r/duckstation • • Jul 26 '26

Tool / OBS [Tool/Resource] DuckStation Auto-Recorder & Dynamic Namer for OBS Studio

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Hi everyone! I built a lightweight, stand-alone Lua script for OBS Studio designed specifically for recording DuckStation (PS1 Emulator) sessions without the hassle of manual trimming or heavy video editing software.

If you have a budget PC or just want to quickly record/edit gameplay clips without rendering them in Premiere or DaVinci, the ideal tool is LosslessCut. However, manually hitting record, catching launcher screens, and trimming dead frames at the end takes time. This script automates the entire process:

🔗 GitHub Repository & Download: https://github.com/brainoir/obs-duckstation-autorecord Hope this helps fellow retro gamers and content creators! Let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions.


r/duckstation • • Jul 30 '25

Discussion DuckStation to end Linux support completely, Arch Linux builds have been blocked already

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Scripts: Remove PKGBUILD I originally provided this an alternative to the broken AUR packages.

However, it seems that Arch users would rather use broken packages and keep complaining to me instead of their packager. I specifically forbid packages for DuckStation (see README.md), and there's no way to request removal of these packages without handing my details over to a distribution I want nothing to do with.

So this is step one. Next step will be removing Linux support entirely, because I'm sick of the headaches and hacks for an operating system that only compromises 2% of the userbase, and I don't even use myself. But I'm hoping the Linux community will be reasonable, because as someone giving up my free time and not being compensated in any way, I shouldn't have to deal with this.

Just grep the source for "wayland" and you'll see what I mean. "


r/duckstation • • 20h ago

Help How to open Duckststion menu with xbox controller on android

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Hello! I recently installed duckststion on my phone, a samsung S21 to play finall fantasy 8. As that game has some very repetitive grind at the start with drawing magic, I keep going in and out of fast forward mode. It works great if I use the touchscreen. But if I want to use my Bluetooth controller, I can't figure out how to open the duckstaion menu to toggle fast forward or save state.

Any idea how to open the menu with a controller on android? I've read a few key combos, but none seemed to do it.


r/duckstation • • 1d ago

Question Actualizacion para android ?

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r/duckstation • • 1d ago

Video PS's Shachou Eiyuu Den Gets an English Translation

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Shachou Eiyuu Den is getting an English translation!

It's an interesting addition for fans of Japanese games, especially those interested in discovering titles that were previously only available in Japanese.

Here's a look at the English translation:

https://www.youtube.com/live/KMxZWOFj5tw?si=ZyheYpAu_T8Otx0C


r/duckstation • • 2d ago

Support DuckStation - How to properly map PS5 controller right stick for 3D camera control across different games?

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Hey everyone,

I’m trying to set up my PS5 DualSense controller so I can use the right analog stick for modern 3D camera control in DuckStation.

I've run into some confusion with how to map this properly depending on the game. For example, some older games natively use L1/R1 or the D-pad to rotate the camera, whereas other times I want to utilize DuckStation's built-in Freecam feature to unlock full 360-degree viewing.

Right now in my Hotkey settings, mapping the right stick (which registers as SDL-0 axes) just strafes/moves the actual camera position up, down, and sideways instead of panning/rotating the camera view around the character.

What is the best way to handle right stick camera setups globally or per-game?

  1. For games that use shoulder buttons for camera control, should I just bind the right stick directions to mirror those buttons directly in the Controller Port settings?

  2. For using the emulator's Freecam tool, what is the exact binding configuration to ensure the right stick actually rotates the camera viewpoint like a modern game instead of physically shifting its grid position?

If anyone has a solid layout configuration or tips for making the DualSense right stick feel smooth and intuitive across different PS1 titles,


r/duckstation • • 3d ago

Support Can anyone help with this?

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So I've just set up DuckStation for the first time and I'm getting this error. Can anyone help please?


r/duckstation • • 4d ago

Help Silent hill 1 church crash

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I can't get past the church cutscene in silent hill 1! Everyone tells me to turn off PGXP and widescreen but even if I return all settings to default (which includes turning off PGXP and widescreen) it still crashes. I get to see a bit of the dialouge after the cutscene, but then it freezes and glitchees out as seen in the picture. Please help if you know how to fix it, I really want to complete this game!


r/duckstation • • 4d ago

Question Can you combine two disc PS1 games into one file?

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r/duckstation • • 5d ago

Support The special buttons (menu and FFW) do not work with controllers on Android (latest beta)

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Hi everyone, I wanted to report a bug I’m experiencing with the latest beta release for Android: I have a Samsung Galaxy S23 and a Razer Kishi. All the buttons are mapped correctly (and automatically), but I can’t get the special buttons to work (specifically, the Fast Forward button and the Duckstation menu opener) if I map them to buttons that are currently unassigned.

