__Open Broadcaster Software__ (__OBS__) is a free and open-source cross-platform Software vision mixer built with Qt (software) and maintained by the OBS Project. Since 2016, the software is now referred to as __OBS Studio__. There are versions of OBS Studio available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions. OBS Project raises funds on Open Collective and Patreon- wikipedia 
# Overview
OBS Studio is a free and open-source software suite for screencast and live streaming. Written in C (programming language), C++ and Qt (software), OBS provides real-time source and device capture, scene composition, encoding, recording, and broadcasting. Transmission of data is primarily done via the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) and can be sent to any RTMP supporting destination, including many presets for streaming websites such as YouTube, Twitch (service), Instagram and Facebook- wikipedia
For video encoding, OBS Studio is capable of using the x264 free software Library (computing), Intel Quick Sync Video, Nvidia NVENC and the Video Coding Engine to encode video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format and the H.265 format. Multiple tracks of audio can be encoded using the Advanced Audio Coding codec. Advanced users can choose to use any codecs and containers available in libavcodec / libavformat as well as output the stream to a custom ffmpeg URL.
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