Window Capture no longer working

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yfkimi

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Hi,

I haven't streamed since February, and between then and now, I switched my motherboard on my computer because the WiFi chip in the old motherboard failed.

My previous motherboard: GigaByte B450M DS3H WiFi v2

My new (current) motherboard: MSI B550M Pro-VDH WiFi

However, when I open OBS now, my scenes/transitions appear laggy, and when I try to add a new Window Capture (or Browser Source), nothing appears.

I tried updating to Linux Mint 22.3, updating all the packages, updating UEFI/bios, creating a new scene collection, and reinstalling OBS, but the problem persists.

Here is my system information:
OBS Studio 32.1.2
Code: 
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-117-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550M PRO-VDH WIFI (MS-7C95) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.O0
    date: 04/16/2026
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 0 cache:
    L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3969 high: 3975 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3958 2: 3958
    3: 3975 4: 3974 5: 3974 6: 3974 7: 3975 8: 3975 9: 3975 10: 3974 11: 3960 12: 3960
    bogomips: 86406
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A arch: Ampere pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2503 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: AVerMedia Live Gamer EXTREME 3 driver: snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4-2:2 chip-ID: 07ca:3551 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: swrast gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 9 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: cpu driver: N/A
    device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Shure MV7 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 14ed:1012 class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-4:3 chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: AVerMedia Live Gamer EXTREME 3 driver: snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4-2:2 chip-ID: 07ca:3551 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-117-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter driver: mt7921e v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000
    bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:8 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
    sub-v: 2402 hci-v: 11 rev: 1910 class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 458.56 GiB (24.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P310SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V8CR001 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 458.55 GiB (50.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-5:4 info: ROYUAN Akko Multi-modes Keyboard-B type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 498mA
    chip-ID: 3151:4003 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-6:5 info: Areson Corp Akko 2.4G Wireless Keyboard type: keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 25a7:2420 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-2: 1-7:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-8:7 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c95 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-9:8 info: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 3
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0e8d:0616 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Shure MV7 type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 14ed:1012 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam type: video,audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 046d:08e5 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-2:2 info: AVerMedia Live Gamer EXTREME 3 type: video,audio,HID
    driver: snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo interfaces: 5 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 power: 896mA
    chip-ID: 07ca:3551 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 86.5 C mobo: 46.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2448 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2435 pm: flatpak pkgs: 13
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.sources
    1: deb https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.72 GiB used: 4.82 GiB (7.7%)
  Processes: 359 Power: uptime: 27m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep wakeups: 0
    hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34

And attached is my recent OBS log.
 

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For one thing: Your NVIDIA driver isn't loaded:
yfkimi said:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A
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Thus OpenGL is using software (LLVM pipeline) to render. This will _definitely_ make things slow. I got this from your log:
17:49:46.807: Initializing OpenGL...
17:49:46.951: Unable to open DRM render node.
17:49:46.951: Loading up OpenGL on adapter Mesa llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.8, 256 bits)
17:49:46.951: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 26.0.5 (git-e4bd78e80a), shading language 4.50
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So you need to install an NVIDIA driver at least.

That said - I would have thought that capture would work in software; but you are getting OpenGL errors in the log, so perhaps there has been a regression somewhere. None the less, if you get the NVIDIA driver working, that should take care of it.
 
stephematician said:
For one thing: Your NVIDIA driver isn't loaded:

Thus OpenGL is using software (LLVM pipeline) to render. This will _definitely_ make things slow. I got this from your log:


So you need to install an NVIDIA driver at least.

That said - I would have thought that capture would work in software; but you are getting OpenGL errors in the log, so perhaps there has been a regression somewhere. None the less, if you get the NVIDIA driver working, that should take care of it.
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Hello,

Thank you for your reply. I managed to get my computer to use my GPU elsewhere by adding a nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 kernel parameter and disabling secure boot. However, it seems like OBS is still not recognizing my GPU.

I forgot to mention in my initial post, but I did try changing my driver from nvidia-driver-595-open (recommended) to nvidia-driver-580-open, but the problem persisted. After seeing your reply and disabling secure boot, I tried switching back to the recommended driver but the problem persists.

Attached is my recent OBS log.
 

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Interesting! Definitely seems like something is off with respect to the NVIDIA drivers.

1. You might want to check the logs in `/var/log/apt` to check that it installed successfully?
2. I'd probably check `dmesg` for errors and also have a look at `eglinfo - B` to see if the NVIDIA device is at least recognised outside of OBS.

There are also the NVIDIA forums and Mint forums, too - maybe reach out to a few places and see what comes back? This might not be an OBS-only problem.
 
stephematician said:
Interesting! Definitely seems like something is off with respect to the NVIDIA drivers.

1. You might want to check the logs in `/var/log/apt` to check that it installed successfully?
2. I'd probably check `dmesg` for errors and also have a look at `eglinfo - B` to see if the NVIDIA device is at least recognised outside of OBS.

There are also the NVIDIA forums and Mint forums, too - maybe reach out to a few places and see what comes back? This might not be an OBS-only problem.
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Thank you for the suggestions. The driver appears to have been installed correctly from the logs.

I've attached the outputs from `dmesg` and `eglinfo -B` - the later of which has given me errors. I will also be posting about this on the NVIDIA and Mint forums as well (thank you for suggesting this!)
 

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Hello,

I wanted to update to announce that I managed to solve this issue. I uninstalled the flatpak version of OBS. Then, I tried installing the Mint System Package version of OBS and noticed it was able to pick up my GPU without issue. Then, when I uninstalled that and reinstalled the flatpak version of OBS, it was able to pick up my GPU just fine.
 
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