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  1. M

    Weird UI artifact / glitch after installing OBS on Linux Mint

    Hello, I've just followed these instructions to install OBS (v26.1.1) on Mint (v20.1 - Cinnamon). After opening, my UI looks like it's glitched (see screenshot below). I'm not able to access the main menu or click on any buttons for the scene transitions / controls (nor anything that weird...
  2. cmccandless

    (Ubuntu 20.04) Virtual Camera will not start

    When I click "Start Virtual Camera", the button no longer changes to "Stop Virtual Camera", and the virtual camera is not started (not visible in system or other applications). The only thing in the logs is "Failed to start virtual camera". Logfile: https://pastebin.com/gfxi7dms
  3. joelgraff

    Playing movies during livestreams causes major issues

    I'm currently using OBS to broadcast live performances which sometimes require playing movie clips. The performances are both recorded locally and livestreamed. The main system is a Win10 box which takes a external feeds from a PTZ camera and a Presonus mixer. The Win10 system runs...
  4. C

    Ubuntu : OBS not detecting vaapi encoders

    Hi Developers, I have installed vaapi , following is output of vapinfo : libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva info: User requested driver 'i965' libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function...
  5. F

    Xcomposite Window Capture is frozen / does not update

    Xcomposite shows 1 frame, but never updates, remaining frozen. If I change one of the window capture settings, it renders a new frame, and stays frozen there again. It updates while I'm moving the window around, but not when left in one place. It captures my cursor over the window, but not...
  6. N

    Hardware Recommendation

    I'm looking into starting to play around with capturing HDMI streams (4k and 1080p); currently for later uploading to Youtube, but not for live streaming. I have a Linux server here with a couple of VMs that I might want to try using for capturing (not sure how well this will work without GPU...
  7. Azarox

    Game Capture

    Hello, I am currently on Fedora 33, I would like to use OBS to stream games, but I can only use window capture and screenshot modes, is it possible to have game captures? Sorry for my English, I'm French. Thank you !
  8. C

    High Average Time to Render

    I'm using OBS 26.0.2 on Ubuntu 20.04. My desktop resolution is 2560x1440 and I am noticing that when I use the Screen Capture (XSHM) source, my "Average time to render frame" jumps up to around 4.0ms, and I'm not sure if this is normal for linux or not. I know that in windows, with Display...
  9. yossarian

    [BUG + FIX] Black preview embed window on Linux w/ HiDPI monitors

    Hi all, I'm posting this here in case anybody else finds it helpful. I was running into an issue with OBS (both the 25.x.x and 26.x.x series) where the embedded preview widow would always be black, no matter which sources I added. The windowed and fullscreen previews worked just fine, however...
  10. D

    OBS crashes when i apply noise reduction filter

    Hi. When i apply noise reduction filter, OBS crashes OS: Kali Linux 2020.4 amd64 OBS Version: 26.0.2 Log: https://pastebin.com/5WjXKFZJ As you can see the log, no crash reference is reported in the log. It show only "User added filter "Noise reduction". Any help?
  11. R

    OBS won't start after sudo apt-get upgrade

    Hi, I was running a live stream in OBS and did a system upgrade, but when I tried to open OBS again, I got the "failed to initialize video gpu not supported linux" message. I tried the solution that I found online, running the command LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTARE=1 obs on the terminal, but it didn't...
  12. S

    HELLO EVERYONE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME ,I AM HAVING SOME ERRORS AFTER INTALLING OBS , CAN'T RUN

    Hello ,i have kali linux 2020 rolling 32 bits , after install OBS ,he can not tun judt displaying this message " FAILED TO INITIALIZE VIDEO, YOUR GPU MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED ,OR YOUR GRAPHICS DRIVERS MAY NEED BO BE UPDATED. And when in run $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open...
  13. S

    Logitech StreamCam 60 FPS Solution for OBS in Linux

    Just bought the StreamCam and was wondering why it couldnt run with 60 FPS in OBS. Probably some others have the same issue. A simple solution is to create a new video device with V42L (v4l2loopback) and a ffmpeg stream from the Webcam. first create a loopback video device sudo modprobe...
  14. Andreibalan

    costom browser docks

    add costom browser docks on linux plz
  15. N

    Loading files from NAS server not working

    So, guys I have a NAS and store everything on it. But for some reason it does not work with linux. On windows I have added the path to the server and it works but on my linux PC it does not. When giving a path to the OBS picture I do //server_ip/path/to/pic.png Any ideas?
  16. blitzkraft_

    Twitch dock is not available on version 25.0.8

    My platform is linux (sabayon, gentoo based binary distro). I am only able to stream using the stream key. Login using the password option does not even appear in my settings. Was that removed? I just wish to edit stream title and description from within obs. OBS is version 25.0.8.
  17. M

    Moving scenes and profiles from a linux box to a windows one

    I started to build an OBS Studio creation on a linux box. How can I copy it to a Windows-10 OS? Which files, where are these located on the linux (ubuntu) box? Where to put these on the Windows-10 box? Searched the web with no results... Please be kind, I have just 3 hours of experience with...
  18. omarcoscardoso

    Docas para Navegador Personalizado

    Ola pessoal, Não está aparecendo pra mim a opção de incluir uma Doca de Navegador Personalizado, tipo essa abaixo: Estou usando Linux e para mim aparece assim: O linux não suporta esse recurso?
  19. R

    Debian install from PPA broken

    Hi folks, I'm trying to install from the ubuntu PPA. Whilst I'm aware that Ubuntu != Debian - using Ubuntu PPAs on debian generally works. However, the OBS install instructions for linux appear to be broken: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio Latest stable release of OBS...
  20. BillyJBryant

    OBS Crashing when Browsing for an Image

    When I attempt to browse for an Image, OBS crashes, this was not happening yesterday (or days prior). I have rebooted, to no avail. Not entirely sure what to do here as there are no crash logs produced. I took an strace and I'm uploading that, hopefully that helps. I should also note that this...
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