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Pipewire web cameras inconsistent behaviour
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Description
Operating System Info
Other
Other OS
Arch
OBS Studio Version
30.1.2
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/h2MB5ydM1lkRVEyr
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
To work without toggle settings on and off.
Current Behavior
Currently I can get the web camera to work via pipewire, but I had to restart OBS several times for it to detect any cameras, then when it did, I had to toggle back and forth between framerates in NV12 for a few minutes to get it to work at 30 fps.
Steps to Reproduce
- Be unlucky like me perhaps.
- Add a pipewire source.
- Select web camera device.
- Select NV12.
- Select maximum framerate.
Anything else we should know?
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked OBS log and the reproduction steps for the PipeWire source on Arch. Investigate intermittent camera detection and NV12 maximum-framerate selection; done means the webcam is detected and runs at 30 fps without restarting OBS or toggling settings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- arch-linux
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100