
“We asked the camera technicians to give us different angles.” “If there was any question, we took a look at it,” McNally said after the experiment. Equipped with a stopwatch and video camera, he observed a "Monday Night Football" contest between the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills from a press box inside the stadium. If you have ideas, feature requests, or you want to contribute yourself, let me know in the comments below or message me here or on my Twitter (which I won't link in fear of getting my post removed again xD).ġ9:59:00.562: instant_replay_hotkey pressed and obs_frontend_replay_buffer_active 19:59:01.592: get_last_replay path attempt 0 19:59:01.592: get_last_replay path was empty on attempt 0 19:59:01.920: Wrote replay buffer to 'C:/Users/Silverlink/Videos/Replay_OBS_19-59-01.mp4' 19:59:02.593: get_last_replay path attempt 1 19:59:02.600: User switched to scene ' Instant Replay' 19:59:02.609: Instant Replay Source']: settings: 19:59:02.609: input: C:/Users/Silverlink/Videos/Replay_OBS_19-59-01.mp4 19:59:02.609: input_format: (null) 19:59:02.609: speed: 100 19:59:02.609: is_looping: no 19:59:02.609: is_hw_decoding: yes 19:59:02.609: is_clear_on_media_end: yes 19:59:02.609: restart_on_activate: yes 19:59:02.609: close_when_inactive: yes 19:59:31.608: User switched to scene ' 16:9 2' 19:59:32.The NFL first experimented with instant replay in 1976 when Art McNally, then the director of officiating, wanted to find out how long a video review would delay a game. Let me show you an example of how I use it / how it could look like: Tutorial Stream ending highlights scene.gifĭo you find this article helpful? What would you use the Instant Replay feature for / are you already using it? If the playback doesn't start automatically, you might have to open VLC Video Source -> Properties and close the dialog again with Ok, to refresh. Whenever you want to play the replay video files in that folder, switch to this scene (e.g. Tutorial OBS VLC Video Source Properties.png This should be the path to the folder where your recordings/instant replays are saved (see step 1, Recording Path). Whichever way you prefer to show your stream's highlights.Īdd a VLC Video Source Tutorial OBS Add VLC Video Source.png In VLC Video Source -> Properties, Add directory. Set up an OBS scene This can be a new, dedicated scene or you can use an existing one. Set the Recording Path OBS Settings -> Output -> Recording Path There are two ways to do that: Simply don't set a hotkey for Instant Replay playback (see step 3 of the previous section for details) or uncheck Enable in the plugin's settings ( Tools -> Instant Replay XT Settings). This also works without having Instant Replay XT enabled. Backup File Path - After the replay file buffer was written, copy it to this path.īased on the Replay Buffer OBS feature, you can use your previously saved replay files to show the stream's highlights. Backup Replay File - Enables/disables the backup feature.

Mute Mic/AUX - Mute the Mic/Aux channels when replay is playing. Optional settings: Mute Desktop Audio - Mute the Desktop Audio channels when replay is playing. Replay Source Name - Name of the OBS Media Source you use to play the Instant Replay file. Replay Scene - Scene to switch to that has the replay source.

OBS does not always write as much replay as you tell it to so this may need to be a second or two shorter than the buffer length (see Replay Buffer Length section in step 2 above for more details) Replay Length (s) - Length of the replay in seconds. If the stinger is at 60fps, multiply the number of frames by 16.

If the stinger is at 30fps, multiply the number of frames by 33. Transition Pause (ms) - Length of the transition in milliseconds. If the replay file buffer was written before that, it switches to the Instant Replay scene immediately.) (Functionality change in Instant Replay XT: Write Pause is the maximum amount of seconds you want to wait.
Write Pause (s) - Pause to allow OBS to write the replay file. Go to Tools -> Instant Replay XT Settings
