Error recording by command line

[leojkd81]

Hi, I created a schedule in the Task Scheduler on Windows 11 to record every day at the same time an event from the web (this has been working since 2022, since the web event was started).
On Sunday I upgraded OBS from version 29.1.3 to the latest version (30.0.0).
Today in the saved files folder there was nothing.
From the task scheduler I tried to start the task manually: the task started, but no recording started.
Going back to the previous version everything worked correctly.

 

[Suslik V]

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[AaronD]

Different approach:
Start OBS well ahead of time, so it's waiting and ready, then use the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin to do your automation.

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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It'll do a whole lot more than just that too! So play around with it and see what you discover. The dedicated help thread is here:

Advanced Scene Switcher

Warmuptill submitted a new resource: Automatic Scene Switching - Switches to specified scenes depending on which window is in focus A remake of the "Simple Scene Switcher"(https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/simple-scene-switcher.29/) for obs-studio. Installation 1. Extract the folder. 2...

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[leojkd81]

I tried, by reinstalling version 30.0.0, to start the process manually.
In the logs I only read: 23:17:32.173: [Safe Mode] Unclean shutdown detected!

Tnx

 

[Suslik V]

In the logs I only read: 23:17:32.173: [Safe Mode] Unclean shutdown detected!

It means that OBS now showing to user special info dialog window that should be closed first, only then the application can start (of course still in the "safe mode", without plugins, scripts etc). Thus, all your startup sequence fails, because of ungraceful shutdown of OBS itself that happened in the previous recording session of OBS.

You can try cmdline key --disable-shutdown-check for OBS, to workaround the issue (if everything else works OK).