Question / Help Auto resize/extend source

[EricB]

Hi and thanks for the amazing work done so far !
I'm using OBS to broadcast volley-ball matchs and I wrote a simple program to display a png image representing the scoreboard.
This little program regularly refreshes the image whose size may change depending on the score.
Is there a way to specify the source to auto extend/resize to follow the original source size ?
For example the initial image is 250px width. After a change in the score, it may extend to 275px.
With the current settings, the image is "truncated" and the only way to get the source extended is to go the property of the source and refresh the window selection.
Thanks for your help
Eric

 

[Lain]

If you're using window capture, then this is a design fault with OBS. We do however have it fixed in the upcoming rewrite, but it's still a ways off for windows.

 

[EricB]

I just checked, I'm using window capture.
You mention that the windows version is not available yet, is the linux already accessible ?
Do I have to build it from the sources of OBS Studio project ?

 

[dodgepong]

The OBS rewrite is still very limited. Scene editing still isn't done yet, so you'll have a hard time getting it to do what you want.

Is there a reason your image can't just be larger by default, and always be the same size? Seems weird if the image is constantly changing sizes. You might want to find a solution that causes the image to stay the same size no matter what it is updated it.

 

[EricB]

I know a fixed size would be a workaround but in my opinion it's not elegant for a volley ball score board, like a tennis score board.
You just don't know if the party will be 3 4 or 5 sets and I don't like the idea of displaying unnecessary information, I just show the past sets and current.
I must admit that I first used ManyCam and I never add to worry about this with it.
I might have to play with transparency, I'll give it a try.

 

[EricB]

Following dodgepong suggestion, I made a fixed size image. The extra data is filled with a specific color that can be turned to transparent in the source settings, it works like a charm !
Thanks

 

[dodgepong]

Since it's a PNG, you could also just make that part of the image transparent.