rename signal into activate/deactivate (#691)

sandboxcoder · web-flow · commit 5ddc06fe32ea · 2026-01-06T10:51:24.000-06:00
* fix issue in OBS backend where it displays a modal dialog because it
thinks the mac-virtualcam has "started". I changed the signal into 
activate/deactivate
diff --git a/plugins/mac-virtualcam/src/obs-plugin/plugin-main.mm b/plugins/mac-virtualcam/src/obs-plugin/plugin-main.mm
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
 
 NSString *const OBSDalDestination = @"/Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL";
 
-// Can't use start because it will bug out OBS frontend thinking vcam is already activated.
-static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_CONNECTED = "start";
-static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_FAILED = "stop";
+static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_CONNECTED = "activate"; // Indicates this plugin is now active.
+static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_FAILED = "deactivate";
 
 static bool cmio_extension_supported()
 {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@`
`15`	`15`
`16`	`16`	`NSString *const OBSDalDestination = @"/Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL";`
`17`	`17`
`18`		`-// Can't use start because it will bug out OBS frontend thinking vcam is already activated.`
`19`		`-static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_CONNECTED = "start";`
`20`		`-static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_FAILED = "stop";`
	`18`	`+static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_CONNECTED = "activate"; // Indicates this plugin is now active.`
	`19`	`+static const char *VIRTUAL_CAM_FAILED = "deactivate";`
`21`	`20`
`22`	`21`	`static bool cmio_extension_supported()`
`23`	`22`	`{`