Question / Help Commandline switches not working in OBS-MP?

dfkt

New Member
I'm running OBS-MP on a dedicated Windows7-x64 machine, and having the application start automatically at system bootup. It is meant to be a zero-maintenance, monitor-less setup that just boots and streams.

However, the commandline switches from the old version of OBS don't seem to work in OBS-MP. Adding the "-start" switch to the command shortcut doesn't do anything.

Is this a known issue, or has the method of automatically starting a stream changed? I couldn't find anything related to OBS-MP about this issue. Or, worst case scenario, are there any 3rd-party workarounds for automatically starting the stream? As it stands now, this is kind of a dealbreaker for using OBS-MP in this setup, unfortunately.

Thanks for any help, and sorry if this has been asked before. I searched, but couldn't find mentions of this specific issue.

(I've tested the old version of OBS on the same machine, and "-start" works fine, as expected. Can't however use the old version, since I'm streaming a network of four RTSP-cams to Youtubem which doesn't seem to be supported...)
 

dodgepong

Administrator
Community Helper
Support for those command line switches has not been added yet. It's a known issue, and will be implemented at some point.
 

dfkt

New Member
Thank you. Is there anything I can do to make it auto-stream in the meantime? I've had a look at the source, if there's a simple way to set streaming to enabled by default, but I'm no good at C, unfortunately.

Idea for klutzy workaround: Is anyone aware of maybe some application that would send the appropriate hotkey combination to OBS-MP after startup, to start streaming?
 
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