We’re excited to announce the release of the openvino-plugins-obs-studio snap, making powerful Intel OpenVINO AI features easily accessible to OBS Studio snap users!
With a recent update to the OBS Studio snap, we’ve enabled connecting plugin snaps, allowing you to seamlessly integrate advanced AI capabilities into your streaming workflow.
Intel OpenVINO AI Plugins: Smart Features for Better Content
The OpenVINO framework from Intel allows for the development of high-performance AI-powered applications. Thanks to the openvino-plugins-obs-studio snap, OBS Studio users can now make use of OpenVINO in their applications that bring additional power for their developments.and these plugins bring that power directly to OBS Studio.
The openvino-plugins-obs-studio snap includes the following key features:
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Smart Framing | Detect person(s) / face(s) in a scene, and automatically crop, center, and resize the view around the subjects of interest. |
| Background Concealment | Segment a person in the foreground from the background. Allows the background to be removed via blur, a static image, or a virtual green screen (for easy chroma keying). |
| Face Mesh | Performs Mediapipe’s face mesh pipeline using OpenVINO & OpenCV. Overlays 468 facial key-points onto the resultant frame. Intended as a reference/starting point for developers wanting to implement broader face effects. |
Hardware Acceleration: CPU, GPU, and NPU Support
Leverage the power of your hardware! These OpenVINO plugins are designed to utilize CPU, GPU, and Intel NPU (if available) for accelerated performance, ensuring a smooth and efficient streaming experience.
For Intel NPU Support:
If you have an Intel NPU, you may need to install the intel-npu-driver snap and then select the NPU device in the plugin settings within OBS Studio.
How to Get Started
1. Install the OBS Studio Snap with plugin support
The version of OBS Studio snap, which enables plugin snap connectivity, is currently available on the latest/candidate channel.
If you don’t have OBS Studio snap installed:
sudo snap install obs-studio --channel latest/candidate
If you already have the OBS Studio snap installed and want to switch:
sudo snap refresh obs-studio --channel latest/candidate
2. Install the OpenVINO Plugins Snap
Once you have the compatible OBS Studio snap, install the plugins and connect the snaps:
sudo snap install openvino-plugins-obs-studio
sudo snap connect obs-studio:obs-plugins openvino-plugins-obs-studio:obs-plugins
The plugins will automatically become available within OBS Studio’s filters menu once installed.