Turn ANY Keyboard Into A Stream Deck!

[@nuttylmao]

*** UPDATE: I have a much better method that allows you to control more than just OBS Studio. Check out there updated video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3nPoWucgtOqg8k --- What feature do you want to see Elgato release for the Stream Deck?

[@twinkyisland]

Half the price 🙄

[@benjamin5118]

Twitch Triggers

[@asepectz9223]

It is limited when it comes multi actions

[@hell_sparrow]

no 100ms delay

[@cyberninjatf2]

One that justifies paying 150 dollars (almost minimum wage where i live) for a Mini with only 6 customizable keys.

[@Tostada_congelado]

you: "mom, can i have an elgato mom: "we already have elgato at home" elgato at home:

[@ruff7773]

mom can i have a wirst wrest

[@chillylion6858]

this format is used for the "____ at home" being bad, this isnt bad tho

[@f.t.b.fitnessthroughbalanc5739]

The cat 🤣

[@redcarbon4395]

This has got to be the best tutorial video I have ever watched. You explain things really clearly and very easy to follow along. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

[@xavierpersal258]

7:56 "Well in my case its not plugged in" hahahahha made me laugh a lot, I love your videos and your humor sense!

[@ArtistRathod]

he's awesome, I laughed so hard when he said that :P lol

[@issacjanes246]

Me too lmao

[@chevvvv]

lmfao yeah

[@Adam1llion]

I don’t know how I found this video but I hit that like button.

[@bradleyseelal1885]

Samee

[@NmanuL]

Same

[@siddhuezio]

Same 😂

[@mdukasa]

Same

[@imsjay]

Sameee

[@mrconstantinee]

I don't need a Stream Deck! Hell I don't even stream and I already knew that you'll talk abot HID Macros but I just saw that video on my feed and I LITERALLY loved how you make the video, explaning the whole process and your style. You totally deserve more subs and more likes! Subbed and liked the video cuz it's totally worth it !!

[@joepeach997]

Nutty, when I first visited your site to be truthful, I saw you as a novelty, a bit odd. But after watching a few of your videos something clicked. I saw a bright, honest, and actually concerned person that wanted to help others and do it honestly! I'm subscribed and when I starting taking this video world unconditionally, I will go thru most of your videos. I wish you the best, you deserve it!

[@HowsYourFaceFeel]

“I need to milk as much money as i can” Biggest thing i hate is amazon affiliate links. But my dude made it all better with his honesty. Subbed haha

[@AlanITD]

lmao

[@CoalitionGaming]

Dang I've been planning a similar video but your approach is way cooler than what I had in mind lol

[@benjsessions]

"If you haven't heard of nerd or die you haven't been watching my videos... which is ok by me because I respect your time". So many channels try to pressure you to like and subscribe at the beginning without seeing what the video is even about. Your approach is amazing and has gained you another subscriber. Keep it up!

[@oldms]

I use obs to stream my church's services. I'm always looking for ways to improve so more people will stay home and not spread covid. You've helped me a lot this past year and maybe by helping me keep people at home, you may have even helped save lives. I'll be using this video to make a controller that will help me train someone to be my backup if I have to be gone. I really appreciate the work you do.

[@ArchieDeZ]

Noooo you don't have to be gone 😭😭😭 (jk)

[@phlooke]

I'm in the process of setting this up for a smaller local church, but was curious what you used to stream the service? Do you use like a professional DSLR camera, Logitech Webcam, or something like a newer iPhone or something to stream it? I was just using my iPhone in landscape mode attached to a tripod. and then didn't know if it would be easier to have the pastor wear a wireless Microphone. Or if I should just use the audio from any mic, or wireless mic and add that to the stream in post processing and sync it up afterwards. (And when I say iPhone /DSLR/Webcam I mean using one of those hooked up to my laptop using OBS) Also do you use the El Gato cam link? Or something like a HD60 S? Thanks!

[@oldms]

@@phlooke The lighting is pretty poor so we went with a Panasonic G7 as the camera. The iphone was too dark. We have a long hdmi cable feeding the signal back to the audio booth. From there its connected to an Elgato cam link. The church is the size of a basketball court so i had to have the camera about 60 feet forward to make it work. For audio I have a Zoom L20 connected to special outputs from our main mixer board so i have independent mixing capabilities from the main speakers. But originally I had a 2 channel interface like a Behringer UMC202HD hooked up to the stereo outputs from the main mixer to capture the same signal the main mix. If your church is small enough and well lit enough, you may be able to get a way with using an android phone/tablet and the CamOn or IP Webcam app wirelessly. I did something like that early on in covid just to get by until the better stuff showed up.

