Hello Patrick,

I love his plugin and he is always with me.
I built my workflow using it, unfortunately it's not working in version 28.

Can we wait for an update to version 28?

I used InfoWriter a while back and really liked its straight forward timestamp format. I took a break for some months and when I got back into it I saw that some additional information is being printed to the log file.

I would really appreciate a toggle of some sort to remove the absolute times when pressing a hotkey.

To make this as clear as possible, down below is an example. I would like to be able to toggle off the lines marked with <<<.

EVENT:START RECORDING @ 2020-05-02 16:37:35
00:00:00 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:timestamp @ 2020-05-02 16:37:40 <<<
00:00:05 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:timestamp @ 2020-05-02 16:37:41 <<<
00:00:06 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:timestamp @ 2020-05-02 16:37:42 <<<
00:00:07 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:timestamp @ 2020-05-02 16:37:42 <<<
00:00:07 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:timestamp @ 2020-05-02 16:37:43 <<<
00:00:08 Record Time Marker

EVENT:STOP RECORDING @ 2020-05-02 16:37:45 Record Time Marker Reset to 0
00:00:00 Record Time Marker (not recording)

I would also really appreciate an option to remove "Record Time Marker" from the timestamps themselves.

Hey, forgive me for making an issue that's more supportish in nature but i've been wracking my head for a few hours on this.

I've got this plugin building on windows and am looking to make some small changes and enhancements. But my built edition of the plugin doesn't result in an input source being available in OBS.

I've included a log file from OBS: 2022-06-19 03-04-38.txt

That shows that its loaded, there are no errors etc... BUT no input.

Perhaps, you might be able to provide some diagnostic or debug steps here? I'm a little lost.

Thank you!

OBSInfoWriter currently exports only hours, minutes, and seconds. It would be good to export also milliseconds, because if the even happens at 10s 900ms, then automation tools will work on the incorrect point in the video stream.

It looks like it requires a change in InfoWriter.cpp:67 to get the time in milliseconds and InfoWriter.cpp:32 to output the time.

The standard format for reporting would be:

HH:MM:SS.000 (with 000 for the milliseconds)

Any chance of getting an output option that would be EDL-compatible, or compatible with some format that could allow marker information to be imported into Davinci Resolve, Premier etc?

I don't know much about these formats, but I know that my workflow is:

1. Record live stream to disk with OBS
2. Edit down the file in OBS, selecting interesting parts

If I could get the markers to show up in Resolve, that would be amazing.

It seems that in OBS v29.0.2 there are no options to bind hotkeys?

Installed with sudo dpkg -i OBSInfoWriter-1.0.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.deb, InfoWriter never appeared as a source after restarting OBS.

To resolve this, I just ran sudo cp /usr/local/lib/obs-plugins/libOBSInfoWriter.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/obs-plugins/

The instructions state that the libOBSInfoWriter.so must be put in the /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/obs-plugins folder, but the provided .deb installs it to /usr/local/lib/obs-plugins instead.

Using OBS 30.0.1 on Ubuntu 22.04.

See https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/infowriter.42590/page-3#post-297541

Hi, I would like to store the timestamp (utc timestamp - in millisec) of each recorded frame. any idea if that is possible and how?
I would need to get a callback for each frame beeing recorded...

Do you currently store the timestamp of the first frame beeing recorded (utc timestamp - in millisec)?

Thanks,
Arnold

Hello, I'd like to start off by saying this plugin is exactly what I have been wishing for since I first installed OBS. I'd like to thank you for developing this in your recreational time, I am having some issues regarding pausing and I would like to get to the bottom of it considering I use the feature very frequently. I will attach a log of the crash from OBS and I am using OBS version 25.0.8
Crash 2020-08-31 17-48-59 (1).txt

I also want to apologize for the formatting since I am on mobile currently.

