Question / Help How do I make this in OBS? (read post)

timleg002

New Member
So I have various cameras, and I want them to switch (e.g. cam1 at 10am, cam2 at 12am etc). Can I do this via existing plugin OR I must code something myself? Thanks for help.
 

Sukiyucky

Member
Well, you are scheduling camera devices to be on/off at various times. This is something you are going to have to program yourself.
At the top of my head, I would crank out a quick and dirty VB Windows application
It would be a form application that has a DataGrid on it showing the following:

Start Time, End Time, Camera Name, Hotkey, Status

11:00AM, 12:00PM, Sony Alpha 6000, F5, On
12:00PM, 6:00PM, Canon EOS Rebel T7, F6, Off

This application would run in its own timer loop and have start/stop buttons on the form.
The timer would trigger every 1 minute go into a timer event callback
In the callback, you would parse each row in the grid for start and stop times turning on/off the cameras

You will need to interface with OBS to get at the scene and camera source show/hide state
Easiest way is to send hotkey sequences that you setup in the OBS hotkey config and which relate to the Hotkey for the camera

Something along those lines...
 

Narcogen

Active Member
The Advanced Switcher plugin can approximate this without custom coding-- it can be set to cycle through scenes at set intervals-- not at precise times, though.
 
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