OBS Python Powerpoint slide window navigation using OBS hotkey 1.0

[Claetze]

I have had great help using ppt_slide.py on Windows PC but now I would need to the same kind of script on a Mac. Is it possible to create? I.e. is there anything similar to win32com in Python on Mac to be able to control other programs?

 

[永远还在]

按照步骤安装这些，但我在热键中看不到该功能

 

[t1m0thyj]

Thanks for providing this script, it does exactly what I needed.

I noticed that if PowerPoint is closed and relaunched, then the script may fail with an error "The RPC server is unavailable." I worked around this by replacing line 76 (ssw = powerpoint.SlideShowWindows) with the following:

    try:
        ssw = powerpoint.SlideShowWindows
    except Exception as exc:
        if 'The RPC server is unavailable' in str(exc):
            powerpoint = None
            return get_slideshow_view()
        else:
            raise

 

[bucke]

I read all the notes and forum posts, and I installed the last version of Python 3.6 (update 15). This doesn't work for me, and I'm tired of troubleshooting it!! (...ugh...)

I'm glad it works for some (congrats), but if it is this "picky" and inconsistent, then it is very likely to not work with a future O365 update. So, I'm cancelling this, and considering it "not worth it". If anyone else see this, best luck to you - but don't be surprised if you have errors. You have to use a old/outdated version of Python, and then hope that it works with new versions of O365 PowerPoint.

To the author: Thanks for trying, but this isn't a good solution and is *way* to inconsistent.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Realize that a large part of the issue is Office/PowerPoint, and especially its new security paradigm (vs Office 2010, for example).
So I feel for the plugin developer... and then add that most people have NO idea what they have done to their PCs, OS security details, differences between MS/Office 365 and Office 2019 (or whichever release) etc... yea.. not easy (thanks ... for nothing... M$).

 

[CarrotChan]

It's a great script.
But I have found if the ppt contain a video, the video will be stucked.
Any solution?

Thanks.