OBS Studio update 32.0 is now rolling out on PC (Steam). According to the official OBS Studio patch notes, the latest update 32.0 added quality of life improvements and gameplay optimizations.
Since the last patch, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s OBS Studio patch 32.0 will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
OBS Studio Patch 32.0 Notes – September 24, 2025
New Features
- Added a basic plugin manager[FiniteSingularity/PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
- Added opt-in automatic crash log upload for Windows and macOS[PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
- Added Voice Activity Detection (VAD) to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects,which improves noise suppression for speech, as well as severaloptimizations to NVIDIA Effects [pkviet]
- Added chair removal option for NVIDIA RTX Background Removal,allowing removal of chairs [pkviet]
- Added experimental Metal renderer for Apple Silicon Macs[PatTheMav]
- Added Hybrid MOV support [derrod]
- Brings ProRes support on macOS and a more widely supportedHEVC/H.264 + PCM audio option to all platforms
Changes
- OBS Studio will no longer load plugins built for a newer release ofOBS to prevent future compatibility issues [norihiro]
- Added custom OBS widgets in preparation for larger UI updates[derrod/gxalpha/Warchamp7]
- Added preparations for Metal renderer (stay tuned!) [PatTheMav]
- Changed default bitrate from 2500 to 6000 Kbps [notr1ch]
- Changed Hybrid MP4/MOV to be the default containers [derrod]
- Changed the crash sentinel file location to its own subdirectory[PatTheMav]
- Improved audio deduplication logic to cover more cases of nestedscenes, groups, and multiple canvases [pkviet]
- Prevent audio duplication when sources are set to “Monitor andOutput” while the monitoring device is also being captured [pkviet]
- Updated the default settings for AMD encoders [rhutsAMD]
- Improved accuracy of chapter markers in Hybrid MP4/MOV [derrod]
- Re-hid the cursor in edit fields on macOS [gxalpha]
- Improved format selection for PipeWire video capture [tytan652]
- Removed workarounds to prevent loading Qt 5 based plugins[RytoEX]
- Removed the –disable-shutdown-check launch flag [PatTheMav]
- Hybrid MP4/MOV is now out of beta and has been made the defaultoutput format for new profiles [derrod]
Bug Fixes
- Potentially fixed a rare crash on macOS when moving or resizing theOBS window [PatTheMav]
- Fixed a crash with SRT when using an invalid URL [pkviet]
- Fixed a crash when setting non-default pkt_size with SRT[pkviet]
- Fixed a crash in Media Source when playback starts with certainvideo files [howellrl]
- Fixed a UI deadlock when opening source properties from the Sourceslist when the Windows setting ‘Snap mouse to default button in dialogboxes’ was enabled by adding a 200ms delay before creating theproperties window [Warchamp7]
- Fixed a memory leak when trying to output Hybrid MP4 to anon-writeable location [norihiro]
- Fixed rare occurrence of multiview becoming blank [norihiro]
- Fixed SRT reconnection failures [pkviet]
- Fixed overflow texture rendering sRGB-awareness [PatTheMav]
- Fixed incorrect color range property setting for AMD AV1 encoder[rhutsAMD]
- Fixed Hybrid MP4 file splitting not working correctly in some cases[derrod]
- Fixed not being able to capture higher than 60fps with macOS ScreenCapture [jcm93]
- Fixed focus not displaying properly in hotkey settings on macOS[gxalpha]
- Fixed the scrollbar appearing invisible in Light and Rachni themes[shiina424]
- Fixed HEVC frame priority not being set correctly in some cases,potentially causing playback errors when dropping frames[dsaedtler]
- Fixed an issue that could result in increases to output latencyafter temporary encoder stalls [dsaedtler]
- Fixed an issue where Multitrack Video could still be enabled afterswitching from a service that supports it to one that does not[Penwy]
- Fixed an issue where GetGroupList with obs-websocket would returnnothing [gxalpha]
- Removed a workaround for older Qt versions that prevented docks fromloading correctly while OBS is maximized [RytoEX]
Download OBS Studio update 32.0 on PC.
