Never lose your OBS setup again!

[@Theexplorographer]

A plugin update that I would like to see is to be able to specify where you want your backups to be stored. I have a few monitored folders that get backed up to my unRAID server automatically. Would be nice to know my OBS scenes are always safe without me having to remember to back them up all the time.

[@agizm0]

I was just thinking that. It would be great to set the destination and point it somewhere like a Dropbox/Onedrive/Google Drive synched folder

[@exeldro]

Custom backup folder is something I can add

[@Theexplorographer]

@@exeldro This is why you are amazing! Thank you! Will contribute when I download.

[@mxnorthwest]

@@exeldro this would be wonderful! Thank you!!

[@sun-eye]

@@exeldro Dude, that would be a blessing. Now, you can save the backups made of your plugin to a drive/folder that automatically gets backed up. I definitely would support it. Thanks!

[@Atmoseeker]

Holy jeebus! Exeldro is a god. Backing up scene collections has always been such a huge hassel. Thanks for sharing this!

[@wagonet]

HUGE fan of all your content. automatic like / comment before the video even finishes.

[@SuperDerek]

I haven't watched this yet, but I already know I'll be installing whatever you tell me to. Thanks Addie!

[@fyrman9092]

Awesome 👍 A concise way to experiment with new scenes without having to jump through extra steps

[@exeldro]

This video explains the large amount of new twitter followers I got today

[@EposVox]

:)

[@petervachon6989]

Can the backups made with this plugin be restored on another system with OBS and the same plugin (even if some sources need to be adjusted manually afterwards)?

[@cicerodm]

You sir and Exeldro are legends! Thank you once again

[@casedistorted]

I love that it lets you choose a specific folder to save your backups, like just in case you have to format your entire C drive where OBS is installed.. so you can save your backup to a different drive entirely. Also looks like YT's automated comment moderator already removed my other comment, that had absolutely nothing negative in it at all..

[@TonyOnekaNobY]

Thanks for covering this again! I've been meaning to get this done and keep putting it off!

[@49Macman]

Great tutorial as usual, but my question is do I need to reinstall plugins off of the OBS website again and or .lua scripts again if the OS is erased and reinstalled? Or, even an OBS full uninstall? I've used scene collection before, but don't know if plugins are included. Thanks.

[@ipKonfig]

Start type "%appdata%" (without quotes) Copy "obs-studio" folder and backup to a drive DONE (and backs up more than just scenes)

[@stan464]

I thought that too, this isn't any better than just running an Acronis Backup Daily for a retention period of a month or longer to a NAS or Offsite or both?.

[@Murkedd]

this is a dumb question, but once I have the backup, how do I import, do i just drag the .json file into the basic folder?

[@_neon_light_]

Hey there! Question: Are the videos in the _OBS Studio MASTER CLASS_ playlist still relevant to anyone wanting to learn OBS in 2022? Thanks.

[@Gobbetto1989]

Useful indeed. Thank you!

[@Yakuo]

Really thanks!!

[@TekNeil]

I've always copied the whole install from: :\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio - That keeps the whole install backed up (Profiles, Scenes, Settings), although manually of course unless batching/task scheduling. But it's nice to have more options such as this plugin. The backups can end up quite large though, so that's something to consider.

[@stan464]

I thought that too, this isn't any better than just running an Acronis Backup Daily for a retention period of a month or longer to a NAS or Offsite or both?.

[@djvidual8288]

Very handy tool. Gonna make a fresh install of Windows, that tool will make the transition much easier.

[@mgbspeedy]

Not sure if I’m missing something here. Aside from auto backup, how is this better than exporting scenes on a regular basis as a backup and naming them with added date?

[@p_p]

i wonder if theres a way to rip everything realted to scenes too, like overlays, medias, sounds and whatever.. for who have caothic links to medias everywere inside pcs so it put everything togheder

[@m1n3m0]

Export scene in the scene drop down. Will back up everything in OBS you must backup the folder/files (media, transitions, mask and overlays) as well.

[@p_p]

@@m1n3m0 thats what i was trying to say but my english sucks. so one have to manually browse inside scenes and check were folders/files are located, then backup those rememberi f were they was located originally so wont break the scene i guess

[@m1n3m0]

@@p_p Yeah unfortunately. I try and keep it all inside a "Streaming" folder myself so the chaos is only in there lol.

[@cbdemented]

Very Nice. Thanks Epos.

[@Scamid]

How is this reaction 5 days old when the video is just out?

[@ZpeedTube]

@@Scamid Probably released earlier to Patreons

[@nitowlman]

Does this work if you have to uninstall and reinstall OBS?

[@bullet_tech_gaming]

OBS GURU PLZ HELP ....Scene collection saves dont switch out my different scenes ..i have a scene collection for Twitch and 1 collection for Kick ..chat box stays for twitch on different profiles and scene collection options ..it dont switch to kick chatbox for kick and than back to twitch chatbox for twitch when i switch between the 2 different saved collections

[@guidobian]

HOLY SH****************T THIS IS FAKIN AMAIZIIIINNNNNNNNNN DUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I love u men, thanks a lot, saludos de Argentina

[@GoldoMania.]

I think you are the only one who can help me with this issue, I have a dual streaming PC setup using Elgato4k, my only problem which i cannot fix is: when i ATL TAB my obs windowed project , the top part of the picture show up from the bottom of the screen, so i keep resetting my Elgato from obs, it happen often whenever i press alt tab, i looked everywhere on internet but i couldn't find any solution for this problem. i hope this makes sense, really sorry my English suck i know😘

[@digitalgods5568]

Awesome!

