Question / Help Is OpenGL Required For RTMP?

[Rayj]

I am not any kind of expert with Linux graphics, or video for that matter. I am assuming OpenGL has something to do with the graphic card? My question is I'd like to try OBS from a remote linux box, using RTMP only. Is OpenGL required to do that?

Thanks,

Ray

 

[Dilaz]

No, those things are not related at all.

OBS requires OpenGL for the scene rendering. If you just want a linux box to stream a video or restream something, use ffmpeg instead

 

[Rayj]

Yes, I want to stream to Facebook and/or Youtube. Remote videos will be from "Media Source" and not a video capture device.

I'm trying to start OBS on Ubuntu 16.04 and I an getting the followng error:

info: Initializing OpenGL...
error: ARB_GLX_create_context not supported!
error: Failed to create context!
error: device_create (GL) failed
error: Failed to initialize video. Your GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated.
info: Freeing OBS context data

Ideas?

 

[David Carver]

Yes, I want to stream to Facebook and/or Youtube. Remote videos will be from "Media Source" and not a video capture device.

I'm trying to start OBS on Ubuntu 16.04 and I an getting the followng error:

info: Initializing OpenGL...
error: ARB_GLX_create_context not supported!
error: Failed to create context!
error: device_create (GL) failed
error: Failed to initialize video. Your GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated.
info: Freeing OBS context data

Ideas?

As stated in another thread OBS requires OpenGL. So yes, you need opengl to be working in order to run OBS.