need advice

[Hoozy4204]

I am looking for a way to display a video and, at the same time, make a window source appear and disappear on that video according to a pre-set schedule. Does anyone have a solution for this? Thank you

 

[AaronD]

Two sources in one scene. Put the window source on top, and show and hide it on that schedule.

Or, copy / paste (reference) the video source into a second scene, with the only difference being the window source present or not. Whatever works.

If you're asking about the schedule, have a look at this plugin:

Advanced Scene Switcher

This plugin will allow you to automate various tasks using "Macros". Macros consist of a list of conditions under which a list of actions will be performed. Examples and guides can be found in the wiki. Feel free to contribute! If you run...

obsproject.com

Specifically, the Date condition.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Within Advanced Scene Switcher (AdvSS) there also used to be the Sequence tab... Aaron, I'm assuming that functionality exists with the macros realm now (I'm still on old version of OBS Studio and AdvSS)

 

[AaronD]

Within Advanced Scene Switcher (AdvSS) there also used to be the Sequence tab... Aaron, I'm assuming that functionality exists with the macros realm now (I'm still on old version of OBS Studio and AdvSS)

The old tabs are still there...so far. There's a checkbox on the General tab to hide them, which it does by default.

But all of the other tabs' functionality can be replaced with macros, and a lot more! And you have options now, for how you want the replicated functions to work.

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A direct replacement for the Sequence tab would be to switch scenes, wait, switch scenes, wait, etc., in a single macro. That has the big disadvantage (for me) of the sequence forcing itself all the way to the end.

Instead, I have a separate macro for each step, that looks for the previous step remaining true for the original wait time, and then does its one step and ends. You can enter that sequence at any point just by making its condition true (usually, switching to the scene that it's looking for), and you can escape and cancel at any time by making the present step no longer true (usually by switching to a scene that is not part of the sequence).

Of course, it doesn't just have to be a scene that it looks for and does. It could be *anything* that Adv. SS knows about and can do. Like the Date condition to watch the wall clock.