[@maxmagi]

I've downloaded this great Scene Collections Manager, and once I'm in OBS I highlight the scene collection I want to work with, then click tools and in the dropdown menu click Scene collection Manager... but my scene Collections on the left side of the Pop-Up is blank! How do I populate this side with my scene collections, so that I can then back up these scene collections? Please advise. Perhaps I did not install and save my Scene Collection Manager plugin within the correct folder on my Mac Hard Drive???? Not sure. I just hit install and let the system install it in side whatever folder it automatically installs into. Please help.

[@maxmagi]

Update: Great news! ...Found out that I just needed to wait 10-15 minutes for ALL my scene collections to populate in the Scene Collections Manager. So all is great, now! :)

[@redeaglegames8]

can anyone help me? so i have multiple scenes but the back up only says it has a scene collection named untitled... once back up and loaded in there are no scenes? where are all my scenes

[@AmericanIndianGames]

God plugin 🎉

[@falco5732]

Hey thank you for sharing. I have a question if someone can help. I've noticed that the original scenes have both .json and .json.bak file extension but the backup creates only the .json one. Doesn't this creates issues when you need to import the scene into a new, fresh, installed OBS? Or when the .json is imported for the first time then the .json.bak will be created automatically? Thank you

[@gregrose4249]

I really really like this plugin, but don't you think it'd make more sense if you were able to pick the drive & directory the backups were stored in? I understand being able to restore them if you accidentally delete something from a scene and want to simply restore it, but what if you have a drive failure and lose them? Having them stored on a slave drive or somewhere else makes seems much more safe. I realize that you can simply copy and paste the backups to another drive, but that's how you you have to do it now anyway, without the plugin. Just thoughts for future updates to this great plugin :)

[@EposVox]

Done twitter.com/exeldro/status/1486050190574469121?s=21

[@gregrose4249]

@@EposVox daaaaaamn, that was quick! Thanks for replying, I'm definitely going to download this now.

[@nice.540]

Nice.

[@createstudioprousersby-ali]

How about installed plugins?

[@aleksandr.smolin]

Is there any way to to start/stop streaming or recording by a schedule

[@Gobbetto1989]

Idk why my previous replies got deleted! Try Advanced Scene Switcher plugin.

[@Flaimbot]

should be possible with the windows task scheduler and the OBS launch parameters. used that to make it essentially a shadowplay thingy upon booting and iirc there were some launch flags for recording aswell.

[@TheREAPERBlog]

I was literally looking this up an hour ago. I was going to make a .bat file

[@dtrelzmusic]

why did you use the portable version?

[@EposVox]

Because I was filming with the main one?

[@mrbig3386]

or you can just backup your scenes by going Scene Collections -> Export and save it to your OneDrive folder so it automatically uploads to the cloud. Its literally built into OBS.

[@EposVox]

Yep! You going to do that for every little change you make to your scene collection? Probably not

[@mrbig3386]

@@EposVox eh… I been doing it for 2 years and it never bothered me. Just 3 clicks.

[@stevendonaldson1216]

The Great Epos Vox has hit my nail on the head AGAIN! This BS just happened to me last week!?!?!?!?!?!

[@itsArtemio]

Did all the steps and i now have NO ASSES AND ALL MISSING FILES. on a fresh install of windows

[@NalyoGaming]

Love your videos, you are the best. Thank you for everything you do. -but you fly through parts when you expect people to just know how to do things not realizing that a lot of people are watching the video for specific directions. The video was awesome until the end when I was hoping to see where everything was located but you chopped it up so it was impossible to follow to see how you got to it.-

[@EposVox]

I’m confused. At the end section, I dedicated multiple minutes of the video to showing where everything goes and even had on-screen text showing you the file paths where the backups are stored. I’m not sure how I could have been more clear. I didn’t cut anything, I didn’t jump around, I made sure to explicitly display where things were.

[@NalyoGaming]

@@EposVox I apologize, you sir are 100% correct. I saw the OBS Portable version directions and basically was like well shoot, I don't have that and I couldn't find the path going by what I was seeing for the portable so I gave up thinking that was it but if I would have just waited 30 more seconds you show how to do it for the regular version of OBS. I will edit my comment now. Thanks for replying even on a 2 year old video which really says a lot about you so thanks. I truly do appreciate the reply and information. Keep up the good work!

[@Flaimbot]

1:49 uuuhh... phrasing...i guess? just wanted to make you aware of you doing things like that every now and then in your videos, whether that's intentional or not. or did i just not get the memo?

[@EposVox]

HAHAHAHA the written structure would be (this wasn't scripted tho) "...like a MAD MAN (or woman) like I am" but yeah out loud definitely came out wrong xD

[@Flaimbot]

@@EposVox thanks for clearing that up. i've been confused by that so many times. i wouldn't have minded either way, as that doesn't change you as the awesome content creator ;) just a background process in the back of my braincessor that now can finally shutdown.

[@Frogloveryt]

epos, you know you can do that without a plugin, just go to the top left of obs-scene collection-export

[@EposVox]

Sure. Are you going to do that every time you change your scene collection and keep them organized by date and changes made? I’m sure as hell not

[@Frogloveryt]

@@EposVox true, but i do it every time i do an update just in case.

[@unitedfools3493]

Here's a thought: backup your computer. That way you won't lose anything including your OBS setup.

[@EposVox]

Are you backing up your entire computer every time you adjust your stream layout? Lolwut?