private capture for OBS

dhreView

dhreView captures any Windows DAW window in OBS together with its floating plugins, without showing the rest of the desktop and without touching the audio.

  • Windows

Your email is used to send and record your request.

the essentials

  • Only your DAW and its plugins

    Captures the DAW window and its floating plugins without showing the rest of the desktop; file pickers pause the image.

  • Smooth, in step with OBS

    Up to 120 real FPS and synced with OBS: every frame gets a new image, with no stutter.

  • 1:1 resolution and exact colour

    GPU composition at 1:1 resolution with faithful sRGB colour, keeping the DAW's own content and menus.

  • Hands off the audio

    It doesn't capture or process audio: use dhreLink to bring your DAW's sound into OBS.

Installation and first steps

Compatibility

Windows · Version 1.0.0 · stable

Windows 11 x64 · OBS Studio 30.0 or later

  1. Request the installer for your system and open the link you'll receive by email.
  2. Close OBS Studio, run the dhreView .exe installer and follow its steps.
  3. Open OBS Studio and add the dhreView source to capture your DAW and its floating plugin windows.

Frequently asked questions

Didn't get the email?

Check your spam and promotions folders. Make sure the address you typed is right and, if the problem continues, write to contact@dhreian.com with the product and your operating system.

It doesn't show up after installing?

Restart your DAW or OBS after installing. In your DAW, rescan your plugins and check that it supports the format of your version. If it still doesn't show up, include your system and the versions of the product and of your DAW or OBS when you ask for help.

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version history

Windows · stable

VERSION 1.0.0

current

First version of dhreView: private capture of the DAW and its plugins for OBS, with a smooth image in step with OBS, exact colour, support for the most used DAWs and a very light native app with dhreian's look.

technical details

  • Windows 11 x64 · OBS Studio 30.0 or later.
  • Native OBS source: captures only the selected DAW and its plugins, never the rest of the desktop.
  • Works with any Windows DAW; recognises and lists first Ableton Live, FL Studio, REAPER, Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One, Bitwig, Pro Tools, Reason, Cakewalk, Ardour, Waveform, Mixcraft, Samplitude, Audition, Renoise and others.
  • Follows plugins inside the DAW and in its own hosts and bridges (REAPER, Bitwig, FL Studio, jBridge, BitBridge and sandboxes such as Waveform).
  • GPU composition at 1:1 resolution, lossless, keeping the DAW's own content and menus.
  • Image in step with OBS: every OBS frame gets exactly one new image, also at 59.94 FPS, with no skipped or repeated frames.
  • 30, 60 (default) or 120 FPS, never more than OBS; indicator of effective FPS and latency to OBS; 5 FPS on standby.
  • Exact sRGB colour in OBS, with linear-light scaling, clean edges when scaling up and support for HDR canvases.
  • Plugins are followed instantly as they open, move or close, including those that stick out of the DAW on Windows 11 24H2.
  • Warns about plugins that Windows scales and look blurry, and about DAWs opened as administrator, with a one-click restart of dhreView as administrator.
  • Optional cursor, useful for tutorials.
  • Picks the GPU OBS uses by itself (also on laptops with two graphics cards) and recovers if the driver restarts.
  • Warns if the DAW is minimised or closed; with the DAW minimised, OBS keeps the last frame.
  • Privacy: the DAW's file pickers pause the image, browsers and messaging apps never enter the scene and the shared texture is only accessible to your user.
  • 1.6 MB native app written in Rust, no runtime: about 20 MB of memory, low priority against the DAW's audio and it doesn't wake the system when it isn't capturing.
  • Flat interface with the look of dhreian.com and eqlypse, in Spanish and English.
  • No audio capture or processing; use dhreLink to bring the audio into OBS.
  • .exe installer with app and OBS source in Spanish and English; it asks you to close OBS before installing.
  • Unsigned installer: Windows may show an unknown publisher warning.

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