Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Linux	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or equivalent) Ubuntu 22.04 (or equivalent)	MacOS 10.15 (or newer)
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or equivalent) Ubuntu 22.04 (or equivalent)	MacOS 12 (or newer)
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	28.0.0
	Recommended	28.0.0 or newer
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt for obs-studio FFmpeg for obs-studio System Libraries must match chosen Ubuntu version!

New Release process: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release!

The old two stage system didn't work out quite as I'd have hoped: It didn't communicate the dangers of Testing well, and did not differentiate between different stability levels. To solve this I've adopted a new release process now available in StreamFX, which follows the usual development cycle of Software itself: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release. The further right you go in that graph, the more stable software is supposed to be, at the cost of new features and changes. The further left you go, the more up-to-date things will be, but you sacrifice stability and safety.

🔧 Fixes

Shader Texture Inputs no longer corrupt Scene Collections

For quite some time, Shader Texture Inputs were haunted by ghosts from the past, also known as work-arounds and deprecated code. This resulted in Shader Texture Inputs keeping stale references around and requiring an OBS Studio restart to actually update. Several code modernization cycles later, this is now fixed and Shader Texture Inputs immediately update as expected - while also no longer keeping stale references around, so your Scene Collections are safe again.

Dynamic Mask no longer self-references and double-frees its Input mask

This should have gone up in flames way sooner than it did, and yet it was almost completely invisible until OBS Studio 27.1. The bug dates as far back as v0.7 and is pretty severe: The Dynamic Mask filter would increment their own reference count every frame if no Input was selected, and would double-free the Input without clearing the pointer to it. And somehow, this didn't explode until now.

➕ Additions & improvements

Loadable Bundles on MacOS

With OBS Studio 28.0 came the introduction of Loadable Bundles, a variation of MacOS's Bundle format. This format offers a lot of advantages for almost no drawbacks, and StreamFX from now on uses this packaging format on MacOS. As a bonus, FFmpeg Encoders should now be available on MacOS too.

⚠ This change requires that you cleanly remove old versions of StreamFX first!

As the packaging and installation method has changed, please follow the Uninstallation guide to clean up any left over old files. Failure to do so will result in undefined behavior and may render OBS Studio entirely unusable. You have been warned!

Improved System-wide installation on Windows

Investigation into how OBS Studio actually loads plugins revealed a change that had gone under the radar entirely. Since OBS Studio v0.15.0 it is possible to load plugins from %ProgramData%\obs-studio\plugins, which is a much safer option and now the only supported System-wide installation mode for StreamFX. This functionality has been so hidden that even the official obs-plugintemplate doesn't make use of it. An added bonus is that this should support Steam users of OBS Studio.

User-only installation on Windows

StreamFX can now be installed for individual users, instead of installing for everyone on the system! This is possible thanks to a PR by @abcdw, which allows us to set two environment variable to install and load plugins from %LocalAppData%\Programs\obs-studio\plugins in addition to all the other locations. These installations will conflict with a System-wide install and as such can't coexist, but may still work with the Steam release of OBS Studio.

Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

Split Framerate support for FFmpeg Encoders

All FFmpeg Encoders now support encoding a different framerate than OBS Studio itself is running at. This allows for streaming at 30 FPS while recording at 60 FPS, or even recording at 120 FPS, or other strange things. Note that this is quite literally breaking several specifications, so use at your own risk - if things break, be happy that at least they broke with a noticable impact!

Universal Binaries for x86 & ARM64 support on MacOS

Users on ARM64 devices can now enjoy native ARM64 binaries for less CPU usage, and as such more overall performance on CPU focused tasks. While StreamFX is mostly GPU workloads, some of the internal code does actually do very heavy lifting that benefits from this.

