Thanks to the hard work of volunteers on OBS Studio, it now includes the powerful functionality of scripting. More on that here.
This has enabled a very cool feature: Instant Replays.
This guide will go over how to setup an instant replays It can be setup in the same scene as your gameplay or main video, or even configured to be used in a separate scene for cool instant replay scene transitions.
Requirements:
OBS Studio Update 21.xx.xx
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1. Open the OBS Studio settings, go to output, and check the box "Enable Replay Buffer"
Set the length to your desired time. Note: Longer replay buffers require more memory. For this guide we'll use 10 seconds.
2. In the general settings, check the box to Automatically start replay buffer when streaming.
3. In the Hotkey settings, set a hotkey for saving the replay buffer. For this guide, we'll use Ctrl+Shift+S.
Using this hotkey you can still save replays normally, even with Instant Replays setup.
4. Now, close the settings page and start the replay buffer by clicking on "Start Replay Buffer" towards the bottom right of OBS Studio.
5. Add a new media source to the current scene, we'll call it "Instant Replay" for this guide, and select the Replay buffer file.
By default it will be located in the “Videos” folder and the file name will start with Replay.
6. At the top of OBS Studio, click on tools, then scripts and select “instant-replay.lua”
7. From the Media Source drop down menu, select the media source you just added to the scene. Then hit close.
If the media source is not appearing, click on the refresh icon to the left.
8.Open up the OBS Studio settings again and go to the Hotkeys section. There will be a new hotkey, called "Instant Replay".
For this guide, we'll set the hotkey to Ctrl+Shift+R.
9. Now your Instant Replay feature is ready. Simply press the hotkey combination you just chose, and the last 10 seconds will play in the media source. You can now resize the source and move it around.
If you have a control device such as a Stream Deck, you can create a hotkey action, set the hotkey to the same as in OBS Studio, and then you have the power of instant replay at the press of a button.
This has enabled a very cool feature: Instant Replays.
This guide will go over how to setup an instant replays It can be setup in the same scene as your gameplay or main video, or even configured to be used in a separate scene for cool instant replay scene transitions.
Requirements:
OBS Studio Update 21.xx.xx
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1. Open the OBS Studio settings, go to output, and check the box "Enable Replay Buffer"
Set the length to your desired time. Note: Longer replay buffers require more memory. For this guide we'll use 10 seconds.
2. In the general settings, check the box to Automatically start replay buffer when streaming.
3. In the Hotkey settings, set a hotkey for saving the replay buffer. For this guide, we'll use Ctrl+Shift+S.
Using this hotkey you can still save replays normally, even with Instant Replays setup.
4. Now, close the settings page and start the replay buffer by clicking on "Start Replay Buffer" towards the bottom right of OBS Studio.
5. Add a new media source to the current scene, we'll call it "Instant Replay" for this guide, and select the Replay buffer file.
By default it will be located in the “Videos” folder and the file name will start with Replay.
6. At the top of OBS Studio, click on tools, then scripts and select “instant-replay.lua”
7. From the Media Source drop down menu, select the media source you just added to the scene. Then hit close.
If the media source is not appearing, click on the refresh icon to the left.
8.Open up the OBS Studio settings again and go to the Hotkeys section. There will be a new hotkey, called "Instant Replay".
For this guide, we'll set the hotkey to Ctrl+Shift+R.
9. Now your Instant Replay feature is ready. Simply press the hotkey combination you just chose, and the last 10 seconds will play in the media source. You can now resize the source and move it around.
If you have a control device such as a Stream Deck, you can create a hotkey action, set the hotkey to the same as in OBS Studio, and then you have the power of instant replay at the press of a button.
