Ashmanix Countdown Timer

Ashmanix Countdown Timer 2.2.0

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Love the plugin, it's a great fit for my current project!

Is there a way to export/backup the timers that are set up? I'm trying to make a backup of my main configuration, which includes a number of countdown timers in your plugin. If there isn't an easy export/backup feature, where is the data stored for the timers you configure?

Thanks for your project!
 
wwerner said:
Love the plugin, it's a great fit for my current project!

Is there a way to export/backup the timers that are set up? I'm trying to make a backup of my main configuration, which includes a number of countdown timers in your plugin. If there isn't an easy export/backup feature, where is the data stored for the timers you configure?

Thanks for your project!
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Forgot to mention: I'm using the latest Windows version of OBS.


Thanks!
 
wwerner said:
Forgot to mention: I'm using the latest Windows version of OBS.


Thanks!
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Did a little more digging around and found the location where the configurations for the countdowns themselves were saved. Also managed to find a few other plugins' data as well! Still have to test copying that directory to place on a secondary computer as a backup, but it should work.

Location for anyone else who might not know: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

Apologies to those who already know this.


Thanks!
 
One more update: i have verified that copying the contents of the folder in my AppData/Roaming folder DOES successfully transplant the timer settings. I did have to reconnect a couple of them to their text source, but that could be that the names of those two weren't quite the same at this time. I suspect that if I were to re-export and re-import the proper Scene Collection from the source machine that it would work correctly.

Thanks for letting me ramble on about this!
 
Ashmanix said:
Hi, the screenshot you've shown shows the OBS folder in the Program Files folder on the C drive. My instructions point you to the plugins folder in ProgramData on the C drive. It's been a while since I've checked on Windows but I think this is a hidden folder. It's a subtle difference. I away from my Windows PC but I'm expecting the folder structure to still be obs-studio > plugins in the ProgramData folder. If there is no obs-studio folder then you can create it and then inside that new folder create a plugins folder. You should then be able to copy the unzipped plugin folder into there and it should (hopefully) appear in OBS after a restart.

I'm sorry the installation process is such a pain. I use the plugin template code provided by the OBS team as a basis for my plugin. In the last it would compile an installer which would auto install the files. I updated the template code and they took it out as it was causing issues somewhere. It's made installation of the plugin manual (which is a pain in OBS in my opinion).

I'm glad you were able to use the built in countdown timer in OBS. If you still have issues trying to install the plugin don't hesitate to message again
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Can I piggyback off of this?

I have copied the contents of the folder to every possible folder location both in local and roaming program files, program data, every plugin folder i cold find, bins, unbidden items, changed from read only, etc. I'm up to date on windows 11, all drives, obs studio.

No matter what I do, the plug in doesn't show under my plug in manager.

I don't know what else to try haha
 
imactuallyaghost said:
Can I piggyback off of this?

I have copied the contents of the folder to every possible folder location both in local and roaming program files, program data, every plugin folder i cold find, bins, unbidden items, changed from read only, etc. I'm up to date on windows 11, all drives, obs studio.

No matter what I do, the plug in doesn't show under my plug in manager.

I don't know what else to try haha
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I've made some updates to the installation wiki page as a first port of call: https://www.ashmanix.com/wiki/doku.php?id=resource:install_obs_plugin

There is also a troubleshooting section on that page that lists the steps for removing the old folders which is needed when you install the new plugin folder in the ProgramData folder.
 
Everything works great, but a very needed feature is the Format Output in parts. Currently you use %time% to display the timer as a whole. If it could be broken down to %days% %hours% %minutes% %seconds% would be very helpful on creating a variety of displays like: Days: %days% Hours: %hours$.., etc.
 
Hola! Lo instale creando la carpeta /plugins en /programdata/obs-estudio ya que en W11 no aparece esta carpeta. Pero al tratar de seleccionar la fuente en Source, no muestra las opciones entonces no funciona.
 

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Hola! Lo instale creando la carpeta /plugins en /programdata/obs-estudio ya que en W11 no aparece esta carpeta. Pero al tratar de seleccionar la fuente en Source, no muestra las opciones entonces no funciona.
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Hi,
Can you tell me what type of text source you are using in your scene?

Hola, ¿podrías decirme qué tipo de fuente de texto estás utilizando en tu escena?
 
Hi folks! I think I must be making some kind of obvious mistake, but I'm pretty stuck during install. Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong?

OBS Version: 32.1.2
Plugin version installed: obs-plugin-countdown-2.2.0-windows-x64.zip
OS: Windows 11

I followed the install guide as follows:
1. extracted obs-plugin-countdown from the zip
2. copied the plugin folder into C:\Program Files\obs-studio\plugins
Note: To do this, I needed to create the plugins folder, since it didn't already exist.
3. restarted OBS

I moved onto following this guide to setup a countdown and got stuck on the first step:
"Add an OBS Text Source to your scene."
When I add a source to my scene, the only options for text I see are "Text (GDI+)" or "Deprecated > Text (FreeType 2)"
I tried both of those, but when I go to the Docks menu, there's no option for Countdown Timers.
I also checked under Tools > Plugin Manager > Installed to see if it was registering as installed, but no sign of the plugin there either.

I'm relatively new to OBS and I've searched around the forums -- what am I missing? TYIA!
 
friendly_mammal said:
Hi folks! I think I must be making some kind of obvious mistake, but I'm pretty stuck during install. Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong?

OBS Version: 32.1.2
Plugin version installed: obs-plugin-countdown-2.2.0-windows-x64.zip
OS: Windows 11

I followed the install guide as follows:
1. extracted obs-plugin-countdown from the zip
2. copied the plugin folder into C:\Program Files\obs-studio\plugins
Note: To do this, I needed to create the plugins folder, since it didn't already exist.
3. restarted OBS

I moved onto following this guide to setup a countdown and got stuck on the first step:
"Add an OBS Text Source to your scene."
When I add a source to my scene, the only options for text I see are "Text (GDI+)" or "Deprecated > Text (FreeType 2)"
I tried both of those, but when I go to the Docks menu, there's no option for Countdown Timers.
I also checked under Tools > Plugin Manager > Installed to see if it was registering as installed, but no sign of the plugin there either.

I'm relatively new to OBS and I've searched around the forums -- what am I missing? TYIA!
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Hi, the extracted OBS folder needs to be copied to C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins

The ProgramData folder instead of program files. Try copying the folder there and see if it appears.
 
Ashmanix said:
Hi, the extracted OBS folder needs to be copied to C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins

The ProgramData folder instead of program files. Try copying the folder there and see if it appears.
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Thank you so much! I knew I was doing something dumb. Works like a charm and is exactly what I need it to be. Thanks for making an awesome plugin and answering my silly questions!
 
I really miss being able to set the timer to HH:MM:SS. Since our show goes live at 19:06:05 every day, that 5s feels a bit strange sitting at 0.
 
Hi guys. Hope you're doing well. I have a little problem. I try to connect the timer with the text but it's not working I review that I have no other versions of the plugin but I can't find where's the error or what's the solution. And I'm kind of a noob in all the obs stuff. I appreciate if you help me troubleshooting it. Thanks a lot
 
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