
If you launch OBS from the terminal, you'll see the output below when you try to add a new Window Capture (XComposite) source to capture from a terminal.

The issue is that OBS is not able to capture from a source that has an alpha channel. I ran into this issue yesterday and, after more searching, found out that this is a known bug in OBS, which was reported here back in Oct 31st, 2014 and last updated (to a closed status) on Nov. This definitely helps and is strongly recommended. To make it look nicer, you can press and hold Ctrl + R-Click to get the terminal's context menu and change font size, set it to use TrueType fonts, and so on. (I confirmed this last night during a 4.5hr stream.) It may not look as nice at first or have the same feature set, but I can confirm that OBS is able to capture the source and display it correctly.

Instead, use a terminal without transparency support, such as XTerm or UXTerm, which should be included as part of any clean distro installation. transparency support) such as those included in your distro. Avoid using terminal emulators with alpha channels (i.e.
