From 82791e5525b718be25455cba5b0ef6a4889fd23b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dec05eba Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:08:36 +0100 Subject: Improve readme troubleshooting --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5a1fc6b..18915fb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ The plugin does everything on the GPU and gives the texture to OBS, but OBS does ## How is this different from using FFMPEG with x11grab and nvenc? FFMPEG only uses the GPU with CUDA when doing transcoding from an input video to an output video, and not when recording the screen when using x11grab. So FFMPEG has the same fps drop issues that OBS has. ## It tells me that my AMD/Intel GPU is not supported or that my GPU doesn't support h264/hevc, but that's not true! -Some linux distros (such as manjaro and fedora) disable hardware accelerated h264/hevc on AMD/Intel because of "patent license issues". If you are using an arch-based distro then you can install mesa-git instead of mesa and if you are using another distro then you may have to switch to a better distro. On fedora based distros you can follow this: [Hardware Accelerated Codec](https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia). +Some linux distros (such as manjaro and fedora) disable hardware accelerated h264/hevc on AMD/Intel because of "patent license issues". If you are using an arch-based distro then you can install mesa-git instead of mesa and if you are using another distro then you may have to switch to a better distro. On fedora based distros you can follow this: [Hardware Accelerated Codec](https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia).\ +If you installed GPU Screen Recorder flatpak then you can try installing mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command: `flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra` ## I have an old nvidia GPU that supports nvenc but I get a cuda error when trying to record Newer ffmpeg versions don't support older nvidia cards. Try installing GPU Screen Recorder flatpak from [flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder) instead. It comes with an older ffmpeg version which might work for your GPU. ## I get a black screen/glitches while live streaming -- cgit v1.2.3