SongBeamer OBS Scene Switcher

Switches the Scenes automatically.

Author

@teelicht_foxy

Used By

This project is used by the following companies:

• Christus Gemeinde Nord (Technik)

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 10/11

Required Programs

• OBS 30.2.3
• SongBeamer 6.00f
• Python 3.12

Installation

1. Download the .zip file to your "Downloads" folder.

2. Open the "Downloads" folder (%USERPROFILE%/Downloads)

3. Extract the downloaded .zip file (SongBeamer-OBS-Scene-Switcher-main.zip)

• Right klick the file
• Klick on Extract all...
• Klick on Extract

4. Open the extracted folder (SongBeamer-OBS-Scene-Switcher-main/SongBeamer-OBS-Scene-Switcher-main)

5. Run the installation script (install.cmd) by double-clicking it

• Click on More Informations
• Click on Execute anyway
• (Confirm the installation with admin rights if necessary)

6. Install the OBS-Script

• Open an terminal with admin rights
• Copy the following commands with (Strg. + C + Strg. + V) in the terminal:

    cd Downloads/SongBeamer-OBS-Scene-Switcher-main/SongBeamer-OBS-Scene-Switcher-main
    move "./automaticsceneswitcher.lua" "C:/Program Files/obs-studio/data/obs-plugins/frontend-tools/scripts/"

• Press ENTER
• Close the terminal

7. To start the script automatically when Windows starts, do the following:

• Copy the autostart .bat file (autostartsbobsautomaticsceneswitcher.bat) by clicking on the file and press (Strg. + C)
• Open the windows autostart folder (%APPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/Startmenü/Programme/Autostart)
• Press (Strg. + V) to paste the autostart .bat file in the folder
• Close the folder

8. Start OBS

9. (Follow the OBS setup if necessary)

10. Click on Tools in the bar above

11. Click on Scripts in the list

12. Click on the + symbol

13. Double-click the automaticsceneswitcher.lua file

14. Set up the script with the scenes and set the refreshinterval

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15. Close the window

16. Click on File in the bar above

17. Click on Settings in the list

18. Click on Hotkeys

19. Set your hotkeys to pause and continue switching

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20. Close the window and Restart your PC

21. See Usage to learn how to use this Program

Usage

1. Open SongBeamer

2. Configure SongBeamer for usage with this program (Necessary every time you start SongBeamer):

• Click on Tools/Extras in the bar above
• Click on Output > Output to Text File... in the list
• Select the songbeamertextoutput.txt file in C:\ES-OBS-Script-Dateien
• Accept with yes

3. Start OBS

4. Enjoy the automatic scene changing

• To pause automatic switching: Strg. + Alt. + P (Or your personal Keybinds)
• To continue automatic switching: Strg. + Alt. + O (Or your personal Keybinds)