Question / Help Disable 'New Update Available' message box auto display?

[vertigho]

Hello Folks,

I'm wanting to disable the auto-checking for new version of OBS Studio and subsequent appearance of the (blocking) 'New Update Available' message box when launching OBS Studio. Is this possible (preferably via some configuration setting rather than via changes to source code + re-build)?

The reason for wanting this ability is that I'm running in a scripted/unattended context and - when the message box appears - it blocks normal functioning of OBS Studio in my scripted/automated context.

Thanks in advance for any guidance provided.

 

[vertigho]

Possible solution ...

Manually altering the value of LastUpdateCheck in global.ini file (in the obs-studio AppData directory - Windows-specific solution, which is what I'm seeking). Set the value to some large number (of seconds since epoch) so that the check never gets triggered.

 

[vertigho]

Yes, this solution appears to work.

I was worried that that value would be auto-updated when exiting the app (and, thus, overwrite the manually set large value), but it does not get altered.

 

[Suslik V]

UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL (60*60*24*4) /* 4 days */ you'll be back in four days after Studio repository updates.

Maybe accept this as suggestion - "Please, add option to Disable Update reminder in OBS Studio settings"? It is still available as Help menu option.

Edit:

Spoiler

or option to add configurable UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL [0;180 days]*60*60*24
and
if ((UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL) && (secs > UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL))
CheckForUpdates();