Auto Start/Stop for my stream

[BeardedNoir]

Hi,

I have just started streaming my crypto trading on YouTube. I would like the stream to be continous 24/7, only stopping every 12hrs in order to allow for saving on YouTube as a standalone video, then immediately starting the stream again.

Can I ask;
1) Is there any addon or script for OBS that will automate this task for me?
2) If so, can that process also automatically name the saved videos on YouTube for me? I'm only after a simplistic date naming format for ease of reference.

I have searched through these forums, however the best I could find was the below advice to create a Windows batch file;

OBS AUTO START STREAMING USING BATCH FILE

If you need to start and stop OBS automatically, you can use the batch commands below and use windows task scheduler to run them at specific times of the day.

To start OBS and start streaming automatically on Windows

start /d "C:\OBS\obs-studio\bin\32bit" obs32.exe --startstreaming

To stop OBS

taskkill /F /IM obs32.exe

 

[FerretBomb]

OBS is not designed for automated use, so lacks these kinds of features. It's meant for use in a live human-attended production environment. You'd likely do better with software meant for deadhead streams.

 

[Brian W.]

OBS is not designed for automated use, so lacks these kinds of features. It's meant for use in a live human-attended production environment. You'd likely do better with software meant for deadhead streams.

Really? It has --startstream as a command line parameter. It would seem to be simple to just create a stream using the profile defaults and start it.

 

[lkobescak]

Try a macro mouse recorder like Auto Mouse Click by MurGee.com. The macro can be scheduled to click start streaming, start broadcast (saved settings) and start streaming, 3 clicks. OBS can stop streams automatically under Tools -> Output Timer -> Stop Streaming After - XX:XX -> Check, Enable Streaming Timer Every Time.

 

[AaronD]

As I said somewhere else:

Script to start and stop recording

Hi, I'm brand new to OBS and hence an immediate appology if this has been answered before. I'm fairly techy and I want to start a recording at a specific time and stop recording at a specific time. I've looked at Output Timer which can stop recording but this does not meet my need. Then I looked...

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