Ashmanix Countdown Timer

Ashmanix Countdown Timer 2.1.1

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Supported Bit Versions
  1. 64-bit
Source Code URL
https://github.com/ashmanix/obs-plugin-countdown
Minimum OBS Studio Version
31.1.0
Supported Platforms
  1. Windows
  2. macOS
  3. Linux
This plugin is designed to allow you to use a text source in OBS to show a countdown timer that updates in real time. You can have multiple timers that can count up and down.

The plugin appears as a dockable widget and comes with options to display a message or switch scene when the counter reaches zero.

For full instructions on how to use the plugin please refer to the online wiki available here:

Important Installation Note​

Installation on Windows now requires manually copying the Windows plugin folder into the C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins directory.

If you have an older version of the plugin that was installed using the previous Windows installer, you must remove those files first. Otherwise, they will interfere with the new version.

Detailed instructions are available on the wiki:
https://ashmanix.com/wiki/doku.php?...in#windows_install_older_plugin_versions_note

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Me going over the major changes in version 2 of the plugin:



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Ashmanix
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  1. v2.1.1 Update

    This update includes the following changes: Fix - Reset Not Setting Source Text Important...

  2. v2.1.0 Update

    This update includes the following changes: Changes due to recommendations from SonarQube...

  3. v2.0.10 Update

    This update includes the following changes: Fixed websocket set and add time bug Use SpinBox...
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This has been one of the best things that have been applied within OBS, and I've made this account just recently to prove how good it is.. however, there's one minor issue that does prevent it from being a perfect 5 star rating.

The issue I tend to have is that sometimes the numbers will sometimes randomly skip, so if its 30 seconds for example it'll go smoothly and then skip it by 2 seconds at a time. For most folks its probably not a big deal, but if someone is doing a sub-marathon on twitch where every second counts or a speedrun.. that can be a massive issue for tracking the numbers!

I hope its just only my setup interrupting it, but please let me know if its just a overlook in the settings or its just OBS being OBS haha
Ashmanix
Ashmanix
Hi, thanks for the review!

The issue you're having is a known issue and its to do with the timer taking longer than a second to update the time which can happen the computer is being under load under certain conditions. I have tried to combat this for timers where you set the days, hours, minutes, seconds (Period Timer) with an option in the settings called "Steady Second Increment". What this does is that after every cycle of the timer no matter how much time it has taken it will increment the time by 1 second. This gives a smooth timer change every time but is less accurate. Hopefully this is helpful for your use case!
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B
had this perfectly plugin working on a previous computer. had to do a fresh install and is no longer shows up in OBS. noticed that in the 2.1.1 install instructions that it mentions the .ini , .json. and .data files. These files don't exist in the Zip file in the data folder.
Ashmanix
Ashmanix
Hi, the newer version of the plugin works a bit differently if I remember correctly. If you remove the old plugin folders you have and follow the instructions here: https://ashmanix.com/wiki/doku.php?id=resource:install_obs_plugin

In particular you will need to remove the old plugin files as noted in the instructions and then copy the unzipped new version of the plugin to the following folder on Windows (I'm assuming you're using Windows):

`C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins`

If that folder doesn't already exist in ProgramData then you need to create the `obs-studio\plugins` folder. If you then copy the unzipped plugin there it should hopefully work.
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Grote5que
Adds around 40 Memory Leaks into OBS (31.1.0) when using it, please investigate. The plugin itself is good, thank you for hard work, mate.
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M
Alguém conseguiria deixar nos ultimos 10 seg. da regressiva deixar os números na cor vermelha, ou criar algo que possamos escolher a cor.
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Destroy666
Pretty good now, with handful of features other timer plugins didn't/don't have.
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T
Windows Defender detected Version 2 as a threat:
Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
Ashmanix
Ashmanix
Windows throws up a warning because the plugin isn't signed. You can try downloading the zip of the plugin folders themselves and copy them over but I'd also understand if you don't want to install it due to the warning.
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Yuuyatails
A recent update to the OBS Studio makes the button icons disappear for some reason.
Ashmanix
Ashmanix
Yeah, I've just noticed in the OBS code that the method I used to show the icons has now changed. I'm currently working on a major new version of the plugin which will also fix that issue.
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emre03
Hi, I'm trying to send commands with streamer bot, but what should the ''customId'' be? I would appreciate it if you could help. Thank you.
Ashmanix
Ashmanix
I'm terms of custom ID I think it can be anything as long as it's a consistent ID for all of your websocket requests to the plugin.
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Destroy666
The timer options for OBS aren't great, this one is the best IMO, but still lacking quite a lot feature-wise. Might as well use some browser sources that provide more options and let you use e.g. multiple.
Ashmanix
Ashmanix
It took some wrangling of the code but I've made a major update where you can now use multiple timers. You should be able to download v2.0.2 now to try it out.
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Muy bueno
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