Initial sRGB and HDR support for Sources/Filters/Transitions

With HDR support in OBS Studio finally being available, it was necessary to finally tackle the issue of sRGB and HDR support once and for all. Many Sources/Filters/Transitions will get proper sRGB and HDR support over future releases to catch up with OBS Studio. You can check the Version Information on the wiki to see if a certain feature supports sRGB or HDR yet.

➖ Deprecations & Removals

Deprecation of the AMD AMF (via FFmpeg) encoders

With OBS Studio 28.0 the old obs-amd-encoder project is finally laid to rest and a new AMD AMF integration is provided. This AMD AMF integration is technically and functionally superior to both the old obs-amd-encoder and FFmpegs AMD AMF integration. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guarantees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain. Additionally, users on Linux should put their focus on the open Pull Requests for Linux support (1, 2).

Deprecation of the AV1 (via AOM) Encoder

With OBS Studio 27.2.4, the SVT-AV1 and AOM-AV1 encoders were integrated into OBS Studio directly. This integration is functionally identical, and as such replaces the StreamFX provided AOM-AV1 encoder. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guaratees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain.

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Linux	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or newer), (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 10.15 (or newer)
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer), Windows 11 (or newer)	Ubuntu 22.04 (or newer), or equivalent Distro	MacOS 12 (or newer)
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	28.0.0
	Recommended
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt for obs-studio FFmpeg for obs-studio

New Release process: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release!

The old two stage system didn't work out quite as I'd have hoped: It didn't communicate the dangers of Testing well, and did not differentiate between different stability levels. To solve this I've adopted a new release process now available in StreamFX, which follows the usual development cycle of Software itself: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release. The further right you go in that graph, the more stable software is supposed to be, at the cost of new features and changes. The further left you go, the more up-to-date things will be, but you sacrifice stability and safety.

Loadable Bundles on MacOS

With OBS Studio 28.0 came the introduction of Loadable Bundles, a variation of MacOS's Bundle format. This format offers a lot of advantages for almost no drawbacks, and StreamFX from now on uses this packaging format on MacOS. As a bonus, FFmpeg Encoders should now be available on MacOS too.

⚠ This change requires that you cleanly remove old versions of StreamFX first!

As the packaging and installation method has changed, please follow the Uninstallation guide to clean up any left over old files. Failure to do so will result in undefined behavior and may render OBS Studio entirely unusable. You have been warned.

Improved System-wide installation on Windows

Investigation into how OBS Studio actually loads plugins revealed a change that had gone under the radar entirely. Since OBS Studio v0.15.0 it is possible to load plugins from %ProgramData%\obs-studio\plugins, which is a much safer option and now the only supported System-wide installation mode for StreamFX. This functionality has been so hidden that even the official obs-plugintemplate doesn't make use of it. An added bonus is that this should support Steam users of OBS Studio.

⚠ This change requires that you cleanly remove old versions of StreamFX first!

As the packaging and installation method has changed, please follow the Uninstallation guide to clean up any left over old files. Failure to do so will result in undefined behavior and may render OBS Studio entirely unusable. You have been warned.

User-only installation on Windows

StreamFX can now be installed for individual users, instead of installing for everyone on the system! This is possible thanks to a PR by @abcdw, which allows us to set two environment variable to install and load plugins from %LocalAppData%\Programs\obs-studio\plugins in addition to all the other locations. These installations will conflict with a System-wide install and as such can't coexist, but may still work with the Steam release of OBS Studio.

Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

Universal Binaries for x86 & ARM64 support on MacOS

Users on ARM64 devices can now enjoy native ARM64 binaries for less CPU usage, and as such more overall performance on CPU focused tasks. While StreamFX is mostly GPU workloads, some of the internal code does actually do very heavy lifting that benefits from this.

Deprecation of the AMD AMF (via FFmpeg) encoders

With OBS Studio 28.0 the old obs-amd-encoder project is finally laid to rest and a new AMD AMF integration is provided. This AMD AMF integration is technically and functionally superior to both the old obs-amd-encoder and FFmpegs AMD AMF integration. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guarantees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain. Additionally, users on Linux should put their focus on the open Pull Requests for Linux support (1, 2).

