NVENC Codec does not load in obs. (Shared object "libnvidia-encode.so.1" not found, required by "obs")

sophr.temin · 2026-04-20T20:00:44+0100

Hello, please help me with the nvenc plant on the obs!

My characteristics
GPU - Nvidia GTX 1650 Overclocked Low Profile
OS - FreeBSD 14.4
GPU driver - nvidia-driver 595.58.03
Window Manager - bspwm

I tried changing the module's paths through the AI, but it was no use.
The AI also suggested running the recording in advanced mode and checking, but the program returned the error "Operation not permitted."

I spent more than 2-3 hours on this but nothing helped, please help!

My configs:

/etc/rc.conf

Code:

hostname="freebsd"
ifconfig_re0="inet 192.168.0.101 netmask 255.255.255.0"
defaultrouter="192.168.0.1"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="NO"
kld_list="nvidia-drm nullfs fusefs"
snd_driver_load="YES"
linux_enable="YES"

/etc/sysctl.conf

Code:

security.bsd.unprivileged_chroot=1
vfs.usermount=1
hw.snd.vpc_0db=45
hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass=1
hw.snd.default_unit=5
hw.snd.latency=2
hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality=1

/boot/loader.conf

Code:

hw.nvidiadrm.modeset=1

Issue files:

/usr/local/bin/with-glibc-shim

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# encoding: UTF-8

if ARGV.length == 0
  STDERR.puts "Run application with libc6-shim:\n\s\s[env SHIM_DEBUG=1] #{File.basename($PROGRAM_NAME)} <application> [application args]"
  exit(0)
end

SHIM_LIB64_DIR = File.join(__dir__, '../lib/libc6-shim')
SHIM_LIB32_DIR = File.join(__dir__, '../lib32/libc6-shim')

def libmap(target_dir, libdir_suffix)

  shim_path = File.expand_path(ENV['SHIM_DEBUG'] == '1' ? 'libc6-debug.so' : 'libc6.so', target_dir)

  lmap = {
    'ld-linux.so.2'        => shim_path,
    'ld-linux-x86-64.so.2' => shim_path,
    'libanl.so.1'          => shim_path,
    'libc.so.6'            => shim_path,
    'libdl.so.2'           => shim_path,
    'libm.so.6 '           => shim_path,
    'libpthread.so.0'      => shim_path,
    'libresolv.so.2'       => shim_path,
    'librt.so.1'           => shim_path,
    'libcxxrt.so.1'        => (File.expand_path('fakecxxrt.so', target_dir) if ENV['SHIM_FAKECXXRT'] == '1')
  }

  if libdir_suffix == '' && File.exist?("/lib/librt.so.1")
    lmap['bsd-librt.so.1'] = "/lib/librt.so.1"
  else
    lmap['bsd-librt.so.1'] = "/usr/lib#{libdir_suffix}/librt.so.1"
  end

  lmap.compact.map{|k, v| '%-40s %s' % [k, v]}.join("\n")
end

ENV['LD_LIBMAP']    = [libmap(SHIM_LIB64_DIR, ''),   ENV['LD_LIBMAP']   ].compact.join("\n")
ENV['LD_32_LIBMAP'] = [libmap(SHIM_LIB32_DIR, '32'), ENV['LD_32_LIBMAP']].compact.join("\n")

exec([ARGV[0]] * 2, *ARGV[1..-1])

When launching through the console, a module loading error appears.

Code:

debug: Loading module: obs-nvenc.so

error: os_dlopen(libnvidia-encode.so.1->libnvidia-encode.so.1): Shared object "libnvidia-encode.so.1" not found, required by "obs"



info: NVENC not supported

warning: Failed to initialize module 'obs-nvenc.so'

Using nv-sglrun

Code:

info: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 595.58.03, shading language 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
shim_fcntl_impl(45, 1030, ...) is not implemented
0x860cfb195 <shim_fcntl+0x3f5> at /usr/local/lib/libc6-shim/libc6.so
0x860cfae1b <shim_fcntl+0x7b> at /usr/local/lib/libc6-shim/libc6.so
0x89e0077b0 <NvGlEglGetFunctions+0x5f00> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libnvidia-eglcore.so.595.58.03
0x89e087476 <NvGlEglGetFunctions+0x85bc6> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libnvidia-eglcore.so.595.58.03
0x89e020066 <NvGlEglGetFunctions+0x1e7b6> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libnvidia-eglcore.so.595.58.03
0x89dfd41bd <_glDeterministicTPCModeDistParams+0xb63cd> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libnvidia-eglcore.so.595.58.03
0x89dff8de2 <NvGlEglApiInit+0xa52> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libnvidia-eglcore.so.595.58.03
0x89b68be38 <NvEglApiGetAccess+0x5498> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libEGL_nvidia.so.0
0x89b68c798 <NvEglApiGetAccess+0x5df8> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libEGL_nvidia.so.0
0x89b699995 <NvEglwlaf47906in+0x9885> at /compat/linux/usr/lib64/libEGL_nvidia.so.0
0x85657b3f1 <eglMakeCurrent+0x311> at /usr/local/lib/libEGL.so.1
0x89afcee66 <device_create+0x246> at /usr/local/lib/libobs-opengl.so.30
0x8283f7afe <gs_create+0x9e> at /usr/local/lib/libobs.so.30
0x8283b1370 <obs_reset_video+0x380> at /usr/local/lib/libobs.so.30
0x5aeedc <???> at /usr/local/bin/obs
0x5ab0dd <???> at /usr/local/bin/obs
0x65f717 <???> at /usr/local/bin/obs
0x830ab12f0 <__libc_start1+0x150> at /lib/libc.so.7
Abort trap                 nv-sglrun obs

I looked at this before, there was another problem with with-glibc-shim, and the error in the condition had been fixed long ago.

Thread 'obs studio nvenc encoding with nv-sglrun need a bit of help'

Dec 15, 2023

I'm trying to get obs studio working with nvenc encoding on my dell xps 15 2019 using nv-sglrun,
which should be possible according to this post on bugs.freebsd.org

"At the moment there are no native FreeBSD versions of libcuda.so/libnvidia-encode.so/libnvcuvid.so, so to actually use NVENC we need to load the Linux binaries for those libs with the help of emulators/libc6-shim and the `nv-sglrun` script from that port. Something like this:"

sudo pkg install nvidia-driver linux-nvidia-libs libc6-shim obs-studio

run nv-sglrun and obs

nv-sglrun obs

but I keep getting...

NVENC Codec does not load in obs. (Shared object "libnvidia-encode.so.1" not found, required by "obs")

sophr.temin

Thread 'obs studio nvenc encoding with nv-sglrun need a bit of help'