Question / Help Any way to do dynamic scene switching

[Frazer]

Hi,

I'm a user that has moved from OBS classic to OBS Studio.
I have a computer running OBS 24/7, and I want to keep streaming even if I'm not playing. But when I'm not playing, I want OBS to switch to a scene that shows some text about when the next gaming session is to take place.

Can this be done from an external application or similar? I have full programming skills, but I need to know if OBS supports any way of external scene switching? I've tried the hotkey scene switching, sending the hotkey from a windows app, but that doesn't work with OBS. In OBS classic I have a mouse script where I've set a fixed click point where the scene list is. But this is not a good way since it will stop working if the window is moved or the size is changed.

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Jaxel]

Have you tried using AutoHotKey?

 

[Frazer]

Have you tried using AutoHotKey?

That is how I did it in OBS classic, with a AutoHotKey clicking on a specific point using x,y-pixels. But that is not stable is the window is moved or re-sized.

 

[Suslik V]

?!
'Send' in AutoHotKey doesn't work for you?

 

[Jaxel]

That is how I did it in OBS classic, with a AutoHotKey clicking on a specific point using x,y-pixels. But that is not stable is the window is moved or re-sized.

Dont do it that way. Instead, use AHK to click specific buttons in designated windows. I dont remember the codes for it, but I used to do it this way.

 

[Gol D. Ace]

It's not necessary to use Mouse Input with AHK.
You can freely assign hotkeys to scenes in Studio (and OBS1)

If you use the entire num block for example you will get over 10 scenes out of it.

 

[Suslik V]

He wants to switch scenes by event. Timer for example.

 

[Gol D. Ace]

Doesn't matter.
I'm talking about how AHK interacts with OBS and there is no need for mouse emulation here.

 

[Suslik V]

Oops!.. I thought you complain about AutoHotKey itself, as method. ^_^