Hotkeys Stop Working - OBS 28.xx
- Thread starter Yogomi
- Start date
Thanks for replying. I didn’t notice it yet on 30.1.2 but I just installed it and only streamed twice since then.
General observation although it might have been coincidental: the last time I experienced this bug I was cleaning up replay files before going live. Probably coincidental but just calling it out. Since I last saw it I have been making a habit of restarting my laptop before streaming and thus far I haven’t experienced it. Again, probably coincidental but sharing.
Also, while I’ve tried restarting my replay buffer which has never helped, I did notice that if I go in and remap my save replay buffer hotkey, it’s good for exactly one instant replay save. It then stops working until I go into settings and remap the hotkey again. I can do that as many times as I want to try to save a few replays while I’m streaming but it’s very distracting and unmanageable.
Just wanted to share in case it helps hone in on the issue.
General observation although it might have been coincidental: the last time I experienced this bug I was cleaning up replay files before going live. Probably coincidental but just calling it out. Since I last saw it I have been making a habit of restarting my laptop before streaming and thus far I haven’t experienced it. Again, probably coincidental but sharing.
Also, while I’ve tried restarting my replay buffer which has never helped, I did notice that if I go in and remap my save replay buffer hotkey, it’s good for exactly one instant replay save. It then stops working until I go into settings and remap the hotkey again. I can do that as many times as I want to try to save a few replays while I’m streaming but it’s very distracting and unmanageable.
Just wanted to share in case it helps hone in on the issue.
pakpenyo
New Member
I've ready testing with one hour streaming, there's no problem. But, we'll see for 4-6 hour streaming. And I change the key to switch scene with shift (shift+1, shift+2, etc) rather than 1,2, etc.
insomnia_io
New Member
Created an Account on this forum just to keep me updated on this issue. Switched to Mac OBS this week. Have the exact same issue. Hotkeys randomly stop working. When I notice that a Hotkey doesn't work anymore, every other hotkey I have stays usable ONCE. This is far beyond my comprehension.
Going to downgrade to v27.x and hope the rest of my streaming-setup stays fuctioning.
Hopefully it will be fixed, even 2 years after the bug was introduced.
Going to downgrade to v27.x and hope the rest of my streaming-setup stays fuctioning.
Hopefully it will be fixed, even 2 years after the bug was introduced.
Ooo! THAT'S a good detail to include! It's not a complete solution of course, or a direct pointer to the problem, but it starts to suggest what the problem might be under the hood. That's FAR better than just, "it doesn't work." Thank you!
To me, it suggests that there's supposed to be an "edge detector" somewhere that for some reason stops (accurately) recording the previous state. Something like:
C-like:
if (status && !status_prev)
{
do_something();
}
status_prev = status;do_something() only when status *becomes* true, and not constantly while it's true. And as-written here, it usually does. It might be tempting though, to write it like this, which *almost* works:
C-like:
if (status && !status_prev)
{
status_prev = status;
do_something();
}if(...), which is normally in a state that has no effect on the condition shown here, but sometimes it changes to the other state...Based on just your description, I suspect that something along those lines is happening *somewhere*. It could be in OBS, or it could be in the OS somewhere, with the way it handles keystrokes.
Last edited:
Amazing find, Yogomi. I just installed it as well, testing it out this morning. You all can from the github releases and give feedback.
Here is the PR - share some love and appreciation, if you can! https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/11100
Here is the PR - share some love and appreciation, if you can! https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/11100
Yogomi
New Member
I tested it tonight. In less than 10 minutes the hotkeys broke. I had to stop the stream and go back to v27.
I’ve used it three times since commenting. A few hours of streaming with around 100 replays. No issues related to hotkeys on my end. I almost certainly would have seen it previously.
I saw one issue with encoding when writing the replay that I haven’t seen before but I’m relating it to laptop issues and a reboot seemed to resolve it for my next stream.
I saw one issue with encoding when writing the replay that I haven’t seen before but I’m relating it to laptop issues and a reboot seemed to resolve it for my next stream.
Yogomi
New Member
Very interesting. What kind of Mac are you using?
Yogomi
New Member
Also, to follow up, are you using a Bluetooth keyboard or a USB wired one?
Yogomi
New Member
Okay. I'm trying them on an M1 Mac mini. When you say the streams crashed, do you mean the stream as a whole crashed?
Looks like there's one acknowledged outstanding issue with this. I've been using v31 since it was first called out here and for me it's been 99% issue free.
This turns out to be an issue with the video gesture handler on Mac. Unrelated to this thread but for reference.
lcalder
Member
Same problem for me for 2 years now since I moved from PC to Mac Silicon. I have tried so many convoluted ways using Keyboard Maestro, Streamdeck, combinations of the two, just regular keyboard hotkeys... Stuff I used to be able to do reliably on PC STILL just doesn't work on Mac for some reason.