Advanced Scene Switcher 1.29.3

[Warmuptill]

Hi everyone,
I released a new beta version of the plugin here on GitHub:

Release Advanced Scene Switcher 1.25.0-beta1 · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher

Important notes: Please make sure to back up your settings! If you run into any issues, please either post in the OBS forums or create an issue on GitHub! Note for MacOS users: This version of the ...

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I would very much appreciate it, if some of you could give this version a try and report back, if you should encounter any issues!
Please make sure to back up your settings before trying this new version just in case.

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Additions:​

• Added action queues.
  As the name implies you can now create queues of actions, which are executed sequentially but in parallel to the reset of the macro system.
  You can append to, start, stop, or clear action queues using the "Queue" action.
  You can check if a action queue is started, stopped, and its size using the "Queue" condition.
  The first action added to the queue will be the first one to be processed.
  You can create as many queues as you like.
  They can be useful if you have events, which can happen in quick succession, but result in relatively long chains of actions, which themselves should not necessarily run in parallel to each other.
• Added the "Variable" tab:
  This should make it significantly easier to work with larger amounts of variables.
  The tab will only be visible if at least one variable exists.
• Added the current pattern matching value to "Show match" dialog. (Oekn5w)
• Added the option to wait for spawned process to exit.
• Added the option to set the value of a variable to scene item name at a given index of a scene.
• Added the option to check the values of single settings in the "Source" condition.
• Added the option to check the value of single settings value in the "Filter" condition.
• Added the option to use decibel values as input for audio action and condition, instead of percent.
• Added the option to set the index of a given sequence action.
• Added the option to perform media actions on sources based on a scene item selection instead of just a source selection.
  This might simplify some setups.
• Improved the "Display" condition by adding the option to check the width and height of connected displays.

Other changes:​

• Default settings values were adjusted:
  • The plugin will now be active by default on new scene collections.
  • The macro tab will be opened as the default tab.
  • Recently executed macros, recently executed macro actions, and conditions, which evaluate to true, will be highlighted by default.
    This will not affect settings of already existing scene collections.
• Added tooltips to macro tab buttons, adjusted the TAB order of some widgets, and some other minor UI tweaks.
  This should at least slightly improve the usability of the plugin in combination with screen readers.
• A warning will now be displayed if settings are exported to a file, if potentially sensitive data might be contained in that file.
  (For example websocket passwords or Twitch tokens)
• Added new macro properties for the following conditions:
  • Websocket
  • Streaming
  • Window (window class - windows only)
• Audio fade controls are now disabled if the fading option is not checked.
  This was done to avoid confusion on some OBS themes where checkboxes can be very difficult to see.
• Update internal hotkey names when the description of hotekys in changed in "Hotkey" conditions.
• The rename dialog of items (e.g. Variables, Websocket connections, etc.) will now be prefilled with the current name.
• Disabled dragging of macro segments when interacting with scrollbars.
• When storing numbers in variables truncate unnecessary decimal places.
  1.23 would have been previously stored as 1.2300000... and is now stored as 1.23.
• The MIDI condition and action type will now save the name of the selected device instead of the port number.
  This should allow the device selection being restored correctly even if the devices are connected to different ports.

Fixes:​

• Fixed the replay buffer save event only triggering in a single condition.
• Fix text becoming invisible in certain text boxes in special circumstances.
• Fixed macro segment widgets being squashed below a sensible minimum size.
• Fixed pattern matching issues by excluding non-finite results. (Oekn5w)
• Fixed media condition "any" / "all" selection ignoring some source types.
• Fixed scene item name conflict selection not being visible in some circumstances.
• Fixed flickering of macro list controls on widget creation.
• Fixed else action delete button only working with active selection.
• Fixed dialogs being opened at OBS instead of plugin window location.
• Fixed setting of show-/hide-transitions resulting in graphical glitches during the transition.
• Fixed Twitch chat connection not being re-established when when the Twitch account or channel was change.
• Fixed else-actions being executed for paused macros.
• Fixed open variable input dialogs causing a crash on shutdown.
• Fixed hotkey condition evaluating to true if the hotkey was pressed while the macro was paused.
• Fixed manually started macros not being stopped when stopping the plugin.
• Fixed Twitch token warning not being displayed when the token is invalid.
• Fixed possible crash on shutdown.
• Fixed crash when switching settings in the "OBS stats" condition.
• Fixed macro property references not being resolved on macro copy and import.
• Fixed websocket messages / Twitch events / MIDI messages arriving in very quick succession resulting in some of them being skipped.
• Fixed Twitch action not being able to send a chat message in some circumstances.

 

[Hemux]

Warmuptill, thank you so much! You helped me tremendously, now my set up is all neat thanks to you. Cheers!

