mattvaughanpoker
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Computer Info:
iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Late 2015) running macOS Sierra Version 10.12.5
Processor 4 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 32GB
That's my primary streaming computer, but I've run across the same issue with my laptop, which is a maxed out mid-2014 macbook pro running High SIerra 10.13.6. I have found a variety of similar issues documented in these forums over the last several years but never found anyone who pinpointed it to the same thing as me.
I experienced this issue for a while. I'd fire up a stream that was broadcasting to Twitch, get 2-3 hours into it, and it would crash. Then I would get the "Failed to find locale/en-us.ini" error that I believe is best documented here (though it has popped up a lot since it seems to be related to plugins and configuration in some instances): https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-crash-mac-failed-to-find-locale-en-us-ini.67234/
After quitting OBS and trying to reopen, it generally will crash again without warning without even trying to stream, and this occurs several times usually. Then what typically happens is a few days go by, I do my next stream, and again it will run for several hours.
Crash Report: https://pastebin.com/Y82TPFiT (for some reason I can't seem to find log files from the most recent day that I tested this - if the crash report isn't enough I can run another test. I'm admittedly a noob when it comes to the log files so I'm unsure what info might be missing from the crash report)
When I read the thread from above I started experimenting, pulling out different sources and settings. I got it to a place where everything worked, and that was when I had removed all browser sources from my scenes. Everything else was as normal. I didn't see any threads that appeared to be this same issue, so I wanted to create a new one.
A couple side notes about this:
1. Even if I'm in a scene collection with NO browser sources, but a different scene collection contains a scene WITH a browser source, I can still crash.
2. I have run a number of 4-16 hour Twitch inspector streams (not live to my channel) while using browser sources and have NEVER crashed. I have ONLY crashed while actually broadcasting live to Twitch, and it has always occurred in under 4 hours.
WORKAROUND: (Sorry if I am missing any important info. I'd like to get this resolved if possible because it's pretty frustrating using the following)
Personally, my two main browser sources right now are alerts (I use streamlabs) and chat (I have used by streamlabs and native Twitch chat), so I use a workaround where instead of browser sources, I launch windows manually and use display capture sources where I crop to window and manual to make things more seamless than a window capture. However there are other sources I'd love to add, and I don't have the screen real estate to make it happen.
EDIT:
Ran a test today to crash the stream on a new twitch account, but with the same OBS setup. I've attached the log file for it now. I didn't really do much on it. Did a few while-live scene adjustments and scene changes just trying to mimic a normal stream as much as I could without, y'know, doing a full-effort stream. The NEW crash report is also attached.
When I get the crash screen saying that OBS Quit Unexpectedly, I click "Reopen" I get the "Failed to find locale/en-US.ini" and then the "Failed to load locale" pop ups as expected.
I am then able to reopen OBS as normal. It crashed again in under 3 minutes. I've attached the log file and crash report from that run too, with clarifying notes in the file titles.
iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Late 2015) running macOS Sierra Version 10.12.5
Processor 4 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 32GB
That's my primary streaming computer, but I've run across the same issue with my laptop, which is a maxed out mid-2014 macbook pro running High SIerra 10.13.6. I have found a variety of similar issues documented in these forums over the last several years but never found anyone who pinpointed it to the same thing as me.
I experienced this issue for a while. I'd fire up a stream that was broadcasting to Twitch, get 2-3 hours into it, and it would crash. Then I would get the "Failed to find locale/en-us.ini" error that I believe is best documented here (though it has popped up a lot since it seems to be related to plugins and configuration in some instances): https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-crash-mac-failed-to-find-locale-en-us-ini.67234/
After quitting OBS and trying to reopen, it generally will crash again without warning without even trying to stream, and this occurs several times usually. Then what typically happens is a few days go by, I do my next stream, and again it will run for several hours.
Crash Report: https://pastebin.com/Y82TPFiT (for some reason I can't seem to find log files from the most recent day that I tested this - if the crash report isn't enough I can run another test. I'm admittedly a noob when it comes to the log files so I'm unsure what info might be missing from the crash report)
When I read the thread from above I started experimenting, pulling out different sources and settings. I got it to a place where everything worked, and that was when I had removed all browser sources from my scenes. Everything else was as normal. I didn't see any threads that appeared to be this same issue, so I wanted to create a new one.
A couple side notes about this:
1. Even if I'm in a scene collection with NO browser sources, but a different scene collection contains a scene WITH a browser source, I can still crash.
2. I have run a number of 4-16 hour Twitch inspector streams (not live to my channel) while using browser sources and have NEVER crashed. I have ONLY crashed while actually broadcasting live to Twitch, and it has always occurred in under 4 hours.
WORKAROUND: (Sorry if I am missing any important info. I'd like to get this resolved if possible because it's pretty frustrating using the following)
Personally, my two main browser sources right now are alerts (I use streamlabs) and chat (I have used by streamlabs and native Twitch chat), so I use a workaround where instead of browser sources, I launch windows manually and use display capture sources where I crop to window and manual to make things more seamless than a window capture. However there are other sources I'd love to add, and I don't have the screen real estate to make it happen.
EDIT:
Ran a test today to crash the stream on a new twitch account, but with the same OBS setup. I've attached the log file for it now. I didn't really do much on it. Did a few while-live scene adjustments and scene changes just trying to mimic a normal stream as much as I could without, y'know, doing a full-effort stream. The NEW crash report is also attached.
When I get the crash screen saying that OBS Quit Unexpectedly, I click "Reopen" I get the "Failed to find locale/en-US.ini" and then the "Failed to load locale" pop ups as expected.
I am then able to reopen OBS as normal. It crashed again in under 3 minutes. I've attached the log file and crash report from that run too, with clarifying notes in the file titles.
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