Do not require a valid drm plane to capture a window on amd/intel x11

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/egl.c b/src/egl.c
index 2ad4f85..2c139e6 100644
--- a/src/egl.c
+++ b/src/egl.c
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ static bool gsr_egl_load_gl(gsr_egl *self, void *library) {
 // }
 
 bool gsr_egl_load(gsr_egl *self, Display *dpy, bool wayland, bool is_monitor_capture) {
-    (void)is_monitor_capture;
     memset(self, 0, sizeof(gsr_egl));
     self->x11.dpy = dpy;
     self->context_type = GSR_GL_CONTEXT_TYPE_EGL;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 367a81b..3674e94 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1442,8 +1442,8 @@ static void list_supported_video_codecs() {
     card_path[0] = '\0';
     if(wayland || egl.gpu_info.vendor != GSR_GPU_VENDOR_NVIDIA) {
         // TODO: Allow specifying another card, and in other places
-        if(!gsr_get_valid_card_path(&egl, card_path)) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: no /dev/dri/cardX device found. If you are running GPU Screen Recorder with prime-run then try running without it\n");
+        if(!gsr_get_valid_card_path(&egl, card_path, false)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: no /dev/dri/cardX device found. If you are running GPU Screen Recorder with prime-run then try running without it. Also make sure that you have at least one connected monitor or record a single window instead on X11\n");
             _exit(2);
         }
     }
@@ -2017,8 +2017,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     egl.card_path[0] = '\0';
     if(wayland || egl.gpu_info.vendor != GSR_GPU_VENDOR_NVIDIA) {
         // TODO: Allow specifying another card, and in other places
-        if(!gsr_get_valid_card_path(&egl, egl.card_path)) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: no /dev/dri/cardX device found. If you are running GPU Screen Recorder with prime-run then try running without it\n");
+        if(!gsr_get_valid_card_path(&egl, egl.card_path, is_monitor_capture)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error: no /dev/dri/cardX device found. If you are running GPU Screen Recorder with prime-run then try running without it. Also make sure that you have at least one connected monitor or record a single window instead on X11\n");
             _exit(2);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 40d652e..b9995e8 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -423,10 +423,10 @@ static void string_copy(char *dst, const char *src, int len) {
     dst[min_len] = '\0';
 }
 
-bool gsr_get_valid_card_path(gsr_egl *egl, char *output) {
+bool gsr_get_valid_card_path(gsr_egl *egl, char *output, bool is_monitor_capture) {
     if(egl->dri_card_path) {
         string_copy(output, egl->dri_card_path, 127);
-        return try_card_has_valid_plane(output);
+        return is_monitor_capture ? try_card_has_valid_plane(output) : true;
     }
 
     for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {