diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
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+# please use clang-format version 8 or later
+
+Language: Cpp
+Standard: Cpp11
+AccessModifierOffset: -8
+AlignAfterOpenBracket: Align
+AlignConsecutiveAssignments: false
+AlignConsecutiveDeclarations: false
+AlignEscapedNewlines: Left
+AlignOperands: true
+AlignTrailingComments: true
+#AllowAllArgumentsOnNextLine: false  # requires clang-format 9
+#AllowAllConstructorInitializersOnNextLine: false  # requires clang-format 9
+AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: false
+AllowShortBlocksOnASingleLine: false
+AllowShortCaseLabelsOnASingleLine: false
+AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: Inline
+AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false
+#AllowShortLambdasOnASingleLine: Inline  # requires clang-format 9
+AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: false
+AlwaysBreakAfterDefinitionReturnType: None
+AlwaysBreakAfterReturnType: None
+AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings: false
+AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: false
+BinPackArguments: true
+BinPackParameters: true
+BraceWrapping:
+  AfterClass: false
+  AfterControlStatement: false
+  AfterEnum: false
+  AfterFunction: true
+  AfterNamespace: false
+  AfterObjCDeclaration: false
+  AfterStruct: false
+  AfterUnion: false
+  AfterExternBlock: false
+  BeforeCatch: false
+  BeforeElse: false
+  IndentBraces: false
+  SplitEmptyFunction: true
+  SplitEmptyRecord: true
+  SplitEmptyNamespace: true
+BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: None
+BreakBeforeBraces: Custom
+BreakBeforeTernaryOperators: true
+BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeColon
+BreakStringLiterals: false  # apparently unpredictable
+ColumnLimit: 80
+CompactNamespaces: false
+ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: true
+ConstructorInitializerIndentWidth: 8
+ContinuationIndentWidth: 8
+Cpp11BracedListStyle: true
+DerivePointerAlignment: false
+DisableFormat: false
+FixNamespaceComments: false
+ForEachMacros: 
+  - 'json_object_foreach'
+  - 'json_object_foreach_safe'
+  - 'json_array_foreach'
+IncludeBlocks: Preserve
+IndentCaseLabels: false
+IndentPPDirectives: None
+IndentWidth: 8
+IndentWrappedFunctionNames: false
+KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: true
+MaxEmptyLinesToKeep: 1
+NamespaceIndentation: None
+ObjCBinPackProtocolList: Auto  # requires clang-format 7
+ObjCBlockIndentWidth: 8
+ObjCSpaceAfterProperty: true
+ObjCSpaceBeforeProtocolList: true
+
+PenaltyBreakAssignment: 10
+PenaltyBreakBeforeFirstCallParameter: 30
+PenaltyBreakComment: 10
+PenaltyBreakFirstLessLess: 0
+PenaltyBreakString: 10
+PenaltyExcessCharacter: 100
+PenaltyReturnTypeOnItsOwnLine: 60
+
+PointerAlignment: Right
+ReflowComments: false
+SortIncludes: false
+SortUsingDeclarations: false
+SpaceAfterCStyleCast: false
+#SpaceAfterLogicalNot: false  # requires clang-format 9
+SpaceAfterTemplateKeyword: false
+SpaceBeforeAssignmentOperators: true
+SpaceBeforeCtorInitializerColon: true  # requires clang-format 7
+SpaceBeforeInheritanceColon: true  # requires clang-format 7
+SpaceBeforeParens: ControlStatements
+SpaceBeforeRangeBasedForLoopColon: true  # requires clang-format 7
+SpaceInEmptyParentheses: false
+SpacesBeforeTrailingComments: 1
+SpacesInAngles: false
+SpacesInCStyleCastParentheses: false
+SpacesInContainerLiterals: false
+SpacesInParentheses: false
+SpacesInSquareBrackets: false
+StatementMacros:  # requires clang-format 8
+  - 'Q_OBJECT'
+TabWidth: 8
+#TypenameMacros:  # requires clang-format 9
+#  - 'DARRAY'
+UseTab: ForContinuationAndIndentation
diff --git a/deps/blake2/.clang-format b/deps/blake2/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
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+++ b/deps/blake2/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/deps/glad/.clang-format b/deps/glad/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
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+++ b/deps/glad/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/deps/jansson/.clang-format b/deps/jansson/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/jansson/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/deps/json11/.clang-format b/deps/json11/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/json11/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/deps/libcaption/.clang-format b/deps/libcaption/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/libcaption/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/deps/lzma/.clang-format b/deps/lzma/.clang-format
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+++ b/deps/lzma/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/deps/w32-pthreads/.clang-format b/deps/w32-pthreads/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
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+++ b/deps/w32-pthreads/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/libobs/graphics/libnsgif/.clang-format b/libobs/graphics/libnsgif/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libobs/graphics/libnsgif/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/decklink/linux/decklink-sdk/.clang-format b/plugins/decklink/linux/decklink-sdk/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/decklink/linux/decklink-sdk/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/decklink/mac/decklink-sdk/.clang-format b/plugins/decklink/mac/decklink-sdk/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/decklink/mac/decklink-sdk/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/.clang-format b/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/librtmp/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/obs-qsv11/bits/.clang-format b/plugins/obs-qsv11/bits/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/obs-qsv11/bits/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/obs-qsv11/libmfx/.clang-format b/plugins/obs-qsv11/libmfx/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/obs-qsv11/libmfx/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/win-capture/d3d8-api/.clang-format b/plugins/win-capture/d3d8-api/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/win-capture/d3d8-api/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/win-ivcam/.clang-format b/plugins/win-ivcam/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/win-ivcam/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true
diff --git a/plugins/win-mf/.clang-format b/plugins/win-mf/.clang-format
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index 000000000..6420a4688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/win-mf/.clang-format
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+Language: Cpp
+SortIncludes: false
+DisableFormat: true