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  1. notruthsaga

    hided minimized windows under capture (31.1.1)

    hallo. a recent update has changed this function, where now minimized windows are not hidden from the recorder when minimized, and have to be hidden directly thru the 'hide/show' toggle for each capture source. I have looked in configuration and there is no option for 'capture/do not capture...
  2. Q

    The Usage of dGPU (Nvidia) Freezes My Webcam While Recording/Streming (I Beg For Help)

    Hello, I have a bit of a long story, and I'll try to keep it as short as possible. I've visited every forum, tried every setting, I'm exhausted, exhausted, and I want to cry. Please help me. First, let me share my system information: I'm using CachyOS. I'm using an MSI laptop. I have an Intel...
  3. Paul Williamson

    Problem with virtualbox on openSUSE Leap 15.6

    Hello! I need your help. I’m using Linux openSUSE Leap 15.6. Last night, I was working on a virtual machine when the power suddenly went out. After this unexpected shutdown, I can no longer start my Windows 10 virtual machine in VirtualBox 7.0. It contains very important files. Based on the...
  4. F

    OBS Lua Linux Play Sound on Save Replay Buffer With Volume Control 2025-07-08

    This is just an edit of an edit of the plugin by upgradeQ and Gima. Originally edited by cwypt to add the feature of changing the audio file's volume, now made to work on Linux by me. - I am using Kubuntu 25.04, but the script should work on almost any other system regardless of OBS install...
  5. Z

    Dual-PC setup for streaming

    Hi, I'm about to purchase a linux laptop without discrete graphics for work and I'm wondering if there is any way I can use it to squeeze some extra performance out of my gaming PC which run Windows with a 3080Ti. This PC doesn't have great thermals and I just want to know if the laptop can take...
  6. S

    WebSocket 5.5

    Hi, I seem to be getting a pre-5.0.0 plugin protocol error when attempting to send to OBS's websocket endpoint: I was able to successfully connect which leaves me with the following json message: I can see my connected websocket session in the OBS WebSocket Server Settings, but when sending...
  7. W

    Linux Browser Plugin

    Hello everyone I want to show alerts from StreamLabs in OBS but with the Linux Browser Plugin it doesnt work. With Flatpak it worked but i need the native version for plugins. Can somebody help me
  8. C

    Installing on Linux

    Hi guys, I am new here and thanks for this opportunity. Is there any link to a tutorial on how to install on linux server? I made an attempt and could not figure out how to access it online. Kindly help. Thank you!
  9. F

    Help with recent Mint installation

    Hey guys! I'm kind of newbie in Linux and OBS and need some help here. I use to run OBS normally on my ZORIN but had to re-install the OS on my notebook and decided for MINT this time. All working good, used the software manager to install OBS (not the Flatpak version, the DEB one), opened...
  10. TheGeekFreaks

    OBS Python Auto-Fullscreener - Advanced Multi-Monitor Projector Management 1.0

    Source Code URL: https://github.com/The-Geek-Freaks/Auto-Fullscreener Minimum OBS Studio Version: 31.0 Supported Platforms: Windows Mac OS X Linux A powerful Python script that automates and enhances OBS Studio's projector functionality. Perfect for streamers, content creators, and...
  11. nambona890

    Trying to record results in "Couldn't initialize muxer", "os_process_pipe_write for info structure failed"

    I'm running Nobara Linux, using the package version of OBS Studio, and when I try to record a video I get an error less than 30 seconds into the recording saying "Couldn't initialize muxer", and it stops recording. Looking at the logs, the specific error given by ffmpeg is "os_process_pipe_write...
  12. N

    OBS fails to start virtual camera

    I have installed OBS studio on gentoo, and it fails to start virtual camera and displays an error message saying Starting output failed. Update video drivers System using Nvidia proprietary drivers, and it's up-to-date. Reference of relevant package-versions installed ...
  13. amiroof

    couldn't initialize muxer

    I have been using obs for recording for like two months now. yesterday I suddenly started getting this random error and lost a good portion of my recordings. there dosen't seem to be a particular reason for it to happen. it just happens sometimes and other times the record works fine. here is...
  14. Fernando M. Muniz

    Bug: When changing from a 1080P monitor to a 4K TV through HDMI, OBS zooms on the top-right corner by default, instead of recording the whole screen.

    Ideally the default should be to record the whole 4K screen at 1080P, instead of zooming into 1080P. Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0 Qt Version: 6.7.3 Kernel Version: 6.11.3-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × 11th Gen...
  15. S

    OBS Virtual Camera not showing/Failed to start solution

    I did have to go to a wild ride to solve this, every post/person/guide that tries to help solving did not help me fix it, at the end i managed, although i am not certain what the root of all the problems was. I asked gpt to make a step by step of what worked for me at least if it can help...
  16. O

    OBS Studio: How to install plugins?

    Greetings 1. I downloaded and installed OBS studio from package manager 2. How do I install a plugin for the application from a place such as this? https://github.com/kounoike/obs-virtual ... tag/v1.2.0 3. I went here for tutorial but I couldn't find the proper directory...
  17. P

    OBS studio crashing on startup.

    So I tried deleting the obs configs. It works fine, but when i close and open obs again, it start to crash.
  18. E

    Is Window Capture known to be non-performant on Linux?

    Is Window Capture known to be non-performant on Linux? - There are Scenes like "Interview", "Timer", "Schedule", "Project Demos" - Each Scene has the same Source: a Window Capture of a Chrome browser that is on the page localhost:3000/threejs i.e., each scene has a background threejs webapp...
  19. R

    "Browser Source" source missing in Ubuntu 24

    The "Browser Source" source element is missing from OBS on Ubuntu 24. See screenshot attached. Log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/0iNvcTzOQFXDlsrN OBS version: 30.0.2.1-3build1 OS version: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS Kernel: 6.8.0-41-generic
  20. J

    [NEWBIE] How do I get NVENC on OBS on linux?

    I have an rtx 3060, and I've recently installed fedora 40 kde plasma, I have installed OBS studio but the only shown encoders are software? Please help.
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