Deprecation of the AV1 (via AOM) Encoder

With OBS Studio 27.2.4, the SVT-AV1 and AOM-AV1 encoders were integrated into OBS Studio directly. This integration is functionally identical, and as such replaces the StreamFX provided AOM-AV1 encoder. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guaratees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain.

Split Framerate support for FFmpeg Encoders

All FFmpeg Encoders now support encoding a different framerate than OBS Studio itself is running at. This allows for streaming at 30 FPS while recording at 60 FPS, or even recording at 120 FPS, or other strange things. Note that this is quite literally breaking several specifications, so use at your own risk - if things break, be happy that at least they broke with a noticable impact!

Shader Texture Inputs no longer corrupt Scene Collections

For quite some time, Shader Texture Inputs were haunted by ghosts from the past, also known as work-arounds and deprecated code. This resulted in Shader Texture Inputs keeping stale references around and requiring an OBS Studio restart to actually update. Several code modernization cycles later, this is now fixed and Shader Texture Inputs immediately update as expected - while also no longer keeping stale references around, so your Scene Collections are safe again.

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Ubuntu, Debian, ...	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or newer), (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 10.15 (or newer)
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer), Windows 11 (or newer)	Ubuntu 22.04 (or newer), or equivalent Distro	MacOS 12 (or newer)
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	28.0.0
	Recommended	28.0.0 or newer
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt for obs-studio FFmpeg for obs-studio

New Release process: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release!

The old two stage system didn't work out quite as I'd have hoped: It didn't communicate the dangers of Testing well, and did not differentiate between different stability levels. To solve this I've adopted a new release process now available in StreamFX, which follows the usual development cycle of Software itself: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release. The further right you go in that graph, the more stable software is supposed to be, at the cost of new features and changes. The further left you go, the more up-to-date things will be, but you sacrifice stability and safety.

Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

Loadable Bundles on MacOS

With OBS Studio 28.0 came the introduction of Loadable Bundles, a variation of MacOS's Bundle format. This format offers a lot of advantages for almost no drawbacks, and StreamFX from now on uses this packaging format on MacOS. As a bonus, FFmpeg Encoders should now be available on MacOS too.

⚠ This change requires that you cleanly remove old versions of StreamFX first!

As the packaging and installation method has changed, please follow the Uninstallation guide to clean up any left over old files. Failure to do so will result in undefined behavior and may render OBS Studio entirely unusable. You have been warned.

Universal Binaries for x86 & ARM64 support on MacOS

Users on ARM64 devices can now enjoy native ARM64 binaries for less CPU usage, and as such more overall performance on CPU focused tasks. While StreamFX is mostly GPU workloads, some of the internal code does actually do very heavy lifting that benefits from this.

Deprecation of the AMD AMF (via FFmpeg) encoders

With OBS Studio 28.0 the old obs-amd-encoder project is finally laid to rest and a new AMD AMF integration is provided. This AMD AMF integration is technically and functionally superior to both the old obs-amd-encoder and FFmpegs AMD AMF integration. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guarantees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain. Additionally, users on Linux should put their focus on the open Pull Requests for Linux support (1, 2).

Deprecation of the AV1 (via AOM) Encoder

With OBS Studio 27.2.4, the SVT-AV1 and AOM-AV1 encoders were integrated into OBS Studio directly. This integration is functionally identical, and as such replaces the StreamFX provided AOM-AV1 encoder. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guaratees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain.

Shader Texture Inputs no longer corrupt Scene Collections

For quite some time, Shader Texture Inputs were haunted by ghosts from the past, also known as work-arounds and deprecated code. This resulted in Shader Texture Inputs keeping stale references around and requiring an OBS Studio restart to actually update. Several code modernization cycles later, this is now fixed and Shader Texture Inputs immediately update as expected - while also no longer keeping stale references around, so your Scene Collections are safe again.