OBSInfoWriter v2.3 was the last release for which an archive containing a DLL to copy to plugins directory was created.
Newer releases contain installer for Windows but Microsoft Defender removes it.
Embedded antivirus complains about Trojan (script).
There is also a link to an official Microsoft page: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=142185&name=Trojan:Script/Phonzy.C!ml&threatid=2147772968

First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to make this plugin . . . this has so much potential to save me a ton of time so I am so excited to use this. 👍

Unfortunately, it is not currently sending timestamps to the txt file whether I am recording, streaming or both.

I am using v1.1 of this plugin and everything else seems to work like creating files based on the date, logging scene switching, track when I start and stop streams/recordings, and it does log that I hit the hotkeys . . . but unfortunately it isn't sending timestamps.

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 (via KDE Neon) [Linux] and OBS 22.0.2.

I also submitted a pull request for adding Linux installation howto. pr24

There's an option in OBS that allows regular recording splits based on file size/recording duration, it would be great if InfoWriter could also respect those splits and also create a new file to go along with the split recordings! :)

I've tried a couple different Macs running High Sierra and Mojave and different versions of OBS Studio and I experience the same error in the logs of both. InfoWriter fails to load.

06:05:47.215: [Python] Could not load library: libpython3.7m.dylib
06:05:47.216: os_dlopen(/Applications/OBS.app/Contents/Plugins/libOBSInfoWriter.so->/Applications/OBS.app/Contents/Plugins/libOBSInfoWriter.so): dlopen(/Applications/OBS.app/Contents/Plugins/libOBSInfoWriter.so, 257): Library not loaded: @rpath/../bin/libobs.0.dylib
06:05:47.216: Referenced from: /Applications/OBS.app/Contents/Plugins/libOBSInfoWriter.so
06:05:47.216: Reason: image not found
06:05:47.216:
06:05:47.216: Module '/Applications/OBS.app/Contents/Plugins/libOBSInfoWriter.so' not loaded

As soon as I start streaming or recording, my OBS crashes. Once I remove the plugin, I have no issues. The only message I can see is the following:

10:01:01.686: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'OBSInfoWriter.dll'

I believe I just followed the instructions, so I am not sure if something was missing in the install. I tried both the .exe and manual install, but both had the same result.

2023-07-10 10-00-59.txt

Is there any chance we can get a 64-bit version?

The current format out of the box:

001  START V     C        00:00:00:00 00:01:20:00 00:00:00:00 00:01:20:00
002        V     C        00:01:20:00 00:02:55:00 00:01:20:00 00:02:55:00
003        V     C        00:02:55:00 00:05:05:00 00:02:55:00 00:05:05:00

Seems to be missing CLIP# in the 2nd column for Da Vinci Resolve to correctly split as far as I can tell.

I was able to work around with this awk oneliner in the mean time.

awk -F ' ' '{if($2 != "START"){$2 =" CLIP"NR-1" V\t" } print $0 }'

Result:

001  START V     C        00:00:00:00 00:01:20:00 00:00:00:00 00:01:20:00
002  CLIP1 V	 C 00:01:20:00 00:02:55:00 00:01:20:00 00:02:55:00
003  CLIP2 V	 C 00:02:55:00 00:05:05:00 00:02:55:00 00:05:05:00

I use this plugin basically every day so its quite valuable to me. id like to donate to show my gratitude. Do you have an option for donations?

This is not an attempt to get my issue updated or anything, this just improves my workflow so well as is that I want to show my appreciation.

I used to do timestamps manually until I was introduced to this plugin, this plugin saves me hours of work now on production.

Hi, I used to have InfoWriter working, but with the update to Mac OS Sonoma 14.0 and with OBS Studio 29.1.3 (64 bit) I can't get it to work.

The installation instructions for Mac says:

1. Right-click on OBS in Applications and choose "Show package contents"
2. Place the libOBSInfoWriter.so file (from the libOBSInfoWriter.OSX.zip file) in the plugins folder

However, OBSInfoWriter-2.3 uses an installation .pkg which seems to run fine, which is not in sync with the installation instructions (?)

After running the OBSInfoWriter-1.0.0-macos-arm64.pkg found in the OBSInfoWriter v2.3 release, I do not find any InfoWriter Source to add to "1 scene".

