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Steam app 1905180 · updated 11 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC

OBS Studio

Free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming

OBS Studio Steam header artwork
OBS ProjectOBS Project
30,518playing now
30,51824-hour peak
34,508all-time peak
19,814average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−284.1Gain−1.41%% gain34,508Peak

718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

09k19k28k37k16 Sep21 Sep26 Sep01 Oct06 Oct11 Oct16 OctWednesday 16 September 202630,818 peakThursday 17 September 202629,073 peakFriday 18 September 202631,108 peakSaturday 19 September 202632,926 peakSunday 20 September 202634,508 peakMonday 21 September 202630,092 peakTuesday 22 September 202630,630 peakWednesday 23 September 202629,143 peakThursday 24 September 202630,594 peakFriday 25 September 202629,795 peakSaturday 26 September 202632,422 peakSunday 27 September 202631,501 peakMonday 28 September 202628,392 peakTuesday 29 September 202628,548 peakWednesday 30 September 202628,118 peakThursday 01 October 202627,733 peakFriday 02 October 202628,803 peakSaturday 03 October 202630,933 peakSunday 04 October 202631,817 peakMonday 05 October 202629,427 peakTuesday 06 October 202628,495 peakWednesday 07 October 202627,051 peakThursday 08 October 202627,536 peakFriday 09 October 202628,659 peakSaturday 10 October 202631,716 peakSunday 11 October 202631,256 peakMonday 12 October 202628,240 peakTuesday 13 October 202628,314 peakWednesday 14 October 202628,754 peakThursday 15 October 202628,994 peakFriday 16 October 202630,518 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

56 months, March 2022 to October 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

09k19k28k37kMar 2022Dec 2022Sep 2023Jun 2024Mar 2025Dec 2025Sep 2026March 20222,613 monthly peakApril 20223,421 monthly peakMay 20223,515 monthly peakJune 20223,714 monthly peakJuly 20224,289 monthly peakAugust 20224,781 monthly peakSeptember 20225,081 monthly peakOctober 20225,468 monthly peakNovember 20226,792 monthly peakDecember 20228,206 monthly peakJanuary 20237,887 monthly peakFebruary 20238,306 monthly peakMarch 20238,563 monthly peakApril 20238,749 monthly peakMay 202310,075 monthly peakJune 20239,978 monthly peakJuly 202310,570 monthly peakAugust 202311,051 monthly peakSeptember 202311,597 monthly peakOctober 202312,016 monthly peakNovember 202312,769 monthly peakDecember 202313,689 monthly peakJanuary 202415,237 monthly peakFebruary 202414,795 monthly peakMarch 202416,179 monthly peakApril 202416,048 monthly peakMay 202416,645 monthly peakJune 202418,046 monthly peakJuly 202418,820 monthly peakAugust 202420,073 monthly peakSeptember 202419,311 monthly peakOctober 202420,918 monthly peakNovember 202421,115 monthly peakDecember 202421,299 monthly peakJanuary 202521,904 monthly peakFebruary 202522,699 monthly peakMarch 202524,599 monthly peakApril 202526,506 monthly peakMay 202526,865 monthly peakJune 202526,713 monthly peakJuly 202525,287 monthly peakAugust 202526,646 monthly peakSeptember 202526,260 monthly peakOctober 202527,921 monthly peakNovember 202528,062 monthly peakDecember 202528,793 monthly peakJanuary 202630,550 monthly peakFebruary 202630,225 monthly peakMarch 202630,767 monthly peakApril 202631,864 monthly peakMay 202632,027 monthly peakJune 202631,307 monthly peakJuly 202632,893 monthly peakAugust 202633,348 monthly peakSeptember 202634,508 monthly peakOctober 202631,817 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

09k19k28k37kJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202632,893 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202633,348 peak — daily detail belowSeptember 202634,508 peak — hourly detail belowOctober 202631,817 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

14 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

09k18k27k36k01 Jul20 Jul22 Jul24 Jul26 Jul28 Jul30 JulWednesday 01 July 202632,893 peakSunday 19 July 202628,777 peakMonday 20 July 202629,622 peakTuesday 21 July 202631,631 peakWednesday 22 July 202631,953 peakThursday 23 July 202630,481 peakFriday 24 July 202630,541 peakSaturday 25 July 202629,393 peakSunday 26 July 202632,893 peakMonday 27 July 202630,373 peakTuesday 28 July 202631,253 peakWednesday 29 July 202630,100 peakThursday 30 July 202630,517 peakFriday 31 July 202630,934 peak

