therentabrain
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FWIW, I love this solution, and it has saved me. I thought I would pass it along.
OBS uses plain json (text) files that contain your scenes and profiles, etc.
These files are unlocked and can be copied even while you are building/doing a show.
In Windows, I use the utility "Second Copy" to check the files every 5 minutes, making a backup if it has changed, and keeping a large number of archive copies. It is a lightweight util that runs all day but only copies if changes were made. If the file is changing constantly, it will make a lot of backups; otherwise it does nothing.
If I screw up and want to rewind OBS to how it was a few minutes ago, I can close OBS and replace the JSON file(s) with a backup.
(Or I can use a tool (I like PSPad) to compare the contents of the json files and manually update what needs changing. This is dangerous and you can corrupt your project; I only do it because I've worked with JSON a lot.)
Second Copy can be set to run every minute or every hour or whatever your preference. I haven't noticed it interfering with OBS in any way.
OBS uses plain json (text) files that contain your scenes and profiles, etc.
These files are unlocked and can be copied even while you are building/doing a show.
In Windows, I use the utility "Second Copy" to check the files every 5 minutes, making a backup if it has changed, and keeping a large number of archive copies. It is a lightweight util that runs all day but only copies if changes were made. If the file is changing constantly, it will make a lot of backups; otherwise it does nothing.
If I screw up and want to rewind OBS to how it was a few minutes ago, I can close OBS and replace the JSON file(s) with a backup.
(Or I can use a tool (I like PSPad) to compare the contents of the json files and manually update what needs changing. This is dangerous and you can corrupt your project; I only do it because I've worked with JSON a lot.)
Second Copy can be set to run every minute or every hour or whatever your preference. I haven't noticed it interfering with OBS in any way.
