OBS 30, yes, and the last adv-ss I tried was 1.23.1 which I updated to 1.24.0 and both worked fine before the OS update yes - to further clarify, it wasn't the major version upgrade. I had already done that and things were still working as of Silverblue 39.20231128.0 (2023-11-28T00:51:38Z).
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TheMegaXandy
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I'm having a problem using the plugin's "Run" action. For example, I have a cmd command that I would like to run:
How do I adapt this to the plugin's "Run" action?
I also have another simpler cmd command, which I was not successful in:
Both commands take a specific folder to be executed.
Note that the commands work properly in a command prompt window. So there is nothing wrong with the command syntax, nor with the exe file being executed.
Code:
piper --model pt_BR-faber-medium.onnx --output_file TTS-generating.wav < text.txt && del TTS.wav && rename TTS-generating.wav TTS.wavI also have another simpler cmd command, which I was not successful in:
Code:
del TTS.wavNote that the commands work properly in a command prompt window. So there is nothing wrong with the command syntax, nor with the exe file being executed.
Warmuptill
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Sorry to come back with yet another clarification question:
The exact same OBS and plugin version caused crash with the newer OS version, right?
I think you are misunderstanding what the "Run" action is doing.
The "Run" action is not launching the shell / command prompt of whichever OS you are using and then running the string you have passed to the "Run" action in that shell environment.
Instead is is simply trying to launching whichever executable file you pass to it with a given set of arguments.
This is why running shell specific built-in commands or keywords like
echo, del , <, >, |, ... won't have any effect.If you do want to run shell commands with the "Run" action you can either put those commands in a script and run that instead or start the shell / command prompt binary itself and pass the commands you want to run as an argument.
For example, if you would want to use the
cmd.exe shell environment to run the echo hi > someTextFile.txt command you would have to start the cmd.exe binary and pass /c as the first argument and echo hi > someTextFile.txt as the second argument.(See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cmd for a description of the arguments supported by cmd.exe)
You can set the folder in which the command should be executed using the "Working directory" field.
The default working directory will be the folder in which the OBS binary is located at.
Hope that helps!
Let me know if you need further examples!
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Right. I just rolled back to the last working OS version, Silverblue 39.20231128.0 (2023-11-28T00:51:38Z), OBS is 30.0.2 and adv-ss is 1.24.2. Everything is working perfectly. Those are the same versions of OBS and adv-ss I had installed with the newest F39, 39.20231219.0 (2023-12-19T00:35:47Z), in which the plugin appears to make OBS silently fail but OBS will start and run fine in safe mode or with the plugin uninstalled.
TheMegaXandy
New Member
Yes, that's what I wanted to say! I wanted to run shell commands, and your example helped me.
I was confused about how I should use the "Run" action to accomplish what I wanted to do. I didn't know if I should put everything in the Run text box, much less did I know that I had to divide the arguments this way. (In the command prompt we put everything on a single line).
But now with your example, I managed to make it work, and this will possibly help me solve some race condition problems I'm having.
Just one more quick yes or no question. When I run this action block as shown above, will the plugin wait for the process to close, so that it can continue with the next actions, or will the plugin not wait? (It will be great if the plugin waits, even better if I can choose).
Warmuptill
Active Member
At the moment the plugin does not wait for the spawned process to exit.
But I can try to look into adding an option to toggle this behaviour.
Warmuptill
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A build with the option to wait for a process to terminate will be available here in a few minutes:
Process wait · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher@3937f81
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Let me know if you run into any issues!
ReaulBShea
New Member
I downloaded the dvanced Scene Switcher plugin however it doesn’t look like I think it should when I look at examples on Advanced Scene Switcher on YouTube. I am attaching a screenshot here. Does this look correct? I think there are supposed to be more tabs then just in general and macro. Please let me know ASAP. Thank you
YouTube and most other guides are out of date. That's often the trouble with those things. They look wonderful...except they don't actually work anymore.
The functionality in the other tabs can all be done with macros if you really understand what's going on.
The other tabs are still there...for now...if you uncheck the option that's barely clipped off in your screenshot. But they're not maintained anymore and they'll eventually go away entirely, if my understanding is correct. So try to avoid them for any new stuff, and try to migrate anything you do have there into the macros.
sgt_quagmire
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I'm attempting to do a macro that detects a scene switch and adjusts audio of a source upon change. I noticed under the Audio tab it has set source volume but only allows a percentage. Is there a way to change it to a specific dB?
No, but there's a direct correlation. Once you play with it a bit, you can pick the percentage that gives you the dB you want.
That also means it shouldn't be too hard for @Warmuptill to add a choice of units, right? (until someone wants to use a variable with both units in different places)
That said though, I've only ever used 0% and 100%, which makes this point mostly moot. My actual mix is done with the compressors' makeup gains, since they're already there anyway. I use a DAW for all that, but it works in OBS too.
TheMegaXandy
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Sorry for the delay in responding, but it worked flawlessly! Thanks!
sgt_quagmire
New Member
It becomes real hard to play the guessing game with % as it takes the percentage of the current dB which makes it inconsistent when switching from different scenes but @Warmuptill helped me out and came in clutch with a new build that has a dB value
GnomeAssociate
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Warmuptill
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Sure, a build with this change will be available here in a few minutes:
Cleanup · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher@e5b0148
An automation tool for OBS Studio. Contribute to WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Glad to hear that the plugin is of use to you! :)
(There is no need / no way to support the plugin financially - but I appreciate the offer!)
BallLicker42069
New Member
I am having an issue with the "check conditions every X seconds" part. Every time it checks conditions, my mouse shows the blue loading circle to the top right of the mouse for like 0.25sec. This is driving me absolutely crazy and I've looked everywhere for a fix, but it seems either no one else has this issue or I'm the only one who is being driven crazy by it.
Is there any way to stop it from changing my mouse to the loading symbol every single time it checks conditions? I would love to keep using this (while keeping the loading symbol enabled for other things) as it is exactly what I was looking for, but it is driving me NUTS.
Thanks for the plugin.
Is there any way to stop it from changing my mouse to the loading symbol every single time it checks conditions? I would love to keep using this (while keeping the loading symbol enabled for other things) as it is exactly what I was looking for, but it is driving me NUTS.
Thanks for the plugin.
Warmuptill
Active Member
Unfortunately, this is the first time I am hearing about such behaviour and I have never seen this before myself.
Can you describe what you have configured / export your settings to a file and share it?
This might give hints as to what might be causing the problem.
BallLicker42069
New Member
Thanks for the quick reply. I attached my settings export and here's a video of what happens too if it helps at all. I also tried re-installing using the windows non-installer version (original install was with the installer) just in case but still ended up with the same thing.