- Supported Bit Versions
- 64-bit
- Source Code URL
- https://github.com/univrsal/input-overlay
- Minimum OBS Studio Version
- 19.0.0
- Supported Platforms
- Windows, Linux
A small plugin for obs studio that shows keyboard, mouse and gamepad inputs on stream.
Supports Windows and Linux (64bit, if you need 32bit either compile it yourself or message me)
It adds two new source types to obs: Input Overlay and Input History
Update (21st August):
Planned features & todo's (Current progress):
Also this plugin does not and probably will not work with Streamlabs OBS,
since their API is completely different and I personally prefer OBS Studio.
Input Overlay:
Side note when using this plugin (Windows only):
Since this plugin hooks into input do not open two instances of OBS, because it will result in stuttering input. If you do need two instances then only install the plugin on either 32bit or 64bit and open the second instance without the plugin.
How does it work?
The plugin uses a texture and a config file to create the overlay. This means that you can configure which buttons are shown on screen, how they are arranged and how they look.
By default the plugin comes with presets for mouse, keyboard, gamepad and icons for the arrow keys.
When creating an "Input Overlay" source in obs you can then point it to either the preset files or the ones you made yourself.
Supports Windows and Linux (64bit, if you need 32bit either compile it yourself or message me)
It adds two new source types to obs: Input Overlay and Input History
Update (21st August):
Planned features & todo's (Current progress):
- Unify input methods (Gamepad, Keyboard etc.)
- New config system
- Overlay options
- Static texture (Gamepad body etc.)
- Text (Scroll speed, repeated keypress count)
- Gamepad trigger (Show how much a trigger is pressed down)
- Overlay options
- Remote connection (Connect gaming pc and streaming pc)
- Config creation tool (Graphical program to easily create configs for textures)
- General code refactor
Also this plugin does not and probably will not work with Streamlabs OBS,
since their API is completely different and I personally prefer OBS Studio.
Input Overlay:
Side note when using this plugin (Windows only):
Since this plugin hooks into input do not open two instances of OBS, because it will result in stuttering input. If you do need two instances then only install the plugin on either 32bit or 64bit and open the second instance without the plugin.
These values are used to let the plugin calculate the direction of your mouse movements.
Here you'll find out what values you need to use for your game.
demo_hook.exe and demo_hook_async.exe are located inside the release zip archive under the folder "util"!
Here you'll find out what values you need to use for your game.
Since v4.3 the plugin comes with a *.so file for OBS Studio on linux. I compiled and tested it on Manjaro.
The installation instructions included are currently incorrect.
Here's how the installation should go down for most linux distros (Note that this will install the plugin globally for all users, for user specific installation you can follow these instructions):
1. Download the latest release zip
2. Create a folder called "input-overlay" in "/usr/share/obs/obs-plugins"
3. Copy the contents of the folder "data" in "plugin-linux" into the new folder
4. Copy the file "input-overlay.so" in "bin/64bit" into "/usr/lib/obs-plugins"
5. Install libuihook over your package manager or (only try this if compiling is not an option) download this binary and copy it into "/usr/lib" (and "usr/lib64" if necessary)
Things to note:
You need to install libuiohook manually, since I do not ship it with the plugin. Look it up in your package manager or compile it from source (Make sure to not just use sudo make install, because it offers no way of removing it again!)
For Arch and its derivatives you can get libuiohook from the AUR.
OBS Studio running with input-overlay on Manjaro (inside a VM)
The installation instructions included are currently incorrect.
Here's how the installation should go down for most linux distros (Note that this will install the plugin globally for all users, for user specific installation you can follow these instructions):
2. Create a folder called "input-overlay" in "/usr/share/obs/obs-plugins"
3. Copy the contents of the folder "data" in "plugin-linux" into the new folder
4. Copy the file "input-overlay.so" in "bin/64bit" into "/usr/lib/obs-plugins"
5. Install libuihook over your package manager or (only try this if compiling is not an option) download this binary and copy it into "/usr/lib" (and "usr/lib64" if necessary)
Things to note:
You need to install libuiohook manually, since I do not ship it with the plugin. Look it up in your package manager or compile it from source (Make sure to not just use sudo make install, because it offers no way of removing it again!)
For Arch and its derivatives you can get libuiohook from the AUR.
OBS Studio running with input-overlay on Manjaro (inside a VM)
Please note:
That if you're on a fresh installation of windows or you don't play any games there's a high chance that you don't have the Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable installed.
You can get them here.
Video link, since vimeo embedding is broken
That if you're on a fresh installation of windows or you don't play any games there's a high chance that you don't have the Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable installed.
You can get them here.
Video link, since vimeo embedding is broken
The plugin uses a texture and a config file to create the overlay. This means that you can configure which buttons are shown on screen, how they are arranged and how they look.
By default the plugin comes with presets for mouse, keyboard, gamepad and icons for the arrow keys.
When creating an "Input Overlay" source in obs you can then point it to either the preset files or the ones you made yourself.
https://i.imgur.com/63G3oga.png
https://pastebin.com/ZN6zY0nq
Keycodes can be obtained by running demo_hook_async.exe in the "util" folder.