---
title: Install OBS Studio (unofficial) on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of OBS Studio (unofficial) for on CentOS - Free
  and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/obs-studio/centos
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# Install OBS Studio (unofficial) on **CentOS**

# OBS Studio (unofficial) (obs-studio)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/obs-studio/centos#install)

#### Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

OBS Studio is software designed for capturing, compositing, encoding, recording, and streaming video content, efficiently.

\*\*NOTE: This is a community-supported modified build of OBS Studio; please file issues on the Snapcrafters GitHub: [https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues\*\*](https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues**)

**Batteries included**

The snap of OBS studio comes pre-loaded with some extra features:

* Supports **nvenc (NVIDIA) and VA-API (AMD & Intel) accelerated video encoding**.
* **Advanced Scene Switcher** plugin; an automated scene switcher
* **Browser** plugin; CEF-based OBS Studio browser plugin
* **Directory Watch Media** plugin; filter you can add to a media source to load the oldest or newest file in a directory.
* **Dynamic Delay** plugin; filter for dynamic delaying a video source.
* **Freeze Filter** plugin; freeze a source using a filter.
* **GStreamer** plugins; feed GStreamer launch pipelines into OBS Studio and use GStreamer encoder elements.
* **Move Transition** plugin; move sources to a new position during a scene transition.
* **NDI** plugin; Network A/V via NewTek's NDI.
* **RGB Levels** plugin; simple filter to adjust RGB levels.
* **Source Switcher** plugin; to switch between a list of sources.
* **StreamFX** plugin; collection modern effects filters and transitions.
* **Text Pango** plugin; Provides a text source rendered using Pango with multi-language support, emoji support, vertical rendering and RTL support.
* **Transition Matrix** plugin; customize Any -> One or One -> One scene transitions.
* **Waveform** plugin; audio visualization using fftw.
* **Websockets** plugin; remote-control OBS Studio through WebSockets.

**Connecting Interfaces**

For the best experience, you'll want to connect the following interfaces.

```
sudo snap connect obs-studio:alsa
sudo snap connect obs-studio:audio-record
sudo snap connect obs-studio:avahi-control
sudo snap connect obs-studio:camera
sudo snap connect obs-studio:jack1
sudo snap connect obs-studio:kernel-module-observe
```

**NDI**

If you want to use the NDI plugin you'll need to connect the Avahi Control interface.

```
snap connect obs-studio:avahi-control
```

**Virtual Camera**

Starting with OBS 26.1.0, Virtual Camera support is integrated. Here's how to install and configure `v4l2loopback`:

```
sudo snap connect obs-studio:kernel-module-observe
sudo apt -y install v4l2loopback-dkms v4l2loopback-utils
echo "options v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=13 card_label='OBS Virtual Camera'    exclusive_caps=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/v4l2loopback.conf
echo "v4l2loopback" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/v4l2loopback.conf
sudo modprobe -r v4l2loopback
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=1 video_nr=13 card_label='OBS Virtual Camera' exclusive_caps=1
```

**NOTE!** Using `video_nr` greater than 64 will not work.

**Removable Storage**

To access content on external storage, connect to the removable-media plug:

```
snap connect obs-studio:removable-media
```

**3rd Party plugins**

To install pre-compiled plugins, download and extract the plugin to
`~/snap/obs-studio/current/.config/obs-studio/plugins/`.

This is how the Input Overlay plugin looks when correctly installed:

```
/home/username/snap/obs-studio/current/.config/obs-studio/plugins/
└── input-overlay
    ├── bin
    │   └── 64bit
    │       └── input-overlay.so
    └── data
        └── locale
            ├── de-DE.ini
            ├── en-US.ini
            └── ru-RU.ini
```

If you want to use the Input Overlay plugin, you'll also need to connect the joystick interface:

```
snap connect obs-studio:joystick
```

\*\*NOTE: This is a community-supported modified build of OBS Studio; please file issues on the Snapcrafters GitHub: [https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues\*\*](https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues**)

### Package name

* obs-studio

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### License

* GPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 15 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 15 August 2026 - latest/candidate

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### Websites

* [obsproject.com](https://obsproject.com/ "https://obsproject.com/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio](https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio "https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio")
* [github.com/wimpysworld/obs-studio-portable](https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-studio-portable "https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-studio-portable")

---

### Report a bug

* [github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues](https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues "https://github.com/snapcrafters/obs-studio/issues")

---

##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/obs-studio/centos#report-snap-modal)

---

## Enable snaps on CentOS and install OBS Studio (unofficial)

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/obs-studio/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command:

```
sudo yum install epel-release
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install OBS Studio (unofficial)

To install OBS Studio (unofficial), simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install obs-studio
```

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