Help! Steam link and the endless audio driver installation

[Deivid]

Hi, I'm new in steam and I want to connect my Mac to the TV by steam link. The entire process has been correct but when I try to connect it to the computer, a message appears:

"streaming requires additional driver installation"


Then, I go to my Mac, I install the audio driver (ambrosia) and restart the computer. Nothing happens and the same message appears again (and again).

Can anybody help me to solve the problem?

Thanks a lot!

[Fresh Mike]

I've opened a support ticket two days ago and am waiting for an answer from Steam.

[Fresh Mike]

I have received this answer from the Steam support. I wonder why they would not answer publicly here for the many people here that have had the same problem. So here is the answer (which I have yet to try). Please post a comment so let others know if it works for you.

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Thank you for reaching out to Hardware Support, we apologize for the delay.

Our development team has reported this bug to Apple support and has been awaiting a correction from their end.

As a workaround, you can try bypassing the drivers by using /Applications/Steam.app/Contents/MacOS/steam_osx -skipstreamingdrivers

in the Terminal. You may need to uninstall the existing drivers before using this will help.

You can use your preferred method to remove the drivers, or follow these instructions to uninstall the drivers Steam uses:

- Close Steam and disconnect any extra input devices - controllers, wireless receivers, etc.

- Press space+CMD+Option key to bring up 'Applications'

- Type in 'Terminal'

- Launch 'Terminal'

- Type in: sudo rm -r /Library/Extensions/SteamInput.kext

-- (the address may vary with installation, and might be under /System/Library/Extensions)

- Type in sudo rm -r /Library/Extensions/AmbrosiaAudioSupport.kext

- Restart the computer

- Reopen the Terminal and type in /Applications/Steam.app/Contents/MacOS/steam_osx -skipstreamingdrivers

- Start Steam and test the issue



This process removes .kext driver file from the computer. Typically, Steam will detect that it is missing these drivers when Big Picture mode is launched with a controller connected or a streaming session starts.

I found another article on the Steam Discussion forums referencing a post by "Jonas MN" on the Apple forums that could help remove the Ambrosia driver:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6615897

[Fresh Mike]

It is not clear whether this method still allows for the streaming of sound.

[Fresh Mike]

I've been able to skip the repeated installation of Ambrosia, without having to uninstall the Ambrosia driver, and the video streaming works, but there is no audio streaming, making this workaround quite unusable.

[Fresh Mike]

Another Mac-related problem I've reported to them is that the trackpad and keyboard commands of the Magic Keyboard on an iMac Pro are not sent by the Steam Link app to the Mac (while they are sent to a Windows PC).

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same problem

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[PineappleMan728]

Anybody has a fix for this yet? I am using Steam Link app in Android TV 9 and Steam in Mac OS Big Sur 11.1

In my Mac, I am asked to "Install" the Gamepad Driver Update. I click "Install".

A dialog appears that says 'Please click the "Allow" button to load system software from "Valve Corporation" and/or "Ambrosia Software, Inc" in the Security & Privacy system settings.' I press OK.

Then System Preferences open up. But there is no mention of "Valve Corporation" or "Ambrosia Software Inc" anywhere.

However, in the background suddenly the installation somehow completes. Yay. It says "The installation was successful". Here, there is only one button available: "Close". I click Close.

I restart my Mac.

I restart my Android TV.

I return to the Steam Link app on Android TV. I press Start Playing, the whole thing repeats again.

WHAT DO I DO?????? It's an endless cycle.

[Fresh Mike]

Same problem for me.

[HeyMikeBrown]

I finally decided to try Steam Link today - even bought a game specifically for it - and found this thread when I had the driver issue. How is it THREE YEARS and Valve hasn't provided a fix for this? It's such an integral part of Valve communities.

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[Fresh Mike]

Цитата допису HeyMikeBrown:

I finally decided to try Steam Link today - even bought a game specifically for it - and found this thread when I had the driver issue. How is it THREE YEARS and Valve hasn't provided a fix for this? It's such an integral part of Valve communities.

Because Valve doesn't care about Mac users. @Valve Prove me wrong!

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