I use OBS on a daily basis to grab tracker music off the screen, so i am interested in keeping it up-to-date for as long as possible. Previously i [already covered] topic on how to run unsupported version of OBS in Windows 7 environment. But it is already 2025 for God’s sake, and we need some refreshment for sure. Essential information to make this note happen has been spotted on the [Eclipse forums] .

UPDATED ON: 2025-04-25 Expand your abilities with new [OBS v31] . Recently last officially supported version was [27.4.2] . But from now on we can use actual version of software. Here is small instruction list on how to make things rollin’ under mighty Windows 7: Obtain hacked [QT 6.3.1 DLLs for Windows 7] ||| [Mirror] [QT6 is not officially supported] Download [CFF Explorer] [direct link] for basic resource hackery Obviously grab latest zipped archive [OBS Studio 29.

UPDATED ON: 2023.02.17 Version 27.2.4 is the very last to work on Windows 7. 28.x builds require sytem dlls which can’t be found in Windows 7. [How to run version 29.x on Windows 7] . OBS is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Just want to let you know that latest version [27.2.4] runs on Windows 7. Works without any hickups. Using it on daily basis to capture the desktop screen with audio.