@rse/closingcredits

ClosingCredits

Closing Credits for OBS Studio or vMix

Abstract

ClosingCredits is a HTML/CSS/JS Browser Source layer for OBS Studio or vMix for displaying classical closing credits. This is usually placed over the video stream at the end of an event.

Demo

A centrally deployed demo version of ClosingCredits is available under the URL https://rse.github.io/closingcredits/.

Development Use

1. Install Node.js and Git.

2. Clone the ClosingCredits sources:
   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rse/closingcredits
cd closingcredits
   

3. Download all dependencies:
   $ npm install

4. Start a local HTTP service (via HUDS):
   $ npm start

5. Open the following URL:
   http://127.0.0.1:9999/closingcredits/

Production Use

1. Install Node.js and Git.

2. Clone the ClosingCredits sources:
   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rse/closingcredits
cd closingcredits
   

3. Download all dependencies:
   $ npm install

4. Add your Browser Source source to OBS Studio:

   • Local File: (disabled)
   • URL: local-path/closingcredits/index.html?options
   • Width: 1920 (or whatever is your stream resolution width)
   • Height: 1080 (or whatever is your stream resolution height)
   • Use custom frame rate: (disabled)
   • Control audio via OBS: (disabled)
   • Custom CSS: (empty)
   • Shutdown source when not visible: (enabled)
   • Refresh browser when scene becomes active: (enabled)

   Or add your Web Browser input to vMix:

   • URL: file://local-path/closingcredits/index.html?options
   • Width: 1920 (or whatever is your stream resolution width)
   • Height: 1080 (or whatever is your stream resolution height)

Options

• canvasColor=color
• headerColor=color
• headerFontSize=size
• headerFontWeight=weight
• textColor=color
• textFontSize=size
• textFontWeight=weight
• leftColor=color
• leftFontSize=size
• leftFontWeight=weight
• rightColor=color
• rightFontSize=size
• rightFontWeight=weight
• lineHeight=size
• soundLoop=id
• pageScrollDuration=ms
• pageTextURL=url

HUDS

Alternatively, instead of running ClosingCredits as a standalone application, it can also be run on top of Head-Up-Display Server (HUDS). The advantage is that instead of having to interactively control ClosingCredits, it can be remote controlled through HTTP and MQTT.

For this, run HUDS with ClosingCredits with:

npx huds -a 0.0.0.0 -p 9999 -d closingcredits:index-huds.html,index-huds.yaml

And then use the following URL for rending ClosingCredits in OBS Studio or vMix:

https://localhost:9999/closingcredits/

License

Copyright © 2024 Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall (http://engelschall.com/)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.