Bug 473653 - OBS Studio - Only shows a Black Screen when trying to record either Monitors or App Windows under KDE Plasma Wayland on my Intel PC
Summary: OBS Studio - Only shows a Black Screen when trying to record either Monitors ...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: xdg-desktop-portal-kde
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.27.7
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2023-08-22 19:56 UTC by Ben
Modified: 2025-06-22 03:47 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Ben 2023-08-22 19:56:07 UTC
SUMMARY
OBS SCREEN RECORDING TESTS:



FlatPak
OBS VERSION: 29.1.3



KDE PLASMA - X11
OBS - Screen Capture (XSHM)

GNOME - WAYLAND:

RESULT:

OBS Sees the screen contents for all screens/monitors
Recording: Successful recording and playback of recording



KDE PLASMA - WAYLAND - NEW USER ACCOUNT:

The "Choose which screens to share with OBS Studio:"
window only shows generic template images representing
the monitors in front of the monitor Models

Both the properties window and main OBS screen display
black

All screens/monitors for OBS show black - unless i physically disconnect
my video card from my computer
In that case OBS successfully shows all connected monitors

NOTE: Recently the 'PipeWire' option is missing from the OBS input options list on my less recent user account


**** OBS WILL RECORD ANY/ALL SCREENS/MONITORS FINE UNDERWAYLAND IF I DISCONNECT MY VIDEO CARD FROM MY PC ****
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PCI-E VIDEO CARD DETAILS:
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"PITCAIRN"

ATI Radeon
Model: "ATI Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP]"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open OBS
2.  Select 'Add source' > screen Capture (PipeWire)
3. Select Screen/Monitor you want to record:

OBSERVED RESULT:

OBS only shows you as black screen for screen/monitor


EXPECTED RESULT:

Should be able to see contents of screen/monitor and record it


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS:

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230821
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.109.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.4.11-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 11.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: PITCAIRN


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - OLD RELATED BUGS:

can't select a pipewire display or window to record in wayland (obs)
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451236

Cannot record the screen with OBS Studio from flathub on Wayland
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456485

xdg-desktop-portal-kde crashed when i allowed flatpak OBS Studio to record
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437852

Spectacle thinks that OBS Studio and VokoscreenNG screen recorders are not installed but they are
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417575


[Wayland] xdg-desktop-portal-kde crashing when running OBS-Studio
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453069

OBS crashes in ScreenCastSession::setStreams() when monitor for screen capture (pipewire) is changed
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459693

Incompatibility with OBS
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445728

kwin_wayland crashes in KWin::ScreenCastStream::enqueue() when screen recording with OBS 29.1 beta
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467959

OBS Studio from flathub crashes after choosing the screen to share
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464593
Comment 1 postix 2025-05-23 12:25:12 UTC
Thank you for the bug report. Can we ask you to please check if this is still an issue with a more recent version, such as Plasma 6.3.5?
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-07 03:47:51 UTC
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-22 03:47:24 UTC
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.