Questions tagged [obs-studio]
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OBS 27 has no Wayland option on Ubuntu 21.04
So, as you can see I have pipewire installed but there is no option for it. And yes, I installed OBS from its PPA that means it is up to date (27.0.1)
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Quadro K2100M OBS Studio not working
Before I updated (clean install) from 18.04 to 20.04, OBS worked fine on my Nvidia Quadro K2100M. After updating, I am met with the below messages. This happens in the launchpad and unofficial snap ...
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How do you install Obs studio on 21.04 “Hirsute Hippo”?
I downloaded Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" but I hit a does not have a Release file issue:
I couldn't work out how to raise an issue on the ppa site.
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screen recording problem in obs
I try to record a specific window but it only shows on a black screen and does not give an image, also I want to change the direction of saving videos to another disk, this does not appear in the ...
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04 blanked the OBS Studio preview windows
I've been using OBS Studio under Ubuntu 20.10 (and older) for the last four years (but at a novice level only) with Intel integrated graphics CPU. Used the "official" Ubuntu repository for ...
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Route OBS filtered audio to applications such as Zoom or Discord
I am trying to achieve this (apparently) easy task where I want the OBS filtered audio to be used as input for programs such as Zoom, Discord and similar.
On Windows I simply use Virtual Audio Cable ...
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OBS Studio window capturing(xcomposite) show black screen
I am using ubuntu groovy 20.10 on Xorg
My laptop is Asus , AMD Ryzan 7 , NVIDIA GeForce MX350
I have installed all driver packages and I have set obs studio output encoder to Software(x264) but the ...
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OBS Studio Virtual Camera won't work
I've found some guides which say that this used to be complicated, but is now as simple as
sudo apt install obs-studio && sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkms
This does indeed give me a "...
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Google meet Cam disabled when use OBS Studio
I have a problem by enabling my cam via Google meet, conference. This is happening when I am recording the meeting by OBS Studio like you can see below:
If possible I want to know why when I close ...
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No Desktop Audio in OBS Studio
I have installed the very latest OBS 26.1.1 on my Ubuntu 20.10 system (64-bit) via the official PPA.
However, no matter what I do, I cannot get the Deskop Audio channel to work, even though everything ...
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OBS studio start and stop shortcut-keys
I installed OBS studio version 25.0.3 on ubuntu 20.04 and want to make a youtube video by screen recording, but I don't want people to see when I click on stop record button in my video. So is it any ...
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ffmpeg freezes using webcam at 1080p or 60fps - Logitech Streamcam OBS Studio
I need to use my Logitech Streamcam webcam at 1080p (1920x1080) at 60fps but it neither work in OBS Studio, nor in guvcview nor if I want to save the output as a video file, ffmpeg freezes :( Thanks ...
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obs studio Windows capture show black page
I have obs studio which windows capture option was working fine and now only show black page as you can see below:
So I have tried this instruction, which could be seen below:
Click the three ...
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Trouble with OBS studio in Ubuntu 20.04
When I use OBS studio in Ubuntu there is no video shown in the Preview section - it is just black. This is not the case in Windows, so I was wanting to uninstall it then reinstall it to see if that ...
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Unable to find ScreenSharing option in Settings on Ubuntu 20.04
Other people have a screen-sharing option in the settings->sharing. But I don't have it. From this answer, I realized that the minimal installation is the root cause. Although I have tried that ...
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OBS Crashes whenever opened due to Qt error
When ever I open OBS (snap) through the GUI it will just sit there for a minute then close. But when I try to open it though the terminal I get This:
/snap/obs-studio/1171/snap/command-chain/desktop-...
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Capture Card Compatible With Ubuntu
I have a Nintendo switch docked, a samsung smart tv, and a Hp-Pavilion 17-g050nl (ENERGY STAR) notebook.
I Have been told that there is the possibility to buy a capture card, connect it to the switch, ...
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Strange openGL thing OBS freezing window capture
I am experiencing issues with OBS-Studio window capures not updating after initial loading of the source.
Using the OBS-Studio support group i managed to track the problem to the OpenGL renderer.
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Extremely low framerate (5 FPS) for high resolution webcam Aukey PC-W1
Frame rate is only 5FPS@1920X1080 for Aukey PC-W1 although the webcam is capable of 30fps at that resolution.
product page http://test.aukey.com/products/1080p-webcam-pc-w1
In some programs like VLC ...
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OBS Studio segfaults “QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it”
I am unable to run obs-studio. I typed obs-studio in command line, and I got this error message.
QApplication: invalid style override passed, ignoring it.
Available styles: Windows, Fusion
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OBS won't detect hardware render and DaVinchi Resolve won't recognize OpenGL GPU
I have an AMD RX 580 GPU and OBS won't detect hardware render AND DaVinchi Resolve won't recognize OpenGL GPU. I use the mesa drivers. Why is it not working?
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OBS black screen while recording MS Teams meeting
I am trying to record my meeting on MS teams using OBS but when I try to window capture it, the source shows up but I end up with a black screen.
A month ago I had Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my older laptop ...
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Troubleshooting graphic driver issue to run OBS Studio (Intel i5 M520)
I recently installed OBS Studio under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my laptop (a Lenovo Thinkpad T410). While I didn't encounter any issue during the installation, I am unable to run OBS Studio itself, as I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is not detecting my iGPU
I need my integrated GPU to make youtube videos, since I use it for QuickSync encoding in OBS, while I use my GeForce card for games. I don't have a very high end GeForce card so I want to avoid ...
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OBS Studio crash when start recording after install avatarify
I have installed the avatarify, before of that my OBS studio was working fine.
but after that it shows this error by this kind of setting (Error log file)
Video Encoder:NVENC
failed to open nvenc ...