[@phlooke]

@@oldms Thanks for the recommendations/ and telling what all you use 👊 I knew of other ways to accomplish what I was trying to do, but unfortunately I was using my own personal money and time as I volunteered to help them out. So didn't really have an extra couple hundred dollars to purchase equipment that I was only going to use just for recording/archiving / streaming services. I was however debating on buying a nice new camera and mixing gear and possibly using them afterwards as upgraded streaming gear for personal gaming streams but I've been busy with IT/Network Security jobs all during COVID since so many more people were using their home PC/network as their work setup. As for the Sanctuary, it's about the size of a basketball court as well (maybe a little bigger). Thanks again for the reply. Do you spend any time editing the services? Or are they good to go right after you record them?

[@phlooke]

@@oldms Oh and I forgot to ask about when you were first getting started at the beginning of Covid before your nicer gear showed up. Which of those apps worked the best for you? The cam link (think that's the name, the one that is made by elgato) or the IP link app? I was using the El Gato cam app, but it has the option to buy the pro version for $8 and didn't know if that worked fairly decent? (Not necessarily for specific use for filming a church service but just as the easiest to use with the best quality), but I've noticed many people use their phone as a second cam on twitch for filming close up of things like opening packs of trading cards or as a static cam filming the streamers hand on their keyboard or mouse while they are playing games.

[@Wortelemes]

Thanks, so i dont need to check out my stream deck 😂

[@michaelowenchandras]

hey ur everywhere

[@aryasenaip9374]

my carrot more harder

[@Vinglz]

Nice Pebri 👌

[@pratama09_ggcall]

Bjir nyasar

[@mistadude]

@@michaelowenchandras I've never seen them before

[@ralphkelvin5045]

You deserve a million subs, man.

[@stevedoetsch]

I've been searching for days for a macro programs for my keypad, and this is exactly what I needed! Who would have thought finding software to program an extra keypad was so hard?

[@Ricardordz11]

4:10 "I need to milk as much money out of you guys as I possible can" I appreciate the honesty

[@krisraps]

I Was Trying To Find ANYTHING Thats Similar Like This, NOTHING !! This Thing is GOLD ! Thank You For The Video Ser :)

[@devfinegames]

In case anyone is curious, the exact same setup will work with a Novation Launchpad Mini (And probably other MIDI devices) if you don't have another keyboard

[@aarondeery]

Yo bro, what a legend. I was wanting to use my Launchpad pro as a controller for my stream but was about to click off as I thought it would not work!!!

[@pixel_seph]

I do something similar with an Akai APC Mini and Voicemeeter Potato. The level of customization in both cases is amazing, the only thing it lacks is the ability to have icons on the physical controller.

[@djslip_irie]

Hmm , wonder if my Akai mpd will work

[@pixel_seph]

@@djslip_irie It definitely should! You just need a MIDI map (without knowing which model you have, I can't really speak to it in detail much further)

[@KingKevin108]

Came back to this video 2 years later to set up another one of these. Thanks again!

[@magnificentreality100]

First of all, exactly what I was looking for, very helpful as usual, second THE NUMPAD TRICK! so flippin simple but blew my mind. OF course that would work, thats like pre macro strats right there.

[@MatthewN8OHU]

Really useful for those of us that have extra keyboards lying around and want to put them to use instead of going out and buying a Stream Deck. I can do without the platform-specific features since I would probably stream to Twitch and KZbin simultaneously anyway. It also seems like it would be useful for making more professional KZbin videos.

[@gadonk15]

Thanks alot man, good job! Big Respect

[@portugalsud2924]

VIDEO STARTS AT 3:13

[@meyogy2414]

First video I've seen not only talk about the change camera keybind. But also press the button and have it work. (May not seem like much, but i don't stream and like to see "what you say will happen" actually happen. Kudos to you good sir👍

[@connorlove9]

Nutty i know that this might be a crazy idea. but would you be ok in doing a video on all of your scenes in obs?

[@krrptzd]

Agree. The scenes look so organised.

