Advanced Scene Switcher 1.28.1

[alexanderrk]

Hi Again,

I'm wondering if i'm missing something, but is it possible to use a wildcard with a date?
I'm trying to trigger a macro to at a certain time every hour. Something like "**:20:00".
I swear i saw it before but i can't find it now . It doesn't let me enter anything that's not a number.

Thanks!

 

[Warmuptill]

Ah, it seems in copying the l side of the keyboard's macro, I forgot to switch the scene switcher portion below to the r side's scene. It took a minute or two today but I found it.

I had pretty good luck with this today, and pretty sure all 10 macros popped constantly over a 2 hour live stream. Of course a few are only used for very limited directional camera sources so they may not be visible popping so to speak, but many of the other scenes can be seen flashing sometimes too quickly. This was my first attempt at a live recording with these and I think it went fairly well. Is there any place where such videos are welcome? I posted my music recording online but I don't know how this forum is about links.
Though I didn't do the log, & there are probably improvements I can make. I was pretty happy with the results.

Glad to hear that you got it to work.
Feel free to send me the link in a direct message and I will have a look.

sorry now attach file

Thanks!
Both the advanced scene switcher and obs-midi-mg seem to agree that no MIDI input devices are connected.
Maybe they are somehow conflicting with one another.
Can you try removing one of the two plugins an check if the device can be interacted with again?
(But please be sure to back up your settings before hand!)

Hi Again,

I'm wondering if i'm missing something, but is it possible to use a wildcard with a date?
I'm trying to trigger a macro to at a certain time every hour. Something like "**:20:00".
I swear i saw it before but i can't find it now . It doesn't let me enter anything that's not a number.

View attachment 94419

Thanks!

Yes that is indeed possible.
Click the "Show advanced settings" button and select "Pattern".
To follow your example it would look similar to this:

Hope that helps!

 

[alexanderrk]

@Warmuptill It does, thank you so much!
I thought it got removed in an update or something haha.

 

[AaronD]

Warmuptill updated Advanced Scene Switcher with a new update entry:

Bug fix and locale update



Read the rest of this update entry...

Not sure if this is a plugin bug or an OBS bug, but:

This is two monitors. OBS is supposed to be on the right one, with that arrangement of docks, but it also copies some of the Macro docks to the left monitor. The copies highlight their buttons when I hover over the main ones, and vice-versa, and when I close either one, the other goes away too.

The first macro dock doesn't do this, and sometimes the second is okay, but it seems like all the rest do.

 

[Warmuptill]

Not sure if this is a plugin bug or an OBS bug, but:
View attachment 94436
This is two monitors. OBS is supposed to be on the right one, with that arrangement of docks, but it also copies some of the Macro docks to the left monitor. The copies highlight their buttons when I hover over the main ones, and vice-versa, and when I close either one, the other goes away too.

The first macro dock doesn't do this, and sometimes the second is okay, but it seems like all the rest do.

That is likely a bug in the plugin.
I will try to look into it.
Thanks for reporting the problem! :)

 

[Aflex92]

Hello Guys i have a Question.
I try to make my Overlay toggling on and off after a exact amount of Minutes but i dont get it to work?
I tried so many things and settings but nothing of that works.
My Overlay is a Browser Source maybe someone can help me :)
Thank you.

 

[AaronD]

Hello Guys i have a Question.
I try to make my Overlay toggling on and off after a exact amount of Minutes but i dont get it to work?
I tried so many things and settings but nothing of that works.
My Overlay is a Browser Source maybe someone can help me :)
Thank you.

What part doesn't work? The timing? The toggle? What have you tried?

 

[Warmuptill]

Hello Guys i have a Question.
I try to make my Overlay toggling on and off after a exact amount of Minutes but i dont get it to work?
I tried so many things and settings but nothing of that works.
My Overlay is a Browser Source maybe someone can help me :)
Thank you.

There are various ways of achieving this, but I assume something like this should do the trick:

The example shows the "Overlay Source" for 5 seconds every 3 minutes.
Let me know if you have any questions! :)

 

[Aflex92]

Thanks i will try it and give you Feedback if it fits :)

 

[Aflex92]

Alright i Set it up like you Send me but he does it Ones correctly and then the 3 Minute Timer runs and when he reached 0 he doesnt show the Overlay and starts the 3 Minute Timer again.