What am I missing?

All recent releases provide files that come with "1.0.0" (version number) in their names.

Was asked on OBS forums

I started using InfoWriter for recordings relatively recently. I have run into an issue where it will sometimes work as intended for some recordings, but other times it will fill the file with junk markers.

It seems to fail in two distinct ways. The first is that it will sometimes write markers markers that point to seemingly random and extremely large time stamps. The second way is that it will sometimes write many markers one after another without me having pressed any of my hotkeys.

I have not been able to find a way to reproduce this. It seems to happen randomly but quite often. It happens so often that I can't rely on the program to actually record accurate markers.

Here are the settings I am using:
Output format is CSV
Format is '%d:%02d:%02d'
Sync with video file name and path is on
The only hotkey that I use has a blank text option

Here is an example of a file which has both the random markers and the repeated markers.
InfoWriter Example.csv

info writer isn't making new files with variables

im trying to get %m-%DD-%YY %hh-%mm-%ss to work but it doesn't even show up when recording or streaming. I've had it work before but I cant get it to work anymore
when I do one variable like %m it works

This isn't a deal breaker, I can work around this limit if I must but it would be great if the number of hotkeys could be increased from 5 to 10. This way I could be more specific to the changes I am doing during the recording.

If you think a higher number would be better, feel free to do that but for my current needs 10 would be enough.

• Operating System: Windows 10, 64-bit
• OBS version: 25.0.8

Steps to reproduce

1. Start recording.
   1.1. If using CSV output format and no log file currently exists, press a hotkey to make a log file.
2. Stop recording and keep OBS open.
3. Press a hotkey again (or press hotkeys many times).

Some notable things

• In the Default output format it will put "(not recording)" at the end of the timestamp, which is a good enough indication that the timestamp is invalid.
• In the CSV output format, when these timestamps are added in the file, it logs data like this: 441925:44:47,event, with no indication that the timestamp is invalid (other than the fact that a 400,000 hour in a recording is probably a sign that the timestamp is invalid).
• If you move, rename or delete the original log file, invoking this bug will create a new log file in the original location with the original name but only with invalid timestamps.
• All this buggy activity is silent, if someone has OBS open all the time in the background, depending on their InfoWriter hotkeys they could be generating more invalid timestamp data than normal data.

ref to obsproject/obs-studio@8836592

Format output options would be amazing. I do Editing in reaper and it has CSV import features.

example reaper format

Name,Start
marker,0:00:00:00
marker,0:00:00:20

This format would make everything amazing.

Hi,
I have automated my OBS with Tuna and Advanced Scene Switcher. When my song changes Tuna will write it to a file. Advanced Scene Switcher has a macro that detects the changed file, makes a source visible, waits, turns the source off, and executes a hotkey which triggers OBSInfoWriter to set a marker for "music change".

I would like to further automate this, for example in the hotkey setting in InfoWriter it would be great if you could either read another file or read text sources in OBS.

My goal is to auto-create a SRT-file (great new feature) which can be used to create indexes for YouTube, and a text file which will list all copyright info from music as it is triggered, which would be part of the description for the VOD-version of the streams.

Hi,
I wonder if you'll be upgrading the plug-in to QT6 and Apple Silicon ?

I see quite a few other developers are using Github actions and workflows to automate builds for all the different platforms. I don't have experience with actions and workflows, so I can't help with it.

I cannot see InfoWriter when I click on the "add scene" button in OBS
after adding the .so file in plugins folder (Check image)

I am getting two files for each session. I both stream and record. Both InfoWriter logs are created on starting the stream.
The first contains only the stream start log entry.
The second contains all hotkey logs and the stream ending log entries.

