Unable to load it on OBS as VST2, macOS Sequoia, M2 chip

[eric-gitta-moore]

Unable to load it on OBS as VST2, macOS Sequoia, M2 chip

I tried this and manual installation

#105, #136 (comment), #6 (comment)

On macOS, VST files use the .vst extension.

• /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/
• ~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST/ (Home folder)

OBS log

❯ /Applications/OBS.app/Contents/MacOS/OBS
info: Using preferred locale 'zh-CN'
info: [macOS] Permission for audio device access denied.
info: [macOS] Permission for video device access denied.
info: [macOS] Permission for accessibility denied.
info: [macOS] Permission for screen capture denied.
info: CPU Name: Apple M2
info: Physical Cores: 8, Logical Cores: 8
info: Physical Memory: 16384MB Total
info: Model Identifier: Mac14,7
info: OS Name: macOS
info: OS Version: Version 15.0.1 (Build 24A348)
info: Rosetta translation used: false
info: Kernel Version: 24.0.0
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.US'
info: Current Date/Time: 2024-11-06, 15时29分06秒
info: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true
info: Qt Version: 6.6.3 (runtime), 6.6.3 (compiled)
info: Portable mode: false
warning: Populating font family aliases took 91 ms. Replace uses of missing font family "MS Shell Dlg" with one that exists to avoid this cost. 
info: OBS 30.2.3 (mac)
info: ---------------------------------
info: ---------------------------------
info: audio settings reset:
        samples per sec: 48000
        speakers:        2
        max buffering:   960 milliseconds
        buffering type:  dynamically increasing
info: ---------------------------------
info: Initializing OpenGL...
info: Loading up OpenGL on adapter Apple Apple M2
info: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 4.1 Metal - 89.3, shading language 4.10
info: ---------------------------------
info: video settings reset:
        base resolution:   1920x1080
        output resolution: 1920x1080
        downscale filter:  Bicubic
        fps:               60/1
        format:            NV12
        YUV mode:          Rec. 709/Partial
info: NV12 texture support enabled
info: P010 texture support not available
info: Audio monitoring device:
        name: 默认
        id: default
info: ---------------------------------
warning: No AJA devices found, skipping loading AJA UI plugin
warning: Failed to initialize module 'aja-output-ui'
warning: No AJA devices found, skipping loading AJA plugin
warning: Failed to initialize module 'aja'
warning: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions'
warning: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-output-ui'
warning: A DeckLink iterator could not be created.  The DeckLink drivers may not be installed
warning: Failed to initialize module 'decklink'
info: [obs-browser]: Version 2.23.6
info: [obs-browser]: CEF Version 103.0.5060.134 (runtime), 103.61.26+g3630089+chromium-103.0.5060.134 (compiled)
info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] you can haz websockets (Version: 5.5.2 | RPC Version: 1)
info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Qt version (compile-time): 6.6.3 | Qt version (run-time): 6.6.3
info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Linked ASIO Version: 103002
info: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Module loaded.
info: [vlc-video]: VLC 3.0.21 Vetinari found, VLC video source enabled
info: [obs-ndi] obs_module_load: you can haz obs-ndi (Version 4.13.2)
info: [obs-ndi] obs_module_load: Qt Version: 6.6.3 (runtime), 6.6.2 (compiled)
info: [obs-ndi] load_ndilib: Trying '/usr/lib/libndi.dylib'
info: [obs-ndi] load_ndilib: Trying '/usr/local/lib/libndi.dylib'
info: [obs-ndi] load_ndilib: Found NDI library at '/usr/local/lib/libndi.dylib'
info: [obs-ndi] load_ndilib: NDI runtime loaded successfully
info: [obs-ndi] load_ndilib: NDIlib_v5_load found
info: [obs-ndi] obs_module_load: NDI library initialized successfully ('NDI SDK APPLE 09:05:57 May  6 2024 6.0.1')
info: [obs-ndi] preview_output_init('OBS Preview')
info: [obs-ndi] +ndi_output_create('OBS Preview'...)
info: [obs-ndi] ndi_output_update('OBS Preview'...)
