ALVR v19.0.0 fails to initialize nvenc and vaapi encoders

[some-username-here1]

Description

When built from source, stable v19.0.0 of ALVR, the nvenc encoder and vaapi encoder fails to initialize, regardless of installing and building from nv-codec-headers's sdk/11.1 branch. I have no idea how it fails as all the log says is that it fails to initialize said encoders, switching back to the buggy software encoder.

It is unknown if AMD or Intel GPUs are effected as well, as I don't have one of the mentioned vendors to test it

General Troubleshooting

• [x] I carefully followed the instructions in the README and successfully completed the setup wizard
• [x] I read the ALVR Wikis here and here

Environment

Hardware

https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=eb551b5ec0

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600X

GPU: Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Twin Edge OC

Audio: Micro-Star MSI / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller

Installation

ALVR Version: v19.0.0

SteamVR Version: 1.24.7

Install Type:

• [ ] Packaged (exe, deb, rpm, etc)
• [ ] Portable (zip)
• [X] Source

OS Name and Version (winver on Windows or grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release on most Linux distributions): Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid

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If this issue was able to be fixed in a v19.1.0 patch or so, it would theoretically be able to work on the "stable" branch of Debian.

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