i have no idea why but OBS keeps crashing every time i try to connect my twitch account for streaming. i'll try to explain as best as possible.
on 9/27/25, i kept getting an error code when OBS ( v32.0.0) would load up telling me there was a problem with the obs-ndi plugin and that it had to either be updated or removed. i never downloaded any kind of NDI when i first got OBS so i was confused. i checked the files and there was no obs-ndi plugin file or folder to be found. i ended up downloading NDI runtime v6.2.1 for macOS, thinking maybe that was the issue, and was still receiving the same error when loading up OBS.
i learned that DistroAV was the new plugin that needed to be installed, not NDI runtime (or so i thought). after installing DistroAV, i loaded OBS again and this time it said DistroAV could not load because NDI runtime was installed and needed to be uninstalled before continuing the process. i uninstalled NDI runtime along with all the files and apps i could find that went with it and restarted my macbook. opened OBS again and received a new error code 401 saying NDI runtime could not be found and that DistroAV cannot load without it.
after checking some settings, it looked like OBS needed an update so i did that to the newer version (v32.0.1) but am still getting the same 401 error code. i've tried everything. deleted files, cleared caches, uninstalled/reinstalled both NDI runtime and OBS. I tried older versions of OBS (v31.0.0 and v32.0.0) to find a way around it but when i try to connect to my twitch account in v31 i don't receive an SMS to be able to login, and on v32 i do receive an SMS but after i put in the code and hit submit OBS crashes. i'm at a loss of what to do at this point. i will attach my last log file if there is anyone who can help.
side note, when i look for the DistroAv plugin file to delete it and maybe try again, it is nowhere to be found.
on 9/27/25, i kept getting an error code when OBS ( v32.0.0) would load up telling me there was a problem with the obs-ndi plugin and that it had to either be updated or removed. i never downloaded any kind of NDI when i first got OBS so i was confused. i checked the files and there was no obs-ndi plugin file or folder to be found. i ended up downloading NDI runtime v6.2.1 for macOS, thinking maybe that was the issue, and was still receiving the same error when loading up OBS.
i learned that DistroAV was the new plugin that needed to be installed, not NDI runtime (or so i thought). after installing DistroAV, i loaded OBS again and this time it said DistroAV could not load because NDI runtime was installed and needed to be uninstalled before continuing the process. i uninstalled NDI runtime along with all the files and apps i could find that went with it and restarted my macbook. opened OBS again and received a new error code 401 saying NDI runtime could not be found and that DistroAV cannot load without it.
after checking some settings, it looked like OBS needed an update so i did that to the newer version (v32.0.1) but am still getting the same 401 error code. i've tried everything. deleted files, cleared caches, uninstalled/reinstalled both NDI runtime and OBS. I tried older versions of OBS (v31.0.0 and v32.0.0) to find a way around it but when i try to connect to my twitch account in v31 i don't receive an SMS to be able to login, and on v32 i do receive an SMS but after i put in the code and hit submit OBS crashes. i'm at a loss of what to do at this point. i will attach my last log file if there is anyone who can help.
side note, when i look for the DistroAv plugin file to delete it and maybe try again, it is nowhere to be found.