If you don't have that then please continue. When OBS is working right you'll have a Pipewire input. When you know that and you're sure it all works then this thread can be '' What I've said in this reply is reference.Įdit: If I understood you, XWayland0 isn't what you want.

Next, select Screen Capture from the pop-up menu. How to Take a Screenshot with OBS SlurpTech 11.4K subscribers Subscribe 422 34K views 2 years ago OBS OBS now allows you to take screenshots of sources.

At the bottom-left corner of the box, click on the little + button. If theres anything else you need to know to help out please ask. Open OBS and scroll down to the Sources box. Since it is now working you can type 'export' by itself in a terminal and then you can see exactly what QT_QPA_Platform is set to. Edit: Forgot to mention, Im using Window Capture. There is talk about extending XWayland so it does have access to a full desktop but that is in the future if ever. And the reason it's empty is because XWayland just does an application screen and not the full desktop. Hopefully that will just be a part of the puzzle and there won't be much else to discover.īut, long story short, the platform has to be wayland or you'll get a XWayland screen which is empty. However you do eventually get it working then the platform must be 'wayland'. The line that works for me is 'QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland' - if you use 'xcb' then you're getting an XWayland buffer which shows nothing.

We're on different desktop environments which means a different compositor - so what works for me may not work for you.

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