Question / Help Is there any way to mark a specific time in a file to save to a notepad?

[Aidan Perry]

i record for like 5 hours at a time and it takes almost 2 hours to just scrub through footage to mark specific location on a file, i was wondering if i hit a hotkey while recording it could mark a specific time where i could go to in mark instead of finding it myself?

 

[koala]

OBS contains no such feature. The challenge with that is that your media player or video editor must recognize and understand such a mark. There is no standardized format for this, as far as I know, so it is always software-specific.

After a bit of research gives this article: https://www.vlchelp.com/skipping-and-playing-audio-and-video-portions-in-vlc/
It works by creating *.m3u playlists with individual start- and stop times.
*.m3u files are simple text files, so it is probably possible to write a obs script without too much hassle that will create such playlist entries for the currently recorded video upon a hotkey. Look into https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/categories/scripts.5/?page=1 perhaps there exists already such a script. If not, write one yourself.

But it's not clear what other software in addition to vlc will support such playlist.

 

[jjameska]

Hi Guys!

This is an old topic but...I din't want start a new topic because the problem is similar. I try to describe.
So, I have 5-6 hours streaming and I would like to have the chapter time points into a text file, because on Youtube I would like to insert those times as part of information and I can get Chapters on youtube after then. Hopefully understand me someone :) So is anyone knows any solution to how to get a timer in the background what is start in the same time as streaming starts and get chapter points into a text file by using the special key?

Many thanks for answers :)

 

[dcmouser]

The InfoWriter plugin can do this and is very flexible: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/infowriter.345/
My timestamper plugin can also do this and is made more specifically for youtube timestamps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebWIkZ4spQ

 

[jjameska]

Thanks dcmouser, I'll check it!

 

[dcmouser]

There's also local stream marker script:

OBS Lua - Local Stream Marker

This script allows you to use a hotkey to create stream markers or bookmarks for streams and recordings made on OBS. Description Twitch has this function called Add Stream Marker where you can add bookmarks to your livestream for review later...

obsproject.com