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!

[999999999]

Steam Link issues? Steam Link forum ---> http://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/

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[austinp_valve]

We pushed a hotfix for the Mac client that included an updated installer for our OSX drivers. Can you try running the installer again and let me know if this resolves your issues?

[annod]

I’m still getting the message to install audio driver - ambrosia which is from a company that no longer exists? No matter how much I allow permissions it never allows. Are their other audio files we can use to transfer sound to the tv? Can Valve make their own pass through file?

[Sep102]

引用自 annod：

I’m still getting the message to install audio driver - ambrosia which is from a company that no longer exists? No matter how much I allow permissions it never allows. Are their other audio files we can use to transfer sound to the tv? Can Valve make their own pass through file?

Are you actually prompted by the installer each time you run it to allow the driver in System Preferences (and are able to click the allow button in System Preferences every time you install) or are you just prompted by Steam repeatedly to run the installer? You should only have to click the allow button once, as that permission is saved by macOS once you do so, letting you do things like install several drivers from a single manufacturer and only have to click allow once.

Currently Steam only supports streaming audio on macOS using the Ambrosia driver, support would have to be added for some other method to work.

[annod]

The allow button was not clickable using a Wacom tablet. I clicked allow with Magic Mouse and Ambrosia installed, steam link worked but now my Mac won’t shut down or update Apps that need a restart - every day I have to pull the power to switch it off.

[austinp_valve]

How long have you left your Mac to shut down for since getting it working? macOS has to do some system cache rebuilding after installing a driver that can delay shutdown for several minutes while it's happening, though it should only happen once after installing. Does it hang on your desktop or show a blank screen or something when it's trying to shut down?

[annod]

I choose shutdown , it’s starts to close, screen goes black as per usual with back light on ..... then nothing ... for hours until I give up and power off at the plug or button. Next load it says couldn’t shut down but no clues why. I’m only using my Mac for steam at the mo do nothing else has changed. I tried to do the last software update from the other day but the restart won’t work to install it. Never had any Mac problems before ... just since fiddling with Stram audio.

[ChizBallz]

I am also having this problem. I am running the latest MacOS Mojave 10.14.2, Steam asked me to install ambrosia audio support so I did, and then it popped up the permission thing which I allowed. The install won't even finish, it kept saying trying to registering updated components and just sits there. I had no choice but to force shutdown my computer.

Now whenever I go to shutdown or restart my computer it just sits on the black screen. The mouse pointer is still moveable, however other than that I can't restart or shutdown my computer unless I force it by holding down the power button on my iMac.

Sigh, i don't know how to fix this. It's annoying, because like the OP, I cannot restart my machine for updates now. How to fix this ambrosia audio problem?

[ChizBallz]

I believe there's a problem with the Ambrosia Audio Support installer for Mac. It's either incompatible with MacOS Mojave or there's something else. It messed up my iMac and I can no longer shutdown or reboot.

[mikela]

引用自 Azzhoe：

I believe there's a problem with the Ambrosia Audio Support installer for Mac. It's either incompatible with MacOS Mojave or there's something else. It messed up my iMac and I can no longer shutdown or reboot.

Sorry that this installer is causing issues for you. How long have you let the installer attempt to finish? On earlier macOS versions driver installations were very quick but starting with macOS 10.12 they can take a significant amount of time to complete due to rebuilding the macOS driver cache.

I just tested on my 10.13.6 machine and it took over five minutes for the install to complete successfully. We've also tested the Ambrosia install locally on 10.14.1 and 10.14.2 though I don't currently have installation times for them. Also, the hang that you're experiencing on shutdown may not actually be a real OS hang. macOS blocks shut down and reboot if it is currently in the process of rebuilding the driver cache. It's able to start up again without having successfully rebuilt it (say if the your computer is forced to shut down) but it will try again to rebuild it later when the computer is idle. If you leave it going for a substantial amount of time does it ever finish? I've seen it take upwards of ten minutes to shut down while rebuilding the cache after certain updates and installs.

If the install doesn't seem to ever complete, I can walk you through getting installer logs that may help with debugging this or through uninstalling the driver from your machine.

[First Person Looter]

Having same issue, constant audio driver installation prompts. Mac Pro 5,1 with OS High Sierra 10.13.6 and Steam v019

[Fresh Mike]

Same here, under Mojave. Endless AmbrosiaAudioSupport installation even after several reboots and installations. Steam Link does not work because of that.

[Libanos]

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[dangertree]

On Catalina, same problem. Endless installations, reboots, nothing.