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

[junglejangle]

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.

 

[AaronD]

Don't know for sure, but your problem sounds like it might be similar to this one:

OBS keeps using Intel graphics instead of Nvidia

Hello! I've been struggling to get OBS use Nvidia graphics for a while now, just so I can try out using Nvenc. Regardless of whether I choose to use Hybrid or Nvidia Graphics, OBS keeps using the Intel one. Because of this, OBS will fallback to a different format, disregarding Nvenc. Any help...

obsproject.com

I couldn't solve it, but the OP over there promised to report back on a solution once they found one. You might want to click the Watch button on that thread so you can see what happens with it.