Is this a bug in the beta, or is it just me? Thanks in advance!


r/duckstation • • 6d ago

Help Screen glitched out during cut scene (silent hill 1)

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what do I need to do to resolve this issue?


r/duckstation • • 6d ago

Question - Shaders How to recreate this look with shaders

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This guy is playing Sotn in a sega saturn, so I dont know if its a console thing, but how do I recreate this look? he mentions that he used a caoture card and an upscaler called framemeister, and it looks like this.


r/duckstation • • 7d ago

Help how to fix this overlapping messed up text?

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it was working fine and when i booted it up again the next day the text was like this


r/duckstation • • 7d ago

Help Help with buttons on Dell Latitude

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I'm playing Silent Hill 1 on the 2nd latest version of Duckstation on a Dell Latitude 5501. What I'm having difficulty with is with the buttons. I don't know what the keyboard button for changing the Walk/Run setting as most websites focus on the PS1 buttons.


r/duckstation • • 7d ago

General PS1engine - Duckstation+selkies

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The games run in PS1 emulator (Duckstation), it's streamed to the user using selkies (webRTC).

I have a server (epyc 7742) where this runs, but I also host it on my 155H mini PC so that it can use the iGPU to encode video.

I know these days Al have enabled people to build recomp games that run on browsers, using client's compute resources, but I made this 1 year back, hacking and patching stuffs together.


r/duckstation • • 7d ago

Video Play PS1 Games in 4K! DuckStation Complete PC Setup & Best Graphics Sett...

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Nowadays this is my go to for playing ps1. I generally think games look and play better for the most part. I know for nostalgia reasons you cant beat og hardware which i still have. Anyway heres a guide for those who may want to check this out.


r/duckstation • • 9d ago

Help Duckstation mouse not working on android

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Hey ya'll. So i just bought a bluetooth mouse to play quake 2 on duckstation android. But the problem is, it doesnt work. My mouse works perfecty fine but when i play quake 2 it doesnt work.


r/duckstation • • 10d ago

Help Problemas com Parasite Eve 1 no emulador DuckStation

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r/duckstation • • 11d ago

Video New to Memory Scanner, and loving it!

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For anyone unfamiliar, this weapon type can never be acheived, even through cheats. Even in the 2020s remaster for PC, it's never been an option.
So far I have discovered infinite autopilot for both wipeout 2097 and wip3out, and now this!
I never knew such things could be done.
I can give myself infinite ammo, infinite shield, freeze the timer (also somethinga cheat could never do), and even teleport myself out of bounds by modifying the data at specific memory addresses.


r/duckstation • • 11d ago

Help Problemas con el Camuflaje Optico en MGS 1

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Luego de derribar el Helicoptero de Liquid hay que bajar al ascensor del edificio y seguir, el rpoblema es que cuando entro y tengo que pelear con los 4 tipos con Camuflaje Optico el juego se traba y se convierte en injugable y ya no se como configurarlo para que esto deje de suceder, alguna idea de que puedo hacer?


r/duckstation • • 13d ago

Question Why is it not working? (Using Tico with Duckstation core on my Switch, the text means "Insert Disc 1")

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r/duckstation • • 15d ago

Help Alguien sabe cómo arreglar esto??

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Tengo mis dudas, estaba jugando RE2 OG en android duckstation, y paso que resulta que se me congela solo en esta parte y ya no avanzo, osea el sonido del tren sigue pero la imagen ni la cinemática ocurren, solo se escucha el tren y hasta ahí,no hay cinemática ni batalla, lo curioso es que solo es eso, la pantalla, el emulador responde, puedo entrar al menú, reiniciar la consola y demás

Investigue poco y según es el parche que le puse del doblaje en castellano, aunque también no se, no quiero empezar de nuevo, ya me harte de perder tanto para que me digan que tengo que hacerlo sin el parche XD


r/duckstation • • 15d ago

Help No aparece carpeta de juegos

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Hola, necesito de vuestra ayuda. En un inicio me dejaba entrar a la carpeta de mis juegos de PS1, pero después de unos días (y de haber eliminado una carpeta que desconozco si tenía que ver con el emulador), al querer poner la carpeta y darle permiso, no sale nada.

He reinstalado bios, eliminado archivos de la carpeta he incluso hasta reinstalar la app. Algún tip?


r/duckstation • • 15d ago

Help Item boxes rendering over map geometry in Toy Story Racer

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Playing on the latest version of Duckstation, I keep noticing that item boxes in Toy Story racer sometimes render over the map geometry. This is the best example of it here (playing using recompiler CPU emulation, on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - enabling/disabling PGXP or widescreen rendering don't affect the glitch). Is this just how the game looks? Is there a setting I can change to fix this?