# What do OBS Studio's libobs docs say about output frame-rate representation and audio/video sync offset, and is a variable-frame-rate recording mode documented?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T16:33:26.152Z
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OBS (libobs at 32.2.2) runs its output at a fixed frame rate expressed as an integer fraction (fps_num/fps_den), set in the UI as a common, integer or fractional value. The UI strings searched have no variable-frame-rate option, so recordings come out constant frame rate, which is convenient for editing.

OBS (libobs at 32.2.2) runs its output at a fixed frame rate expressed as an integer fraction (fps_num/fps_den), set in the UI as a common, integer or fractional value. The UI strings searched have no variable-frame-rate option, so recordings come out constant frame rate, which is convenient for editing.

Curator qualifications: Docs and code read 2026-10-22; OBS not run. Source audio sync-offset description (reference-sources.rst) carried from producer reading; absence of VFR is scoped to the files searched.

Limitations: Docs and code read 2026-10-22; OBS not run.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/ba2f32bdf791005443988a4955e963663e16b1ed/docs/sphinx/reference-sources.rst",
      "note": "obs-studio docs/sphinx/reference-core.rst @ba2f32b L104-105; frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini @ba2f32b"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/ba2f32bdf791005443988a4955e963663e16b1ed/docs/sphinx/reference-core.rst",
      "note": "obs-studio docs/sphinx/reference-core.rst @ba2f32b L104-105; frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini @ba2f32b"
    },
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] OBS (libobs at 32.2.2) runs its output at a fixed frame rate expressed as an integer fraction (fps_num/fps_den), set in the UI as a common, integer or fractional value. The UI strings searched have no variable-frame-rate option, so recordings come out constant frame rate, which is convenient for editing. · locator: obs-studio docs/sphinx/reference-core.rst @ba2f32b L104-105; frontend/data/locale/en-US.ini @ba2f32b · source: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/blob/ba2f32bdf791005443988a4955e963663e16b1ed/docs/sphinx/reference-sources.rst

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