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All video recording apps are blurry and slow
Problem:
My videos are blurry and laggy when I try to record myself. It effects all the recording programs from cheese to obs. For some reason Google Meet is slightly better but still suffers the lag ...
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Why are my colors separated/shifted when using obs/v4l2sink/v4l2loopback?
Im using OBS with v4l2sink and v4l2loopback to edit my video for a remote trainig.
The preview in obs looks fine, but the video has some serious color shifts in any tool I try to display the ...
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OBS Studio shows an error and does not start
my OBS-Studio(v25.8.0) download from the snap store not start. it how error. I use ubuntu 20.04.1
my terminal output.
duggal@duggal-X556UQK:~$ obs-studio
Qt: Session management error: None of the ...
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Trouble with hardware encoding on OBS on Bay Trail
I've been having trouble for a while with OBS (repository, Flatpak, and Snap versions); only software H.264 encoding is exposed. vainfo shows the following info:
libva info: VA-API version 1.7.0
libva ...
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OBS Studio - Blank Screen problem on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I installed OBS Studio from Ubuntu Software Center. I get the following error:
It looks like you haven't added any video sources yet, so you will only be outputting a blank screen. Are you sure you ...
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uBuntu 20.04 OBS black screen for Webcam
I have almost the same problem that is documented here for Windows 10, but it is in uBuntu 20.04.1 LTS, and I'm using OBS 25.0.8 64 bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXP6_kDii4 I am using a Dell ...
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Audio not detected by Pulse or OBS
I am using the Sennheiser GSP 370 wireless USB headset on Ubuntu 20.04. The device is detected by PulseAudio, and sound comes through to my ears fine when directed there.
However, the sound is not ...
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How to install VLC 64-bit version in Ubuntu?
How to install VLC (VideoLAN) 64-bit version in Ubuntu 18 (also 64-bit)?
Already installed VLC from Ubuntu Software App and also from terminal, but don't know how to specify the 64-bit version, ...
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OBS screen record stopping after awhile
I'm having headaches with OBS, I recorded things that when I started the recordings it looked fine on OBS, then upon reviewing the footage I found I'd been duped by OBS.
I got this for many ...
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NVIDIA driver not using correct OpenGL Version
I have ubuntu server 18.04 running in Proxmox with GPU passed through to the VM. I ssh into the VM with X11 forwarding and try to run OBS. It errors out with message
libGL error: failed to load driver:...
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Live videoediting for Google Hangout
I need to edit the video recorded by my webcam "on the fly" and to stream it to a Google Hangouts call. What I want to do is to remove the background of the video (and possibly substitute it ...
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OBS Studio Screen, Still Comes Black When I Running Under Xorg
After a Days I Wanted To Stream My Gaming To Youtube, But I Got A Problem: My OBS Screen is Black
I have tried this:
I Have Checked My Ubuntu Session, That Won't running Under WayLand, And Its On ...
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Streaming display over network (NDI alternative)
Setting up a live stream for a church. 2 computers, 1 for sound and 1 for the presentation/videos/etc. Trying to find a linux solution to streaming the presentation software export (that goes to the ...
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How do I automatically run modprobe v4l2loopback on boot?
I'm using OBS Studio and would like to have a virtual video output saved permanently so that it can be run when the application is launched.
This command creates the virtual output:
sudo modprobe ...
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OBS NVENC Doesn't work Out of Box on 20.04?
I just installed Kubuntu 20.04 and OBS,but NVENC doesn't seem to work for some reason even though I have nvidia-driver-390 installed and configured via System Settings.
Settings:
Error on Start ...
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Whats the best way to edit the MetaData of home videos?
I've been digitizing my home movies using OBS. I would like to edit the Metadata Seen Here:
I've looked into VLC, but any changes I make in it, dont show up here. How can I modify this data?
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obs-studio not working
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04, updated it, and then installed obs-studio from the repository, but I am getting this error:
obs studio failed to initialize video your gpu may not be supported
I ...
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None of my installed apps can capture my whole screen
When I try to stream on discord or OBS, I select the option to capture my entire screen. The only thing it shows is the cursor on a black screen. I have ffmpeg installed and I'm running Ubuntu 19.10. ...
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Problem running OBS in ubuntu studio 19.10
when I try to start I get the error message: Failed to initialize video. Your GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated.
I've searched alot about the problem but the ...
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18.04 Full screen recordings when trying to record w/OBS turn screen black
This problem is new for me and I'm new to Linux. I'm using Ubuntu Desktop 18.04. My laptop has 12gb of RAM, Corei5 8th gen, 1tb hard disk and only has ubuntu. It has Nvidia MX130 (low leve) and Intel ...
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Skype doesn't recognise v4l2loopback + gstreamer
I recently bought a full HD webcam and I'm running into some troubles using it on Ubuntu 19.10. The main issue is that I get very low fps (about 5-7) unless I run the webcam on relatively low ...
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How can you change a program's repository/install from a specific one?
I am curious for both answers since a brief google didn't show any result. But I was wondering how would you handle installing a program that has the same name in two different repositories. Or ...
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How to remove older version of OBS?
I have 2 versions of OBS in my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
One is OBS 21.0.2.-modified (or obs-studio --candidate), other is OBS studio 24.00.
The problem is when i installed the newer version, i didn't get ...
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Screencast only records a black box [duplicate]
Using Kazam or OBS to record my screen always results in a blank screen. Google searches do not show results for 19.04, only past versions. Any help?
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Error installing OBS on Ubuntu 18.04
I run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install obs-studio
After pressing the enter key to add the package and looking for ...
