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Weekly vision review — 2026-10-26 — OBS 33.0.0 #338
Description
OBS upstream check — 33.0.0
Source: GitHub API
Previous checked release: 33.0.0
Feature-note candidates: 19
Needs review — vision fit
| Candidate | Vision decision | Matching pillars |
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| 33.0 New Features | not-aligned | none |
| Added a check for encoders being missing when loading a profile [derrod] (#11340) | not-aligned | none |
| Added support for newest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs for NVIDIA Audio Effects and Video Effects [pkviet] (#13838) | review | streamer-value |
| Removed support for Ubuntu 24.04 | not-aligned | none |
| Added guidance regarding the theme system to the top of all theme files [Warchamp7] (#13733) | not-aligned | none |
| Added ability to set a file extension filter for OBS_PATH_FILE_SAVE path types [FiniteSingularity] (#10190) | not-aligned | none |
| Added obs_canvas_video_active() to check if the video of a canvas is active [exeldro] (#13110) | review | streamer-value |
| Removed support for FFmpeg 6.x and 7.x [RytoEX] (#13964) | not-aligned | none |
| Removed support for Qt 6.4-6.9 [RytoEX] (#13969) | not-aligned | none |
| + This is replaced by a new monitoring_enabled boolean | not-aligned | none |
Already represented
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- All of this work is on the backend and should be invisible to users. Please be sure to report any new weirdness or problems you run into with browser sources!
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- First-party plugins are now in a new folder named core
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- New visual indicator added
- Added hotkeys for controlling audio monitoring of a source [Warchamp7] (#13599)
- Added a startup error if obs-transitions failed to load [notr1ch] (#13321)
- Fixed a potential crash when renaming a source with the Add Source window open [Warchamp7] (#13800)
- Added frontend event and output signal for replay buffer saving [Penwy] (#8955)
- Added obs_frontend_is_safe_mode for first-party plugins
- Added versions to Flatpak plugin extension point [tytan652] (#13735)
Vision decisions are advisory. Strong-fit candidates are copied to docs/obs-vision-candidates.md for maintainer review; they are not automatically added to the roadmap.
Vision criteria: scripts/vision-criteria.json.
Rivulet open issues — vision triage
Source: GitHub API
Open issues (non-PR): 18
Feature-request candidates: 10
Strong fit: 3
Roadmap-tracked (excluded from wish review): 5
Needs review — vision fit
Roadmap-tracked (excluded — already milestone work)
- #297 [M8] Downstream-Consumer-Smoke-Test und Exit-Evidence für M8
- #289 [M7 follow-up] F-M7-002: rivulet stream: headless streaming subcommand
- #288 [M7 follow-up] F-M7-001: Rebuild-and-compare CI job for bit-reproducible release artifacts
- #225 [M5 follow-up] Opt-in native crash reporting (minidump collection + redaction-safe upload transport)
- #50 feat: Code Signing for Windows MSI, macOS DMG, and Linux packages
Vision decisions are advisory. Strong-fit wishes are copied to docs/community-wish-candidates.md for maintainer review; they are not automatically added to the roadmap.
Vision criteria: scripts/vision-criteria.json.
Review checklist
- OBS: 33.0 New Features — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: Added a check for encoders being missing when loading a profile [derrod] (#11340) — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: Added support for newest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs for NVIDIA Audio Effects and Video Effects [pkviet] (#13838) — review (streamer-value) #339
- OBS: Removed support for Ubuntu 24.04 — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: Added guidance regarding the theme system to the top of all theme files [Warchamp7] (#13733) — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: Added ability to set a file extension filter for OBS_PATH_FILE_SAVE path types [FiniteSingularity] (#10190) — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: Added obs_canvas_video_active() to check if the video of a canvas is active [exeldro] (#13110) — review (streamer-value) #340
- OBS: Removed support for FFmpeg 6.x and 7.x [RytoEX] (#13964) — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: Removed support for Qt 6.4-6.9 [RytoEX] (#13969) — not-aligned (none)
- OBS: + This is replaced by a new monitoring_enabled boolean — not-aligned (none)
- Wish: #319 🚀 High Priority: Native Scene Management with Folders, Search & Component Sub-scenes (OBS-compatible) — strong-fit (deterministic, embeddable, cross-platform, streamer-value)
- Wish: #323 OBS: Changed new capture devices to use fallback frame rate by default [PatTheMav] — review (streamer-value) — review (streamer-value)
- Wish: #304 OBS: Changed new capture devices to use fallback frame rate by default [PatTheMav] — review (streamer-value) — review (streamer-value)
- Wish: #303 OBS: Added missing file support for filters [exeldro] — not-aligned (none) — not-aligned (none)
- Wish: #302 OBS: Replaced add source dropdown with new dialog [Warchamp7] — review (streamer-value) — review (streamer-value)
- Wish: #260 OBS: Changed new capture devices to use fallback frame rate by default [PatTheMav] — review (streamer-value) — review (streamer-value)
- Wish: #259 OBS: Added dynamic bitrate support to multitrack video [lexano-ivs] — review (streamer-value) — review (streamer-value)
- Wish: #258 OBS: Replaced add source dropdown with new dialog [Warchamp7] — review (streamer-value) — review (streamer-value)
- Wish: #252 M11 - Live-Übersetzung als Plugin-Showcase: STT-Transkript-Stream, Übersetzung, Untertitel — strong-fit (deterministic, embeddable, cross-platform, streamer-value)
- Wish: #147 [M11] OBS plugin compatibility layer (temporary native bridge, descoped from M5) — strong-fit (embeddable, cross-platform, privacy-first)
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