[h3]Important Notices[/h3] [list] [*]NVIDIA Kepler (600 and 700 series) GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC. [*]NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 551.76 (Windows) / 550.54.14 (Linux) or newer. [*]The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions with this OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see https://obsproject.com/kb/capture-hook-certificate-update for more information. [/list] [h2]31.0 New Features[/h2] [list] [*] Added NVIDIA Blur Filter and Background Blur [pkviet] [*] Added preview scrollbars and zoom/scale indicator [cg2121/Warchamp7] [*] Added v210 format support for AJA device capture [paulh-aja] [*] Added Amazon IVS service integration [palana] [*] Added QSV AV1 Screen Content Coding [thyintel] [*] Enabled first-party YouTube Chat features [msuman-google] [/list] [h2]31.0 Changes[/h2] [list] [*] Updated the browser source/docks CEF (Chromium) to version 127 (6533) on all platforms [reitowo/WizardCM/PatTheMav/tytan652/pkviet/kkartaltepe/Lain-B] [*] Changed scene items to use relative coordinates [derrod] [*] Existing scene collections will be automatically converted to use relative coordinates if the scene collection has a known output resolution set. [*] Split NVIDIA Audio Effects from Noise Suppression [pkviet] [*] Existing filters will be automatically migrated. [*] Changed the Image Slideshow's Playback Mode property from radio buttons to a dropdown [derrod] [*] Disabled the (currently unsupported) built-in Automatic Scene Switcher when using Wayland on Linux [tytan652] [*] Improved error messages for macOS Virtual Camera [jcm93] [*] Changed Display and Window capture on Windows to not capture the first found display or window [Lain-B] [*] Changed display and window capture on Linux to not capture implicitly [Lain-B] [*] Added a warning to Window Capture when trying to capture WinUI 3 applications with BitBlt [qhy040404] [*] Refactored the NVENC implementation with various improvements [derrod] [*] SDK 12.2 features, such as split encoding, are now supported. [*] Additional features from old SDKs are supported: [*] B-Frames as reference [*] Target Quality VBR mode (CQVBR) [*] A custom options field has been added to allow setting more options that don't warrant their own UI elements. [*] Improved screensaver inhibit functions on Linux in Flatpak [*] Changed scripts to correctly pass settings to modified callbacks on reload [Penwy] [*] Removed legacy QSV code for old devices (Haswell or older) [RytoEX] [*] Removed legacy QSV code for Windows 7 [RytoEX] [*] Removed default desktop audio device on macOS 13+ [jcm93] [*] Removed NVIDIA Kepler GPU support for NVENC [derrod] [*] Removed FTL support [derrod] [*] Removed legacy migrations from OBS Studio 28.1 and earlier [derrod] [*] If updating from these older versions, you may wish to update to OBS Studio 30.2 first, and then update to OBS Studio 31. [*] Removed support for Ubuntu 22.04 [derrod] [*] Removed legacy YouTube chat [gxalpha] [*] Blocked TikTok Virtual Camera from loading in OBS due to known issues [notr1ch] [*] Application settings have been split into "app" configuration and "user" configuration, rather than storing everything in global.ini [PatTheMav] [/list] [h2]31.0 Bug Fixes[/h2] [list] [*] Fixed two crashes with the QSV encoder on Linux [kkartaltepe] [*] Fixed a crash with a race condition involving multitrack video output reconnect [dsaedtler] [*] Fixed two potential crashes in Linux Window Capture [Lain-B] [*] Fixed a crash on macOS that could occur if an audio device was disconnected [jcm93] [*] Fixed a crash on Windows when capturing D3D12 games [confusionattack/Lain-B] [*] Fixed a crash on Linux when importing a scene collection created on Windows [SarenDev] [*] Fixed a crash on Windows when capturing a Vulkan application [Charlese2] [*] Fixed a deadlock in MP4 muxer [derrod/notr1ch] [*] Fixed a deadlock when shutting down muxer [exeldro] [*] Fixed a potential deadlock when stopping an encoder [derrod] [*] Fixed a potential memory error and crash in text parser [fzwoch] [*] Fixed a couple minor memory leaks [pkviet] [*] Fixed a memory leak in PipeWire plugin [dimtpap] [*] Fixed a memory leak when playing an HDR media file [tt2468] [*] Fixed an issue on FreeBSD with handling SSL certificates [emaste] [*] Fixed an issue with pressed button color in the Rachni theme [shiina424] [*] Fixed an issue with some missing icons in the System theme [shiina424] [*] Fixed an SRT listener bug where the socket was not closed properly [pkviet] [*] Fixed an issue where the current scene collection could be erased to default when trying to switch to a different scene collection that's corrupted or invalid [derrod] [*] Fixed a buffer overrun in UTF-8 text conversion [derrod] [*] Fixed an issue that could cause bitrate spikes in QSV CBR [thyintel] [*] Note: This fix only applies to Lunar Lake or newer except Alder Lake N. [*] Fixed an issue where the Auto Configuration Wizard could unintentionally enable Enhanced Broadcasting [lexano-ivs] [*] Fixed issues with the audio clipping indicators displaying incorrectly on volume meters [norihiro] [*] Fixed an issue causing hotkeys to register inconsistently on macOS [jcm93] [*] Fixed an issue causing multitrack video output to fail if color format was set to I444 [dsaedtler] [*] Fixed an issue where Custom CSS in browser sources no longer worked with certain websites (namely YouTube chat) [vvto33] [*] Restored STUN support for WHIP output [mondain] [/list]