Question / Help I am unable to get hotkeys to work

[keybounce]

I am unable to get hotkeys to work at all.

I first attempted to define start and stop recording as cmd-alt-R, expecting to use it as a toggle. That did not work.

My next attempt was cmd-alt-R for record, and cmd-alt-T for stop. Again, did not work.

Active program at the time is Minecraft.

 

[dodgepong]

When you say it didn't work, can you be more specific? What happened exactly?

 

[keybounce]

Nothing happened.
No response from OBS.

In particular, the "start recording" button stayed "start recording", and no recording file showed up in the output directory.

 

[NateSnowstorm]

I'm guessing there's another program using that key combo, or there's some issue with cmd based key combos. I mapped my start/stop recording to fn-F9, and it works perfectly. Maybe it's because the cmd key is reserved for system use, I don't know, but try using a different combination instead..

 

[keybounce]

... and here I thought that a hotkey _had_ to use "cmd" ... silly me :-)

 

[keybounce]

Alright, even with alt-R to record as the hotkey, nothing happens.

 

[Palana]

Does starting with the button and then stopping the recording via hotkey work? Also, which OSX version are you on?

 

[keybounce]

Os 10.9.5.

Start with button, and stop with hotkey? ...

Argh.

Did something update when I wasn't looking? It's working perfectly. I cannot replicate my "fail" cases before -- even with a command-sequence (cmd-alt-T) to toggle recording on/off.

Everything that failed before, is working now.

If I find it failing again, I'll see if I can provide more information about what else is running.

 

[keybounce]

Ok, this is annoying.

It's failing now. It was working earlier this afternoon. But I cannot get any hotkey to work now.