Question / Help Play SFX with hotkeys

[streamlive14]

We are doing a game show via OBS and I wanted to play SFX with hotkeys. Like a right answer, a wrong answer, and crowd noise. Does anyone have a good way of doing this?

 

[Caedmon]

Not in OBS, but I have an AutoHotkey script that has an array of buttons that do the sound effects by invoking VLC
If you want to use hotkeys, then AHK can do it that way too.

 

[streamlive14]

What if I don't use Hotkey? Would I just play the SFX in VLC?

 

[Caedmon]

yes, you could create shortcuts to the individual files and have VLC play them

 

[qhobbes]

Add a media source with the sound file. Make sure the box for "Restart playback..." is checked. Create a show/hide hotkey for that source.