# OBS Studio

## Overview

<figure><img src="/files/UxnpJbdf5L84EQKCCo4f" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p>Device Pane > OBS Studio > Overview</p></figcaption></figure>

## Device Selection

* **Device :**  OBS Studio \[localhost]
* **Connect / Disconnect** (Button with Indicator)
  * When the button shows **Connect**, clicking it will attempt to establish a connection.
  * Once connected successfully, the button text changes to **Disconnect** and lights up in yellow.
  * Clicking **Disconnect** will terminate the connection.

## Options for Recording

* **Slate** :  The name of the recording file.
* **Take** :  Defaults to 1 and automatically appends the take number to the Slate name. The take number increments automatically with each new take.
* **Record Option**
  * **Take suffix** :  Appending the take number as a suffix to the file name.
  * **Actor suffix** :  Under Settings: Network > Commo**n**, the **actor ID(Text)** is appended as a suffix to the file name.
* **Trigger Option**
  * **Receiver** :  When enabled, the system begins listening based on the configuration in **Settings: Network > Remote Trigger Receiver**.
  * **Sender** :  Upon recording start, a trigger command is transmitted through the port specified in **Settings: Network > Remote Trigger Sender**.

## Local Tab

* **Folder Path :**  The currently configured path.
* **Refresh** Button : The file list is refreshed accordingly.
* **File List**
  * Double-clicking a video file will start playback immediately.
  * If a CSV file is double-clicked, the corresponding video file in the same folder will be played along with the CSV data, if it exists.

### **Mode** Change

* **Live** :  Mode for using the video from OBS Studio’s Virtual Camera as the input. (Actor mode : USB Camera, Capture device : OBS VirtualCamera)
* **Play** :  Mode for playing video files stored in a local directory. (Actor mode : Video File)

### Control Buttons

* **Record**: Start recording
* **Stop**: Stop recording
* **Pause / Resume** : Pause / Resume recording


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