[@SariasLetsPlay]

Just letting anyone who might still care about this, HID Macros no longer functions for this.

[@donald-parker]

Almost exactly what I was looking for. I have no interest in OBS, but I've been using Autohotkey for years using mostly my Numpad keys to control lots of things related to music production in my DAW. I just bought a cheap Bluetooth numpad because I wanted to be able to control various things away from my desk, and I started researching how to differentiate between the external Bluetooth numpad and the one on my main keyboard. And I found no way to do this with Autohotkey (But if there is, I would love someone to point me in the right direction). I'm really not interested in OBS but the HID Macros sounds like the thing I need. A new journey begins!

[@thedarkangel613]

the is an application called autohot intercept that apparently allows you to separate keyboards. there are a couple videos on youtube on how to set it up

[@InvidiousMind]

I love your personality! and the video was extremely informative! Thank you !!

[@Reapinangel91]

Your humor is amazing. I'm dying at 4:11

[@TrueBGReviews]

Bro this was HUGE. Finally a way I can use my Loupedeck as a Lioranboard with KZbin! So slick man.

[@colonel_koopa]

just found out about his vid now, ive been using HIDMacros since february 2021 after i saw some really small video with like a few hundred views. I'm SO happy that a big creator finally talks about this, its super useful!

[@Mylksix]

When this gets recommended right after you bought a stream deck

[@fastcar544]

F

[@lfk113]

F

[@dobby6841]

F

[@Durian_Defense]

Best help video. Ever. Full of humor, upbeat and excellent technical assistance. Plus a lisp to die for.

[@somerice]

10:16 maybe using nodeRED... to send the command to the chat using some sort of library like node-red-contrib-twitch-chat

[@workingTchr]

HID Macros. You just convinced me to get a remote keypad. And wireless too. I'm using (trying to use) a drawing tablet w/screen in a multi monitor setup and toggling between the different configurations manually is just too much. A cheap numeric keypad and HID macros is just what I need. Thanks for the tip. EDIT UPDATE : If you have trouble, like me, getting HIDMacros to work, try downloading an OLDER version. Current (now) is 2.3 and it wouldn't work on my Win 10, but version 1.5 works great.

[@AlkalineExpert]

I was just thinking of buying a streamdeck! What other stuff should I use my money on then?

[@mrmaximuser]

invest it lol.

[@tylerwilson6219]

And with this app you can create a batch file that opens multiple apps with the click of a button, This would be useful is you wanted to for eg. start stream by opening chrome, opening obs, enabling a certain scene such as a starting now screen and then having a delay that will then switch it to a gameplay scene. Thanks man this video was awesome and so helpful.

[@COSS.___]

its a year later i wont get a reply probably but any toturial on how to do that? it will be a time saver to have one key opens everything you need 🙏🏻

[@playalots]

I came for the tutorial, but I stayed for nutty. Such a comical yet informative video. I love it so much!

[@midpilot]

SUPER Helpful! Thanks Nutty!

[@kitajo2891]

Nutty! Your videos are so freaking helpful. Thank you. My stream is starting to really stand out from other noob streamers like me. Someday I may even get affiliated and then it'll actually matter.

[@ItsRave_n]

WOW this is a realy good vid! ty for making this

[@BROKINVR]

Dang! Who’s this Joegamingofficial poppin in?? Lol thank you for this though! I’ve been wanting to do this for a looooooong time!

[@shareniazcarraga4313]

Thank you for the video! I had HID Macros but no one explained how to create new ones so I was kinda stuck there. Kudos!!

[@TonyaTko]

Can this play sounds like a soundboard?

[@SKOPEEEE]

Yes

[@hamburburman_]

@@SKOPEEEE how, please tell me

[@mothlet]

@@hamburburman_ use voicemod

[@blazingames5935]

@@mothlet I'm actually here to figure that part out. Will voicemod still detect the separate keyboard? Not sure how scripts will apply there. SEND HELP

[@mothlet]

@@blazingames5935 i don't think so

[@dragonwolfsp]

if you guys really want to know the difference between a bat file and a VVS file, well here you go, a bad file allows you to issue commands to the command prompt on windows 10, and several older versions as well, or as of EPS file works in a slightly different way issuing commands directly into Windows rather than using the CMD command prompt

[@StormRaiderVR]

For some reason I thought is said STEAM DECK XD

[@jjfesters7304]

Dude, you changed it for me, love you Bro!!!

