Blur filter working in M1 Mac?

Kobold

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Tried a lot, searched a lot, but did not find a solution. Been happy when I found blur-filter with a macos package, updated only few hours ago, but no filter showed up after install. A bit frustrating, spending all this time for nothing. Any help, any ideas?
 

Kobold

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Found this in log file: an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64'))

So we (I) need an arm64 blur-filter plugin file! Any way how to reach prgmitchell, on whose github page you can find blur-filter?
 

EnzoCast

Member
Found this in log file: an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64'))

So we (I) need an arm64 blur-filter plugin file! Any way how to reach prgmitchell, on whose github page you can find blur-filter?
I'm on M2 and it doesn't work for me also - if there is a way to contact them to ask if it's possible to get it working on M1/2 Mac - can someone help.
 
I´ve tried to install the PKG file but it simply don't put any blur.plugin or something on the regular folders where normally are. Will it be an arm64 version?
 

joshwand

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Tried a lot, searched a lot, but did not find a solution. Been happy when I found blur-filter with a macos package, updated only few hours ago, but no filter showed up after install. A bit frustrating, spending all this time for nothing. Any help, any ideas?
In case this is useful for anyone, the pkg installer seems to put the plugin in /Users/mitchellrutkowski instead of your user dir. ‍♂️ But even after I moved it to the correct dir it does not show up--probably the same arm64 problem.
 

EnzoCast

Member
In case this is useful for anyone, the pkg installer seems to put the plugin in /Users/mitchellrutkowski instead of your user dir. ‍♂️ But even after I moved it to the correct dir it does not show up--probably the same arm64 problem.
I've just moved it to application support/obs-studio/plugins and it still doesn't show - I'm on the M2 Mac now.
 

Ehe

New Member
Hey guys, Im on a M1 and just made Blur filter to work!
First, you have to move the plugin from /Users/mitchellrutkowski to your user dir just as joshwand pointed.
If you dont see it as a filter in OBS it is because you may have the arm64 version of OBS installed, and the Blur Filter wont work with it.
You will need to install the intel version of OBS to make the Blur Filter available, which totally works on M1 and M2.
However, some other plugins may not work in the Intel version such as "Move" from Exeldro.

Hope this helps
 

EnzoCast

Member
Hey guys, Im on a M1 and just made Blur filter to work!
First, you have to move the plugin from /Users/mitchellrutkowski to your user dir just as joshwand pointed.
If you dont see it as a filter in OBS it is because you may have the arm64 version of OBS installed, and the Blur Filter wont work with it.
You will need to install the intel version of OBS to make the Blur Filter available, which totally works on M1 and M2.
However, some other plugins may not work in the Intel version such as "Move" from Exeldro.

Hope this helps
I'd rather not install the intel version, as my OBS is now running at 11% cpu when I stream, and on the intel it was like 70% - is it a limitation of the ARM64 that it just can't use this plugin? so the Mac version made by prgmitchell is made for Intel?
 

Ehe

New Member
However, some other plugins may not work in the Intel version such as "Move" from @Exeldro.
If someone faces this same issue, its easy to solve, just download the Intel Package from any @Exeldro's plugins and they will work.
Im very happy, since today I finally got the blur effect and was able to keep VLC Sources and all the plugins I need for my projects.
 

Ehe

New Member
I'd rather not install the intel version, as my OBS is now running at 11% cpu when I stream, and on the intel it was like 70% - is it a limitation of the ARM64 that it just can't use this plugin? so the Mac version made by prgmitchell is made for Intel?
Is that 11% reporting from OBS itself or is from Activity Monitor? Just curious because I have seen scenarios where the CPU activity is different if you compare what OBS tells inside the app and what you actually get in Activity Monitor.
 

EnzoCast

Member
Is that 11% reporting from OBS itself or is from Activity Monitor? Just curious because I have seen scenarios where the CPU activity is different if you compare what OBS tells inside the app and what you actually get in Activity Monitor.
That's what OBS is reporting, I'm running a 1080p stream form an M2, using the ARM version of OBS - I've given in and downloaded the Intel version, as I want to use the blur effect.
 

EnzoCast

Member
hey guys, this was the workaround I just used.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkCH8Vm9TQ4&ab_channel=EnricoZamparo

Using: https://github.com/royshil/obs-backgroundremoval/releases/tag/v1.0.3

When you add the filter, set your threshold to 1.00.
Scroll to the bottom and look for "Blur background factor (0-no blur).
I put mine to 20.

Just going to run with this until we get a real solution for Macs. Hope it helps.
Does this work on M1 or M2 Macs? Running the ARM version of OBS?
 

Ehe

New Member
That's what OBS is reporting, I'm running a 1080p stream form an M2, using the ARM version of OBS - I've given in and downloaded the Intel version, as I want to use the blur effect.
Good, compare the 11% reported from OBS against the % shown in Activity Monitor, you may be shocked!
 

gregbook

New Member
I also wanted to use a blur filter for my first use of OBS and found out that the blur filter from mitchellrutkowski is built for Intel and my OBS is arm64. So I decided to build StreamFX from scratch and create a documentation for anyone who wants to compile StreamFX for Mac OS arm64

It's there -> https://gist.github.com/gregbook/ff8ca5b64f9b3f9d195fd3ee7a70522b

PS: Ashmanix blur filter is also a solution but lacks some features (at least for now)
 
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