OBS 32.1 is out and comes with some shiny stuff.
Aside from partial Canvas support into OBS Websocket, which is handy now that dual format streaming (and/or sending horizontal one place and vertical to another) is a thing. So WebSocket consumers can have some idea whats going on, but I need to sit down and play with that a little more before I comment further.
But what I have already been playing with is the new Audio Mixer, (I had some tester access to a build with the Audio Mixer in thanks to Warchamp whose leading the work on tweaking/updating the OBS UI)
So what does the new Audio Mixer do? Well in a nutshell:
- Clearly shows which sources in the audio Mixer are Global (or pinned), Active in this scene or hidden (either due to manually hidden or not on the active scene)
- Easy access to “monitor this source” without having to open the Advanced Audio Settings UI (and see the monitoring state)
- Pin an audio source (to move it from the local to global list)
- AND THE BIGGEST USEFUL THING: Ability to Rename Audio Sources! (and to some degree sort sources in the dock as it’s Alphabetic)
In Pictures
So your Audio Mixer can go from
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Summary
So here on the new UI, you can see I already renamed my global sources, no more Mic/Aux 2/3/etc it’s closer to the Windows Device name for the source as set in main settings -> Audio.
But what else does it do? Bottom right you can see a new monitoring status button/icon, you no longer have to go into Advanced Audio Settings to toggle monitor on/off and you can much easily see which sources are montored!
So left to right, the global/pinned group then the scene active group. And then sources are alphabetic sorted instead those groups.
So get renaming after updating today!
Check out the full change log for OBS 32.1.0 over on Github or check your OBS today for the update!
And you can offer feedback via the OBS Discord!