OBS Status

LIVE/REC badges with elapsed time, current scene and dropped frames from OBS Studio.

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings6every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceobs.pysrc/deskdot/apps/obs.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Connection
Host`host`Machine running OBS	text	127.0.0.1	up to 120 characters
Port`port`	whole number	4455	1 – 65535
Password`password`OBS → Tools → WebSocket Server Settings → Show Connect Info. Never logged.	text	empty	up to 120 characters
Display
Layout`layout`	choice	Timer hero	Timer heroScene hero
Dropped frames`show_drops`	on/off	On	on / off
Take over the playlist while live or recording`takeover`	on/off	On	on / off

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview obs --settings '{"layout":"scene"}' --out obs.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/obs/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show OBS Status on my panel”. It calls show_app with "obs". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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