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chris319

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I have read the documentation and have played around with OBS but haven't been able to get this to work. Here is what I want to do:

In studio mode, a series of keys to select from among several scenes, putting them immediately on line (right window).

A series of function keys which would preset a given scene (left window), not immediately putting it on line.

The space bar would execute the transition (fade), putting the preset scene on line.

Is OBS capable of this?

Thank you.
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

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In Studio Mode at Settings>Hotkeys should appear new row of hotkeys (at the top) named Quick Transition: Cut; Quick Transition: Fade (300ms) etc. You can assign available keys and use them in Studio Mode to update current output whenever you want.
 
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chris319

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Thanks for that.

An alpha character entered in Quick Transition: Cut: is turned into an uppercase character despite a lowercase character being typed and caps lock OFF, so you must press SHIFT + the character.

Trying to use the space bar as a hot key results in the Studio Mode view being toggled, or, the settings window is opened..
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

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Space bar is action key for interface. If UI element is focused then action triggered - click once on Preview (empty grey area) and use other key for assignment.

The keys in OBS Studio - just the keys not the letters, no shift, no language. Only keys combinations like: Shift_key (as key) + Any_other_key or Alt_key (as key) + Any_other_key etc. supported.
 
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chris319

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In studio mode, I can get keys to select the scene that appears in the "preset" (left) window. Can I use keys to select what appears in the "program" (right) window?
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

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Nope. The scene should be selected as current. Only then you can send it to the output (via this hotkeys). Do you want to automate scene switching while in Studio Mode?
 
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chris319

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No, no automation. I want to make it more manually interactive.

Currently I have my sources lined up so that ` 1 2 3 "preset" the source (put in the left window). The Enter key performs a direct cut and the shift key performs a fade. Not exactly what I was hoping to do which was to have some direct-take keys.
 
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chris319

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Could I do this? Assign a key to "cut" and also assign that same key to preset the scene, the idea being to use the same key to preset the next scene and execute the transition. In other words, one key does double duty, giving you in effect direct-take keys.
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

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You can edit any Scene while output is the same. Then you need to make scene current and make it live. Then you can switch to other scene and edit it again.

In current build of the application (v20.0.1) in Studio Mode you cannot send any Scenes to output by hotkeys - you can make scene current (by switching to it) but this action doesn't change the output.
 
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chris319

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I have been able to make this a direct-take switcher by assigning the same key to both Quick:Transition Cut and Switch to scene for each of the desired sources.

For it to work, you have to "initialize" it by first executing a transition by clicking on the Transition button.
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

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When you first "initialize" - you simply change focus on different UI element.

Yeah, same keys and number of keys are supported. But I need to look at the code first to be sure that switch always executed first and only then transition takes place if the same key is used in hotkeys.
 
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chris319

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I am also finding that sometimes the quick transitions disappear in the hotkeys window and any programmed transitions are lost. This could bother anyone who has hotkeys set up, whether they are using my technique or not.
 
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Suslik V

Suslik V

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chris319 said:
I am also finding that sometimes the quick transitions disappear in the hotkeys window and any programmed transitions are lost. This could bother anyone who has hotkeys set up, whether they are using my technique or not.
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Conditions? I want to reproduce this.
 
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chris319

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Sorry for the delay in replying. I now have time to test OBS. I have updated to version 21.1.0

Upon program startup, the Hotkey transitions I have set up do not work unless I "initialize" them by clicking the "Transition" button between windows. However, the "Studio Mode" button appears to be selected and I am seeing two windows.

I tried setting up two separate transitions using "Quick Transition" and regular "Transition". Each would have a fade at a different fade rate; however, changing the fade rate of one changes the fade rate of the other, i.e. they both wind up with the same fade rate.

Under Hotkeys configuration, there is a "Switch to scene" field and an unlabeled field below it which is activated by clicking on the "+" button. The "Switch to scene" field always controls the left-hand window. Under certain conditions I can control the contents of the right-hand window (i.e. a direct-take switcher) but sometimes this stops working for unknown reasons but I can still change the contents of the left-hand window. It would be helpful if the right-hand window could be explicitly configured as a destination.

Thank you.
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

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In Studio Mode the left window is Preview (Edit) window, the right one is Program (Output) window. Thus you can make changes to Preview (left) window of one scene, while completely different scene goes to the output (you can view it live at the Program window that is on the right).

The Quick Transitions of the same names in Hotkeys is just a bug with OBS Studio - restart application after you setup all Quick Transitions.

When Scenes list has focus - you can't use the hotkeys - click once at preview to change the keyboard input focus.

The Quick Transitions is only to perform transition from current Preview to Program. For different transitions per scene - use Transition Override and setup hotkey Switch to scene.

The Scene Transitions pane shows and controls all available transitions, thus you can add only that quick transitions that listed in the Scene Transitions pane. So, it should change the values of corresponding transitions, I think.
 
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chris319

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"click once at preview to change the keyboard input focus."

Do you mean on the preview window itself? Doing so does not change focus of anything.

use Transition Override and setup hotkey Switch to scene.

"use Transition Override and setup hotkey Switch to scene."

Where do I find "Transition Override?

Again, I find I now have no direct control over the program output using hotkeys. It used to work.
 
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chris319

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My notes to myself were incomplete.

It is necessary to add fields below "Quick Transition" on the Hotkeys configuration window and enter the hotkeys to be used for direct takes.
 
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chris319

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Studio Mode gives me two side-by-side windows, one for "preset" and one for "program". I could thus preset a scene using the Function keys and execute a fade if the hotkey (Enter) is set up for it. Or I can directly take any scene on the number keys.

The idea is to avoid using the mouse altogether.
 
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