 

[Bairespm]

Hola, traté de encontrar alguna función para activar o desactivar las fuentes del complemento keyer de flujo descendente, pero no puedo. A diferencia de las teclas de acceso rápido que quiero mostrar u ocultar, esto es vital para poder usar las superposiciones, ¿podría ayudarme? Thanks

 

[Aflex92]

Alright forget it. I got it now. It was just the Version of OBS i used was outdated. Thank you very mucxh for the Help <3

 

[Bairespm]

Hi @Warmuptill
, I would like to know if there is a macro that allows me to detect if a webcam is sending video (is it on or off). I want to create a macro that, if the camera is off or does not send video, changes the scene. Is there such a possibility in advance scene switcher? thank you

 

[Bairespm]

Hola, traté de encontrar alguna función para activar o desactivar las fuentes del complemento keyer de flujo descendente, pero no puedo. A diferencia de las teclas de acceso rápido que quiero mostrar u ocultar, esto es vital para poder usar las superposiciones, ¿podría ayudarme? Thanks

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Hi, Is there any macro to enable or disable downstream keyer plugin fonts. I managed to do it with hotkeys but it doesn't work for me because it doesn't detect if it's on or off when activated, this is vital to be able to use the overlays,
As a reference I show you an image of obs-midi-mg that does have that function. but it doesn't work for me because I don't want to use it with midi keys in this case.
@Warmuptill Could you help me?
thanks

 

[mandoplan]

hey everyone, I posted in Mac Support and it was recommended that I post here too.

I've got an older Mac Tower that can't upgrade past OS High Sierra and I've been able to get OBS 27.2.4 to work on the machine, is there a version of Advanced Scene Switcher that will work with that version of OBS? I tried to figure it out but haven't been able to get anything to work. Latest log is here: https://obsproject.com/logs/esOr3YO0WzUPGR9M

 

[Warmuptill]

hey everyone, I posted in Mac Support and it was recommended that I post here too.

I've got an older Mac Tower that can't upgrade past OS High Sierra and I've been able to get OBS 27.2.4 to work on the machine, is there a version of Advanced Scene Switcher that will work with that version of OBS? I tried to figure it out but haven't been able to get anything to work. Latest log is here: https://obsproject.com/logs/esOr3YO0WzUPGR9M

This is the last release compatible with OBS 27:

Release Bug fixes and minor additions · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher

Additions: Improved the date condition: Added the option to select "before" and "after" for time of simple date view. (1) Added the option to ignore time component in the simple view. (2) Displa...

github.com

Hi @Warmuptill
, I would like to know if there is a macro that allows me to detect if a webcam is sending video (is it on or off). I want to create a macro that, if the camera is off or does not send video, changes the scene. Is there such a possibility in advance scene switcher? thank you

What happens if the camera is "off"?
Which source type are you using?
Does it show a black image / does the image freeze?
If so you might be able to use the pattern matching functionality of the video condition to detect that state.

edit

Hi, Is there any macro to enable or disable downstream keyer plugin fonts. I managed to do it with hotkeys but it doesn't work for me because it doesn't detect if it's on or off when activated, this is vital to be able to use the overlays,
As a reference I show you an image of obs-midi-mg that does have that function. but it doesn't work for me because I don't want to use it with midi keys in this case.
@Warmuptill Could you help me?
thanks

I am unfortunately not really familiar with the downstream keyer plugin or the obs-midi-mg plugin.
The advanced scene switcher also supports the action to send hotkeys signals to OBS, but I understand you don't want to use this right?

Maybe you can utilize the "Source" condition's "is showing" check to determine if a source which is part of the downstream keyer is currently visible?

I hope that helps somehow!

 

[AaronD]

Hi @Warmuptill
, I would like to know if there is a macro that allows me to detect if a webcam is sending video (is it on or off). I want to create a macro that, if the camera is off or does not send video, changes the scene. Is there such a possibility in advance scene switcher? thank you

What happens if the camera is "off"?
Which source type are you using?
Does it show a black image / does the image freeze?
If so you might be able to use the pattern matching functionality of the video condition to detect that state.

To explain that *sightly* better, there's no actual indication that a source has been lost. OBS simply keeps the last frame until the next update, and if it doesn't get updates anymore, it just keeps that frame forever. That's pretty much all you have to go on.

