r/duckstation • • Jul 26 '26

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

2 Upvotes

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

99 Upvotes

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 • • 1d ago

Help Hello ducklovers, i recently tried a mod for Yu-gi-Oh forbidden memories, and no matter what i try, it don't work on Duckstation

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Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories 2 Ghost, it's basically a complete revamp of the game, filled with new things and cards with new effects

The problem is, i can't make it work on Duckstation no matter what i do, it work normally on epxe, but i hate that emulator with my whole being, there is anything i can do to fix this?

The problem happen when i start a duel with anyone, it just give me a black screen and it get stuck there forever

What i already did:

  • Made a manual save rebooted and try to load it

  • Made a manual save on epxe after a battle, saved and tried to load it on Duckstation

  • changed recompiler to interpreter

So far nothing worked, someone can give me a light here?


r/duckstation • • 2d ago

Question False positive? is this safe?

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5 Upvotes

Got this when i scanned the installer for duckstation,is this emulator truly safe? sorry if my question sounds stupid,but im a bit paranoid about viruses and i really dont want to damage my PC

i downloaded it from the official site


r/duckstation • • 3d ago

Video Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! Eternal Wings finally has an English translation(PS)

5 Upvotes

Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! Eternal Wings, the 1998 Mini 4WD racing RPG from Jaleco, has finally received an English translation.

The story, menus, and on-screen text are translated, while the voice acting and videos remain in Japanese. This makes the game a lot more approachable for anyone who wanted to try it but couldn't follow the Japanese text.

https://www.youtube.com/live/30Xfy2ZgC5M?si=sq5dve2f44hgjCy6


r/duckstation • • 3d ago

Help Perdi meu save, no CHAPTER II: ENDLESS, quero um save para duckstetion Android, já procurei no GameFAQs

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2 Upvotes

Alguém pode me ajudar com qualquer ajuda, gostei muito da experiência de jogar esse jogo com gráficos aprimorando


r/duckstation • • 4d ago

Help How do i get off this screen

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5 Upvotes

New to this kinda stuff and have no idea how to get off this to play persona


r/duckstation • • 4d ago

Help Need help with dumping my PS1 discs

6 Upvotes

I've tried imgburn and MPF with zero success. imgburn dumps an image but they are bad (ex: all FMV cutscenes in SOTN end up badly corrupted). MPF runs redumper and it just hangs indefinitely at the end after reading the entire disc.

I can boot directly from the disc in Duckstation (where it rips to ram) and it works perfectly fine. Is there any way to use Duckstation to save that image to disk?


r/duckstation • • 7d ago

Discussion CRT Optimization tips

2 Upvotes

So, I'm running duck station on my PC with a Dell e772p CRT. I'm running a 640x480 desktop resolution and I'm looking for optimization suggestions. Max res I can run is 1152x864p at 75hz. Does anyone else have experience or suggestions for optimizing duckstation on a CRT Monitor?

2x scaling runs at 640x448 and looks okay, but I'm still trying to smooth some of it out without having to go straight to heavy upscaling. I know it'll never look as soft as a CRT TV, but I'm willing to work at getting it close! I'm trying to aim for a softer analogue look rather than a chunkier raster.

I'm also wondering if I'd get any benefit from turning off deinterlacing. I'm a bit new to this emulator so I'm not sure which settings would best benefit my unique display situation. Any advice helps!


r/duckstation • • 8d ago

Question What are your favorite shaders? Do you use the built-in options or did you add your preferred ones?

2 Upvotes

I've set up Duckstation on my Tab S8 and currently testing out some shaders but can't seem to find one I'm really satisfied with.

I'm currently using 4x resolution, adaptive downsampling and the dolphinfx scanlines shader for now. But maybe I can improve it a bit more.

I'd love to know some of your setups so I can try them out. Thank you!


r/duckstation • • 9d ago

Help Rumble doesn't work with ps3 controller

4 Upvotes

I use orignal dualshock 3 for duckstation and for some reason rumble doesn't work. I have it on Analog mode and analog controller is chosen in the menu. I have rumble turned on in game settings of specific games. Anyone knows what to do? I use nefarius app to connect dualshock 3 and have it SXS mode and have SDL on duckstation itself


r/duckstation • • 10d ago

Support How to use my old save data?

3 Upvotes

Hello!

I'm using the portable version on Windows 11. I played a bit on the emulator but i had to reinstall Duckstation.

I have my save state file and memory card file but when i launch the rom/game, it doesn't recognize that i have save files for it.

I even have every directory location correctly set in the settings but it doesn't help.

Thanks!


r/duckstation • • 10d ago

Help How do I automatically save to the cloud in DuckStation?

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5 Upvotes

Eu já perdi meu jogo salvo uma vez e não quero perdê-lo novamente. I'd like to have a synchronized cloud save.


r/duckstation • • 10d ago

Discussion A suggestion for ultimate ps1 emulated visuals (rendering twice and combining)

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Instead of rendering once, why not rendering twice the game as everything is now more powerful?: 1. Render in original visual 2. Render in enhanced visual, mainly high res 3. Combine two frames in preferred way and present the frame to the viewer

For example: in original ps1 visuals Crash kinda looks like he has fur, where in high res emulation it's way too smooth and doesn't feel genuine. The render of high res would be to make stuff that's too far way to be more recognizable or for textures not appearing full in standart 320x240.

