How to auto restart OBS with previous settings after PC reboot

[tdale2]

Hi All,
I am doing a 24/7 live stream and need to set OBS up so if there is a power failure and my PC reboots I can have OBS restart with all the proper streaming settings and stream key. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

 

[Banyarola]

I'm not sure OBS will auto restart.
But, what I have is a APC battery back up so when My power goes out everything stays on until I can shut down my PC normally.

 

[tdale2]

I'm not sure OBS will auto restart.
But, what I have is a APC battery back up so when My power goes out everything stays on until I can shut down my PC normally.

I can restart my PC no problem, I just need to load up OBS with the same settings it was running before it was shut down. I do have a UPS but occasionally the power goes out for over 24 hours and my UPS drains. I may have to wrap OBS with a script that can restart everything as needed. Just want to check if someone has already figured this out.

Thanks -T

 

[Banyarola]

I can restart my PC no problem, I just need to load up OBS with the same settings it was running before it was shut down. I do have a UPS but occasionally the power goes out for over 24 hours and my UPS drains. I may have to wrap OBS with a script that can restart everything as needed. Just want to check if someone has already figured this out.

Thanks -T

Sorry I couldn't be more help.. If you don't get a reply to your problem re-post it..

 

[AaronD]

Windows XP had an obvious folder in the Start menu called "Startup". You could put anything you want in there, and it would run when Windows starts.

That folder still exists (at least in Windows 10 it does, I've not used 11 at all), but it's not in the Start menu anymore and you have to go digging through the filesystem for it. I've forgotten exactly where it is, and I don't have a Windows rig at the moment to explore either. But maybe the knowledge that it exists will get you going?

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If you've already solved that part, and you're asking instead about OBS just sitting there when it starts and not automatically streaming, you can modify the shortcut, or line in the script, or however you start it automatically, with some command-line flags. Run obs --help in the Command Prompt to see all that you can do there.