So if there's motion that suddenly stops, that could be useful. Or if the camera driver substitutes something that is clearly not a valid image, that can work too. But if it's something like a security cam staring at an empty alley, that simply keeps the last frame, good luck!

In the last case, maybe you can have a clock in the corner of the camera shot? (like, a physical clock in the camera's optical field of view, not an overlay in OBS) So when the clock stops moving/changing, you know it's dead?

 

[Bairespm]

@Warmuptill thanks But how do I do that macro to compare patterns, with a screenshot? like this attach
@AaronD
Thanks for your explanation, I understand better there, now the problem is how I get to correctly create the macro with that pattern.

Maybe I don't explain well. but what I want is for a macro to detect when a camera is not turned on or is tilted. And if that happens, change the scene.

 

[Bairespm]

This is the last release compatible with OBS 27:

Release Bug fixes and minor additions · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher

Additions: Improved the date condition: Added the option to select "before" and "after" for time of simple date view. (1) Added the option to ignore time component in the simple view. (2) Displa...

github.com

What happens if the camera is "off"?
Which source type are you using?
Does it show a black image / does the image freeze?
If so you might be able to use the pattern matching functionality of the video condition to detect that state.


I am unfortunately not really familiar with the downstream keyer plugin or the obs-midi-mg plugin.
The advanced scene switcher also supports the action to send hotkeys signals to OBS, but I understand you don't want to use this right?

View attachment 94492

Maybe you can utilize the "Source" condition's "is showing" check to determine if a source which is part of the downstream keyer is currently visible?

View attachment 94493

I hope that helps somehow!

Thank you, here I attached some images so that you understand me better. With the downstream keyer plugin I can create new hotkeys... but I have no way to call them from the Macros... or at least I can't find the way to do it. I need to create a macro with the following condition

If hotkey "Show DSK1" is showing play a video.

either

If it is scene 2 showing, turn on hoteky "Show DSK1" Else "hide DSK1"

either

If it is scene 1 or scene 2 or scene 3 showing hotkey "show DSK1"
instead if it is scene 4 or scene 5 or scene 6 hide hotkey "hide DSK1"

I hope I have explained myself better.

thanks for your time

 

[Warmuptill]

@Warmuptill thanks But how do I do that macro to compare patterns, with a screenshot? like this attach
@AaronD
Thanks for your explanation, I understand better there, now the problem is how I get to correctly create the macro with that pattern.

Maybe I don't explain well. but what I want is for a macro to detect when a camera is not turned on or is tilted. And if that happens, change the scene.

Maybe this example can help you understand how to use the video condition's pattern matching options:

Activate overlay to hide parts of the screen

An automation tool for OBS Studio. Contribute to WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher development by creating an account on GitHub.

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It is very difficult for me to give you concrete advice without having more details what exactly is happening visually when "camera is not turned on or is tilted". :(

Thank you, here I attached some images so that you understand me better. With the downstream keyer plugin I can create new hotkeys... but I have no way to call them from the Macros... or at least I can't find the way to do it. I need to create a macro with the following condition

If hotkey "Show DSK1" is showing play a video.

either

If it is scene 2 showing, turn on hoteky "Show DSK1" Else "hide DSK1"

either

If it is scene 1 or scene 2 or scene 3 showing hotkey "show DSK1"
instead if it is scene 4 or scene 5 or scene 6 hide hotkey "hide DSK1"

I hope I have explained myself better.

thanks for your time

First of all sorry if I am once again misunderstanding what you are asking.

If you want to "press" a hotkey you can use the hotkey action to send the corresponding key press you have configured for this hotkey to OBS.
(See the screenshot I shared previously)

If you want to perform additional actions when pressing a DSK specific hotkey you can use the hotkey condition to create a hotkey which triggers your desired actions.
The crucial step would just be to assign the same keybind to the hotkey used for your DSK and the one used for you macro.

The advanced scene switcher does not have access to the internals of the DSK so it cannot directly know what they DSK hotkey does.
You can however indirectly infer whether the DSK is currently showing or hiding a source using the source condition.
(See the screenshot from my previous reply)

I hope that helps.
If not feel free to message me directly and we can set up a call where you share your screen and work things out live. (This will probably make it easier for me to understand what you are trying to achieve and let you know if this is possible or not)