Advanced Scene Switcher

Advanced Scene Switcher 1.37.2

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Want To Learn said:
Hi, I wanted to let you know that after I installed this on Mac OS Ventura it freezes everything at startup. Even the notification asking if I want to save previous scene switchers. I manually uninstalled this update and OBS works again. Thanks!

https://obsproject.com/logs/crashes/8dHXRwwTxFsL1VY8
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Thanks for letting me know!

Which version of the plugin were you using when you observed the crash?
Were pervious version of the plugin working?
If so, can you share an export of the setting you are using?
 
Warmuptill said:
Thanks for letting me know!

Which version of the plugin were you using when you observed the crash?
Were pervious version of the plugin working?
If so, can you share an export of the setting you are using?
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Well, I really didn't use it much unfortunately. Yes, previous versions installed properly and I would try them once. However, I did try the previous to this version and it did freeze at start up also. It started with the latest version Advanced Scene Switcher 1.32.3 then I went into history back one version which did the same thing. Thanks for all your work!
 
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Hello Warmuptill,

First of all, congratulations and thank you very much for this plugin, it's amazing!!! I have primarily been using Linux Mint 22.2 XFCE with OBS Studio 32.0.2 for live streaming, and since version 1.32.X of Advanced Scene Switcher, OBS abruptly closes whenever I try to create a new condition in a macro.

Alternatively, I have been using version 1.31.0 of your plugin.
 
FabioElizeu said:
Hello Warmuptill,

First of all, congratulations and thank you very much for this plugin, it's amazing!!! I have primarily been using Linux Mint 22.2 XFCE with OBS Studio 32.0.2 for live streaming, and since version 1.32.X of Advanced Scene Switcher, OBS abruptly closes whenever I try to create a new condition in a macro.

Alternatively, I have been using version 1.31.0 of your plugin.
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Would you mind sharing the setting you are able to reproduce the issue with?
You can export them to t a file on the General tab.
 
FabioElizeu said:
Could this be it?
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Thanks for sharing the setting!
Unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce the issue on my side.

I assume you would have shared it already, but just to be sure:
Is a core file / crash report / any additional information being created?
If so, could you please share it?
 
Warmuptill said:
Thanks for sharing the setting!
Unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce the issue on my side.

I assume you would have shared it already, but just to be sure:
Is a core file / crash report / any additional information being created?
If so, could you please share it?
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Unfortunately, I don't have any further information about the failure.

Keeping Advanced Scene Switcher version 1.31.0 prevents me from updating Aitum Vertical Canva, in order to maintain compatibility and the operating environment.

Thank you very much for your feedback and for your work!
 
Hi, I'm currently using Advanced Scene Switcher to auto start recording gameplay, as well as pausing/unpausing when the game is in focus.

Right now I have my macros set up like so:

for each game.exe, with (Perform actions only on condition change ticked)

Macro 1: if process is running and focused, start recording
Macro 2: if process is not running, stop recording
Macro 3: If process is running, AND NOT process is running but not focused, pause recording
Macro 4: If process is running and is focused, unpause recording

This works well, but it's 4 separate macros, and I have to manually set them up for every single game I play, which means I have to create dozens of macros in total. It's becoming unmanageable. Is there a better way to do this?
 
New to this plugin and using it to detect significant visual changes in a video stream and then take a screenshot. Its working but I can't figure out how to make each screenshot get a different filename. I guess I need to use a variable that comprises of date time but can't find anything in the wiki that describes this. Can anyone give pointers?

Also, while I am here. My next project after I get this screen capture working, will be rather more ambitious. I plan to somehow turn timestamps for start and end of a quote in a live youtube feed into a saved video clip but getting OBS to wind back the youtube feed to the specified start time, record output, and stop recording at the stop time. That all sounds fairly easy but the timestamps will not be frame specific and so It will need some tolerance, starting a little early and looking for a pause in audio to avoid truncating spoken words. I vaguely imagine advanced scene switcher could achieve this. If anyone has done anything remotely similar, please let me know.
 
pinntokuru said:
Hi, I'm currently using Advanced Scene Switcher to auto start recording gameplay, as well as pausing/unpausing when the game is in focus.

Right now I have my macros set up like so:

for each game.exe, with (Perform actions only on condition change ticked)

Macro 1: if process is running and focused, start recording
Macro 2: if process is not running, stop recording
Macro 3: If process is running, AND NOT process is running but not focused, pause recording
Macro 4: If process is running and is focused, unpause recording

This works well, but it's 4 separate macros, and I have to manually set them up for every single game I play, which means I have to create dozens of macros in total. It's becoming unmanageable. Is there a better way to do this?
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You can enable regular expressions to match multiple processes at once.
For example, Agent.exe|Notepad.exe would translate to "Agent.exe or Notepad.exe".
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If you frequently change the list of processes to check for and don't want to repeat the regular expression in each "Procses" condition you can use a variable instead.

For example, here I am referencing the variable with the name Process.
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From what you have described I assume this is likely not relevant, but just to mention it briefly:
It is also possible to define variables "inputs" for macros, which you can set when executing a macro via the "Macro" action.

