OBSStamper

A little tool which writes timestamps of a obs recording into a text file.

Installation

The OBSStamper talks via Websockets to OBS. Since OBS dont have a native interface the OBS Websocket Plugin needs to be installed. To do so goto the Releases page of the plugin and follow the instructions for your system.

Additionally Java >= 8 needs to be installed on your system.

If you use the OBSStamper with the Stream Deck or any other similar software on Windows, download the latest OBSStamper-Streamdeck.zip archive from the Release page. More about the setup in the following section.

If you want to use the pure java artefact on Linux or Mac read the Jar section below.

Use with Stream Deck

Included in the archive is an icon for your configuration and also a bat file.

1. Extract the whole content of the zip to a location of your liking.
2. Set your own password from the OBS websocket settings inside of the .bat file (right click -> edit).
3. Add a new item to your Streamdeck with the "Launch" type.
4. Set the icon and name
5. Select the downloaded and edited .bat file as App/file.

It should now look similar to:

Now the OBSStamper will create new files in this directory when a stream is running or a record is ongoing and the key is pressed.

Execute the jar

By executing the jar directly it can be configured more precisely. You can also change the command in the .bat file if you like. Everytime you run the OBSStamper with the command below, it will write the current timestamp of the recording into a text file.

java -jar path/from/install/OBSStamper-1.0.0.jar -f path/to/textfileparent -p MySuperSecretPassword

With -f the parent folder for the generated text files can be set. Inside it the files will be named with the start time of the record or stream.

The parameter -p sets a password for a secured connection to the websocket plugin. Make sure it is matching the one you specified in the plugin settings.

The full list of parameter is shown with --help!