OBS Studio is a fantastic bit of open source software for livestreamers, but the Linux version has been plagued with crashing often when capturing a window—no more!
On top of a multitude of general improvements, the Linux specific stuff is below:
A major improvement for people using OBS Studio to record videos is that the video will no longer be cut-off at the end (something I found and it was annoying as hell).
See the release notes here.
On top of a multitude of general improvements, the Linux specific stuff is below:
Quote0.15.0 Linux-Specific Changes:
Fixed the long-standing crashes with linux window capture
Fixed a bug were window capture would not display window titles with the right text encoding
A major improvement for people using OBS Studio to record videos is that the video will no longer be cut-off at the end (something I found and it was annoying as hell).
See the release notes here.
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Sorry for kind of unrelated question but version 15.0 on my machine doesn't show "Game" in list of possible sources - do I have to install some library or plug-in? I used "Window" and it worked with XCOM: Enemy Unknown but didn't with e.g. Limbo...
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Sorry for kind of unrelated question but version 15.0 on my machine doesn't show "Game" in list of possible sources - do I have to install some library or plug-in? I used "Window" and it worked with XCOM: Enemy Unknown but didn't with e.g. Limbo...Do you mean when selecting a source for the Window capture the game isn't listed?
Works fine for me:
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Sorry for kind of unrelated question but version 15.0 on my machine doesn't show "Game" in list of possible sources - do I have to install some library or plug-in? I used "Window" and it worked with XCOM: Enemy Unknown but didn't with e.g. Limbo...Do you mean when selecting a source for the Window capture the game isn't listed?
Works fine for me:
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In the Windows version, there is a capture option labelled "Game". It is basically a preset mode for capturing gaming. It's not in the Linux version for some reason.
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Does this release finally fix the issue where the desktop locks up if you're using it with the open source AMD driver? 'Cause it's been well over a year since that bug was introduced and the only time someone mentioned it on the forums their response was basically "not our fault".
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That "Game" label is for DirectX applications.Sorry for kind of unrelated question but version 15.0 on my machine doesn't show "Game" in list of possible sources - do I have to install some library or plug-in? I used "Window" and it worked with XCOM: Enemy Unknown but didn't with e.g. Limbo...Do you mean when selecting a source for the Window capture the game isn't listed?
Works fine for me:
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In the Windows version, there is a capture option labelled "Game". It is basically a preset mode for capturing gaming. It's not in the Linux version for some reason.
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