How can I set up OBS to have multiple sequential "takes"?

[Raxyz]

I'm doing some fighting game tutorials. I have a loose bullet list with points I want to cover, but no hard script to read. So, I eventually make mistakes, or think of a better way to explain what I want, and I simply re-do that section. Recording everything in one go makes finding the "final" parts a pain later on.

So here's what I'm trying to set up:
Audacity has a record button, and a pause recording button. If you pause the recording and then restart it, it creates a new "Audio 1 #2" track appended at the end in the same file. I want something similar for ODS. Either a hotkey to discard the current recording, or a way I can set "breakpoints" where I can signal that what comes previously is the right take, or a failed one. This would save me a LOT of time when editing later.

I looked up before posting and all I've found were threads of people requesting this as a feature. Is there anything that could help with that, or is my only choice to stop the recording and manually delete every "failed" recording each time?

 

[AaronD]

Welcome to filmmaking! Be grateful you don't have to do that with physical film!

You can record short segments just fine, and by default, OBS names them according to the system time when each one starts. Perhaps you could make a note that <this time> was good, and then pick the latest timestamped file that is still before that note? Move them to a different folder, CHECK THEM!!!, and then delete the rest. (maybe wait until after that project is done, before deleting them, just in case...)

One way to automate that note might be the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin.

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...

obsproject.com

You can ask in its Discussion thread, how to set up a hotkey to create a file that has a similar timestamp. Then when you sort by name or date, either one, the clips you want will be immediately before the files that Adv. SS created.

 

[Raxyz]

Welcome to filmmaking! Be grateful you don't have to do that with physical film!

You can record short segments just fine, and by default, OBS names them according to the system time when each one starts. Perhaps you could make a note that <this time> was good, and then pick the latest timestamped file that is still before that note? Move them to a different folder, CHECK THEM!!!, and then delete the rest. (maybe wait until after that project is done, before deleting them, just in case...)

One way to automate that note might be the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin.

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...

obsproject.com

You can ask in its Discussion thread, how to set up a hotkey to create a file that has a similar timestamp. Then when you sort by name or date, either one, the clips you want will be immediately before the files that Adv. SS created.

That looks like a very flexible plugin, I'll take some time later to read up on the manual and see what else it can help me with. For now though, it looks that it'll do the trick for what I need. Thanks for the help!