This is guide howto install OBS Studio 27.1.3 [stable / edge] on Fedora 35/34 [Xorg or Wayland support]. OBS Studio is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. I use here Snapcrafters (Snap) version of OBS Studio, which is community-supported modified build of OBS Studio. Screen capture in a Wayland session is at least available edge channel, in video I test to use NVIDIA NVENC with Xorg (X11) / XWayland.
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Note: If you have snapd already installed, then you can skip steps 2-4.
Install OBS Studio 27.1.3 on Fedora 35/34
1. Change root User
su -
## OR ##
sudo -i
2. Install Snapd
dnf install snapd
3. Start and enable needed services
systemctl start snapd.seeded.service
systemctl start snapd.service
systemctl enable snapd.seeded.service
systemctl enable snapd.service
4. Enable Classic Snap Support
ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
At this point, log out and back in or reboot your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
5. Install OBS Studio Stable/Edge
Wayland support is available on Edge Channel.
## Install OBS Studio Stable ##
snap install obs-studio
## Install OBS Studio Edge ##
snap install obs-studio --edge
6. Connect Interfaces
## Removable Storage ##
snap connect obs-studio:removable-media
## ALSA & Jack audio ##
snap connect obs-studio:alsa
snap connect obs-studio:jack1
## Audio Record ##
snap connect obs-studio:audio-record
## NDI ##
snap connect obs-studio:avahi-control
## Camera ##
snap connect obs-studio:camera
## gPhoto ##
snap connect obs-studio:raw-usb
## Browser Process Control ##
snap connect obs-studio:kernel-module-observe
## Browser Password and Keys ##
snap connect obs-studio:password-manager-service
## Input Overlay ##
snap connect obs-studio:joystick
7. OBS Studio + NVIDIA NVENC [Optional]
Install latest NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 35/34. NVIDIA drivers is not (yet) working for video encoding with Wayland.
7.1. Load nvidia-uvm module
## Load nvidia-uvm for current session ##
modprobe nvidia-uvm
## Load nvidia_uvm every boot ##
echo "nvidia_uvm" >> /etc/modules-load.d/nvidia-uvm.conf
7.2. Add OBS Studio user(s) to video group
usermod -aG video [username]
## Example ##
usermod -aG video inttf
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