can have video from a source, but not the audio, and audio from another source, without any video attached to it, and combine them together in real time for your output file/stream.
 * Set up multiple "scenes" that you can switch between on the fly, including transitions that play when changing.
 * Mix and add filters to your audio and video sources in real time.
 * Rearrange objects within your scene in real time without having to restart the stream.
 * Output footage in a variety of formats and qualities, using either a handful of presets, or using your own custom specifications for properties such as format, bitrate, resolution, framerate, etc.

== Installation ==
OBS Studio is available in the main Debian repos and can be installed with:

{{{# apt install obs-studio}}}


== FAQ ==
 Q. OBS Studio consumes a lot of my CPU while I'm streaming or recording, how can I reduce the load ? :: A) Every recent Intel, AMD processor and AMD graphics card has a hardware video encoder that can take the load off the CPU. To activate it, go to Setting -> Output menu, select Advanced in Output Mode, choose [[https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareVideoAcceleration|FFMPEG VAAPI]] in Encoder. If you have an NVIDIA graphics card, you must choose NVENC H.264, this is only possible with the proprietary NVIDIA drivers and DebianPkg:libavcodec58 7:4.4.1-2 or newer.

 Q. The quality of my recording is horrible, how can I improve it? :: A) If your compositor is set to 1080p you should set the bitrate to 8 Mbps, at 720p 4 Mbps. Otherwise, opt in for CQP recording with a value of 22.

 Q. The quality of my stream is horrible too, how can I improve it? :: A) You must follow the recommendations of the platform you are streaming to. Here are the most popular pages: [[https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853702|Youtube]], [[https://www.facebook.com/help/1534561009906955|Facebook]], [[https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding|Twitch]].

== External Links ==

 * [[https://obsproject.com/]] – Project homepage