Question / Help Transferring OBS Setup from Windows to Linux

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Long story short - we've selected a Linux setup with OBS for our show. We currently use another PC with Windows 7 and we are trying to go with a setup on Linux Mint that uses less resources.

I know on Windows if you move the obs-studio in App data over to a new PC, all your settings, etc transfer over as normal.
Is there an easy way to also do this in a Linux environment?

 

[vapeahoy]

a blank copy over isn't going to work. It may be compatible if you can copy over without the format of files being re-encoded, ie ascii/binary format. I copied over mine but it had errors, so i just re-did it. I didn't bother investigate it too much tho, since it was a simple matter of just typing in what i had already written down. If i was to try it again i'd ssh copy it over, instead of a direct copy. It could work.

 

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good to know, thanks. I guess my question is, where is the location in linux that it installs to? Like Windows uses C:/user/App Data / Roaming... where does the obs-studio go in a linux install?

 

[vapeahoy]

Well that can be anywhere you like actually, as it can be for windows. default is probably under home in hidden obs data folder. It may vary pending on your distro but prolly /home/.obs somethingsomething

 

[shaolin]

OBS Studio's settings can be found in the following OS specific locations - Windows: WinKey+R > %APPDATA%\obs-studio | macOS: Cmd+Shift+G > ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio | Linux: ~/.config/obs-studio