OBS Live Overlay

A small Python script that shows a "Recording..." or "Streaming..." indicator on the top-left corner of your screen whenever OBS is active.
It runs as an always-on-top, click-through overlay so you can always tell when OBS is streaming or recording — without tabbing out.

⚙️ Requirements

• OBS Studio 28+ (includes WebSocket by default; tested on OBS 31)
• Python 3.8+ installed and added to your PATH

🧠 Setup

1. Enable WebSocket in OBS

   • Go to Tools → WebSocket Server Settings
   • Check ✅ Enable WebSocket Server
   • Leave port as 4455
   • Set a password (e.g. mypassword)

2. Install dependencies

   pip install PyQt5 obsws-python
   

3. Create Auto-Start on Windows (so you dont have to run this everytime)

   • Create a new file named run_overlay.bat in the same folder as obs_live_overlay.py, and paste this:

     @echo off
     python "%~dp0obs_live_overlay.py"
     

   • Press Win + R, type shell:startup, and press Enter.
   • Right-click inside that folder → New → Shortcut → browse to your run_overlay.bat file.
   • Save the shortcut.