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gringoben said:
New to this plugin and using it to detect significant visual changes in a video stream and then take a screenshot. Its working but I can't figure out how to make each screenshot get a different filename. I guess I need to use a variable that comprises of date time but can't find anything in the wiki that describes this. Can anyone give pointers?
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If you use the default OBS recording output format the filename of the screenshot should already include the date.
The exact format can be configured in the OBS settings:

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If you explicitly want to set up a custom path you can set up a helper macro to populate variables with the current date.
You can find an example of such a macro here:
github.com

Variables

An automation tool for OBS Studio. Contribute to WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher development by creating an account on GitHub.
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You can then reference those variables in the screenshot action in the format of your liking:
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gringoben said:
Also, while I am here. My next project after I get this screen capture working, will be rather more ambitious. I plan to somehow turn timestamps for start and end of a quote in a live youtube feed into a saved video clip but getting OBS to wind back the youtube feed to the specified start time, record output, and stop recording at the stop time. That all sounds fairly easy but the timestamps will not be frame specific and so It will need some tolerance, starting a little early and looking for a pause in audio to avoid truncating spoken words. I vaguely imagine advanced scene switcher could achieve this. If anyone has done anything remotely similar, please let me know.
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That does indeed sound very complex.
Unfortunately, I don't have have anything similar yet.

For the detection of "pause in audio" you could use the "Audio" condition type:
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Hi everyone,

I am trying to set up a macro to automatically change a "Window Capture" source to show whichever window is currently focused (I need this for a poker stream to switch between tables automatically).

My Setup:

  • OBS Version: 32.0.2 (Beta/Nightly)
  • Advanced Scene Switcher Version: 1.32.3
  • OS: Windows 10/11
  • Note: I am running OBS as Administrator.
My Goal: When I click on a window (e.g., a poker table), I want the plugin to detect it and update the Window Capture source to show that specific window.

The Macro I created:

  1. Condition: Window -> Window is focused checked.
    • Window title matches: .* (Regex enabled, case insensitive).
  2. Action: Source -> Set settings -> Set setting JSON string.
  3. JSON Code I am using:
    {
    "window": "${target_window_title}:${target_window_class}:${target_window_process}"
    }

    The Problem: The macro triggers, but instead of putting the actual window name into the source settings, it pastes the literal string ${target_window_title}.... It seems like the variables are not being parsed/resolved.

    Questions:
    1. Is this the correct JSON syntax for the current version to capture the focused window?
    2. I cannot find the "Variables" checkbox in the General tab settings (even after scrolling down). Is the Variables feature disabled by default or moved in this OBS version?
    I have attached screenshots of my macro settings and the result in the Source Properties.

    Thanks for your help!
 
Hi all. I just installed ASS for the very first time. Installation of both OBS and ASS is via zip file (portable) because on the same system I have an old OBS version installed that I don't want to mess with. Thing is, I set all the macros of ASS on the portable installation and all works fine, but if I close OBS portable, then open the other OBS (installed), and than back open the OBS portable, all the macros and settings of ASS are gone! Looks like maybe some setting is shared and the installation overwriters the portable settings? How can I avoid this? Thank you.
 
Paul74 said:
Hi all. I just installed ASS for the very first time. Installation of both OBS and ASS is via zip file (portable) because on the same system I have an old OBS version installed that I don't want to mess with. Thing is, I set all the macros of ASS on the portable installation and all works fine, but if I close OBS portable, then open the other OBS (installed), and than back open the OBS portable, all the macros and settings of ASS are gone! Looks like maybe some setting is shared and the installation overwriters the portable settings? How can I avoid this? Thank you.
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oops I got the solution myself...I forgot to start OBS portable with the -portable parameter, or adding the "portable" empty text file in the folder. After doing that the portable version started as new and completely indipendent from the installed one.
 
Hi everyone.

Maybe you can help me with 2 issues :

#1
I am trying to open the interaction dialog, wait 3 sec and then close it, using :

Source > Open Interaction Dialog
Wait > 3sec
Source > Close Interaction Dialog

Unfortunately the closing action makes OBS crash and close.
OBS v 32 is used and the latest ASS.


#2
I have an html with an EventListener that triggers a function when the key F19 is pressed.
It works
But if I try to use an action Hotekey > F19 in ASS, it is not working

Thaznk you for your time and help
 
slakouze said:
Hi everyone.

Maybe you can help me with 2 issues :

#1
I am trying to open the interaction dialog, wait 3 sec and then close it, using :

Source > Open Interaction Dialog
Wait > 3sec
Source > Close Interaction Dialog

Unfortunately the closing action makes OBS crash and close.
OBS v 32 is used and the latest ASS.


#2
I have an html with an EventListener that triggers a function when the key F19 is pressed.
It works
But if I try to use an action Hotekey > F19 in ASS, it is not working

Thaznk you for your time and help
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Here is an example I have that open a browser source + presses a button + closes browser: (Although Hot Key funcctionality is also dependent on the website you are accessing:

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Any suggestions for how to detect if notepad++ has focus? It insists on putting the entire filepath of the open file before the "Notepad++" in the title and no amount of regex suggestions from google like .*Notepad\+\+ seem to work.

I can put in the current full window title and that works if I have that specific tab open in notepad++ but that means I can't swap to any of the other 20 tabs in it. I can't figure out how to make it check for an executable name if possible.
 
I can reduce the window title to just "[filename] - Notepad++" but even that doesn't work with the regex so it's not a problem with a window title that is too long
 
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