OBS captures screen but not window in Sway

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  • xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

    xdg-desktop-portal backend for wlroots

    • From xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

  • obs-vkcapture

    OBS Linux Vulkan/OpenGL game capture

    • There are no way to solve this unless the feature is implemented. You can try using other method to capture windows like [obs-vkcapture](https://github.com/nowrep/obs-vkcapture)

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  • screen-share-sway

    Discontinued Screen Sharing with OBS Studio on Arch Linux and Sway

    • If not, you could try the instructions in this page: https://github.com/hw0lff/screen-share-sway

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