Re: [2/2] [new port] multimedia/obs-studio

On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 20:50:00 +0300
Daniil Ryvkin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 10:51:41AM -0500, izzy Meyer wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 18:10:15 +0300
> > Daniil Ryvkin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > This adds a port for OBS Studio 32.1.2, a free and open source
> > > application for live streaming and screen recording.
> > > 
> > > Requires devel/simde (submitted separately).
> > > 
> > > Disabled: browser source (CEF), WebRTC, MPEG-TS output (SRT/RIST),
> > > obs-websocket, virtual camera output.
> > > 
> > > Tested on X11 (spectrwm). Screen capture (XSHM and Xcomposite),
> > > audio (sndio) recording, webcam capture, x264 and VAAPI encoding,
> > > file recording and streaming (RTMP) all work.
> > > 
> > > PipeWire screen capture (Wayland sessions) is implemented but
> > > could use testing from someone running a Wayland compositor.
> > 
> > Tested on amd64, using StumpWM on Xenocara.
> > 
> > I recorded a quick screencap of my session with my webcam in the
> > corner in X264 mp4 format. Seemed to work fine. I had trouble
> > getting the sndio mic input to work on my end, though. I tried
> > setting it to snd/mon when my server.mode was play,mon. No mic was
> > picked up. Its probably something on my end cos my audio situation
> > is screwy right now.
> > 
> > Thanks for the port.
> > 
> > -- 
> > iz (she/her)
> > 
> > > I say mundane things
> > > so the uninteresting
> > > just might get noticed.
> > 
> > izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for testing!
> 
> Regarding the sndio mic issue: snd/mon is a monitor device for
> capturing desktop audio (playback loopback), not microphone input.
> For microphone recording, use snd/0 (built in) or snd/1 (USB mic).
> 
> Also make sure audio recording is enabled at the kernel level:
> 	sysctl kern.audio.record=1
> 

I had that sysctl set. I had a brain fart when reading your pkg-message.
Perhaps this information in the pkg-message would be better in a
pkg-readme for easy access after install, and perhaps other quirks that
may be useful to the end-user?

-- 
iz (she/her)

> I say mundane things
> so the uninteresting
> just might get noticed.

izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org