The countdown scripts I could find for OBS didn't work exactly how I wanted, so I wrote these simple shell scripts to do it. There is intended for a Mac, and the scripts have hardcoded stuff based on my file locations, so if you choose to use it, you'll need to change it appropriately.
To use the timer, setup a text item in OBS, set to read from a file, and point it at the countdown.txt
file generated by these scripts.
The OBS-Countdown.sh
is a script that's intended for integration with BitBar. To use it, crease a Symlink to the BitBar plugins folder:
ln -s ~/obs/countdown/OBS-Countdown.sh ~/bitbar/OBS-Countdown.sh
This will give a ⏰ icon in the menu bar, with Reset and Start commands.
By default, Teams won't recognize the OBS virtual camera. To fix it, run the fixteams.sh
. This will need to be done each time teams is updated.