Electron Error: Failed to host and connect.

[stephen-ip]

I followed the example code provided, but my code is failing on the first step when I try to run osn.NodeObs.IPC.host("example"); I have the obsRecorder.js file imported into my main.ts file using const obsRecorder = require("./obsRecorder"); and I have set up ipcMain handlers to handle the actions just like in the example. I suspect it might be something with the updated version of electron or something in the example being out of date. Could someone please help me solve this?

[hrueger]

Hi @stephen-ip, could this be a duplicate of #27 ?

[stephen-ip]

I saw that and followed their solution to add { test: /\.node$/, use: "node-loader" } to the webpack config (I'm using typescript and react). When I try running the app, I then get the error: App threw an error during load: Error: \\?\electron\.webpack\main\native_modules\obs_studio_client.node is not a valid Win32 application. I used electron forge to start my project and in the config I saw it already has this in the rules: // Add support for native node modules { // We're specifying native_modules in the test because the asset relocator loader generates a // "fake" .node file which is really a cjs file. test: /native_modules[/\\].+\.node$/, use: "node-loader", },... With this, I assume that it's not a duplicate

[hrueger]

Very strange. Are you you're running it in the main thread and not the renderer process? According to your first post it looks like that which should be fine.

[hrueger]

You could swap the electron version with an older one to check if it is caused by a change in the recent electron versions.

[stephen-ip]

I have tried upgrading all the packages in your demo electron obs app, and it still works, so I guess it's not a electron version issue. I am running it in the main thread the same way the example does. I copied the obsRecorder.js file into the same directory as my main.ts file and import it there. I then copy over the same ipcMain handlers as in the example. A difference is that the updated version of electron wants you to use preload scripts to expose the API and I have did that, which is essentially the same as using remote. I use the electron API to invoke start recording and then main should run it. I am also using npm if that matters, but I'm pretty lost as to what's causing this issue.