OBS flatpak plugins no longer work.

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Gourdie

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I made the mistake of updating to v30.2.2 of the flatpak version and now certain plugins I need for streaming no longer work. I don't really know how else to describe the problem or know how to fix it from here. The only thing I can confirm is that everything worked well before the update and the plugins have remained in the correct folder.

I've tried to use the APT version of OBS which is still at v29 but it won't launch if the plugin folder itself is where it needs to be and I'm unsure as to why. I do not want to be stuck forever waiting for a fix from OBS so if anyone would help me fix things on my end it would be appreciated.

P.S: I don't know if I need a log file for this problem, If so, you will need to specify which one and where it would be.
 
CarlSim

CarlSim

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Same here just after 30.2.2, obs runs fine but my main plugin Advanced scene switcher stopped working.Tried to revert to previous version and no can do. Linux kubuntu 22.04... On my other linus with obs 30.0.0,scene switcher works just fine
 
Tuna

Tuna

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Plugins from Flatpak should be upgraded. Manually installed plugins were never supported.
 
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Gourdie

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Tuna said:
Plugins from Flatpak should be upgraded. Manually installed plugins were never supported.
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Well, I don't know what to tell you. Image Reaction is old and I was surprised it worked at all and there's no alternatives to it but that was made with v24 in mind but I don't think it's the plugins specifically that are broken, just the version isn't allowing them to work at the moment.
 
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AaronD

Active Member
Containers like snap and flatpak have an incompatible mindset from what OBS really needs to work well. They're designed from a security perspective, that carefully controls what goes in or out, and OBS needs access to a lot of system resources.

They can be made to work, and might come with a set of plugins preinstalled and working that were difficult to install manually (been there done that, with old versions; new no longer has that problem), but that's about all that works. By the time you fix everything else and explicitly grant all the permissions (maybe there's a script for that, or a long list of copy/paste commands?), you pretty much nullify the entire purpose of the container while keeping most of its drawbacks.

For a self-contained app that doesn't need any external connections, containers are fine. But not for OBS. Install OBS natively if at all possible.
 
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AaronD

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Gourdie said:
I've tried to use the APT version of OBS which is still at v29...
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Install the official PPA:
Bash: 
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt update

Ubuntu PPA Installation Instructions

The Linux version of OBS is still under development and contains many bugs, but if you're feeling brave, and can install Ubuntu PPAs, then you can give this a try. If you're on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you'll first need to install FFmpeg: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kirillshkrogalev/ffmpeg-next sudo...
obsproject.com obsproject.com
(yes, that old sticky is still relevant)

Then sudo apt install obs-studio if it's not already, or sudo apt full-upgrade if it is.

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Also keep in mind that there was a pretty big change under the hood from v27 to v28, that broke a lot of plugins. If your previous version was v27 or before, that might explain why the old one still worked before and not now.
 
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