Streaming / Video How to get "Whats playing/Song Name" to show up in OBS

[Cynder]

Showing what song is playing on stream can help lower the amount of questions in chat, as well as make your stream look a little more professional and the steps to set it up are extremely easy.

Step 1: Download Snip for OBS. (No install necessary)

Step 2: Place the folder called 'Snip' where ever is easiest for you. (I put mine in my documents)

Step 3: Run the exe file and right click the icon in your tray and select what program you will be using to play music

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Step 4: Create a new text source

Step 5: Within that new text source check the box 'Read from file'

Step 6: Lastly you will need to click Browse on the Text File area and look for the Snip.txt within the Snip folder

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Congrats, you now have the name of what song is playing displayed on your stream.

Final Product

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[Feyfolken]

Always wondered how easy this was to do since a lot of popular streamers don't even have it set up. I'll actually keep this in mind if anyone ever asks me or if I decide to start streaming in the future. Thanks for posting! Would it be possible for Snip to show songs being played through Pandora or similar radio services?

 

[Cynder]

Always wondered how easy this was to do since a lot of popular streamers don't even have it set up. I'll actually keep this in mind if anyone ever asks me or if I decide to start streaming in the future. Thanks for posting! Would it be possible for Snip to show songs being played through Pandora or similar radio services?

I don't believe they have a external scripting that Snip is able to access. If it did I am sure the developer would of added it in

 

[Feyfolken]

I don't believe they have a external scripting that Snip is able to access. If it did I am sure the developer would of added it in

Either way, it's good to know. It's certainly a beneficial bit of information for anyone looking to stream, so thanks for taking the time to share it.

 

[Harry]

This is very beneficial information that will come in very handy. I was expecting something more complex than this, so thank you for breaking it down and making it easy to understand!