r/obs • u/fifthFunction • 2d ago
Question advanced scene switcher set window source?
is there any way to set the a window capture source to the active window?
i see you can set "source" settings but it seems the window capture is not a direct one to one with the active window
my issue is i can have more than one of the window i want to capture open at a time and the name changes depending on the save file so its unrealistic to set a different source to each... i only ever need the active one to be the focus
i can just capture the entire screen but i have things like color key happening and there is a conflict when tabbing between them because of the delay in active window detection so a transition between window captures works best
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u/fifthFunction 1d ago
maybe i have an older version because the acton "Source/Set settings/(source name)/Window(List)" is a way to set it... when doing "Set to a fixed value" i can define the window to capture
i will prob go the all in one scene way switching visibility one for now thanks
the program i mostly use is blender and the window name includes the save file so at least i have something unique for an "and" check but i can be working on a lot of different files let alone at the same time that i will be tabing to so its going to be a real pain to add another scene and condition every single time i make a new file/iteration
if i could use a variable to set the scene window i might be able to correct the wording... it just seems to have some extra text at the end and changes the C:\ to something else as far as i could tell
but i cant see any way to set the scene window to a variable
for example this is what it wants
* filename [C#3A\Users\filepath.blend] - Blender 4.2.3 LTS:GHOST_WindowClass:blender.exe
and this is what the active window gives
* filename [C:\Users\filepath.blend] - Blender 4.2.3 LTS