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FOSS Fun Friday 4
OBS News for Creators
Steam Now Has Over 9,000 Playable Games
Free Your PC
Proton 8.1 Released

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FFF 4.1 – OBS 29.1 Released Now
If only I had a newer machine... come on, Jesus! This update is a massive, juicy one. The headline changes are HEVC & AV1 streaming support for YT, making it easier (with modern hardware) to do a higher quality stream with less effort on your computer. Here’s the full list of things updated:
· Added support for streaming AV1/HEVC over Enhanced RTMP [YouTube/yuriy-chunak/derrod]
· Enhanced RTMP V1 extends the RTMP protocol to support newer video codecs and HDR. More info at: https://github.com/veovera/enhanced-rtmp
· Currently only supported by/enabled for YouTube as a beta feature
· HDR is not yet implemented (oops, then again, most people couldn’t really enjoy it anyway, and YT HDR support is legendarily bad from what I have heard, anyway)
· Added support for multiple audio tracks in Simple output recording [pkv]
· Added a DLL blocking feature for Windows. This allows OBS to block problematic DLLs from attaching to OBS and causing freezing or crashes, for example 3rd party overlay hooks and outdated video capture devices. [notr1ch]
· This blocks old versions of popular VTubing software virtual cameras that are known to cause freezes when accessing video capture device properties. If you are affected, please update to the latest version of your VTubing software.
· Added settings to select the audio encoder for streaming and recording [tytan652]
· Added an option to preload media sources used in Stingers to memory, to avoid frame skips during transitions [Jim]
· Added Update Channels on macOS and updated Sparkle for smaller and faster updates going forward [derrod]
· Added compatibility notices in the Window and Game Capture sources for Windows [derrod]
· Added the ability to zoom browser docks with Ctrl - and + and the right click menu [WizardCM]
· Added a setting to record in fragmented MP4 and MOV formats [derrod]
· These offer greater compatibility than MKV while providing similar resilience against data loss due to crashes, running out of space, etc.
· Fragmented MP4 and MOV files can be remuxed to regular MP4/MOV in cases where the former may not be read correctly (e.g. in older editing software)
· Added support for surround sound for AJA capture cards [paulh-aja]
· Added ProRes 4444 (XQ) support for VideoToolbox encoder on macOS [jpark37]
· Added lossless audio recording options (FLAC/ALAC/PCM including 32-bit float) [derrod]
· Added indicator if an audio source is unmuted, but not assigned to any audio tracks [derrod]
· Added AMD AV1 encoder to simple output mode [notr1ch] (excellent for those who want to get away from team Green)
Just for Linux, there were a couple of improvements like these:
· Significantly improve screen capture performance on Intel dedicated GPUs on Linux [kkartaltepe] (sweet)
· JACK inputs on Linux will now display "OBS Studio" in their name to clarify their origin. This may cause existing configured devices to stop working until updated by the user [univrsal] (very good)
· Fixed a crash on shutdown with virtual camera on Linux [kkartaltepe/norihiro] (‘bout time, y’all)
· Fixed an issue in the V4L2 source on Linux where a capture device's frame rate could be invalid, resulting in incredibly large log files [9p4]
· Fixed an issue where Push to Talk on Linux wouldn't work when assigned to secondary mouse buttons [KasinSparks]
So as you can see, it is quite a list of good stuff, here. I’m glad that the team puts so much love into this app that I use so often.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/obs-studio-291-is-out-now-with-av1-hevc-for-youtube/
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FFF 4.2 – OVER 9,000!!!!
Yes, that’s right. We Penguins now have 9,026 verified or playable games on the Steam Deck through proton. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t more available games that work just fine out of the box, but these are the ones which have gone through the verification process. This number is growing all the time, and will continue to do so. This milestone was particularly funny to me, because even though I didn’t really get into DragonBall Z, this filtered down to me somehow. Not much else to say here, other than LOL.
In case you were wondering, here are the criteria for how a game comes to be considered “verified” it isn’t a perfect process, and some get through which shouldn’t, while others seem to fail, but should be verified.
· Input
o The title should have full controller support, use appropriate controller input icons, and automatically bring up the on-screen keyboard when needed.
· Display
o The game should support the default resolution of Steam Deck (1280x800 or 1280x720), have good default settings, and text should be legible.
· Seamlessness
o The title shouldn’t display any compatibility warnings, and if there’s a launcher it should be navigable with a controller.
· System Support
o If running through Proton, the game and all its middleware should be supported by Proton. This includes anti-cheat support.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/steam-deck-hits-over-9000-games-rated-verified-and-playable/
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FFF 4.3 – GE-Proton 8-1 Released

All based on Proton 8, now, and here are the highlights:
· All build components rebased to Proton 8 experimental/upstream.
· proton-wine updated to latest experimental.
· wine-staging rebased on top of proton-wine 8.
· proton-ge game patches and pending wine upstream patches rebased on top of proton-wine 8.
· dxvk updated to latest git.
· vkd3d-proton updated to latest git.
· protonfix: No cutscene audio in Daedalic Games (Memoria, The Night of the Rabbit, A New Beginning - Final Cut) - (thanks marianoag).
· protonfix: Megadimension Neptunia VII - (thanks snaggly).
But we also have a few things that got broken with the rebasing process:
· FSR is currently disabled again. It needs a massive rebase and same as before I don't know if it's currently possible to rebase/port it over to the new proton 8 build.
· Having the nvapi hack configuration enabled in dxvk.conf seems to crash battlenet. Recommend removing it from the config for existing Lutris battle.net installations and related games.
· Overwatch losing focus after death seems to be fixed.
As always, GE-Proton is community-made, and sometimes works better than the main branch, but not always. Make sure that there are marked improvements for your specific game(s) before you jump at the new, shiny object, though. It may lead to problems for you if you don’t.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/ge-proton-8-1-released-mainly-pulling-in-proton-8-upgrades/
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