# Fixing video error on new Big Sur macOS with M1 chip

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/fixing-video-error-on-new-big-sur-macos-with-m1-chip/29732>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fixing-video-error-on-new-big-sur-macos-with-m1-chip/29732 "2021-04-29T15:05:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Matt1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Matt1)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fixing-video-error-on-new-big-sur-macos-with-m1-chip/29732/1 "2021-04-29T15:05:51Z")

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This video shows how to fix the error associated with processing video library

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xNa_ua_esmw/maxresdefault.jpg "Processing Video Capture Issue (MAC) Solved") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNa_ua_esmw)

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**Author:** ![ksenni1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@ksenni1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ksenni1)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fixing-video-error-on-new-big-sur-macos-with-m1-chip/29732/2 "2022-05-24T21:01:03Z")

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thanks, do you know how to fix the same problem on M1 Big Sur with Processing 4.0?

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**Author:** ![ksenni1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@ksenni1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ksenni1)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fixing-video-error-on-new-big-sur-macos-with-m1-chip/29732/3 "2022-05-24T21:03:33Z")

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I get the following error when i run “Getting Started Capture” example:

Video Library for Processing 4 does not run on this architecture: macos-aarch64  
Processing video library using system-wide GStreamer 1.20.2  
Available cameras:  
[0] “FaceTime HD Camera”

(Processing core video:2420): GStreamer-CRITICAL \*\*: 22:02:22.910: gst\_bin\_add\_many: assertion ‘GST\_IS\_ELEMENT (element\_1)’ failed

(Processing core video:2420): GStreamer-CRITICAL \*\*: 22:02:22.919: gst\_element\_link\_pads\_full: assertion ‘GST\_IS\_ELEMENT (dest)’ failed

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**Author:** ![sableraph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/sableraph/32/251_2.png) [@sableraph](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sableraph)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/fixing-video-error-on-new-big-sur-macos-with-m1-chip/29732/4 "2022-10-18T13:47:55Z")

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Just saw the following workaround [suggested on the Github issue](https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/575#issuecomment-1282368416).

```auto
cam = new Capture(this, 640, 480, "pipeline:avfvideosrc device-index=0 ! video/x-raw, width=640, height=480, framerate=30/1");

```

This worked for me on macOS 12.5.1 (Monterey) on an M1 Macbook Pro.