August 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

09k18k27k36k01 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202631,165 peakSunday 02 August 202630,202 peakMonday 03 August 202632,176 peakTuesday 04 August 202630,875 peakWednesday 05 August 202630,543 peakThursday 06 August 202633,348 peakFriday 07 August 202631,345 peakSaturday 08 August 202629,485 peakSunday 09 August 202630,297 peakMonday 10 August 202629,591 peakTuesday 11 August 202632,112 peakWednesday 12 August 202630,977 peakThursday 13 August 202630,471 peakFriday 14 August 202631,713 peakSaturday 15 August 202629,931 peakSunday 16 August 202631,577 peakMonday 17 August 202631,878 peakTuesday 18 August 202631,043 peakWednesday 19 August 202632,197 peakThursday 20 August 202630,080 peakFriday 21 August 202631,480 peakSaturday 22 August 202630,305 peakSunday 23 August 202630,099 peakMonday 24 August 202630,958 peakTuesday 25 August 202630,695 peakWednesday 26 August 202630,975 peakThursday 27 August 202630,727 peakFriday 28 August 202633,019 peakSaturday 29 August 202631,408 peakSunday 30 August 202631,975 peakMonday 31 August 202628,903 peak

September 2026

30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 344 hourly samples from 16 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

09k19k28k37k01 Sep06 Sep11 Sep16 Sep21 Sep26 SepTuesday 01 September 202627,926 peakWednesday 02 September 202628,678 peakThursday 03 September 202628,293 peakFriday 04 September 202629,689 peakSaturday 05 September 202634,448 peakSunday 06 September 202630,555 peakMonday 07 September 202628,757 peakTuesday 08 September 202631,896 peakWednesday 09 September 202629,963 peakThursday 10 September 202630,980 peakFriday 11 September 202630,632 peakSaturday 12 September 202633,260 peakSunday 13 September 202633,944 peakMonday 14 September 202630,828 peakTuesday 15 September 202628,535 peakWednesday 16 September 202631,711 peakThursday 17 September 202629,073 peakFriday 18 September 202631,108 peakSaturday 19 September 202632,926 peakSunday 20 September 202634,508 peakMonday 21 September 202630,092 peakTuesday 22 September 202630,630 peakWednesday 23 September 202629,143 peakThursday 24 September 202630,594 peakFriday 25 September 202629,795 peakSaturday 26 September 202632,422 peakSunday 27 September 202631,501 peakMonday 28 September 202628,392 peakTuesday 29 September 202628,548 peakWednesday 30 September 202628,118 peak

October 2026

16 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

09k17k26k34k01 Oct03 Oct05 Oct07 Oct09 Oct11 Oct13 Oct15 OctThursday 01 October 202627,733 peakFriday 02 October 202628,803 peakSaturday 03 October 202630,933 peakSunday 04 October 202631,817 peakMonday 05 October 202629,427 peakTuesday 06 October 202628,495 peakWednesday 07 October 202627,051 peakThursday 08 October 202627,536 peakFriday 09 October 202628,659 peakSaturday 10 October 202631,716 peakSunday 11 October 202631,256 peakMonday 12 October 202628,240 peakTuesday 13 October 202628,314 peakWednesday 14 October 202628,754 peakThursday 15 October 202628,994 peakFriday 16 October 202630,518 peak
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 11 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC
App ID
1905180
Last updated
19 Aug 2026 build 24744241
Update pace
Quiet no update while we have been watching · 0 in 34 days watched
Developer
OBS Project
Publisher
OBS Project
Release date
Mar 21, 2022
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Download size
153 MB240 MB
Install size
466 MB879 MB
Genres
Utilities, Video Production
Game modes
Controller support
Unknown

