Showing videos at a later date & time

[eshodge]

I'm curious about this: in some cases, software will let you live-stream a video recorded at a earlier date. But when you want it to go live…you still have to be in front of your computer to hit the ‘go live’ button.

What I would like to know is...can I pre-record a video on a Monday at 10 am in the morning…but schedule it to go live at 6 pm that night without me actually having to be in front of the computer to push the ‘go live’ button? Does that make sense?

Can OBS Studio allow me to do this?

 

[Tomasz Góral]

You no need OBS to this. Is more simple solution via FFMPEG. Set task schedule to run batch file with ffmpeg command and send any video file like live stream to selected address.
Sample:
ffmpeg -re -i my_video_file.mp4 -c copy rtmp://address_rtmp

Of course your my_video_file.mp4 must by h.264 and audio aac in correct format.

 

[eshodge]

You no need OBS to this. Is more simple solution via FFMPEG. Set task schedule to run batch file with ffmpeg command and send any video file like live stream to selected address.
Sample:
ffmpeg -re -i my_video_file.mp4 -c copy rtmp://address_rtmp

Of course your my_video_file.mp4 must by h.264 and audio aac in correct format.

Thank you for your reply...

But can OBS Studio do this?

 

[GeeMack]

Using the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin, on the "Time" tab, you can set to go to any particular scene at any specified time. Then still using the Advanced Scene Switcher, in the "Scene Triggers" tab, you can set it to start streaming when you open a particular scene. So set a time to start your first scene, add your video as the source in that scene, and set that scene to start streaming.

 

[eshodge]

Using the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin, on the "Time" tab, you can set to go to any particular scene at any specified time. Then still using the Advanced Scene Switcher, in the "Scene Triggers" tab, you can set it to start streaming when you open a particular scene. So set a time to start your first scene, add your video as the source in that scene, and set that scene to start streaming.

And this is done all in OBS studio program?

 

[GeeMack]

And this is done all in OBS studio program?

Yes, using the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin found here...

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

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Yes, Advanced Scene Switcher is a plug-in for OBS.
But, per the first reply, OBS is the wrong tool for what you are asking to do... you are asking a hammer to act as a screwdriver