Question / Help Overlay if it is recording?

[Earlybite]

Hi,

I'm new with OBS, come from Shadowplay and use as video editing Shotcut, and Shadowplay and Shortcut is no good combination, because of variable framerate from Shadowplay.
So I landed here, at OBS! :)

I've already made some videos and after setting in OBS the bitrate for audio to 48000, because additional MP3 files have it also, it looks really fine.

But one little thing I was searching at once, as soon I started OBS and recorded the first video:
An overlay, a sign, a little point or such, which shows "OBS is now recording".

Of course it should only be visible for me, not in the video.

But I couldn't find such a setting...

Is there a way to have such a sign, if OBS is recording, or not?

( (Currently) I capture only videos from a flight sim of my choice, not streaming, so I have a fullscreen and I cannot see the status at the bottom of the OBS window!)

I hope that can be made possible, to have 100% wellness. :)

Best regards
Earlybite

 

[drakgoku1]

This is the only way to know that you are recording / streaming

Recording: OFF

Recording: ON

 

[koala]

If your app or game is running fullscreen, there is no way to tell OBS is recording without having a 2nd monitor and running OBS on that monitor.
If your app or game is running windowed and the Windows Taskbar is visible, you can go to OBS settings->General and look in the System Tray section. Check Enable. You will see a small OBS icon at the right of your task bar, which will have a red dot if you're streaming or recording.

 

[Earlybite]

Hi!

Maybe there is a way with a script, watching if a new file is added in a known folder...? If, then status "Recording", and if status "Recording", "Not Recording"..., hmm, and if it starts recording, currently I do not know exactly how, drawing a little point, maybe green, that one can see, that it is recording, and if stopped a red one (and it should be enough if the point is only drawn for a second or so, one can cut it out, isn't it<?>)...

With VB.6 or VB.Net (or what ever) there should be a possibility in any case...

Ok..., thanks for answering!

Til then,
and best regards
Earlybite

 

[EWT]

No script necessary in my experience. My solution was found in "Notification Area" settings on my PC. I selected OBS as an icon to appear on the taskbar. Now when I am recording in OBS, the icon reflects this status with a red dot.

 

[AKASync]

In my opinion that's a must have feature for any recording software to let the user know that yes "it's recording now" by a simple overlay icon located anywhere on the screen. (Top left/right or bottom left/right). Also should not record the overlay itself but only the content. This helps users with a single monitor who records full screen videos with hot keys. (Don't need to alt tab to see if it's recording).

This feature would be a life saver for a lot of users. I recently lost 2hrs worth of footage just because of that.

Is it too hard to add the feature? or obs devs just don't want to do it?