Features & support

Steam features

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

SoftwareVideo ProductionUtilitiesFree to PlayAudio ProductionEmotionalCapitalismPsychedelicPerma DeathDarkRomanceDark HumorDinosaursCompetitiveeSportsRealisticVRPlatformer2DCharacter Customization
About this gameFull description from Steam
OBS Studio is a free and open source program for livestreaming and video recording. Create scenes with multiple types of video sources, including your computer display, video games, webcams, video files, and more. Stream your video productions on sites like Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook live, or record your videos locally to share. Features Livestream video to sites like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Live, and many more, including your own custom servers Record videos to save to your hard drive and share with friends High performance real time video/audio capturing and mixing. Create scenes made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams, capture cards and more Set up an unlimited number of scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions Intuitive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain. Take full control with VST plugin support Powerful and easy to use configuration options. Add new Sources, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly Streamlined Settings panel gives you access to a wide array of configuration options to tweak every aspect of your broadcast or recording Modular 'Dock' UI allows you to rearrange the layout exactly as you like. You can even pop out each individual Dock to its own window Choose from a number of different and customizable transitions for when you switch between your scenes or add your own stinger video files Set hotkeys for nearly every sort of action, such as switching between scenes, starting/stopping streams or recordings, muting audio sources, push to talk, and more Studio Mode lets you preview your scenes and sources before pushing them live. Adjust your scenes and sources or create new ones and ensure they're perfect before your viewers ever see them Get a high level view of your production using the Multiview. Monitor 8 different scenes and easily cue or transition to any of them with merely a single or double click
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 20H2 (64 bit) Processor: Intel i5 2500K, AMD Ryzen 1300X Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 900 Series, Radeon RX 400 Series, Intel HD Graphics 500 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 600 MB available space Additional Notes: Hardware encoders recommended

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 (64 bit) Processor: Intel i7 8700K, AMD Ryzen 1600X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 10 Series, Radeon 5000 Series, Intel Xe DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 600 MB available space

macOS

Minimum: OS: 11 or higher Processor: Intel quad-core recommended Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel or AMD Storage: 800 MB available space Recommended: OS: 12.5 or higher Processor: Intel quad-core or Apple Silicon (M1/M2) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel, AMD, or Apple Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 800 MB available space

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages42 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Arabic
Bulgarian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Greek
Hungarian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese - Portugal
Portuguese - Brazil
Romanian
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Swedish
Thai
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Armenian
Basque
Catalan
Estonian
Filipino
Galician
Georgian
Hebrew
Hindi
Indonesian
Malay
Persian
Slovak
Slovenian

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers
AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

43 developer announcements, Mar 2022 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC

August

  1. OBS Studio 32.2.2 Hotfix

    Fixed an issue where plugins might not load properly on the first start after updating OBS on Windows Blocked OBS Studio from running on macOS 12 Due to a Qt update, OBS Studio 32.2.x fails to launch on macOS 12. For macOS 12, please use…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 32.2

    Important: NVIDIA users must update their GPU drivers to 570.0 or newer to continue using NVENC. 32.2 New FeaturesReplaced add source dropdown with new dialog Added copy paste functions to frontend API Added filter to compose SDR into HDR…

    Rodney

April

  1. OBS Studio 32.1.1 Hotfix

    Fixed missing audio mixer tooltips Fixed audio mixer minimum width being too large Fixed audio mixer sorting weight for global and pinned sourcesFixed disabled sources appearing in audio mixer Fixed missing toolbar actions for audio mixer…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 32.1

    32.1 New FeaturesOverhauled the Audio Mixer Adjusted the horizontal layoutAdjusted the vertical layoutAdded button to swap layouts to the toolbarChanged the default layout to verticalAdded button to toggle audio monitoringSources in the…

    Rodney

September

  1. OBS Studio 32.0.1 Hotfix

    32.0.1 Hotfix Changes Fixed a possible crash in 32.0.0 on Windows when opening source properties Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where browser sources would break after switching scenes This issue may also have caused increased resource usage.…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 32.0

    New FeaturesAdded a basic plugin managerAdded opt-in automatic crash log upload for Windows and macOSAdded Voice Activity Detection (VAD) to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects,which improves noise suppression for speech, as well as…

    Rodney

July

  1. OBS Studio 31.1.2

    Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 causing Multitrack Video to set the Maximum Video Tracks to 10 if the user had set it to "Auto" Fixed an issue in OBS Studio 31.1.0 and 31.1.1 causing Browser Source hardware acceleration to…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 31.1.1

    Fixed a crash when using YouTube browser docks Fixed an issue causing RTMPS streams to fail in some cases Fixed an issue causing Media Sources ingesting SRT streams to fail in some cases Fixed an issue causing Browser Source hardware…

    Patch notes
  3. OBS Studio 31.1

    Important Notices The code signing certificate for OBS has been updated. This may impact game capture compatibility with some anti-cheat solutions with this OBS update. If you are a game or anti-cheat developer please see…

    Rodney

January

  1. OBS Studio 31.0.1 Hotfix

    Fixed a crash on macOS caused by hand gesture reactions Fixed a crash caused by malformed scene collection files Fixed a possible crash on Linux when initializing PipeWire screen sharing Fixed a possible deadlock and freeze on macOS while…

