OBS Lua Visibility Timer 1.0

[Wayne01]

if this used the function obs.obs_sceneitem_set_visible(sceneitem, false)
It would be the perfect script, I dont know how to program this. I just searched a little through the code.

this is using obs.obs_source_set_enabled(source, true) instead of items.

the function
obs.obs_sceneitem_set_visible(sceneitem, false)
removes the eye in the obs studio. is it possible to make a revision on this?

His suggestion is correct.
If the script can hide and show source by unckecking an eye icon this would give us chance to use OBS in and out transition effects

 

[dqm]

I've setup a source to disappear after 5 seconds. It works sorta, but not quite like I expected. As written, it does not work when the scene transitions from preview to program (presumably because the source is already active in preview). Nor does it work if the same source is already active in preview or program as part of different scene.

I know I can work-around the latter issue by using distinct sources in every scene, each with it's own visibility timer. But, whew...not sure it's worth the grind. And that doesn't solve the preview-to-program issue.

What I want is to engage the (in)visibility timer anytime a scene containing its designated source is moved to preview or program. So, the timer will engage when the scene goes to preview, transitions to program, or goes directly to program. And it will do so regardless of whether the source is already active in either preview or program.

Is that possible?

 

[dqm]

No longer works for me...AT ALL. Cannot repeat partial success I had last year. Have upgraded OBS in the meantime...maybe that's the culprit.

 

[cg2121]

cg2121 updated Visibility Timer with a new update entry:

Visibility Timer 1.0

Changes​

• Added ability for it to work with the source visibility transitions
• The visibility icon in the sources list is now updated when source is shown or hidden
• Fixed issue where it wouldn't work in studio mode (make sure "Duplicate Scenes" is not checked)

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Dick Dawson]

For anyone having issues this might help. I'm running Mac OS 13 Ventura and OBS 29.1.3. For me, it only works on a source in the active scene. NOT in a source in a nested scene in the active scene. I'm not sure if this is OBS 29, Mac OS or the version of Python I have (3.11). So I had a nested scene for "Bottom Scrolls" but I only have a few I use so they are now solo in the "Main Set" in OBS but it works perfectly.

 

[shimatai]

Is there any way to trigger this script using a hotkey?

For example, I want to trigger the visibility timer when I press keyboard keys Ctrl + 8, then the script would run. Is this possible?

 

[REDDDDY]

is possible to have it show at a certain time and hide at a certain time.
my obs pc is always ON 24/7 and it is projecting on a screen 24/7.
i want to show and hide a certain source at a specific time.

can you help?

 

[fabianlujan]

Please add the ability to add multiple actions/sources. I need is to start with showing one source and then after some time hide that and show another. Continue doing that for a certain number of sources then go back to the first source.

I had to display 20 different sources and different moments but wasn't able to hide them.
I copied the lua file 20 times and called "vt-NAME" where name was the source name.
So I have 20 luas in script, one referring to each source.
They work fine.