[@D3V4NN]

Hope you enjoyed your munchies! OOPS i mean your breakfast 😄

[@MachineDaena]

The synth music SLAPS!

[@CedDesChosesQuiArrivent]

I just went trough all the comment section answering everyone asking if it works with slobs and explaining why. Your welcome lol now I'll get a life, I promise.

[@Mcarsonisdumb]

Dude thaaaaank you, it's so nice to see thorough tips like this for people on a lower-budget. :D

[@JayTengco]

5:10 amirite?

[@nuttylmao]

Thank you! That was the part I worked hardest on.

[@hawie]

thank u! i was trying to swap the numlock key with other keys with other softwares but they dont work on numlock. this is even better !

[@SmokingSpoon]

This means I could have two keyboards on my desktop and look REALLY neo-geek. I would just need some hexagone shaped monitors

[@rngeesusproc6365]

How to describe the resolution?

[@metrokenshin]

I learn something new every time I come here!

[@badmanswag1152]

Wauw, you are a genius! Thank you for your work and explaining the steps so clearly.

[@duaaardo.]

omg i really like it. I dont stream but want some spare keys to qute mic and other silly things, this gonna help

[@paulostradioti]

Man, this video is gold! Thank you

[@bocarlsson3rd]

I've been using HID-macros for a long time when I'm working in my editing/designing softwares (Photoshop, Illustrator, DaVinci, presonus, blender etc). HID-macros are absolutely addictive. I started with an external numpad I had laying around. The next thing I know there is an additional small full key keyboard with custom printed labels on every key. After a while you think everything can be solved by macros and that you actually might need a third full keyboard. Maybe even a keyboard for each software you use.

[@wesxt7358]

that's sick, man

[@Sc0rphionx]

Yo, don't disappear, I just subscribed to your channel for the charisma. Dont you fucking dare to go away.!

[@chill_marco]

u make streaming so easy man thank you fr

[@CardBackwards]

9:01 is the main reason I need a soundboard. SVU baby!!!

[@KillingBytes]

Thank you for that video thats what searching for

[@TheBaldr]

I own a stream deck, seeing the lcd icons on the button is 100% why I bought it. You can macro anything to buttons, but not the layering of buttons. For example you can have layout after layered layout without having to re-macro the entire deck. Something you can never do on a poor man's stream deck.

[@HayesWorldofMath]

Terribly helpful! Can't wait to try it out.

[@diegovalentino2083]

Que persona tan simpática. Me sacaste varias sonrisas al ver el video 😂

[@LincolnLohan77]

Amazing! Thank you so much for this! Amazing

[@labyricorn]

Thank you much.. was beating my head against the keyboard trying to figure this out.

[@TheMihelm182]

I'm so glad that this videos have the "likes" from that all awesome strangers (...at least for me) required until it pop up in my KZbin Home. It's really helpful and fun! Thanks!

[@LoeKie_Aus]

Great work. I have an old Logitech G110, let's see if the old G keys will do the job.

[@ideewflow6698]

Love the content, willl start my youtube channel soon, and the quality of information on your channel and Alpha Gaming, just amazing!

[@charlesfuentes481]

Thanks for this man. I'm getting started with streaming. So this really helps a lot.

[@krozareq]

Nice thing about a bluetooth numpad is you can tinker up a belt clip on it and use it while in VR.

[@RodrigoGraca31]

Im going to do this also with a wireless numpad but connected to a raspberry pi to use remotely. (thesushidragon style) (he has a very expensive hand keyboard to change OBS stuff)

[@georgelolas2434]

I just subscribed to your channel. Not only for the content, but because I loved your personality and your humour! Keep it up brother 🙂

[@adrianmalinowski1073]

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks

[@MrYodaBomb]

Reading through lots of comments and I'm both proud and a little sad at the community here. Little to no comments on the weeaboo keycaps. Wholesome but now I can't resist the temptation to click a link where someone knows how to buy/make one.

[@fotog6157]

I appreciate great information and I gotta say it was a pretty entertaining video. "If you happen to see my eyes are red"

[@nortski78]

Thank you so much for this!

[@MarcoTechExperience]

There's an much easier way to do so. With OBS new version you have "Keyboard shortcuts" that you can define. So you can create a "Fake Stream Deck" without using this extra software.

