OBS keeps crashing on startup Macbook M1

[Oday1607]

Hello

My OBS M1 software keeps crashing when i try to open it. I even tried to reinstall the software but no dice. Below is the crash report. Can someone please tell me what is going on and how to fix it? I have a podcast to record lol

Thank you

Translated Report (Full Report Below)
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Process: OBS Studio [17843]
Path: /Applications/OBS.app/Contents/MacOS/OBS Studio
Identifier: com.obsproject.obs-studio
Version: 30.0.1 (7154023590)
Code Type: X86-64 (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2023-12-12 09:49:31.9829 -0500
OS Version: macOS 14.1.2 (23B92)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 6977C817-DF2A-F72C-8B70-7EA9E7E9A56F

Sleep/Wake UUID: F2185D4B-49C1-4C3B-81BD-6F4325C19D45

Time Awake Since Boot: 23000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 605 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Notes:
PC register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x1046DFA5C)

Crashed Thread: 0 CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5 Trace/BPT trap: 5
Terminating Process: exc handler [17843]

Error Formulating Crash Report:
PC register does not match crashing frame (0x0 vs 0x1046DFA5C)

Thread 0 Crashed:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 <translation info unavailable> 0x1046dfa5c ???
1 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x143758d6a cef_string_map_size + 33020682
2 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x1437562be cef_string_map_size + 33009758
3 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x143754ca3 cef_string_map_size + 33004099
4 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x14375fc4f cef_string_map_size + 33049071
5 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x143760e27 cef_string_map_size + 33053639
6 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x1435c5d31 cef_string_map_size + 31369937
7 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x1436206be cef_string_map_size + 31741022
8 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x1436208fc cef_string_map_size + 31741596
9 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e2e9b5 cef_time_delta + 2460645
10 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e42d46 cef_time_delta + 2543478
11 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e42aac cef_time_delta + 2542812
12 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e43262 cef_time_delta + 2544786
13 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144b40247 ChromeAppModeStart_v6 + 8440279
14 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e4348c cef_time_delta + 2545340
15 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e13b9c cef_time_delta + 2350540
16 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144e1468c cef_time_delta + 2353340
17 Chromium Embedded Framework 0x144b23793 ChromeAppModeStart_v6 + 8322851
18 QtCore 0x10d8a6d4d 0x10d7e9000 + 777549
19 QtCore 0x10d8bd3ea QTimer::timerEvent(QTimerEvent*) + 202
20 QtCore 0x10d89f357 QObject::event(QEvent*) + 103
21 QtWidgets 0x11338c657 QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) + 247
22 QtWidgets 0x11338d4a4 QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) + 500
23 QtCore 0x10d856db9 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject*, QEvent*) + 169
24 QtCore 0x10d9e8c2f QTimerInfoList::activateTimers() + 943
25 libqcocoa.dylib 0x118ba5d82 0x118b8e000 + 97666
26 CoreFoundation 0x7ff804bfba16 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17
27 CoreFoundation 0x7ff804bfb9b9 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 157
28 CoreFoundation 0x7ff804bfb788 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 215
29 CoreFoundation 0x7ff804bfa3f8 __CFRunLoopRun + 919
30 CoreFoundation 0x7ff804bf9a99 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 557
31 HIToolbox 0x7ff80f9619d9 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292
32 HIToolbox 0x7ff80f9617e6 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 665
33 HIToolbox 0x7ff80f961531 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 66
34 AppKit 0x7ff80816b885 _DPSNextEvent + 880
35 AppKit 0x7ff808a5f348 -[NSApplication(NSEventRouting) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1304
36 AppKit 0x7ff80815cdfa -[NSApplication run] + 603
37 libqcocoa.dylib 0x118ba6bba 0x118b8e000 + 101306
38 QtCore 0x10d8602c6 QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 486
39 QtCore 0x10d8573a7 QCoreApplication::exec() + 119
40 OBS Studio 0x10304fe9d 0x102fc2000 + 581277
41 dyld 0x2036223a6 start + 1942

Thread 1:: com.apple.rosetta.exceptionserver
0 runtime 0x7ff7ffd66294 0x7ff7ffd62000 + 17044

Thread 2:
0 runtime 0x7ff7ffd8494c 0x7ff7ffd62000 + 141644

Thread 3:
0 runtime 0x7ff7ffd8494c 0x7ff7ffd62000 + 141644

Thread 4:
0 runtime 0x7ff7ffd8494c 0x7ff7ffd62000 + 141644

Thread 5:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0 ??? 0x7ff894fd6a78 ???
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff804aea94a __select + 10
2 CoreFoundation 0x7ff804c236af __CFSocketManager + 637
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x7ff804b21202 _pthread_start + 99
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x7ff804b1cbab thread_start + 15

 

[Pablito Key]

I have a same problem...

 

[mrjoecastellon]

Same here. I have to retry and SOMETIMES after about 20+ times, it will simply open normally.

EDIT: ok so I tried something but I can't say for sure if it was just a coincidence or if it actually helped.

I opened OBS and it crashed on startup as usual. Didn't even show the interface. Instead of right-clicking on the dock and selecting "Force Quit", I opened Activity Monitor, located the frozen OBS process (it's always in red), selected it and used the "Force Quit" command there.

It's been opening normally ever since ‍‍

 

[abbylochness]

I also had this issue.
Over the past year, whenever I try to open OBS, it would immediately crash.

My Solution:
(Backup &) Delete the Application Support data for OBS, located at ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio Open Finder and press "Command+Shift+G". Then enter the directory path that you wish to open. Renaming the folder from obs-studio to obs-studio.bkup (or something similar) does the same thing as backing up and deleting.

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Doing this clears any settings you have that may be crashing the application.
With the settings clean, I was then able to open OBS with no issues.

I plan to test which metadata was causing the issue for me, but it's likely a plugin that is incompatible with apple silicon.