Universal Blue•4mo ago

OBS crashing when browse for file

Whenever I try to open a file in OBS like you would for adding an image as a source, it crashes. I can't find any logs about the issue, even when starting OBS from the terminal. For me it feels like it tries to open a file browser window that doesn't exist on the KDE Bazzite os. (I have freshly rebased form Kinoite in order to get virtual camera support easier than it would be to enable it on the base image)

Solution:

I have a solution for you, if we run obs in a Ubuntu distrobox, I don't have the file issue. Might have other issues though. If you paste this script into your terminal it will make a distrobox called obs-ubuntu running Ubuntu 22.04. ```bash distrobox create --image ubuntu:22.04 --name obs-ubuntu -Y...

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wolfyreload•4mo ago

I can reproduce your issue, let me see if I can see what the issue is If I run journalctrl -f while running obs I can see that it is doing a kernal dump when you try and load a file. There might be a bug in the libQt6Widgets module which is responsible for file dialogs Same issue if I hit settings and try and browse the output path

dpeter99•4mo ago

ohh wow thanks for the fast repply

wolfyreload•4mo ago

I booted back to Bazzite 40.20240508.0 and it still crashes for me, so it's not a recent update issue

Solution

wolfyreload•4mo ago

distrobox create --image ubuntu:22.04 --name obs-ubuntu -Y
distrobox enter obs-ubuntu

distrobox create --image ubuntu:22.04 --name obs-ubuntu -Y
distrobox enter obs-ubuntu

Once you are in the distrobox run the following, this will install obs in Ubuntu and export a shortcut in your menu called OBS Studio (on obs-ubuntu)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg obs-studio -y
distrobox-export --app obs

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg obs-studio -y
distrobox-export --app obs

Launch OBS Studio (on obs-ubuntu) and the file issue is fixed, but it might break other things. Not sure

dpeter99•4mo ago

does the virtual camera work with this?

wolfyreload•4mo ago

Looks like it, tested the virtual camera obs feature in Microsoft Teams and it's showing the picture I selected instead of the webcam. I tested a short recording and that worked too

dpeter99•4mo ago

hmm no idea why but add-apt-repository seams to be missing ? even tho apt is there?

wolfyreload•4mo ago

I have modified the instructions, weird it looks like that command isn't available which is super weird try run this then run the other instructions

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common

Did you come right?

dpeter99•4mo ago

Yeah that works now. Where should I report the issue? casue having to run an extra container is not the more efficient XD

wolfyreload•4mo ago

I'm not sure where to log it as I think it's an upsteam issue. I need to check if it's an issue in Fedora Kinoite.

dpeter99•4mo ago

tho now the context menus are outside my screen. Like when I right click on a source to set it's transform the dropdown ends offscreen tho after a restart is seams to work... it is a bit messy

wolfyreload•4mo ago

Agreed, it's not a great solution. Looks like Ublue Aurora is having the same issue. So at it's not just Bazzite.

dpeter99•4mo ago

Aaannnd it crashed when I tried to rename a source

wolfyreload•4mo ago

Just tried the latest Fedora Kinoite. OBS still crashes when opening a file open dialog with the same error. So the issue is either OBS or Fedora Kinoite

dpeter99•4mo ago

can you rename a source on Kinoite?

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