Video Capture Device (V4L2) loses device on startup

[ThomasHineXYZ]

Operating System Info

Other

Other OS

Arch Linux

OBS Studio Version

27.0.1

OBS Studio Version (Other)

No response

OBS Studio Log URL

https://obsproject.com/logs/7kFe4RM6vKCvlXSY

OBS Studio Crash Log URL

No response

Expected Behavior

On Windows it remembers a video device, such as a webcam, and goes back to it when it's plugged in.

Current Behavior

Once it's unplugged in Linux though it tends to say /dev/video1 or grabs (and locks) a different video device.

This is rather frustrating when a USB capture card is unplugged or being finicky / flakey and it grabs and locks my webcam to one of those sources instead of my standard webcam source. Causing me several minutes of trial and error to try and get my webcam set up with its proper source instead of one of the four separate capture card sources I have.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start OBS
2. Create two video capture sources, each with a different video capture device
3. Close OBS
4. Unplug one of the devices
5. Open OBS, the issue should have occurred

Anything else we should know?

No response

[kkartaltepe]

dup #3003