Text ticker in OBS seems limited to ~500 characters when using Scroll filter

[fauzaaulia]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to create a long text ticker in OBS using a Text source with the Scroll filter. The ticker contains many words (like announcements or information), but I noticed that OBS seems to only display around 500 characters or less. When the text becomes longer, the ticker does not show the full content.

I'm not sure if this is a limitation of the Text source, the Scroll filter, or something else.

What I want to achieve:

• A long running ticker (similar to news tickers on TV)
• Text longer than 500 characters
• Continuous horizontal scrolling

Things I've tried:

• Using Text (GDI+) source
• Adding the Scroll filter
• Increasing source width

Questions:

1. Is there actually a character limit for text when using the Scroll filter?
2. Is there a better method to create long tickers in OBS?
3. Should I use another source (for example browser source or a plugin)?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[turingsroot]

The scroll filter itself doesnt have a character cap, but the GDI+ text source hits a texture width limit when the rendered text gets too wide -- once it exceeds a certain pixel width the rest just gets cut off. Switching to a Browser Source with a CSS marquee is the standard workaround for long tickers. You can write your text in a simple HTML file with a scrolling animation and it loops infinitely with no length ceiling. Tons of free ticker generators online that spit out the HTML for you too.