GamePatchNote Digest
OBS Studio Patch Notes — April 3, 2026
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
32.1 New Features
- Overhauled the Audio Mixer
- Adjusted the horizontal layout
- Adjusted the vertical layout
- Added button to swap layouts to the toolbar
- Changed the default layout to vertical
- Added button to toggle audio monitoring
- Sources in the preview are now shown while in Studio Mode
- Added ability to pin audio sources
- Pinned sources are always displayed
- Global audio sources are always pinned
- Added ability to display sources set to hide
- Added ability to display sources that are not in the current scene
- Added WebRTC Simulcast Support
- Added missing undo/redo actions for scene items
- Scale filtering, blending mode, blending method, deinterlacing mode and deinterlacing field order
- Added partial support for Canvases to obs-websocket
32.1 Changes
- Improved security of browser sources using local files
- Improved plugin manager by allowing enabling/disabling missing plugins
- Removed "Source" from source names
- Updated the Edit Transform dialog
- Changed copying a scene item to copy all properties
- Disabled dock animations
- Moved transition preview button to button box
- Rearranged default dock positions
- Increased media source playback slider update rate
- Enabled palette for Light theme audio mixer
- Changed default bitrates to 6000 kbps
32.1 Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash if some source data was null
- Fixed a crash on Linux when changing profiles or on application shutdown
- Fixed a possible crash on macOS during application shutdown if YouTube docks were active
- Fixed an issue where projector resolutions had decimals
- Fixed sync of Preview/Program size and positioning
- Refactored OBSBasic::Save to only save frontend canvas scenes/groups
- Fixed NAL type for HEVC caption/BPM SEIs
- Fixed an issue where video scaling could be incorrect in multivideo encoder scenarios
- Fixed an issue with chapter markers having incorrect time when using file splitting
- Fixed an issue where some recordings could have black thumbnails
- Fixed an issue where the NVIDIA Blur and Background Blur could have banding or look splotchy
- Fixed an issue where macOS Screen Capture would select an item for capture by default
- Fixed an issue with PipeWire when capturing a device that does not require a framerate
- Fixed an issue where PipeWire Camera framerates listed could be incorrect
- Fixed an issue where HDR video playback in Media Source could be darker than expected
- Fixed an issue that could cause OBS to become unable to change profiles or video settings
- Fixed an issue that could cause transitions to become locked