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			OBS Portable Mode On Linux
While migrating from Windows 10 to Linux (Bazzite), I've been trying to figure out how to get OBS running in portable mode on Linux. Running multiple instances of OBS in portable mode is integral to my streaming setup, and after much experimenting I have figured out how to achieve the equivalency of portable mode on Linux.
Here is a full list of commands used in this video along with the timestamp:
[2:23] Create HOME directory and set permissions
sudo mkdir /var/home/CAMERA
sudo chown smerkin:smerkin /var/home/CAMERA
sudo chmod u=rwx,g=,o= /var/home/CAMERA
[2:47] Flatpak launch OBS command
env HOME=/var/home/CAMERA flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=obs com.obsproject.Studio
[3:06] OBS Configuration Location
/var/home/CAMERA/.var/app/com.obsproject.Studio/config/obs-studio/
[3:37] Update KDE Menu Application
HOME=/var/home/CAMERA
[5:52] Flatpak query OBS commits
flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.obsproject.Studio
[6:12] Flatpak revert commit
sudo flatpak update --commit=4249e4245f75bbec5ad89a4bcfb2726ecbe54c7f3a642e6dbe2820ff4ac2dbc9 com.obsproject.Studio
[6:26] Flatpak list command
flatpak list
[6:36] Flatpak mask command
flatpak mask com.obsproject.Studio
[6:41] Flatpak update all
flatpak update
[6:46] Flatpak update OBS
flatpak update com.obsproject.Studio
[6:51] Flatpak remove mask
flatpak mask --remove com.obsproject.Studio
Here are the OBS Portable Mode and Launch Parameters KB Articles:
https://obsproject.com/kb/portable-mode
https://obsproject.com/kb/launch-parameters
Come drop over at Twitch when I'm streaming and say hi, my schedule can be found at this link: https://www.twitch.tv/smerkin5000/schedule
0:00 Intro
1:35 Solution Overview
2:23 Create HOME directory and set permissions
2:47 Flatpak launch OBS command
3:06 OBS Configuration Location
3:37 Update KDE Menu Application
3:50 Migrate OBS Configs
4:16 Update OBS Ini and JSON files
4:42 FilenameFormatting String
5:01 --multi Launch Parameter
5:38 Flatpak Update Overview
5:52 Flatpak query OBS commits
6:12 Flatpak revert commit
6:26 Flatpak list command
6:36 Flatpak mask command
6:41 Flatpak update all
6:46 Flatpak update OBS
6:51 Flatpak remove mask
7:17 Downside
7:36 Wrapping things up
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