Question / Help Need help with reply buffer

[b4nny66]

So I managed to get instant reply working for my stream.
Now, i want to add a frame around that window(media source) with text "ACTION REPLY".
How do i do it?

I have an image which i can use it around reply media source as frame.. but not sure how to hide it once the reply is played.

 

[Suslik V]

Your need standalone scene for your replay.

 

[b4nny66]

that is exactly what i want to avoid.

can we make image source visibility dependent on another source ?

 

[Suslik V]

You can add whole Scene as source.

 

[b4nny66]

Awesome. Problem solved then. Thanks.

 

[Suslik V]

Don't forget to place black solid color source underneath (there is open bug with the transparency and filtering when Scene as source is in use - https://obsproject.com/mantis/view.php?id=1108) or, at least, some other source, like game capture, video etc (in general, don't relay on black from preview).

 

[b4nny66]

Thanks

 

[b4nny66]

So just to confirm, here is what i did and let me know if it will avoid the bug.

I created a scene named "Reply" which has 2 sources. A image source which is nothing but a full screen black image.
And another source which is a media source responsible for playing the reply media file.

Now in my main LIVE STREAM screen source ( which is in another scene btw), i have imported this newly created reply source.

Let me know if its enough.

 

[Suslik V]

In general - yes. But it is better to place this background in each scene that you will output, instead of placing it in the Scene that you will use as source (because the source may has alpha channel, for example, and by placing background - the transparency will be lost).

The mentioned bug is about transparency only, so if your scene source has no alpha channel (transparency) then it doesn't matter how you build your scenes. I thought, that your frame around and text "ACTION REPLAY" is the semi-transparent element around the media replay source (and media source smaller than the frame) or media source itself has Filter with alpha. And if it is not - there is no need for the black background (your media source covers whole "replay scene" and has no transparent pixels).