obsproject / obsproject/obs-studio

Screen Capture (Pipewire) remains frozen after waking the computer from sleep

Open
#12,423 5 comments 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
C
Stars
76.4k
Forks
10.2k
Avg merge
4d 23h
Merged PRs (30d)
12

Description

Operating System Info

Other

Other OS

Pop!_OS 22.04

OBS Studio Version

Other

OBS Studio Version (Other)

30.2.3

OBS Studio Log URL

https://obsproject.com/logs/evGxIXbHsHCyQyTM

OBS Studio Crash Log URL

No response

Expected Behavior

Pipewire source should be active when waking the computer from sleep.

Current Behavior

Pipewire stream remains paused. Fix is to double click the source and reconfigure.

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Setup a screen capture (pipewire) source
  2. Put the computer to sleep (keeping OBS open)
  3. Wake computer
  4. Check preview and see the image is still
Anything else we should know?

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked OBS log and reproducing the freeze with a PipeWire screen capture across sleep and wake on Pop!_OS 22.04. Done means the PipeWire source becomes active and the preview updates after waking, without double-clicking or reconfiguring the source.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
audio-video-rtc, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.