can there be an obs plugin which lets me know wether recording is currently going or is paused

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can there be an obs plugin which lets me know wether recording is currently going or is paused as I am working on a different application like word which is being recorded but donot wish to go to the main obs application to confirm that status.

 

[Suslik V]

...which lets me know

In which way?

There are a lot of solutions.

Sound playback, via Lua script (may be you need to add another event for pause):

Notification program during recording

The record button, a small indicator in the status bar, and a small indicator in the tray icon make it difficult to tell if a recording is currently in progress. That's why recordings are sometimes delayed or missing. If so, are there any programs with the following conditions? It would be...

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Run any cmd, system notification etc, via plugin:

Advanced Scene Switcher

This plugin will allow you to automate various tasks using "Macros". Macros consist of a list of conditions under which a list of actions will be performed. Examples and guides can be found in the wiki. Feel free to contribute! If you run...

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Remote control and display in "obs-web" etc. on SmartPhone, via built-in Websocket:

Remote Control Guide | OBS

OBS Knowledge Base. Useful utilities to control OBS Studio

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Overlay on desktop, via Python script:

OBS Python - Recording Notification

How it works: When the 'Start recording' button is pressed a popup window appears on top of the screen showing you that OBS is recording, you can left-click and drag the window to position it. This script was made using Python and tkinter...

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and many other ways.