Description
The Elgato Stream Deck is a fantastic tool for streamers and editors. It's also really expensive, costing $150/£140. In this video, I'll show you how to make a similar macro pad for only $20/$15.
The Macro Pad allows you to:
- Start/Stop the Stream
- Start/Stop the Recording
- Start/Stop the OBS replay buffer
- Save the replay buffer
- Switch between 7 scenes seamlessly
- Mute the microphone, Discord and the gameplay
- Send automatic tweets at the touch of a button (beta).
The auto tweet is still in beta as I'm looking to add API integration in the future. That said, it still works and will be what I use. This DIY Stream Deck solution doesn't replace the Elgato Stream Deck. Due to proper API integration with OBS, Twitter, etc, it is far more powerful than what I have coded. That said, if you don't make a living from streaming, it'll be easier to justify spending over $100 less for something that still does the job.
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Disclaimer: This keyboard/keypad was sent to me for free from Banggood. I specifically requested this keypad for the sole purpose of making a DIY stream deck video and I do get to keep it afterwards. I’m no salesman though. I wasn’t influenced to say anything nice, nor would I work with a company that wouldn’t allow me to freely express my own views. If I recommend it, you can be sure that it's MY opinion.
---------- Keypad Links ----------
► Mini Mechanical Numeric Keypad: https://goo.gl/MUvpXQ
► 15% off for Gaming Accessories: https://goo.gl/5SijoM
* These links are safe and have been shortened for convenience. If concerned, you can unshorten them using something like https://www.unshorten.it/
------- Downloads -------
► HID Macros (Download Version 2.3)
http://www.hidmacros.eu/download.php
► Labels, Config File
https://mega.nz/#F!JagnBSaA!5L4JTrE1GYzoQXOeIKHAKg
------- Source Code (VBS) -------
You can just copy this into the scripted tab if you don't want to replace the config file (above).
► Functions for OBS. Replace F13 with the F-key shown in the video.
HIDMacros.SendKeysSlow "{F13}", 50
► Auto Tweet. Customise your message within the quotation marks on the last line.
Dim WshShell
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "chrome https://twitter.com/"
WshShell.AppActivate "chrome"
HIDMacros.Sleep 5000
HIDMacros.SendKeys "n"
HIDMacros.Sleep 1500
HIDMacros.SendKeys "I'm streaming over at @Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/..."
---------- Important ----------
* Make sure HID Macros is running when you want to use the DIY Stream Deck
* Make sure OBS is set to run as admin so that it can detect the keystrokes from the Stream Deck.
------ All My Social Media Links ------
► Twitter : https://twitter.com/ProtoAMP
► Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/ProtoAMP
► My Gear : https://kit.co/ProtoAMP
---------------- Music ----------------
► Outro Music: Desmeon - Back From The Dead [NCS Release]
► Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com
------ Last Video ------
► The Truth About PC Build Guides On YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpU3YUxCkF0
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