Is there a method to read video caption from the file meta or file name?
- Thread starter zeikai
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I think there might be a plugin that attempts to do that, but I don't remember very well. It might actually do a content ID with some online provider though, and show whatever *that* comes up with instead of what's in the file.
There are also apps that will read, modify, and (try to) automatically manage that metadata. If you're adding videos manually, maybe you can just add a step to look at it in one of those apps and copy/paste into a Text Source in OBS?
There are also apps that will read, modify, and (try to) automatically manage that metadata. If you're adding videos manually, maybe you can just add a step to look at it in one of those apps and copy/paste into a Text Source in OBS?
Yep! That's what I was thinking of:
Tuna
Tuna Lets you display information about the currently playing song in obs without running a separate program. Currently supports these music sources: Spotify (All song information (except for song label), including Cover art) MPD (All song...
zeikai
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Thanks for the suggestion, however that plugin does not do the task desired. It is entirely a manual process to add multiple files to match each video and does not work with playlists as stated in the docs:
"This currently doesn't work if your VLC source is in a group or otherwise nested. The hotkeys for switching can be configured in the hotkeys tab in the settings dialog of obs."
I do this action with PHP and javascript on a website when reading .MP4 files from a directory, using a REGEX process. A file with name raja_kumari-shook.mp4 when loaded in the player (Jplayer.js) is overlaid with the title Raja Kumari - Shook, and if other data such as date, producer etc exist and separated by specific delimiters.
I have been looking at the methods for scripts to determine if there is a method I could add to get this done.
PaiSand
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Then the forum you should write to is:
Suslik V
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Does your VLC source in OBS is grouped with other sources or nested into the other scenes? Then Ungroup it... ;)
If you have issues with the plugin write them to the developer of the plugin on the plugin's page, and maybe you'll find the solution you miss.
Edit:
And if nothing helps --> YouTube, search for "obs now playing overlay for vlc"
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zeikai
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Keep the snide comments to yourself. I never stated that there is an "issue" with the plugin. Anyway I have already developed a script to handle the process simply.
Suslik V
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You can share the solution here too:
Seeking a method to read mp4 meta data or file name and overlay as title and description in stream
I'd like to show the meta data, (title and comment), from the MP4 file when streaming, similar to any music video TV (MTV, VH1 etc). This will need to be when using VLC source playlist. As each file loads to the player, the meta is read and printed at the bottom left (or where ever assigned) and...
zeikai
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That will be done once the script is performing perfectly. There are a few bugs to clean and time is a factor.
Danny Teunissen
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How is the development for the script? I,m very interested in the development. And testing.