CLclouddrover·Nov 12, 2023Submission
29 points · Open discussionobsproject
obs-studio
C2014–2026
obsproject / obs-studio
obs-studio
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
80Distinct people
113Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
79.5KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
GitHub
Where it is used
- Lowkey (Lowkey Electron desktop app) — Lowkey integrated OBS Studio via the obs-studio-node library into its Electron desktop application to provide native, high-performance screen recording functionality used in the shipped Lowkey app. Source
What people are saying
Seems like you need to first understand a situation before you have a knee-jerk reaction to something and start calling people assholes. From one of the OBS contributors: >…
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Also in these discussions
- obsproject/rfcs · linked in 5 of the same discussions
- glimesh/broadcast-box · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 8:59:20 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year113 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2014-02-04 18:14:47 UTC to 2026-10-25 15:10:18 UTC.
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Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 25 | 4 | 21 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 20 | 3 | 17 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 23 | 9 | 14 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 13 | 3 | 10 |
What Hacker News says
12 sourcesSadly people recommend OBS for regular screen capture on Wayland, after X11-based capture apps like SimpleScreenRecorder no longer work on Wayland. And OBS isn't very good at screen recording, and even cropping the recording by dragging a specific region, then shrinking the output file size to this region, cannot be done easily (alt-dragging the bounding box followed by "Resize output (source size)" picks the uncropped source size, and the "Crop/Pad" filter doesn't allow dragging a screen region).
In fact the issue was closed without understanding what the reporter was asking: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/8822
In OBS merges WebRTC supportWebRTC support has been merged into OBS. This is going to bring some really exciting new things to the space!
* Serverless Streaming - WebRTC is P2P so you can video right into your browser. You don’t have to stand up a server anymore to stream for a small audience.
* Sub-Second Latency - Create content and interact with viewers instantly. There is something magical about having a real conversation with your viewers.
* Multitrack Input - Upload your transcodes instead of generating then server side. Give viewers multiple video tracks to see action from all sides.
* Mobility - WebRTC lets you switch networks at any time. Go from WiFi -> Mobile with zero interruptions.
Try it out today with Broadcast Box. A reference server implementation. https://github.com/glimesh/broadcast-box. The PR to add WebRTC to OBS https://github.com/obsproject/o
Read the rest
bs-studio/pull/7926
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So many people went into making this happen. This was a colossal undertaking that different people have working on for over 6 months.
Sergio Murillo - Created WHIP. The only reason this could be added to OBS.
Luke Strickland - Created Broadcast Box. The reference server we developed against
Paul-Louis Ageneau - Creator of libdatachannel. The library used to add WebRTC support to OBS.
Colin Edwards - Started the project to add WebRTC into OBS
John Bradley, tt2468, pkv - Developers who worked on the code itself
RytoEx, tytan652 - Lots of feedback and reviews
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Have fun using it! If you have any questions/feedback/improvement ideas I would love to hear.
Tell HN: Twitch.tv now supports WebRTC ingestion (Broadcast from your browser)
You can use it today with these values. If you have any feedback/questions I would love to hear.
* URL - https://g.webrtc.live-video.net:4443/v2/offer
* Bearer Token - (Twitch Stream Key)
You can stream from your browser or from other tools like OBS. You can get a build of OBS that supports WebRTC here. https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7926. This doesn't use all the features of WebRTC yet, but it will continue getting better and better.
2 points · Open discussionProject leads created the original PR + RFC
* PR https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7192
* RFC https://github.com/obsproject/rfcs/pull/43
I tried to keep the size as small as I could. It is just basic audio+video (no Simulcast/ICE Renegotiation etc...) It has been a tough process, but I am going to keep working on it until I can get consensus.
In OBS Studio Lands AV1 and HEVC RTMP Streaming SupportI use WebRTC today and am happy with it! Works great for broadcasting from Web, Mobile and tools that support it (GStreamer)
I have a PR open to OBS for it right now https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7926
In OBS Studio Lands AV1 and HEVC RTMP Streaming SupportI am heavily conflicted on this. I am happy that people get access to better codecs. Better compression and those that aren't encumbered with patents/licensing (AV1)
I am sad that we are extending RTMP instead of adopting something better. I want things like
* Codec negotiation happening at connect time, so we don't hardcode things
* Multi-track. So users can upload multiple audio tracks, or do Simulcast. I would love a world where users upload the multiple quality levels. Then anyone could run a stream service, not just those that can afford transcodes.
* P2P. Stream your OBS output directly to another user. It is frustrating to see users struggle with setting up RTMP servers/HLS when they want to share their video with just one or two other people. The other use case I really care about is co-streaming.
* Standardized. I would like to s
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ee whatever protocol we use be discussed in the IETF. It frustrates me that it is just companies behind closed doors deciding things. If an individual/open source/startup has an idea or use case it is never going to make it into RTMP.
I have been trying to add WebRTC support https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7926 so I am hopeful for the future.
>> Can you link the PR?
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7961
I guess most frustrating to me was the request to format the code and fix the commit message as if it was on track, only to be rejected for "we don't want this in the first place".
Plugins suck. There are a lot of people who will not bother to go that route. It immediately raises questions about what OS do they work on, do they cost money, how do I install them?
They include compression and noise gate among others. Enough to clean up my microphone input. But not much in the way of tone control.
In OBS Studio Lands AV1 and HEVC RTMP Streaming SupportMy quick assumption is that they don't want to maintain code you wrote forever. If it's done as a plugin they don't need to worry about it.
I don't know how complex the code is though, of course.
E: Their response seems to be that users who would find this useful already use a plugin.
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/7961
In OBS Studio Lands AV1 and HEVC RTMP Streaming SupportOBS-Studio does not want a better native EQ
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