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Enabling Hardware Decoding Causes Media Source to Freeze and Crash OBS on Exit (Intel Mac)
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kind/crash
platform/macos
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- C
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Description
Operating System Info
macOS 13
Other OS
No response
OBS Studio Version
28.1.2
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/XpJQmNGjezSWcdJW
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
Be able to use hardware decoding without resulting in a black screen.
Current Behavior
Enabling hardware decoding causes media source to freeze and crash OBS on exit
Steps to Reproduce
- Add Media Source
- Select .webm file
- Select Use hardware decoding when available
- Click OK
- Black screen appears
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 by reviewing the OBS log at https://obsproject.com/logs/XpJQmNGjezSWcdJW and reproducing the listed Media Source steps on macOS 13 with OBS 28.1.2 and a .webm file. Done means hardware decoding no longer produces a black screen, freezes the media source, or crashes OBS on exit.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100