OutLoud wont start on Pop OS 24.04

[alan-cugler]

What happened?

I have attempted to start the App.image and install and run .deb package. both are showing the same errors. Not sure how to troubleshoot as the errors are relatively uninformative. I have the google web extension installed on Brave as well, but its unable to connect.

Steps to reproduce

App.Image

1. download the app.image
2. add execution permissions
3. execute app.image from terminal
4. fails without opening an application window

.deb

1. download
2. install with sudo privileges
3. run native terminal command for outloud
4. eventually fails without applications opening

troubleshooting attempt

On the app.image I tried eliminating complexity
./Out.Loud-2.1.0.AppImage --disable-gpu --disable-accelerated-video-decode --ozone-platform=x11

This does open the Out Loud application initially, but then the application freezes and becomes unresponsive.

App version

2.1.0

Operating system

Linux

Logs

$ out-loud
[Worker] Starting from: /opt/Out Loud/resources/app.asar/electron/tts-worker.js
[Main] Preload path: /opt/Out Loud/resources/app.asar/electron/preload.cjs
[Main] Requesting model preload...
[HTTP] Port 51730 already in use - extension API disabled
[195428:0731/110811.764700:ERROR:content/browser/browser_main_loop.cc:290] Gtk: gtk_widget_get_scale_factor: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
libEGL warning: pci id for fd 16: 10de:13c2, driver (null)

pci id for fd 17: 10de:13c2, driver (null)
pci id for fd 18: 10de:13c2, driver (null)
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
libEGL warning: pci id for fd 16: 10de:13c2, driver (null)

pci id for fd 17: 10de:13c2, driver (null)
pci id for fd 18: 10de:13c2, driver (null)
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
libEGL warning: pci id for fd 16: 10de:13c2, driver (null)

[195461:0731/110811.882266:ERROR:media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc:1640] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error
[TTS Worker] ffmpeg path: /opt/Out Loud/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg
[TTS Worker] __dirname: /opt/Out Loud/resources/app.asar/electron
[TTS Worker] isPackaged: true
[TTS Worker] MODELS_DIR: /opt/Out Loud/resources/app.asar.unpacked/electron/models
TTS Worker initialized
Preloading model: model_q8f16
Loaded embedded model: /opt/Out Loud/resources/app.asar.unpacked/electron/models/model_q8f16.onnx
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

System info

• Pop OS 24.04
• desktop: wayland
• arch: amd64
• GPU: nvidia gtx 970
• RAM: 24GiB
• CPU: intel i5-4690K @ 3.5GHz

Before submitting

• I've searched existing issues for duplicates
• I'm on the latest release