cheako / obs-vkcapture

OBS Linux Vulkan/OpenGL game capture

OBS Linux Vulkan/OpenGL game capture

OBS plugin for Vulkan/OpenGL game capture on Linux.

Requires OBS 27. On X11 you need to explicitly enable EGL: OBS_USE_EGL=1 obs.

AUR: obs-vkcapture-git

Building

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib ..
make && make install

Usage

1. Add Game Capture to your OBS scene.
2. Start the game with capture enabled

Vulkan

obs-vkcapture game

OpenGL

obs-glcapture game

Known Issues

• Only supports capturing one game at a time
• Requires VK_EXT_external_memory_dma_buf - not available in NVIDIA proprietary driver