How to install Open Broadcaster Software on Linux

Open Broadcaster Software(OBS) is free open source, cross-platform video recording, and live streaming software. It's absolutely free software with the rich application. It started as a small project but got popularity due to its stability and easy to use. OBS supports all streaming platforms like the twitch, mixer, youtube, and facebook etc. 

Feature of OBS

• OBS software capturing and mixing real-time audio/video with high performance. We can create pictures made up of multiple sources including window captures, images, text, browser windows, webcams and capture cards etc. 
• We can create an unlimited picture you can switch between equivalent via custom development.
• Perceptive audio mixer with per-source filters such as noise gate, noise suppression, and gain. Take full control with VST plugin support.
• Capable and easy to use configuration options. we can add new Sources, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly.

Install OBS on Linux

1 You need to install OpenGL for checking which version is supported by your system.

$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL"

2 xserver-xorg version 1.18.4 is required to avoid potential performance issues with certain features in OBS.

3 You need to install FFmpeg with this command.

$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

4 You can install OBS by these commands.

     $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
     $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install obs-studio

After Install your OBS software will be display like this.