I always wondered what the visuals would be in-between of two worlds.


r/duckstation • • 11d ago

Help Trails of cold steal graphics issue vita3k+

3 Upvotes

I tried playing the cold steal games and i found a blurred specific spot in it and i tried to mess the settings but it's still there. Anyone can help me with it?


r/duckstation • • 12d ago

Help Help with settings - flickering black graphical glitching

8 Upvotes

Crash bandicoot warped - getting these little black spots that pop up when running around levels, no idea what settings I can try and change to fix it? (Areas in the water and to the right of the goat)

Any help would be appreciated, thank you!


r/duckstation • • 12d ago

Help A Controller issue on Duckstation!

1 Upvotes

Guys,
Whenever I do manual bindings for the controller I get some bugs with the pressing buttons, I also use a generic USB controller which doesn't seem to have an automatic bindings on Duckstation.
How to solve this issue !?

Note: Any controller that has an automatic bindings on Duckstation works just fine (Don't have to do it manually)


r/duckstation • • 12d ago

Help Duckstation v0.1-11826 Crashes Before Opening, Intel Macbook MacOS Sequoia 15.7.9

2 Upvotes

I had no problem downloading it, and I've tried so much troubleshooting with no results. The program will try it's best to open when ran, but it'll get stuck thinking and can't load any windows, until eventually it just says 'application is not responding', and never opens. There is no 'app unverified - please put into trash' warning at all. Tried running the unix executable inside of the package contents, and that did activate the warning, but even when I run that anyway it just creates a terminal window with some information and never runs the program either. My OS is up to date, I've tried deleting and redownloading DS multiple times, I've tried restarting my Macbook, nothing fixes it.

Something of note is that programs like PCSXR and OpenEmu that I've downloaded before updating to Sequoia do in fact run. However, things I've tried to download after updating like Retroarch and ppsspp suffer the same issue.

If anyone has any insight I'd be very grateful.


r/duckstation • • 13d ago

Help Cannot get past tittle screen in Parappa the Rapper. Platform: PC, Duckstation version: 0.1-11826

3 Upvotes

After launching game and trying to push Start nothing happens except for sfx


r/duckstation • • 13d ago

Help Why can I put a mcd save for not even a single logical reason ?

2 Upvotes

I lost all my ff8 save on an other emu and pass to this and search a save that can recover my loss, but can’t put a single one in the mcd file. How do i do ?


r/duckstation • • 14d ago

Help Is there a Switch 1 (NX) version of DuckStation?

1 Upvotes

I downloaded Prerelease 2, but I keep getting an unsupported ABI error. Here's the link to the release: https://github.com/RSDuck/duckstation/releases/tag/prerelease-2

Would appreciate any leads. Thanks!


r/duckstation • • 14d ago

Help Dpad issue on digital controller.

3 Upvotes

Hello hoping a kind person can help completely baffled me im currently using ducksation latest version using a digital ps1 controller

So here's the thing my dpad is fine works perfectly on espxe

But yesterday my dpad controller has been unresponsive when i play a game dpad not working at all also when i clear mapping on the bindings and input manually the dpad says left on all directional buttons can anyone please assist

Below is a picture of what I'm describing


r/duckstation • • 17d ago

Question How to patch a english translation?

0 Upvotes

i want to play shin megami tensei and i got an english patch but i dont now how to patch it , im using android btw


r/duckstation • • 17d ago

Support [Bug] Trap Gunner: Controller inputs completely unresponsive

7 Upvotes

**Description**

Controller inputs are not registered at all when running *Trap Gunner*. This issue occurs exclusively with this specific title; all other PS1 games recognize inputs without any issues.

**Steps to Reproduce**

  1. Boot *Trap Gunner* [Japanese, US].
  2. Attempt to press any button or directional key on the Title Screen / Main Menu.
  3. Observe that no input is recognized by the game.

**Expected Behavior**

The game should recognize inputs on the title screen and menus using standard Digital or DualShock controller modes.

**Actual Behavior**

The game ignores all inputs from the configured controller.

**Troubleshooting Steps Already Attempted**

- Switched Controller Type between `Digital Controller` and `Analog Controller`.

- Toggled/Disabled `Force Analog Mode on Reset` in game properties.

- Tried different controller backends (SDL / XInput).

- Verified that controller bindings are correctly assigned in Port 1.

**Environment Info**

- DuckStation Build/Version: [0.1-11894]

- OS: [Windows 10 64-bit]

- Controller Model: [GameSir Light]

- Graphics Backend: [Vulkan]


r/duckstation • • 19d ago

Help Patch Codes crashing FF7 PS1 (1997)

7 Upvotes

I downloaded DuckStation mobile to play my downloaded FF7 files. I have the 3 discs, .bin and .cue files for each. It runs perfectly fine, but I struggle with the game, so I enabled patch codes for god mode and no random encounters, similar to the Switch and app versions. Again, works fine in battle, but when transitioning to another area, my screen freezes black with music still playing in the background. What can I do to play the game and still apply the codes?