Settings

Format: %d.%02d.%02d (Contains 5 leading spaces which are lost when posting here)
Logfile: D:/rawvideo/%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S - Video Timestamps.txt
Log scene changes = true
Log intermediate absolute times = true
Log hotkey specifics = true

Output on start stream

2021.07.12-11.20.28 - Video Timestamps.txt

EVENT:START RECORDING @ 2021-07-12 11:20:28
0.00.00 Record Time Marker

Note: no further events are appended to this file.
All logged events go to the next file:

Output after pressing hotkey

2021.07.12-11.20.29 - Video Timestamps.txt

2021-07-12 11:20:29
0.00.01 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:Marker at @ 2021-07-12 11:20:34
0.00.06 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:Marker at @ 2021-07-12 11:20:38
0.00.10 Record Time Marker

HOTKEY:Marker at @ 2021-07-12 11:20:40
0.00.12 Record Time Marker

EVENT:STOP RECORDING @ 2021-07-12 11:20:42 Record Time Marker Reset to 0
0.00.00 Record Time Marker (not recording)

EVENT:STOP STREAM @ 2021-07-12 11:20:42 Stream Time Marker Reset to 0
0.00.00 Record Time Marker (not recording)

Trying to build OBSInfoWriter, I've got some missing files like GroundFloor/Molecules/String.h and the obs-module.h. I guess maybe they're part of the OBS for building plugins, but I can not find any info related to it.

Could you create some submodules in the github?

Thank you.

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/infowriter.42590/post-460722

Hello! Thank you for making this wonderful plugin, it's already saved me tons of time.

It appears that the log file bases its timestamps on the system's clock, and not based on the OBS recording timer. This means that anyone who uses the "Pause Recording" function in OBS will have misplaced timestamps after resuming their recordings.

Is there a way this paused time could be accounted for?

Edit: it appears PR #30 addresses this issue but it has yet to be pulled in.

It would be great if we could have the option to have timestamp files follow video file name, but also be able to set a custom directory for the timestamps instead of have them be created in the same directory as the video file :)

Hi! Sorry for this issue but I can't find a solution: I am trying to add some small changes (3LOC) to this plugin but I can't make it load on OBS. OBS keeps throwing this error:

9:05:44.125: LoadLibrary failed for '../../obs-plugins/64bit/OBSInfoWriter.dll': The specified module could not be found. 09:05:44.125: (126) 09:05:44.125: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/OBSInfoWriter.dll' not loaded

My build is ok, What am I missing? Thanks for your help-

Hello folks, this strikes me as an odd issue, so I'll take a minute to establish some context.

I'm using InfoWriter on a laptop with NVIDIA Optimus - so I have both an integrated Intel GPU and dedicated NVIDIA GPU. I'm using the NVIDIA GPU (an RTX 3060 mobile) to encode a stream and record a local copy simultaneously, which works for me normally.

I'm trying to start using InfoWriter for logging my long video playsessions and importing timestamps into an editing program. I set up InfoWriter according to the readme, assigned a name to hotkey 1, assigned a hotkey, and was able to do a test stream + recording while generating the InfoWriter log file. No issues at all, this was on the laptop's internal screen.

Upon arriving home for the night I plugged my computer into a Thunderbolt dock (that routes video through the iGPU and out to two external monitors). I booted up OBS with the exact same InfoWriter config and I get an error when attempting to begin streaming that it fails to open the NVENC codec & refuses to start. Seeing as InfoWriter was the only thing I'd added to my OBS install, I tried removing the plugin and sure enough - the error goes away and I'm able to stream normally again.

I figure this must be a pretty odd edge case, but there's something about InfoWriter when using a dGPU that's being passed through an iGPU to an external screen. I've attached the error OBS throws along with the accompanying OBS log for that session. I hope it's helpful and that I/we can figure out a solution, even just in testing I can see this plugin is brilliant for working with OBS and lots of video.

Cheers,

~M

2021-11-11 22-31-40.txt

Hi @partouf

Thanks for the great plugin.
I've just installed it for the first time, but unfortunately in the hotkey settings, it only shows Show/Hide infowriter source, but not the hotkeys as options.

Using OBS 27.1.3. on Win10 x64

Don't use the installer much, so wondering if it's just overseen to upload the non-installer version for 2.6.0?

No longer working with OBS 29.1.2.

InfoWritter source doesn`t show up for adding.