 

[obs_monkey]

Hello, I'm testing out this plugin and would like to know what's the best way to set up a macro so that when a Window closes (e.g. Zoom.exe or Webex.exe), it'll make OBS stop recording? The conditions for Window only have "title matches, fullscreen, maximized, focused, focus window changed, and contains text". I was hoping for something to detect the existence of such a window. I tried "Window is focused", but that means I can't click on anything else while a meeting is in session.

 

[AaronD]

Hello, I'm testing out this plugin and would like to know what's the best way to set up a macro so that when a Window closes (e.g. Zoom.exe or Webex.exe), it'll make OBS stop recording? The conditions for Window only have "title matches, fullscreen, maximized, focused, focus window changed, and contains text". I was hoping for something to detect the existence of such a window. I tried "Window is focused", but that means I can't click on anything else while a meeting is in session.

I think you want the Process condition, not Window, and "If not" instead of "If". See if this works:

You probably want to uncheck the "focused" box. It does the same here as it does in the Window condition.

That said though, the simple existence of a window could be handy to add, using the list of windows instead of processes, since most of those processes don't even have windows.

 

[Warmuptill]

That said though, the simple existence of a window could be handy to add, using the list of windows instead of processes, since most of those processes don't even have windows.

I can't check right now, but I think that it is already possible to check for the existence of given window title using the "Window" condition by simply unchecking all the additional optional checks. (focus, fullscreen, ...)
If not I will look into it.

 

[swiftor]

Hi, my goal is to stop, wait a few secs, and then start the stream only when bitrate falls for a few seconds. Is there a way I can model this so that I can have it running at all times - even when not streaming? Currently when I run the attached, it starts streaming immediately.

It's not the biggest issue to start this macro after I go live, but ideally I'd love to just set it and forget it. Thanks!

 

[Warmuptill]

Hi, my goal is to stop, wait a few secs, and then start the stream only when bitrate falls for a few seconds. Is there a way I can model this so that I can have it running at all times - even when not streaming? Currently when I run the attached, it starts streaming immediately.

It's not the biggest issue to start this macro after I go live, but ideally I'd love to just set it and forget it. Thanks!

I would suggest a setup similar to the following:

• Add an additional macro which pauses your "Yt auto-restart" macro on OBS startup.
  
  
• Add a macro which un-pauses the "Yt auto-restart" macro as soon as you start streaming.
  
  

Note that it is important, that the macro, which pauses the "Yt auto-restart" macro, is above the "Yt auto-restart" in the macro list.
The macros are executed from the top to the bottom of the list.
So, having the macro, which pauses "Yt auto-restart" on OBS startup, above "Yt auto-restart" ensures that it is executed before "Yt auto-restart" on OBS startup.

If you want to import the example macros you can use this code:

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

Hope that helps! :)

 

[swiftor]

I would suggest a setup similar to the following:

• Add an additional macro which pauses your "Yt auto-restart" macro on OBS startup.
  View attachment 102161
• Add a macro which un-pauses the "Yt auto-restart" macro as soon as you start streaming.
  View attachment 102162

Note that it is important, that the macro, which pauses the "Yt auto-restart" macro, is above the "Yt auto-restart" in the macro list.
The macros are executed from the top to the bottom of the list.
So, having the macro, which pauses "Yt auto-restart" on OBS startup, above "Yt auto-restart" ensures that it is executed before "Yt auto-restart" on OBS startup.

If you want to import the example macros you can use this code:

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

Hope that helps! :)

Thank you! Guessing that's why the macro did not kick in when conditions seemed like they were met last time - by the way, is there a log somewhere showing when/if macros are executed? EDIT: NEVERMIND - missed the verbose logging option!

 

[Warmuptill]

Thank you! Guessing that's why the macro did not kick in when conditions seemed like they were met last time - by the way, is there a log somewhere showing when/if macros are executed? EDIT: NEVERMIND - missed the verbose logging option!

I will add additional logging options later today.

• A macro action which lets you print custom log messages.
  
  
• A log mode which will print actions performed by the plugin, but is less verbose than the verbose log mode.
  
  

Suggestion : Macro action to print to log · Issue #1042 · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The obs log is a very helpful tool both for troubleshooting stuff, and for tracking what happened in a session. Adv-ss has a verbose m...

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[swiftor]

I will add additional logging options later today.

Suggestion : Macro action to print to log · Issue #1042 · WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The obs log is a very helpful tool both for troubleshooting stuff, and for tracking what happened in a session. Adv-ss has a verbose m...

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Awesome! Although when you have a moment, I believe I've imported and updated your suggestions - but the macro still keeps on starting my stream - on start up (since I have it set to start on OBS startup ofc), and shortly after stopping streaming, it'll keep starting up

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious - should I be adding an "AND above 1 kb/s" so stop streaming isn't treated as 0 kb/s?