    Patch notes

December

  1. OBS Studio 31.0

    Important Notices NVIDIA Kepler (600 and 700 series) GPUs are no longer supported for NVENC. NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 551.76 (Windows) / 550.54.14 (Linux) or newer. The code signing certificate for OBS has been…

    Rodney

August

  1. OBS Studio 30.2.3 Hotfix

    Fixed a possible deadlock when using Hybrid MP4 Fixed a possible deadlock when closing OBS while outputs are active Fixed a possible crash when connecting to an RTMP server Fixed a possible RTMP disconnect/timeout on Windows systems without…

    Patch notes

July

  1. OBS Studio 30.2.1 Hotfix

    Fixed a possible crash when loading scene data Fixed an issue with CoreAudio AAC timestamps causing a stream to fail Fixed an issue with obs-websocket not reading Virtual Camera availability correctly Fixed an issue with obs-websocket…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 30.2

    OBS Studio 30.2 is now available! This release comes with exciting new features, such as Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting, a new theme system, zero-copy hardware encoding on Linux, and a new “Hybrid MP4” format for crash resiliency…

    Rodney

June

  1. OBS Studio 30.2 Beta is live!

    A beta build for OBS Studio version 30.2 is now available! This is a minor release, with a number of new features and enhancements, as well as the usual round of bug fixes. Find the the full patch notes for OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 3 here…

    Rodney

April

  1. OBS Studio 30.1.2 Hotfix

    Fixed NVENC failing with old drivers/devices Reverted: Changed default recording format to fMP4/fMOV for stable releases

    Patch notes

March

  1. OBS Studio 30.1.1 Hotfix

    Fixed a crash on macOS 11 when starting OBS Fixed missing HDR metadata for certain encoders Fixed broken hardware decoding of remote streams in Media Sources Fixed broken file output from remuxing a file with PCM audio Fixed an issue where…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 30.1

    Note: NVIDIA users may need to update their GPU drivers to 531.61 or newer. 30.1 New Features Enabled HDR for HEVC over RTMP Reworked the Image Slideshow source The reworked Image Slideshow source loads files asynchronously and fixes an…

    Rodney

December

  1. OBS Studio 30.0.2

    Fixed a CEF-related crash on macOS due to application bundle naming Fixed a crash with PipeWire Screen Capture Fixed a crash when removing scene items Fixed a crash on shutdown in obs-websocket Fixed macOS Sonoma capture indicator lingering…

    Patch notes

November

  1. OBS Studio 30.0 Update

    30.0 New Features Added WHIP/WebRTC output Redesigned the status bar The redesigned status bar now provides the same information in a more organized and well structured way, with more representative and recognizable icons. Added option for…

    Rodney

August

  1. OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is live!

    A beta build for OBS Studio version 30.0 is now available! This is a major release, with a number of exciting new features and enhancements, as well as the usual round of bug fixes. Find the the full patch notes for OBS Studio 30 Beta 1…

    Rodney

June

  1. OBS Studio 29.1.3 Hotfix Update

    Fixed service selection resetting for services that are not shown by default Fixed crash when properties are deleted in callback, e.g. with the Source Record plugin Fixed keyboard shortcuts not being displayed for some context menu items…

    Patch notes

May

  1. OBS Studio 29.1.2 Hotfix Update

    Adjusted GPU priority level when Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) is enabled in Windows settings - This fixes OBS freezing and driver crashes that some users experienced when using NVIDIA Audio Effects filters - We will continue…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 29.1.1 Hotfix Update

    29.1.1 Hotfix Changes Fixed some Elgato devices being blocked on Windows Fixed audio mixer warning about sources not assigned to any tracks while monitoring was set to "Monitor Only (mute output)" Fixed FLAC being erroneously shown as…

    Patch notes
  3. OBS Studio 29.1 Update

    This Update brings AV1 Live Streaming, Lossless Audio Recording, plus many Quality of Life and Performance improvements. New Features Added support for streaming AV1/HEVC over Enhanced RTMP Enhanced RTMP V1 extends the RTMP protocol to…

    Rodney

March

  1. OBS Studio 29.1 Beta is live!

    We have beta build for OBS Studio 29.1 available for testing! This is a minor feature release, with a number of new features and enhancements to existing functionality, as well as bug fixes. Note: This Beta version is Windows-only for the…

