Question / Help How to set "Window Capture" to hide when window is minimized?

[ptr0x]

I'm trying to set up a scene with possible applications I could open on my stream, so I set up a Window Capture for each of these applicatoins.
The problem is that each of those Window Capture will become visible when the programs starts, even when the program is minimized it will shows up on the stream.
I see it could work using "Game Capture", however I can't find the main program I want to stream (visual studio 2019) on the list of possible processes to set up a Game Capture.
Is it possible to do what I want using Window Capture? Any other ideas how to circumvent this problem?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Sukiyucky]

You hide the window capture source. Just tick the eye icon.

 

[ptr0x]

You hide the window capture source. Just tick the eye icon.

So every time I minimize a window I must manually hide the window capture source? Isn't there a way to do this automatically?

 

[Sukiyucky]

Not without programming. You would need to create an application that would spin around monitoring the window state of the window you are capturing. If the window state is non-minimized, you would send a hotkey sequence to Windows that correlates with what hotkey sequence you set in OBS Hotkeys.

If you don't know how to program Windows or would like to learn, best approach would be to use AutoHotKey. Granted, this is not how we create Microsoft Windows applications. AutoHotKey is a scripting tool that can be used in cases like this.

 

[xantyleonhart]

This script enables or disables the capture source whenever it gains or loses focus:

obs-scripts/hidewindow.py at main · xantyleonhart/obs-scripts

Contribute to xantyleonhart/obs-scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

It uses Xlib so it just works on linux. You might have to edit it to use another library instead.
Can also be edited to swap scenes instead of enabling/disabling the source.

PS: I don't like the idea of directly enabling or disabling it. I actually wanted to programatically launchg the "activate/deactivate" event that fires whenever you click on the "eye" icon in OBS. But i'm not familiar enough with the API to know how to do that.

 

[xantyleonhart]

P.S 2: Welp, i just realized this is posted under Windows Support topic, sorry for putting a linux-only script. It can be adapted though, using the win32gui package and the "GetForegroundWindow()" function.

 

[sheriffoftiltover]

This script enables or disables the capture source whenever it gains or loses focus:

obs-scripts/hidewindow.py at main · xantyleonhart/obs-scripts

Contribute to xantyleonhart/obs-scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

It uses Xlib so it just works on linux. You might have to edit it to use another library instead.
Can also be edited to swap scenes instead of enabling/disabling the source.

PS: I don't like the idea of directly enabling or disabling it. I actually wanted to programatically launchg the "activate/deactivate" event that fires whenever you click on the "eye" icon in OBS. But i'm not familiar enough with the API to know how to do that.

In case anyone needs this in the future, I updated the script for windows:
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/...dd84878c2269e7a003a/hide_unfocused_windows.py

 

[Blackink]

You hide the window capture source. Just tick the eye icon.

lololol...looks like somebody "ticked" you in the eye!!

 

[Krydax]

In case anyone needs this in the future, I updated the script for windows:
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/...dd84878c2269e7a003a/hide_unfocused_windows.py

Hello. I don't know if you'll see this, but I have no idea how to "install" this script. I would love to auto show/hide a window based on focus but have no idea how to utilize this script.

Thank you.