Impossible Scene Switcher Problem ?

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Jim Messenger

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OBS Source - Browser - Is this even possible ?
Currently I have multiple Browser sources - each is a Youtube URL of a Live Camera from around the world.
Using a macro in Advance Scene Switcher I change each view every two hours looping over 24 hrs and restream on my own Live YT channel.
This works perfectly until one of the original sources go down and I end up with a black or error screen.
If I am asleep this continues for 2 hours. Not ideal.
So.... is there anyway OBS can detect an 'inactive' browser feed and jump to the next active one.
I think its insurmountable but I am a 71 year old OBS virgin ( started 6 months ago)
Thanks in advance and hope I haven't wasted everyones time
Jim
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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My question would be how do you plan to identify an 'inactive' browser feed??
URL unreachable is rather easy to identify. But a URL that is reachable but has no (or frozen/hung) content ? you'd need something to analyze the content, sent a threshold, and go based on that analysis/threshold?
so ... depends on level of sophistication in "inactive" identification you are looking for
 
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AaronD

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khaver said:
You could use the video pattern matching macro in the Advanced Stream Switcher plugin to test for a black screen for a certain length of time in the browser source.
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That would work, as long as it *does* go black. If it hangs on the last frame, then you'd need to detect motion instead, which then leads to the question of how much motion it normally has anyway. If it stares at an empty street, using a system that hangs on the last frame, good luck!
 
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