AutoRecordOBS is a system-tray-based utility that automatically detects when your games are running and tells OBS to start and stop recording.

Features

• Automatic game detection: Detects games running and starts recording automatically.
• System tray control: Minimal UI in the tray for quick access, status updates, and control.
• Per-game recording: Supports configuring multiple games.
• Auto scene switching in OBS.
• Start delay: Delay before recording begins to avoid unnecessary captures such as loading screens.
• Toggle automation: Pause/resume automatic recording at any time.
• Config reload & edit: Edit JSON config directly from the tray, and reload without restarting the app.
• Start at boot: Is able to start automatically when windows has booted.

Installation

Download the latest release .exe from GitHub Releases.

Ensure OBS is running with the WebSocket plugin active.

In the latest version of OBS, this can be done by navigating to Tools > WebSocket Server Settings and enabling the WebSocket Server.

Run AutoRecordOBS.exe. The app will appear in your system tray.

⚠️ For now, authentication must be disabled for the websocket server.

Configuration

All settings are stored in config.json (created automatically on first run).

Example:

{
    "check_interval": 2,
    "start_delay": 2,
    "stop_delay": 2,
    "start_with_windows": False,
    "games": {
        "Game.exe": {
            "start_delay": "default",
            "stop_delay": "default",
            "scene": "example_scene_name"
        }
    }
}

• check_interval → How often (seconds) the app checks for running games.
• start_delay → Delay before starting recording after the game is detected running.
• stop_delay → Delay before stopping recording after the game is no longer detected running.
• scene → The OBS scene that will be switched to when the game is detected running.
• games → List of game executables to auto-record. (The start and stop delay for each game overrides the main variables if not set to default.)

Note: Games will need to be added to the config in order for this program to work.

Development

Prerequisites

• Rust installed (includes cargo)

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/NotNecrotic/AutoRecordOBS.git
cd AutoRecordOBS

2. Build the release binary:

cargo build

The executable will be in target/release/AutoRecordOBS.exe. It will automatically handle the extraction of its internal dependencies when run.

Notes

• OBS must be running and accessible via obs-cmd.
• Currently supports Windows only.
• No console window will appear when running the .exe (it can be found in the system tray).