How To Install obs-advanced-scene-switcher on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-advanced-scene-switcher on Ubuntu.

What is `obs-advanced-scene-switcher`

obs-advanced-scene-switcher is:

Advanced Scene Switcher plugin is based on the built-in Automatic Scene Switcher. It extends its functionality by adding the following:

Audio based scene switching (Audio tab).
Media based scene switching (Media tab).
System time based scene switching (Time tab).
Sequence of automated scene switches (Scene Sequence tab).
Cursor position based scene switching (Region).
The option to switch to a scene after detection of being idle (Idle tab).
Executable based scene switching (Executable tab).
File content based scene switching (File).
Improvements for the window title based scene switching (full-screen / maximized detection, ignore windows).
The ability select a different transition for each automated switch case (Transitions tab).
Automatically pause the scene switcher based on scene or window title hotkey to start and stop the scene switcher.
Trigger actions on scene change.
and more …

This plugin is compatible with OBS 25 or higher.

There are three methods to install obs-advanced-scene-switcher on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install obs-advanced-scene-switcher Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install obs-advanced-scene-switcher using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install obs-advanced-scene-switcher

Install obs-advanced-scene-switcher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install obs-advanced-scene-switcher using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install obs-advanced-scene-switcher

Install obs-advanced-scene-switcher Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install obs-advanced-scene-switcher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install obs-advanced-scene-switcher

How To Uninstall obs-advanced-scene-switcher on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the obs-advanced-scene-switcher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove obs-advanced-scene-switcher

Uninstall obs-advanced-scene-switcher And Its Dependencies

To uninstall obs-advanced-scene-switcher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove obs-advanced-scene-switcher

Remove obs-advanced-scene-switcher Configurations and Data

To remove obs-advanced-scene-switcher configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge obs-advanced-scene-switcher

Remove obs-advanced-scene-switcher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove obs-advanced-scene-switcher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obs-advanced-scene-switcher

Dependencies

obs-advanced-scene-switcher have the following dependencies:

References

obs-advanced-scene-switcher website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install obs-advanced-scene-switcher package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.