Advanced Scene Switcher

Advanced Scene Switcher 1.29.3

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Héraès

Héraès

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Any suggestions on how to trigger the ASS to write the replay buffer
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@kdarroch
Do you know this plugin ? It is supposed to do a part of what you want : it allows you to push a key to write the content of the replay buffer, and also to switch to a scene (in wich you can play the replay as a media source). It allows delay, to let the buffer to be written.
I don't know if that's what you want, given that you talked about detecting on-screen changes, but hey, I prefer to try ;)
 
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AaronD

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There's a "Go to download" button at the top right of every plugin page: Overview, Forum Discussion, etc. That gets you the latest version. I would not be surprised at all if the repo version is so horribly out of date that it doesn't even run.

Case in point: OBS in the Ubuntu 22.04 repo is version 27. We're on version 29 now, and from 27 to 28 is a major graphics update that breaks almost everything, both upgrading and downgrading. Add the OBS-specific repo to get v29, and then the up-to-date plugins (from the download button here) will work too.
 
khaver

khaver

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The pattern matching macro seems to not work if matching to a solid black area of the video source. I'm trying to detect when a person is not at a podium. The stage behind the podium is black. If I restrict the area to check just above the microphone, a black area, the pattern (solid black) is never matched. It seems there must be some variation in the area to be checked in order for a match to be found. I do not want to include the microphone in the check area in case the camera or microphone is moved slightly.

Is there any workaround for this? Thanks.

I'm using v1.17.7. (I can't upgrade from OBS 17.2.5 at this time)
 
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Warmuptill

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khaver said:
The pattern matching macro seems to not work if matching to a solid black area of the video source. I'm trying to detect when a person is not at a podium. The stage behind the podium is black. If I restrict the area to check just above the microphone, a black area, the pattern (solid black) is never matched. It seems there must be some variation in the area to be checked in order for a match to be found. I do not want to include the microphone in the check area in case the camera or microphone is moved slightly.

Is there any workaround for this? Thanks.

I'm using v1.17.7. (I can't upgrade from OBS 17.2.5 at this time)
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The pattern matching algorithm does not work when providing a solid black pattern as there are no features the check for in the given pattern.

As you seem to be testing for a solid black area would it not work to check if a given area has not changed for X amount of time using a condition similar to this? (The exact values are of course only examples)

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I hope all of the required functionality was already implemented in the particular version you are stuck on.
 
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AaronD

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Warmuptill said:
The pattern matching algorithm does not work when providing a solid black pattern as there are no features the check for in the given pattern.
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So we can't check for "not black"?

Warmuptill said:
...would it not work to check if a given area has not changed for X amount of time using a condition similar to this? (The exact values are of course only examples)

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I can see a potential problem with this, as some people may stand still enough to fool a motion-based thing. (I've seen some that are practically statues in front of an audience) But if it works in practice with the actual people involved, then I guess it works.
 
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CodeYan

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Also, if "perform check only in area" is enabled, what size is expected of the selected file? Is it supposed to be the same size, as in only the selected part? What happens if the file is of a different size?
 
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CodeYan

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CodeYan said:
How come this is matched when my template is pure black?

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Ah lol, I see this was answered "The pattern matching algorithm does not work when providing a solid black pattern as there are no features the check for in the given pattern." How can I make it so i can match a pure black AND similar colors?

Also, does adv-ss load the selected file again if I overwrite the file?
 
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kdarroch

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hERE IS AN ENHANCMENT REQUEST TO THE PLUGIN

Would it be possible to act on macro's that are grouped, as a group?

For instance, another macro might pause or un-pause the group of macro's

That would be awesome,
 
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Warmuptill

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CodeYan said:
Also, if "perform check only in area" is enabled, what size is expected of the selected file? Is it supposed to be the same size, as in only the selected part? What happens if the file is of a different size?
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The size can be the same or smaller than the selected area.
If the pattern is larger than the video source / selected area a match cannot be found.

CodeYan said:
Also, does adv-ss load the selected file again if I overwrite the file?
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No, the plugin will only reload the file on "startup" / when changing the path to the file.

CodeYan said:
How can I make it so i can match a pure black AND similar colors?
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The current algorithm does not really allow an emphasis on only color similarity.
I will try to investigate if there is an alternative approach to handle this use case as well (I assume there is).

kdarroch said:
hERE IS AN ENHANCMENT REQUEST TO THE PLUGIN

Would it be possible to act on macro's that are grouped, as a group?

For instance, another macro might pause or un-pause the group of macro's

That would be awesome,
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Thanks for the suggestion!
I will add it to the todo list.

Unfortunately I am rather busy at the moment and cannot really spend much time on the plugin, so I can't promise that I will get around to it soon.
 
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kdarroch

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CodeYan said:
Also, if "perform check only in area" is enabled, what size is expected of the selected file? Is it supposed to be the same size, as in only the selected part? What happens if the file is of a different size?
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Here is a TIP I recently figured out.
The match pattern works so much better if you have the pattern you are trying to match in the area where you want to look and instead of use existing file use the screen capture option to create the file exactly the size of the area you set. Just need to set the area first and then go back up and create the matching file using the screen capture option.

works really well.

kirk
 
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LexXxusTV

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I don't know what happen with this last update but this just simply doesn't work for me any more.
I had all my scenes set up correctly with each scene fading audio with timed transitions and all.
Now nothing works properly for me.
I have been sitting here for 6 hours trying to fix this and not a chance!
I give up ,I'm tired.
 
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Warmuptill

Active Member
LexXxusTV said:
I don't know what happen with this last update but this just simply doesn't work for me any more.
I had all my scenes set up correctly with each scene fading audio with timed transitions and all.
Now nothing works properly for me.
I have been sitting here for 6 hours trying to fix this and not a chance!
I give up ,I'm tired.
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Can you share more details on what exactly you have set up and does not work?
It would be best if you can also export your current settings to a file and share it. (The option to do so is available on the General tab)
 
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LexXxusTV

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I spent an additional hour on it and find that the "With duration of" ______ seconds, sets the file for how long it will play?????????????
It should set the time of how long the transition is but it's not. In fade for a duration of should be the duration of the fade, not the duration of the file playing.
It get the main screen display in OBS doesn't show whats being put out and just stays stuck on the previous screen when it should show the new transition screen.

I have scenes that don't respond after pressing them and then all the sudden starting.
I have the next scene that is suppose to load, load like way after the time I put in for it to stop as if it's adding up the duration of the fade and the length of time you want to play the file and stopping the file at that new value.

This is getting a little screwy for me.
I had the version before this working flawlessly. You can see in my videos on twitch.
Now, nothing is working for me.
I get one macro to work, that is the first one.
half the time that won't work properly also.

Love this plugin but when it goes bad, it goes worse.
Maybe just my bad luck.
I'm reinstalling version 1.20.4

..... Now configured 1.20.4 to work properly.
All this issues are real I guess and not just my 6 hours of going crazy trying to figure this out and thinking it's me.
 
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LexXxusTV

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Muting and unmuting would not work.
Fading of audio channels didn't work.
Transitioning from one scene to another did not work.
Setting up the fader durations were not actual fader setting being adjusted but added to the audio file's play time.
Preview window in OBS would not update to new scene.
Scenes became unresponsive.
I'm sure there is more, I'm really tired so excuse me if I have missed some.
I'll let you know if I remember any more but for now...
1.20.4 is the gem for me I guess.

Cheers.
 
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