    Rodney

February

  1. OBS Studio 29.0.2 Hotfix Update

    Fixed a bug introduced in 29.0.1 which caused sources with an upward compressor filter to stop audio playback under certain circumstances

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 29.0.1 Hotfix Update

    Fixed the "NVIDIA AUDIO Effects SDK is outdated" message appearing on the noise reduction filter properties when the SDK wasn't installed Fixed a crash that could happen if you use NVIDIA's audio effect filters and then later uninstall the…

    Patch notes

January

  1. OBS Studio 29.0 Update

    This release brings additional encoders, including AV1 on the AMD RX7000 series and AV1/HEVC for supported Intel GPUs on Windows, and HEVC and ProRes support on macOS, as well as fixes for bugs and crashes. Features Added support for the…

    Rodney

November

  1. OBS Studio 29.0 Beta is live!

    We have beta build for OBS Studio 29.0 available for testing! This is a major feature release, focused on AV1 support and a few other features. Features Added support for the AMD AV1 Encoder for RDNA3 GPUs Added support for the Intel AV1…

    Rodney
  2. OBS Studio 28.1.2 Hotfix Update

    Fixed a Browser Source crash that could happen under certain circumstances Fixed "Always on Top" not saving on exit

    Patch notes
  3. OBS Studio 28.1.1 Hotfix Update

    Fixed NVENC preset not being migrated properly in simple output mode Fixed the inability to start the encoder when NVENC is set to a bframe count higher than is supported by the device

    Patch notes
  4. OBS Studio 28.1 Update

    OBS 28.1 is now available, this is a minor update for 28.0 introducing support for AV1 encoding via NVIDIA NVENC as well as a few bug fixes. Note for macOS users: Starting with this update M1/M2 Macs will run the ARM/"Apple Silicon" version…

    Rodney

October

  1. OBS Studio 28.1 Release Candidate 1

    Note for macOS users: Starting with this update Apple Silicon Macs will correctly run the ARM version of OBS by default. This may lead to some plugins or VST effects not being loaded due to not being Apple Silicon compatible, so make sure…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 28.1 Beta is live!

    We have beta build for OBS Studio 28.1 available for testing! This is a minor feature release, focused on NVENC AV1 support and a few smaller bug fixes. Release Highlights: Added NVENC AV1 hardware encoder on Windows Currently only works…

    Rodney
  3. OBS Studio 28.0.3 Hotfix Update

    Fixed a bug where the Linux Window Capture target would reset every time obs loaded Fixed issue where green tint would sometimes occur when the OBS color range was set to Full Fixed a performance issue with the Windows per-application audio…

    Patch notes

September

  1. OBS Studio 28.0.2 Hotfix Update

    The second hotfix for 28.0 is now available. It addresses a number of issues reported by our users since the 28.0/28.0.1 releases. Note: We updated the Visual C++ redistributables to the 2022 version, you may be asked to install the new…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio 28.0.1 Hotfix Update

    We just released the first 28.0 hotfix to address a few issues reported since the 28.0 release on Wednesday: Fixed a bug causing MP4/MOV files to sometimes save in a corrupted state Fixed a bug causing DeckLink device sources to sometimes…

    Patch notes
  3. OBS Studio 28.0 Update

    Welcome to OBS Studio 28, celebrating the 10th anniversary of OBS! 10 years ago, the first version of OBS was released by Jim. Today, we have hundreds of contributors and countless users. We're very grateful for all the support, and we're…

    Rodney

August

  1. OBS Studio 28.0 Beta is live!

    We have beta build for OBS Studio 28.0 available for testing! This will be an enormous release with several features and upgrades that will need extensive testing, including the following: HDR and 10-bit color support (Windows, macOS/Linux…

    Rodney
  2. (macOS) Preparations for Apple Silicon builds

    In preparation for OBS 28.0 and native Apple Silicon support the way the macOS build is launched will be updated. This should not cause any issues as long as your OBS install was updated to this build.

    Patch notes

March

  1. OBS Studio 27.2.4 hotfix

    Changes: Fixed a bug where sources could show up in the mixer while using studio mode even when those sources weren’t active Fixed a bug where audio wouldn’t capture for people with older Windows versions Fixed an incorrectly colored icon…

    Patch notes
  2. OBS Studio is now on Steam!

    OBS has finally come to Steam! This comes as an additional way for our users to download and install the same OBS Studio they’re already familiar with, coupled with all the convenience and simplicity that Steam provides. For now, that means…

    Rodney

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