How do I avoid making a hotkey that conflicts with an OBJ shortcut?

[John Hartman]

Just getting started with OBS (26.1.1 64-bit Windows 10)
I want to make shortcuts to select scenes, and need them to control an image slide-show source, since there seems to be no other way to manually change slides. I set the option so hotkeys only work when OBS is in focus, since I don't need or want global access.

But how do I avoid picking a hotkey that conflicts with an OBJ shortcut? Control-key combinations are shown on the menus, but scattered so they are a pain to hunt for.

Even more basic: a tutorial suggests using the number keys for scene. I figure "great - no conflict with menu shortcuts." BUT, if I assign "1" as a shortcut to a scene and then type a 1 somewhere else - say to name or rename a source - the hotkey fires, and the scene changes, as well as the name I was typing.

So how do you pick a hotkey without worrying that it will have some other effect as well as what you intended?

 

[mediacoordinator]

If you have a fancy keyboard that supports remapping keys to different functions you can use obs websocket to control hotkeys. Watch this video on NOOBSCmdr by Nutty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x3QqZHr6IY
Once you understand how it works you can use the "custom" section to create .bat files that you can open via your keyboards software, or by using the application HIDMacros. Once you get to the step of using the "custom" section use this command to control which hotkeys you want to fire: /command=TriggerHotkeyByName,hotkeyName="[REGISTERED-NAME-OF-HOTKEY]"

Good luck, if you have any questions feel free to ask!

 

[John Hartman]

Damn: it seems that after 40 years as a software engineer working with object files with OBJ extensions, my muscle-memory has a hard time typing OBS. I don't see a way to edit my post, but all "OBJ" should be "OBS".

Streamdeck et al seems like a big hammer to get the half-dozen hotkeys I need. The number pad on a standard keyboard will probably work for my simple needs. Oddly, slash and Enter don't show up as "Num /" and "Num Enter" - just / and Enter

 

[mediacoordinator]

Damn: it seems that after 40 years as a software engineer working with object files with OBJ extensions, my muscle-memory has a hard time typing OBS. I don't see a way to edit my post, but all "OBJ" should be "OBS".

Streamdeck et al seems like a big hammer to get the half-dozen hotkeys I need. The number pad on a standard keyboard will probably work for my simple needs. Oddly, slash and Enter don't show up as "Num /" and "Num Enter" - just / and Enter

yea some keys won't work with HIDMacros, just a software limitation. If you have a corsair or razer keyboard you can easily open the .bat or .vbs files created by NoobsCMDR as well. I bought a corsair K95 used for $30 and it gave me 18 macro buttons!