info: [obs-ndi] -ndi_output_create('OBS Preview'...)
info: ---------------------------------
info:   Loaded Modules:
info:     obs-ndi
info:     vlc-video
info:     text-freetype2
info:     rtmp-services
info:     obs-x264
info:     obs-websocket
info:     obs-webrtc
info:     obs-vst
info:     obs-transitions
info:     obs-outputs
info:     obs-filters
info:     obs-ffmpeg
info:     obs-browser
info:     mac-virtualcam
info:     mac-videotoolbox
info:     mac-syphon
info:     mac-capture
info:     mac-avcapture
info:     mac-avcapture-legacy
info:     image-source
info:     frontend-tools
info:     decklink-output-ui
info:     decklink-captions
info:     coreaudio-encoder
info: ---------------------------------
info: [obs-ndi] obs_module_post_load: ...
info: [VideoToolbox encoder]: Added VideoToolbox encoders
info: ---------------------------------
info: Available Encoders:
info:   Video Encoders:
info:   - ffmpeg_aom_av1 (AOM AV1)
info:   - obs_x264 (x264)
info:   - com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.prores-422 (Apple VT ProRes 软件编码器)
info:   - com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.appleproreshw.422 (Apple VT ProRes 硬件编码器)
info:   - com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.ave.avc (苹果 VT H264 硬件编码器)
info:   - com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.h264 (苹果 VT H264 软件编码器)
info:   - com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.ave.hevc (Apple VT HEVC 硬件编码器)
info:   - com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.hevc.vcp (Apple VT HEVC 软件编码器)
info:   Audio Encoders:
info:   - CoreAudio_AAC (CoreAudio AAC)
info:   - ffmpeg_aac (FFmpeg AAC)
info:   - ffmpeg_opus (FFmpeg Opus)
info:   - ffmpeg_pcm_s16le (FFmpeg PCM (16位))
info:   - ffmpeg_pcm_s24le (FFmpeg PCM (24位))
info:   - ffmpeg_pcm_f32le (FFmpeg PCM (32位浮点))
info:   - ffmpeg_alac (FFmpeg ALAC (24位))
info:   - ffmpeg_flac (FFmpeg FLAC (16位))
info: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
info: All scene data cleared
info: ------------------------------------------------
info: Downmix enabled: 1 to 2 channels.
info: coreaudio: Device 'MacBook Pro麦克风' [48000 Hz] initialized
info: [Loaded global audio device]: '麦克风/Aux'
info:     - filter: '噪声抑制' (noise_suppress_filter_v2)
info:     - filter: 'VST 2.x 插件' (vst_filter)
info: Switched to scene '场景'
info: ------------------------------------------------
info: Loaded scenes:
info: - scene '场景':
info: ------------------------------------------------
info: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds (source: 麦克风/Aux)

2024-11-06 15:29:09.163 OBS[99819:4145624] +[IMKClient subclass]: chose IMKClient_Legacy
2024-11-06 15:29:09.163 OBS[99819:4145624] +[IMKInputSession subclass]: chose IMKInputSession_Legacy
info: [mac-virtualcam] macOS Camera Extension activated successfully.
warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.ABC'
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.US'
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.ABC'
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.US'
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.ABC'
info: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.US'
warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
info: User removed filter 'VST 2.x 插件' (vst_filter) from source '麦克风/Aux'
info: User added filter 'VST 2.x 插件' (vst_filter) to source '麦克风/Aux'
warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified

It seems that I prompted warning: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified when adding the VST filter

But I do show here '{Please select a plug-in}'

[eric-gitta-moore]

Oh my God, I know the solution. It needs to be in the root directory, not the home directory, which means /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/

~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST/ not work for me

for me:

❯ tree -L 2 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins
├── Components
│   └── rnnoise.component
├── HAL
├── MAS
└── VST
    ├── rnnoise_mono.vst
    └── rnnoise_stereo.vst

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