u/Psychological-Bug896

Hey everyone,

I’m working on an OBS workflow/plugin for people who use PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, churches, webinars, and small events.

The problem I’m trying to solve is this:

When using PowerPoint with OBS, I often want the audience/program feed to show only the clean slide, while the operator or presenter gets a separate view with notes, next slide, timer, and controls.

I also wanted it to avoid some common problems:

- PowerPoint taking over the whole desktop

- keyboard shortcuts changing slides while I’m typing in another app

- resizing the PowerPoint window changing the OBS output

- needing Companion/Stream Deck control without relying on app focus

- using different decks in different OBS scenes

I’ve got a macOS version working now, with Apple Silicon and Intel builds, and a Windows beta/source validation build.

I’m not trying to promote/spam the subreddit; I’m mainly looking for workflow feedback from people who actually use OBS with slide decks.

For those of you who run PowerPoint/PDF presentations through OBS:

what would you expect this kind of plugin to do before you would trust it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?