# OBS Studio

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: OBS, Open Broadcaster Software, O B S

Free, [open-source software](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source) for recording and live-streaming video, mixing camera, screen and audio sources.

**For example:** A [user group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/user-group) streams its [meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meetup) talks to [YouTube](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/youtube) with OBS Studio.

Official site: <https://obsproject.com>

## Connects to (6)

- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.
- [YouTube](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/youtube): Google's video sharing site, where anyone can upload videos and viewers can watch and subscribe.
- [FFmpeg](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ffmpeg): Free, open-source command-line software for converting, cutting and combining audio and video files.
- [Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meetup): An informal, recurring gathering of people with a shared interest.
- [Video editing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/video-editing): Cutting, arranging and finishing recorded video, with titles, music and color, before it is published.
- [Dante](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dante): A system from Audinate that sends many channels of audio over an ordinary computer network instead of separate audio cables.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/obs-studio