Bug Report Crash at startup on Mac OS X Yosemite

techrace

New Member
Hi,

I used to have OBS working well on my machine but I am now getting a crash at every startup (few seconds after it loads)

Here is the report:
http://pastebin.com/3NdF4fLH

Could you please give me some clues on what to do to fix or workaround the crash?

Thank you so much!
 

techrace

New Member
I am trying to find what changed on my mac that generates this crash, but so far no clue...

I understand that this is the issue:

Code:
0   libsystem_c.dylib                   0x00007fff943282d5 wcslen + 8
1   text-freetype2.so                   0x0000000118897832 cache_glyphs + 66
2   text-freetype2.so                   0x0000000118898bab ft2_source_update + 1323
3   text-freetype2.so                   0x00000001188982dc ft2_source_create + 204
4   libobs.0.dylib                      0x00000001061f22bd obs_source_create + 461
5   libobs.0.dylib                      0x00000001061fa4a4 obs_load_sources + 180
6   obs                                 0x00000001060d27f4 OBSBasic::Load(char const*) + 596
7   obs                                 0x00000001060d47fd OBSBasic::OBSInit() + 669
8   obs                                 0x00000001060cd72f OBSApp::OBSInit() + 383
9   obs                                 0x00000001060ceab7 main + 3111
10  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff8fbf25c9 start + 1

Anyone can shed some light?
 

techrace

New Member
I tried to investigate more on this and it seems that OBS is crashing while loading a the "text input source"
I was effectively playing with that feature and I deleted the file that OBS was "watching" for changes.

Now I am suspecting that OBS is somehow keeping a reference to this file that doesn't exist anymore hence the crash.

Where can I find where this reference (path) is stored within OBS? I would like to delete it to fix the issue.

Thanks in advance for your help!
 

techrace

New Member
a little more effort and I could confirm my assumption using the log located under:

/Users/XXXXX/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/logs

17:54:46: convert_sampler_info: 1 <= max_anisotropy <= 16 violated, selected: 0, set: 1
17:54:46: convert_sampler_info: 1 <= max_anisotropy <= 16 violated, selected: 0, set: 1
17:54:46: Failed to open file /XXXXX

so I restored the text file and I can now start OBS again without crash!

Something to be fixed but at least not I know what going on!
 

acurazine96

New Member
Hey man - I'm having this same issue where it crashes immediately any time I try to open it. Used to work fine for me too. I tried to follow what you said in this thread but am a very basic-level user... any chance you can dumb it down for me so I can try the same thing to see if it helps? Thanks!
 

acurazine96

New Member
Hello again - So after doing a bit more digging through the forums I found a comment which helped fix my issue! Try opening up Finder, pressing Command-Shift-G, then typing in the following:

~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic

Then delete the scenes.json file and try opening OBS again! I can't confirm that it won't mess with your scenes or anything (as I'd already reinstalled OBS and wiped mine), but it definitely got the application opening again. Good luck!
 

AD Whitman

New Member
Hello again - So after doing a bit more digging through the forums I found a comment which helped fix my issue! Try opening up Finder, pressing Command-Shift-G, then typing in the following:

~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic

Then delete the scenes.json file and try opening OBS again! I can't confirm that it won't mess with your scenes or anything (as I'd already reinstalled OBS and wiped mine), but it definitely got the application opening again. Good luck!

I just tried that and it dod not work here in 2020
 
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