Snapcrafter OBS Studio (Version 27.1.3) Snapcrafters -- or -- Flatpak OBS Studio (Version 27.2.4)

[olliobs]

Hello,

should as noob prefer Snapcrafter OBS Studio (Version 27.1.3) Snapcrafters -- or -- Flatpak OBS Studio (Version 27.2.4) ?

Install OBS Studio on Linux | Flathub

Live stream and record videos

flathub.org

Install OBS Studio on Linux | Snap Store

Get the latest version of OBS Studio for Linux - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

snapcraft.io

some extra features

Batteries included


The snap of OBS studio comes pre-loaded with some extra features:

• Supports nvenc (NVIDIA) and VA-API (AMD & Intel) accelerated video encoding.
• Advanced Scene Switcher plugin; an automated scene switcher
• Browser plugin; CEF-based OBS Studio browser plugin
• Directory Watch Media plugin; filter you can add to a media source to load the oldest or newest file in a directory.
• Dynamic Delay plugin; filter for dynamic delaying a video source.
• Freeze Filter plugin; freeze a source using a filter.
• gPhoto plugin; connect DSLR cameras with obs-studio via gPhoto.
• GStreamer plugins; feed GStreamer launch pipelines into OBS Studio and use GStreamer encoder elements.
• Move Transition plugin; move sources to a new position during a scene transition.
• NDI plugin; Network A/V via NewTek's NDI.
• NvFBC plugin; screen capture via NVIDIA FBC API. Requires NvFBC patches for Nvidia drivers for consumer-grade GPUs.
• RGB Levels plugin; simple filter to adjust RGB levels.
• Source Switcher plugin; to switch between a list of sources.
• Spectralizer plugin; audio visualization using fftw.
• StreamFX plugin; collection modern effects filters and transitions.
• Text Pango plugin; Provides a text source rendered using Pango with multi-language support, emoji support, vertical rendering and RTL support.
• Transition Matrix plugin; customize Any -> One or One -> One scene transitions.
• VNC Source plugin; VNC viewer that works as a source.
• Websockets plugin; remote-control OBS Studio through WebSockets.

What is the besser choice and why?

My intention is to get a working " OBS virtual black background".

Thank's
olliobs

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[Tuna]

Flatpak is supported by the OBS team, Snap is not.

 

[tomachi]

At least with Flatpak you don't get annoying virtual drives.
Snap is an abomination, and makes the Linux Desktop seem inferior, forcing containerisation at too intense a level for most people. Only big companies support snap probably because they don't have to use it, and don't mind sandboxing their users. I'm religiously opposed to snap. See: https://tomachi.co/review-snap-linux-app-format/

Bare metal install always seems the fastest for all apps.

I found OBS running natively in Linux Mint / Zorin OS / AV Linux was the fastest. But now I'm struggling to get it running natively on Kubuntu 22: I've just installed Kubuntu and removed snapd, but OBS installed natively does not work (Segmentation fault on clean install of 22.04.1).

So I am now gonna try the Flatpak.