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Out of the box Ubuntu 24.04 LTS does not show video thumbnail previews. Instead you are greeted with a video file icon. I personally prefer seeing some sort of preview as it helps quickly identify some of my gaming video clips that are titled only with the date and time (using OBS to record game play). A quick way to accomplish this is to install ffmpegthumbnailer. sudo apt install ffmpegthumbnailer As you can see, the result is video thumbnail previews are visible and it makes Ubuntu a better user experience. It should be part of the Ubuntu restricted package in my view but it isn't :D

I am currently using Ubuntu 23.10 with OBS Studio installed from the OBS Studio launch pad PPA and have an Intel Arc A770 LE 16GB graphics card. After installing OBS I was unable to use any Quick Sync encoding, the moment I click on record I would get an error that the output failed. Checking the OBS logs revealed the following: 11:20:18.315: [qsv encoder: 'advanced_video_recording'] debug info: 11:20:18.317: Failed to initialize MFX 11:20:18.317: [qsv encoder: 'msdk_impl'] Specified object/item/sync point not found. (MFX_ERR_NOT_FOUND) 11:20:18.317: [qsv encoder: 'advanced_video_recording'] qsv failed to load After a bit of online research things were pointing towards missing software packages required  for Quick Sync, specifically oneVPL. After playing around all you need to do is to install two additional software packages, these being openvpl-tools and libmfx-gen1.2. Easily achievable by issuing the following commands in a terminal: sudo apt install onevpl-t...

To help explain how this may help you, this is my setup. PlayStation 5 Sony XH90 TV ASUS CU4K30 PC Steelseries Arctis 7P+ Wireless USB headset The PlayStation 5 is connected to the ASUS CU4K30 capture device which is connected to my PC via a USB cable, and TV via a HDMI cable (PS5 passthrough etc). I then use OBS to record my game play to my PC. I do not stream my gameplay to a service such as twitch. My USB headset is connected to my PC. The problem with OBS With OBS typically after 1 hour of recording the audio in the recording will be out of sync with the video. It also seems the severity of the audio desync progressively gets worse over time. For example, in a 3 hour recording the audio is way more out of sync with the video towards the end of the recording. The only time I become aware of the audio sync issue is when playing back the video file. I have seen various ways of attempting to fix this on the internet and they all fail to work ranging from disabling buffering on the capt...

I posted this on the Bandicam forum, copying here as it is useful to know. Feedback / Suggestion - Optimise GPU load HDMI Capture Device window Quote Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:36 am Hello Team Bandicam! Thank you for Bandicam. I currently use Bandicam to record my PS5 gameplay along with an ASUS CU4K30 HDMI capture device, it works well without issue. I do not use the Bandicam HDMI capture window to view and play my PS5, I simply hide the window and switch over to my PS5 HDMI port on my screen. However, out of curiosity I was looking at GPU load when the HDMI capture window is hidden and I feel Bandicam could be better optimised to reduce GPU load when the HDMI capture window is hidden and recording. I will demonstrate my findings with screenshots. In the first screenshot, I have Bandicam open, and task manager shows the GPU load at 0%. In the seco...