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Ubuntu, Debian, ...	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or newer), (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 10.15 (or newer)
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer), Windows 11 (or newer)	Ubuntu 22.04 (or newer), or equivalent Distro	MacOS 12 (or newer)
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	28.0.0
	Recommended
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt for obs-studio FFmpeg for obs-studio

New Release process: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release!

The old two stage system didn't work out quite as I'd have hoped: It didn't communicate the dangers of Testing well, and did not differentiate between different stability levels. To solve this I've adopted a new release process now available in StreamFX, which follows the usual development cycle of Software itself: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release. The further right you go in that graph, the more stable software is supposed to be, at the cost of new features and changes. The further left you go, the more up-to-date things will be, but you sacrifice stability and safety.

Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

ARM64 Support on MacOS

As OBS Studio 28.0 and beyond support ARM64 and x86-64 now, StreamFX now also supports this architecture natively. Note that you may need at least MacOS 11.0 for the ARM64 binaries to load correctly.

Deprecation of the AMD AMF (via FFmpeg) encoders

With OBS Studio 28.0 the old obs-amd-encoder project is finally laid to rest and a new AMD AMF integration is provided. This AMD AMF integration is technically and functionally superior to both the old obs-amd-encoder and FFmpegs AMD AMF integration. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guarantees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain. Additionally, users on Linux should put their focus on the open Pull Requests for Linux support (1, 2.

Deprecation of the AV1 (via AOM) Encoder

With OBS Studio 27.2.4, the SVT-AV1 and AOM-AV1 encoders were integrated into OBS Studio directly. This integration is functionally identical, and as such replaces the StreamFX provided AOM-AV1 encoder. All users are urged to migrate as soon as possible, as no guaratees are made for how long this deprecated encoder will remain.

Shader Texture Inputs no longer corrupt Scene Collections

For quite some time, Shader Texture Inputs were haunted by ghosts from the past, also known as work-arounds and deprecated code. This resulted in Shader Texture Inputs keeping stale references around and requiring an OBS Studio restart to actually update. Several code modernization cycles later, this is now fixed and Shader Texture Inputs immediately update as expected - while also no longer keeping stale references around, so your Scene Collections are safe again.

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Ubuntu, Debian, ...	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or newer), (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 10.15 (or newer)
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer), Windows 11 (or newer)	Ubuntu 22.04 (or newer), or equivalent Distro	MacOS 12 (or newer)
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
				Any ARM64-v8.5-A compatible: Apple M1 Series
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	28.0.0-rc1
	Recommended	28.0.0-rc1 or Latest
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt for obs-studio FFmpeg for obs-studio

New Release process: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release!

The old two stage system didn't work out quite as I'd have hoped: It didn't communicate the dangers of Testing well, and did not differentiate between different stability levels. To solve this I've adopted a new release process now available in StreamFX, which follows the usual development cycle of Software itself: Alpha -> Beta -> Candidate -> Release. The further right you go in that graph, the more stable software is supposed to be, at the cost of new features and changes. The further left you go, the more up-to-date things will be, but you sacrifice stability and safety.

Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

ARM64 Support on MacOS

As OBS Studio 28.0 and beyond support ARM64 and x86-64 now, StreamFX now also supports this architecture natively. Note that you may need at least MacOS 11.0 for the ARM64 binaries to load correctly.

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Ubuntu, Debian, ...	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2	Ubuntu 20.04, (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 10.15
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2, Windows 11 or newer	Ubuntu 22.04, (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 12
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v2 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	27.2
	Recommended
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt 5 FFmpeg 4.4

🆕 The update cycle is now split into "Alpha", "Beta", "Candidate" and "Stable"

The old two stage update cycle was starting to show its faults resulting in additional support cases, mainly due to it poorly communicating the meaning of "Testing" in software. Therefore future versions of StreamFX will now offer "Alpha", "Beta" and "Candidate" update channels, which will hopefully end up being clearer to the end user.

