FreeShow Control OBS through actions

I'd like the ability to switch scenes and go live in Open Broadcaster Software by adding an action to a slide in FreeShow. I have tried using a "Send MIDI out" action with obs-midi-mg and a loopback MIDI device on both MacOS and Windows, but on Mac it crashes OBS, and on Windows it works unreliably. One of the easiest way to do this would probably be using OBS WebSocket.

Dec 10 '23 16:12 dsaderholm

Found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/obs/comments/z3ixzg/switching_scenes_based_on_browser_url/?rdt=60354 You can try using this Advanced Scene Switcher to change the scene using the HTTP Triggers.

Dec 10 '23 16:12 vassbo

Found this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/obs-websocket-js But I guess it would be better to integrate FreeShow into Bitfocus Companion.

Dec 17 '23 20:12 vassbo

I attempted to use the Advanced Scene Switcher, but It didn't work. OBS websocket doesn't support HTTP Triggers unless you use a third party program, but that didn't work for me. That second comment looks good, though.

Jan 14 '24 15:01 dsaderholm

Any updates on this? This would be so nice to automate my live stream.

Mar 10 '24 17:03 dsaderholm

Yes, I just made a working module two days ago. It will work in the next update. 😊

Mar 10 '24 17:03 vassbo

@dsaderholm Please check out our video for controlling OBS from freeshow with using Functions. I hope this can help you.

https://youtu.be/iheqxahuByA

Apr 10 '25 10:04 TPaulManohar