OBS Flatpak outperforming eopkg / OBS plugins (Game Capture)

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Since a few months ago (sorry cannot pinpoint how long) OBS Studio recordings using the native eopkg OBS Window Capture drop frames no matter what I try, while it typically can handle anything I throw at it on other setups. If I compare the same scene or a similar recording the Solus based one is unacceptable. Usually (on other distros) even with intensive games OBS stats menu reports exactly 0 dropped frames out of thousands recorded, for example here from my Arch system (not actual data from a recording but just quick example for reference):

On eopkg OBS, when I record using Window Capture or Screen Capture, the little counters there go in the hundreds and turn red. I have no idea why. This does not happen using OBS Flatpak. On OBS Flatpak with Solus, it works as well as it does on Arch with zen kernel, back to 0 dropped frames. Not sure what I can do to help narrow down what the cause is..the logs do not suggest anything notably different compared to OBS on Arch..
System specs: Rx580 Ryzen 5 2600 16GB Ram 1TB SSD 144hz Freesync monitor Solus Budgie/Arch Gnome
OBS recording settings I use: Simple mode, indistinguishable quality, low CPU preset. Performs great, looks fantastic, usually 0 dropped frames.
I use OBS on Linux to record my gameplay footage. I'm looking to get the Game Capture plugin working on Solus. I'm used to using Arch where it's as simple as installing the AUR package. It's useful for not having to alt-tab to OBS and select the window every time I need to record a game, not to mention the picture comes out much smoother (Game Capture compared to Window Capture.)
Since it isn't in the Solus repos or packaged with OBS here, I would like to "build" it myself. But when asked the dev how it could be done on Solus, they responded with: "I have absolutely no idea what you are asking. It can be installed as any other OBS plugin."
So is it really that simple, could I just download a ZIP from github and copy-paste? I suppose it wouldn't get updated this way but it's better than nothing.
This feature should be in the native app in my opinion, it comes on the Mac and Windows versions of OBS but not Linux for some reason.

tomscharbach

[deleted] On eopkg OBS, when I record using Window Capture or Screen Capture, the little counters there go in the hundreds and turn red. I have no idea why. This does not happen using OBS Flatpak.

My experience is that Flatpaks work well with Solus because Flatpaks are self-contained. It sounds like you might have a dependency conflict, and if that is the case, Flatpak OBS is a logical solution.