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How to install OBS Plugins on MacOS
Installing plugins on Mac is a bit cumbersome and there are multiple methods. I have detailed them here clearly because forum posts do not suffice.
There are two ways to install OBS Plugins on MacOS.
We will be installing OBS Virtual Background Plugin in both examples. Download the zip file and extract it. Normally it should contain a bin
and data
folder.
Example for OBS Virtual Background Plugin:
First Method
This method is simpler but you may encounter issues when running the plugin.
Go to the folder ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio
.
If you navigate to it manually through Finder go to your user directory, right click and select Show View Options
and then check the Show Library Folder
checkbox as pictured below.
Once you are in the obs-studio
folder you will find a plugins
folder. If you don't find it, create it yourself. After that copy the entire folder into plugins
(in my case would be obs-virtualbg
which contains both the bin
and data
folder).
Start OBS.
Now you might notice you get an error message as pictured below, if this happens try the second method and make sure to delete the folder you just copied from the plugins
folder.
Second Method
Go to the Applications
folder and find your .app file. Either OBS.app
or another name for a modified version, I am using Stream Elements OBS so for me it is SE.Live.app
. Right Click and select Show Package Contents
, after that enter the Contents
folder.
Add the binary
In the folder of the extension, you have extracted previously, you will find a .so file in the bin
folder. Copy that file to the Plugins
folder. In my case I copy obs-virtualbg.so
to the Plugins
folder. If it asks you for a password or elevated permissions provide it so it can copy the file.
Add the data
To add the data we have to go to Resources
-> data
-> obs-plugins
.
In here create a folder with the same name as the .so file. I will create a folder with the name obs-virtualbg
and copy inside it the contents of the data
folder from the original plugin folder.
Now close the window and start OBS. You should find that obs started with no warning and the plugin runs as it should.