🆕 Experimental support for Windows 11, Ubuntu 22, and MacOS 12

In order to quell the increase in reports of problems on Windows 11, Ubuntu 22 and MacOS 12, StreamFX now offers separate binaries for each Operating System version that is supported. In the far future, support for Windows 10, Ubuntu 20 and MacOS 11 will be dropped as it is likely that everyone has moved on by then. Please ensure that you've picked a version of StreamFX that matches the Operating System you have installed.

🆕 Avid DNxHR Encoder (via FFmpeg) by @IceStormNG

A new contender for the visually lossless intermediate codec arrives: Avid DNxHR! Thanks to work done by @IceStormNG, it is now possible to use this encoder without configuration trickery and directly configure it with a proper user interface. As this encoder is based on the real codec specification, it may perform better than the Apple ProRes encoder while being way more compatible with video editing software.

🛠 Smaller binaries for Linux

As linux binaries started to get bloated out of proportions, the new binaries are stripped of all debug information. While this may make crashes harder to figure out, this should drastically reduce the size of the downloaded binaries for Linux users. Hopefully with no side effects.

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

System Requirements

		Windows	Ubuntu, Debian, ...	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2	Ubuntu 20.04, (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 10.15
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2, Windows 11 or newer	Ubuntu 20.04, (or equivalent Distro)	MacOS 12
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v2 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series
	Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
Memory (RAM)	Minimum	4 GiB (free)
	Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	27.2
	Recommended
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt 5 FFmpeg 4.4

Detailed Changelog

Please read the Installation Guide and System Requirements!
The installation of StreamFX requires that you follow certain instructions, as well as fulfill a minimum hardware and software requirement. Please ensure that you have read and verified both before asking for help, as many issues can be fixed by reading both of them in their entirety.

		Windows	Linux	MacOS
OS	Minimum	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or equivalent) Ubuntu 22.04 (or equivalent)	MacOS 10.15 (or newer)
	Recommended	Windows 10 21H2 (or newer)	Ubuntu 20.04 (or equivalent) Ubuntu 22.04 (or equivalent)	MacOS 12 (or newer)
CPU	Minimum	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Excavator Series, Intel Haswell Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
		Recommended	Any x86-64-v3 compatible: AMD Zen 2 Series, Intel Comet Lake Series Required Instruction Sets: x86-64-v2, AVX, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA, MOVBE
	Memory (RAM)		Minimum	4 GiB (free)
		Recommended	8 GiB (free)	6 GiB (free)
Video (GPU)	Minimum	DirectX 11 / OpenGL 3 capable, Shader Model 4, 4 GiB VRAM (total)
	Recommended	DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4 capable, Shader Model 5, 6 GiB VRAM (total)
Disk Space	Minimum	~50 MiB (free)
	Recommended	~50 MiB (free)
OBS Version	Minimum	27.2.0
	Recommended	27.2.4
Other		Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable 2017-2022	Qt for obs-studio FFmpeg for obs-studio System Libraries must match chosen Ubuntu version!

🔧 Fixes

FFmpeg Encoders now support OBS Studio 27.2! (#775, #777, #783)

With the release of OBS Studio 27.2, the FFmpeg binaries shipped with OBS Studio were updated to something much more recent in order to support AV1. StreamFX's FFmpeg-based encoders however were written for FFmpeg 4.2, and as such some of them were unable to work in the new environment. This should now be resolved, but your configurations for encoders may have to be manually adjusted for the updated FFmpeg version.

Detailed Changelog

• Further improve support for various FFmpeg versions. (#777)
• Fix migration of settings from older StreamFX versions for the FFmpeg change. (#777)

• Add support for FFmpeg versions other than 4.2. (#775)

• Add support for FFmpeg versions other than 4.2. (#775)