Yet another attempt to control OBS from/with OpenLP

STEPHANVS

For anyone who is interested, I made a quick remote control interface between OBS and OpenLP v3+. Usage should be pretty self explanatory, provide both OBS and OpenLP connections in the upper part, then add/remove as many OpenLP conditions/OBS actions as you want in the lower part. Can be used as standalone webpage or docked into OBS as a Custom Browser Dock. Condition/Action list is saved in local storage.

You can find the html file here: https://gitlab.com/istvanmate/obs-scene-switcher-with-openlp

remekdc

I tried this and it worked out for me! Thank you so much for developing it!

I am especially thankful for the 'suggested' (default) ports because initially I did it wrong. I was surprised by how easy it was to make it work.

Thanks again!

KyleKrista

I tried this and it did not work. I am using openlp version 3.0.2 and obs version 30.2.3
I am running openlp and obs on the came computer. OBS shows a connection in the websocket server with messages in/out 1/2. I have tried both 127.0.0.1 and the computers IP. Do all fields for openlp item need to be filled in, or will selecting song do the action for any song?

STEPHANVS

I tested it again, I had to fill all the connection fields and press Save to get it working.
I updated the html file, it now works with empty connection fields, if default values are valid, no Save is required before Connect. Will require the OBS WebSocket password, if WebSocket authentication is enabled in OBS though.
If no detail is specified, any song will call the specified OBS scene.

KyleKrista

Thank you so much. That fixed it. This will make things so much easier on Sunday mornings. I have been using the OBS remote app on my phone to change scenes so I don't have to click off of OpenLP as we are running them on the same computer. I will now be able to have someone else run it and switch scenes too when I am unable to run it.

jedhamilton

This is awesome. Thank you so much! I've been able to use it to simplify my setup a little, especially for my volunteers who maybe don't spend as much time with OBS or OpenLP as I do.

One small feature request if you are open to those: Have a POST command, if OpenLP has a way to signal that. For example, I need to play a full screen video from OpenLP, but immediately after, it would be nice for it to switch to a different scene after it plays.

Thanks again.

STEPHANVS

jedhamilton As far as I know, you cannot interract with media items through webapi, currently I am not sure how to detect if any media items is playing/ended. What we do is play the video when switched to it, and move to the next service item, when the video ended. We have special custom slides for “showing nothing” (like background or current topic’s main image), these have special titles, which can get detected by this script.

jedhamilton

STEPHANVS Good thought, thanks for the tip!