Launches OBS, starts the virtual camera, and then minimizes the window.

obs_virtual_camera.applescript

on run {input, parameters}  -- remove this line if running in Script Editor and not with Automator
	tell application "OBS" to activate
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "OBS"
			set frontmost to true
			if name of every menu item of menu "Tools" of menu bar 1 contains "Start Virtual Camera" then
				click menu item "Start Virtual Camera" of menu "Tools" of menu bar 1
			end if
			click (first button of window 1 whose role description is "minimize button")
		end tell
	end tell
end run  -- remove this line if running in Script Editor and not with Automator

Thanks for the help and info. Will give it a try. Ray On 19 Sep 2021, at 20:27, slln ***@***.***> wrote: @slln commented on this gist. I got it to work in the script! Im new to AppleScript and this is my first time on github so sorry if my lingo isn't worded right. you have to set a hotkey to start virtual camera in OBS to F12. then add the following to your code: key down 63 -- fn key code 111 -- f12 Also, I have made mine to do the following: Open OBS Start Virtual Camera Open Multiview Windowed Minimize main window Open Zoom Heres my full script for Script Editor: tell application "OBS" to activate tell application "System Events" tell process "OBS" set frontmost to true key down 63 -- fn key code 111 -- f12 if name of every menu item of menu "View" of menu bar 1 contains "Multiview (Windowed)" then click menu item "Multiview (Windowed)" of menu "View" of menu bar 1 end if click (first button of window 2 whose role description is "minimize button") end tell tell application "zoom.us" to activate end tell Thank you! For those that want the very basic open, start vitural cam, then minimize and have, like me, little knowledge I managed to adapt the script above to the bare minimum need: (remember 1st to activate F12 in settings>shortcuts of OBS) tell application "OBS" to activate tell application "System Events" tell process "OBS" set frontmost to true key down 63 -- fn key code 111 -- f12 click (first button of window 1 whose role description is "minimize button") end tell end tell — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://gist.github.com/ba6278d0ac6d695cb8c6c5fc309ba210#gistcomment-3898290>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATHUP653MQ6WA6IZ4T7AWCDUCY2SFANCNFSM4QNTLBRA>. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>.

Here's a properly formatted option that is sligthly more minimalistic. Like mentioned above, for this to work in the latest version of OBS, you can make it work by setting a keyboard shortcut for "Start Virtual Camera".

Mine is F5.

I use Google meet, so at the end I switch focus to "Google Chrome" instead of "zoom.us". Same same.

Start virtual cam:

tell application "OBS" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "OBS"
		set frontmost to true
		key down 63 -- fn
		key code 96 -- f5
		set visible to false
	end tell
end tell
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate

Stop virtual cam & quit:

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "OBS"
		set visible to true
		set frontmost to true
		key down 63 -- fn
		key code 96 -- f5
	end tell
end tell
tell application "OBS" to quit
tell application "Google Chrome" to activate

^ Using this method locked the Option key on my Mac -- required the virtual keyboard to get unstuck

Try this method instead: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3690167/how-can-one-invoke-a-keyboard-shortcut-from-within-an-applescript