[@biktbass]

Here I am. Trying to start into the streaming world with no experience whatsoever. Searching Amazon and adding stream deck mini to my cart. Then this pops outta nowhere. Helloooooo company bought BT numbpad I can def justify for home office excel use! You’re a life saver my dude. Also love the edit and humor on the video. Cheers!

[@netguy13]

So just in case this is useful for someone... I have a small MIDI keyboard (MidiPlus AKM320) ..it does nothing but send midi channel, midi keys to windows (doesn't play notes or anything)). If you're running HIDmacros, it recognizes any keypress on the MIDI Keyboard as MIDI 1 Button 61 down.. So everything that's mentioned in the vid should work from the MIDI keyboard, just like it works from the num pad!!

[@YousefAHMusic]

I'm using a Dualsense to control OBS. I make custom keyboard shortcuts and map them to command in OBS, then I use Joy2Key to bind the keyboard shortcuts to buttons on the controller. It's fun and the viewers think it's kawaii. Side question: I want to bind the left and right d-pad buttons so that it lowers and raises the volume of a specific audio output. But OBS doesn't have a keyboard shortcut option for that. Does anyone know a workaround/hack/extension/plug-in for this?

[@VidadeumBronze]

Could you pls tell us if there is a way to use it as a soundboard for stream and how to do it?

[@Gtpharouq]

"Can we just pretend" And "I have to milk enough money outta you guys as possible" Made me drop a sub 😅

[@hatsuumomo7648]

I might want to try this in my old launchpad mini. Thanks!

[@Voyevoda911]

Exactly what I was looking for. Gonna bust out my spare keyboard and mess around w this.

[@zachsd7221]

You are awesome! Thank you for the great video!

[@samuelvelero]

Thank you so much! This method is so good, I really love it

[@maximianum]

I accidentally hit subscribe button but I don't regret it well done bro

[@Yraeyid]

yeaaa babyy thats what ive been looking forr

[@mbd8531]

I need to have multiple individual copy and paste keys. For example, I need it so that when I press copy 1, I can continually paste the same thing with paste 1. And that when I press copy 4, I can continue to paste that with paste 4, while still being able to paste with paste 1 and so on until infinity.

[@beefyonyt]

in case anyone gets stuck with windows saying script cant be found, make sure you click the button just to the left of run application in HIDMacro, i was silly and forgot to on some of the scripts

[@Grizzly_Lab]

ALWAYS good advices... thank you very much 💪👍👍

[@Scorge120]

If you're a professional buy a streamdeck, the cost is justified. If you're a hobbyist don't buy a streamdeck (unless you're loaded). It's one of those things you buy once you're heading towards the tech-endgame and are looking to squeeze efficiency gains.

[@DobbsyLondon]

I'm here from TVN. Massive thanks from England my maaaaan.

[@vex2085]

Useing this macro thing for my programs I make like auto flushing cache from windows

[@memories-of-nobody]

man u r hilarious, love ur contents

[@homeoftheinepttulpagamer]

The only issue i can foresee is that the numbpad is still going to output a number at the same time. So, if you use "1" to macro switch scene in OBS and also "1" to change to a weapon slot in a game then it would do both.

[@nuttylmao]

No its not. That was the entire point of the video.

[@homeoftheinepttulpagamer]

@@nuttylmao other software doesnt always understand the difference between a numerical keypad and the main keyboard though. I bought a numpad with this is mind (for controling OBS scenes and some vtube related stuff) and with some games it just sees the numpad 1 in the same way as a keyboard 1 - where as macro software will (as you rightly demostrated) see the numpad and keyboard as seperate entities. Unless the macro software you are using prevents numpad inputs being registered by other applications?

[@nuttylmao]

As I explained in the video, HID Macros not only can differentiate between different keyboards, but it doesn't even send key inputs. It just runs the program that you tell it to run, which in this case is a custom made script that communicates with OBS directly. There are no key presses.

[@homeoftheinepttulpagamer]

@@nuttylmao i'll have another go 👍 Oh, and thanks for taking the time to reply to your audience

[@joseppetrenko1843]

3:32 speaking of the devil, I actually did buy a razer tartarus for adjusting it to perfom as a stream deck

[@jsuperb5448]

Wow! You are amazing! Nice program and nice idea!