OBS Studio

Free Video Editing Solution for Professional Video Creation

About OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a free open-source video editing and live streaming system that provides real-time audio/video capturing, sound mixing, aspect ratio configurations, and more advanced editing options to create professional video content. The systems configuration options allow users to upload media from multiple sources and alter video length, speed, and contract in real time. Additionally, OBS Studio provides multiple transition options to enhace clip quality while maintaining smooth transition sequences.


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Reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5
(941)
Value for Money
4.8/5
Features
4.6/5
Ease of Use
4.1/5
Customer Support
4.2/5

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Ian
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Fantastic software for streaming

Reviewed on 4/10/2019

As someone that has used OBS for many years, it is amazing to see how far it has come. With...

As someone that has used OBS for many years, it is amazing to see how far it has come. With support for multiple streaming services, plus local recording (which we often use for creating user tutorials), it has been an amazing tool to use for streaming educational/informative content for work. With multiple scenes and sources setup and bound to keyboard shortcuts, I can quickly switch between them to ensure the viewer sees exactly what I need them to.

Pros

Incredible number of features
Easy to setup and use
Support for many different streaming services
No costs involved

Cons

If you have little or no technical knowledge, you may require some help to get started as it can be a little confusing. This, however, is true of most streaming software.

Alternatives Considered

XSplit Broadcaster

Reasons for Switching to OBS Studio

XSplit offered very little extra in content, but cost significantly more.
Joe
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

OBS - a powerful tool for content creation

Reviewed on 30/3/2023

Video capture works well, audio capture can be more tricky, my setup loses audio occasionally and...

Video capture works well, audio capture can be more tricky, my setup loses audio occasionally and restore it, the program needs to be restarted. Not ideal in a live stream! This could easily be down to our PC as the toot if the problem. I have since moved on to a hardware switcher.

Pros

Live stream creation is the feature we find most useful.

Cons

A good OBS experience comes down having a computer with enough processing power and graphics capabilities. Possibly a "gaming" laptop or desktop computer that can be more easily configured to your needs is needed.

Donna
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  • Industry: Cosmetics
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

OBS is great for LiveStreams

Reviewed on 28/8/2020

If I was still streaming on Twitch, I would still be using OBS. I tried Streamlabs after trying OBS...

If I was still streaming on Twitch, I would still be using OBS. I tried Streamlabs after trying OBS but didn't like the way it ran. Too many hiccups .. so I definitely recommend OBS for streaming.

OBS is also REALLY amazing if you want to record a webinar that you are working because it allows you to record your screen.

Pros

I used OBS for streaming on Twitch. I liked that I was able to integrate my own layouts and have them show up on my screen. I also loved being able to change back and forth between scenes.

Cons

OBS is challenging to use. I had to watch several YouTube videos to make sure I was connected correctly. I feel like OBS should come with a user manual to make it easier for tech noobs.

Praison
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OBS - Free to Stream

Reviewed on 21/3/2023

Pros

This is one of the best and most free platforms for streaming, recording, and screen-capturing. Streaming on OBS is very helpful in Managing Broadcasts, adding new Broadcast settings, and easy to stream live in Multiple Platforms like Facebook, Youtube, etc.,

Cons

Need more inBuild Plugins for transitions, effects, and Presets for Lower thirds.

Ishara
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Most favourite screen recorder

Reviewed on 30/3/2023

Pros

Multi-platform support.Advanced audio and video settings.

Cons

High system requirements for advanced features.Might slow down your computer if you have low memory in the computer.

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OBS Studio offers the following pricing plans:

  • Pricing model: Free Version
  • Free Trial: Not Available

Open source and free software

OBS Studio has the following typical customers:

11–50, 51–200, 201–500

OBS Studio supports the following languages:

English

OBS Studio supports the following devices:

We do not have any information about what integrations OBS Studio has

OBS Studio offers the following support options:

24/7 (Live rep)

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