OBS Linux Vulkan/OpenGL game capture
OBS plugin for Vulkan/OpenGL game capture on Linux.
AUR: obs-vkcapture-git
Flatpak:
- OBS plugin: com.obsproject.Studio.Plugin.OBSVkCapture
- Capture tools: org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.OBSVkCapture
About Flatpak
If you use Flatpak OBS, you need to install Flatpak OBS plugin.
If you use Flatpak Steam, you need to install Flatpak Capture tools to be able to capture games running inside Flatpak Steam runtine.
For capturing games outside Flatpak runtime, you need native build regardless of if you are using Flatpak OBS or not.
Dependencies
- cmake
- libobs
- libvulkan
- libgl
- libegl
- libX11 (optional)
- libxcb (optional)
- libwayland-client (optional)
- wayland-scanner (optional)
Building
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make && make install
Usage
- Add
Game Captureto your OBS scene. - Start the game with capture enabled
obs-gamecapture %command%. - (Recommended) Start the game with only Vulkan capture enabled
env OBS_VKCAPTURE=1 %command%.
Known Issues
- OpenGL GLX capture doesn't work with NVIDIA driver
Troubleshooting
NVIDIA
Driver version >= 515.43.04 and nvidia-drm.modeset=1 kernel parameter are required.
No Game Capture source available in OBS 27
If you are on X11, make sure you run OBS with EGL enabled: OBS_USE_EGL=1 obs.