VLC not showing up as media source

[Guidos]

After setting up OBS on my MacBook Air M1, I got this to work out of the box. However, now I set this up on a Mac Mini M1, and got this in the log:

info: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled

The real error is the same as above (mach-o, but wrong architecture).

I uninstalled VLC, then installed vlc-3.0.12-intel64.dmg (not Apple Silicon!) and then it worked. We will have to wait for an Apple Silicon native build of OBS to become available before we can leave Rosetta2 behind.

Worked for me. Thank you.

 

[Anancestor]

I hope your problem solved. If not so, kindly install fresh window and vlc player along with obs. it will show up the list.

 

[Calvinho]

Thank you so much!
You are a life saver!
I was having that issue and didn't know how to solve it. Although I have a Silicon Apple, only the Intel64 version will work with OBS.

Same issue here. Have a M1 aswell, just had to install the Universal Binary version for it to work!

 

[Johnson Ikemi]

I'm having this exact issue (not appearing on OBS as a source). I'm on a Mac Mini M1, Big Sur 11.2, OBS 26.1.2, and VLC 3.0.12.1 Vetinari (Apple Silicon). I appreciate learning from you all.

This is how I solved mine. Uninstall the vlc program, and also make sure you delete the old one from your pc, I mean the set up file. Then go to your browser, search for vlc again and this time around, make sure you click on the down arrow by the side of the download space and select the version that suite your pc, mine is 64bit but I downloaded 32bit before, after doing that click download and that's all. I hope it would work for you too.