Edit: added the AND condition for an Above condition - and it stopped restarting, but it doesn't seem I can trigger it to restart by forcing a bit rate in that range.

 

[swiftor]

NEVERMIND, it does work with that change - I widened the bitrate window that would trigger it and that seemed to do it - thank you very much - hope that I'm golden now!

not sure why 5k bitrate didnt trigger it when set to below 6000.00kb/s - but it did when I set it to 10000.00kb/s which will do the job

thanks again!

 

[Warmuptill]

Warmuptill updated Advanced Scene Switcher with a new update entry:

Advanced Scene Switcher 1.25.0

Important notes:​

Please make sure to back up your settings!
If you run into any issues, please either post in the OBS forums or create an issue on GitHub!

Note for MacOS users...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Guuvita]

Warmuptill updated Advanced Scene Switcher with a new update entry:

Advanced Scene Switcher 1.25.0



Read the rest of this update entry...

none of the images of the changelog work :(

 

[Warmuptill]

none of the images of the changelog work :(

Thanks for pointing that out!
For some reason the image links to the GitHub release page no longer work.
As there seems to be a 10 item attachment limit for a single post I have only added 10 of the images.

 

[Guuvita]

Thanks for pointing that out!
For some reason the image links to the GitHub release page no longer work.
As there seems to be a 10 item attachment limit for a single post I have only added 10 of the images.

microsoft wanting more money probably :(

 

[youjiman]

Hi. I updated the plugin version to 1.25.0 on my intel Mac, but I had an issue.

I'm using an audio trigger with settings output volume below 1% for a game audio, but it seems like it not working like used be.

Thanks

 

[David_G]

Hello All,

How do you run a nested macro but only as a nested macro? If I uncheck it in the Macro list then it is paused and won't run as a nested macro, the log says that it was paused.

If it is checked then it runs both nested and as a first level macro which negates that it should only be run if other other conditions are true.

cheers,

David

 

[Warmuptill]

Hi. I updated the plugin version to 1.25.0 on my intel Mac, but I had an issue.

I'm using an audio trigger with settings output volume below 1% for a game audio, but it seems like it not working like used be.

Thanks

I am sorry about that!

I think I will need a bit more information to investigate what the issue might be.
Can you share a screenshot of the macro that is not working or export your settings to a file so I can try to reproduce the issue on my end?

Hello All,

How do you run a nested macro but only as a nested macro? If I uncheck it in the Macro list then it is paused and won't run as a nested macro, the log says that it was paused.

If it is checked then it runs both nested and as a first level macro which negates that it should only be run if other other conditions are true.

cheers,

David

If I understand correctly what you are trying to do I would recommend separate out the actions into a macro which does not have any conditions.
So something like this:

You would then use the "Macro" action to run the actions this helper macro in both the "First level macro" and the "Nested macro".

I hope this helped / the explanation was clear enough! :)

 

[David_G]

I am sorry about that!

I think I will need a bit more information to investigate what the issue might be.
Can you share a screenshot of the macro that is not working or export your settings to a file so I can try to reproduce the issue on my end?


If I understand correctly what you are trying to do I would recommend separate out the actions into a macro which does not have any conditions.
So something like this:
View attachment 102239
You would then use the "Macro" action to run the actions this helper macro in both the "First level macro" and the "Nested macro".
View attachment 102240
I hope this helped / the explanation was clear enough! :)

Hi,

OK, I can see that performing how you say it should and I wasn't aware of that.

However, I was wanting the nested macro to have it's own condition. I was hoping to split the condition logic over several macros to handle things like

If condition A and (condition B or condition C) then

Do you have any documentation on condition evaluation? For instance is it short circuit evaluation? How do I achieve bracket groups etc?

cheers,

David

 

[AaronD]

Hi,

OK, I can see that performing how you say it should and I wasn't aware of that.

However, I was wanting the nested macro to have it's own condition. I was hoping to split the condition logic over several macros to handle things like

If condition A and (condition B or condition C) then

Do you have any documentation on condition evaluation? For instance is it short circuit evaluation? How do I achieve bracket groups etc?

cheers,

David

The condition logic works as if you had all of your open brackets up front, and then close one for each condition. It's easy to program that way, and I've done that myself a few times in other projects. But it does have some limitations, like you can't directly do ((A or B) and (C or D)).

But we also have the Macro condition here. So what you might do, is make a macro that has part of your logic in it, and no actions, and then use the Macro condition to see if that macro is true. Something like:
Macro 1: (C or D), no actions
Macro 2: ((A or B) and Macro 1), do something

No short-circuiting. Everything is always evaluated, even if it would make no difference. Again, easy to program, at the expense of some runtime efficiency and maybe some side-effects. A big side-effect would be running an external process to get its return code, and that external process does something else too. That's not *necessarily* bad in all cases, but definitely something to be aware of!