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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, my $250 elgato capture card doesn't support Linux.

Which one? We use a few Elgato capture cards with OBS on Linux at work and all of them are bog-standard UVC video devices.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I think you are right about the Elgato PCI-e models not working on Linux unfortunately.

In case you are ever in the market for a new capture card in the future:

99.9% of USB capture cards work out of the box. Alternatively, if it has to be PCI-e: Blackmagic provides first-class Linux drivers for their PCI-e cards.

We use some Blackmagic cards for larger projects and for the smaller ones we use Elgato USB capture cards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

That's good to know. Hoping someone can figure it out. There's someone who got the m.2 working supposedly. Might see if I can tinker with it.