Question / Help OBS can't connect to pulseaudio server

siefer92

New Member
Howdy yall,

Just downloaded OBS on ubuntu 18.04 and am trying to get my devices set up, but when I go to select audio devices they all appear as disabled.

Upon closer inspection, within pavucontrol, I see that OBS isn't even connected to the pulse audio server. running obs from terminal confirms that it can't find the server. Microphone and headset all work fine with chrome, discord and the like. It should be noted that OBS does open and I can set up capture devices and the like, there is just no audio. Searching the forums and scouring google didn't provide an answer so maybe I am not asking the correct question. Just confused with how to proceed here.

Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks

obs-studio terminal output below.
Code:
libGL error: pci id for fd 4: 1002:731f, driver (null)
libGL error: No driver found
libGL error: failed to load driver: (null)
libGL error: pci id for fd 4: 1002:731f, driver (null)
pci id for fd 5: 1002:731f, driver (null)
libGL error: failed to create dri screen
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
/snap/obs-studio/888/usr/sbin:/snap/obs-studio/888/usr/bin:/snap/obs-studio/888/sbin:/snap/obs-studio/888/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
Qt: Session management error: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported
Attempted path: ../../data/obs-studio/locale/en-US.ini
Attempted path: ../../data/obs-studio/locale.ini
Attempted path: ../../data/obs-studio/themes/Dark.qss
info: CPU Name: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core Processor
info: CPU Speed: 4399.826MHz
info: Physical Cores: 32, Logical Cores: 64
info: Physical Memory: 257831MB Total, 212363MB Free
info: Kernel Version: Linux 4.15.0-76-generic
info: Distribution: "Ubuntu Core" "18"
info: Window System: X11.0, Vendor: The X.Org Foundation, Version: 1.19.6
info: Portable mode: false
Attempted path: ../../data/obs-studio/themes/Dark/no_sources.svg
QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName: No matching signal for on_advAudioProps_clicked()
QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName: No matching signal for on_advAudioProps_destroyed()
QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName: No matching signal for on_program_customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)
info: OBS 24.0.6-modified (linux)
info: ---------------------------------
info: ---------------------------------
info: audio settings reset:
    samples per sec: 44100
    speakers:        2
info: ---------------------------------
info: Initializing OpenGL...
libGL error: pci id for fd 13: 1002:731f, driver (null)
libGL error: No driver found
libGL error: failed to load driver: (null)
libGL error: pci id for fd 13: 1002:731f, driver (null)
pci id for fd 14: 1002:731f, driver (null)
libGL error: failed to create dri screen
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
info: Loading up OpenGL on adapter VMware, Inc. llvmpipe (LLVM 8.0, 128 bits)
info: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 19.0.8, shading language 3.30
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
info: ---------------------------------
info: video settings reset:
    base resolution:   2560x1440
    output resolution: 1280x720
    downscale filter:  Bicubic
    fps:               30/1
    format:            NV12
    YUV mode:          601/Partial
info: NV12 texture support not available
info: Audio monitoring device:
    name: Default
    id: default
info: ---------------------------------
warning: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-ouput-ui.so'
libDeckLinkAPI.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
info: No blackmagic support
error: os_dlopen(libnvidia-encode.so.1->libnvidia-encode.so.1): libnvidia-encode.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

info: FFMPEG VAAPI supported
info: VLC found, VLC video source enabled
info: ---------------------------------
info:   Loaded Modules:
info:     vlc-video.so
info:     text-freetype2.so
info:     rtmp-services.so
info:     obs-x264.so
info:     obs-transitions.so
info:     obs-outputs.so
info:     obs-libfdk.so
info:     obs-filters.so
info:     obs-ffmpeg.so
info:     linux-v4l2.so
info:     linux-pulseaudio.so
info:     linux-jack.so
info:     linux-decklink.so
info:     linux-capture.so
info:     linux-alsa.so
info:     image-source.so
info:     frontend-tools.so
info:     decklink-ouput-ui.so
info: ---------------------------------
info: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
error: Service '' not found
info: All scene data cleared
info: ------------------------------------------------
error: glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY_MAX) failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: pulse-input: Unable to get server info !
info: Switched to scene 'Scene'
info: ------------------------------------------------
info: Loaded scenes:
info: - scene 'Scene':
info:     - source: 'Audio Input Capture (PulseAudio)' (pulse_input_capture)
info: ------------------------------------------------
libGL error: pci id for fd 18: 1002:731f, driver (null)
libGL error: No driver found
libGL error: failed to load driver: (null)
libGL error: pci id for fd 18: 1002:731f, driver (null)
pci id for fd 19: 1002:731f, driver (null)
libGL error: failed to create dri screen
libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
Attempted path: ../../data/obs-studio/images/overflow.png
error: glTexParameteri failed, glGetError returned GL_INVALID_ENUM(0x500)
error: device_load_texture (GL) failed
 

Gneistinn

New Member
I have a similar problem. I used Timeshift to go back to when it worked but I would like to see what was the cause of this.
 

Harold

Active Member
And if the official ppa is tried instead of the unofficial (and usually broken in some odd way) snap is tried?
 
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