u/Psychological-Bug896

Hey everyone,

I built a small free open-source plugin for people who sometimes need to run PowerPoint or PDF slide decks through OBS, but still want something closer to a presenter/confidence view.

It adds two source types:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view with current slide, next slide, timer, and notes

It is not meant to replace ProPresenter. I built it more for those awkward cases where someone sends a PowerPoint/PDF deck, the show is already built in OBS, and you still need a usable speaker/operator view without screen-capturing full-screen PowerPoint.

Right now the stable build is for macOS Apple Silicon. It is still in active development, but I made a short demo video so people can see the actual workflow before trying it.

Demo/download:

https://github.com/srdjankotarlic/pptbridge-sk-obs

I would really appreciate feedback from people who run real presentation setups:

- does this workflow make sense?

- what would make you trust it in a live show?

- is there anything obvious missing for church/event/webinar use?

I kept forgetting which drive old footage was on, so I built a free little tool for myself and I’m looking for honest workflow feedback, not trying to sell anything. It’s called DiskCat. The basic idea is simple: add your drives/cards/NAS/cloud locations, log shoots, and search later by shoot name, project folder, client, tag, year, filename, codec, etc. It also flags footage that only has one copy, and it has reports for “not backed up”, missing drive links, stale drive checks, and per-project drive maps. I know the obvious criticism: “isn’t this just a nicer spreadsheet?” Honestly, partly yes. A spreadsheet can absolutely do some of this. The parts that made it more useful for me were:

- search shows the exact drive/copy without me maintaining tons of sheet columns

- folder inventory import makes old filenames searchable

- project/root folder view helps when the same job appears across multiple drives

- backup status is visible immediately

- local/offline mode needs no account and stores data on your own machine

- optional cloud sync is self-owned, using your own Supabase project, so I’m not hosting anyone’s data

It’s free:

https://srdjankotarlic.github.io/diskcat/

Mac download / source:

https://github.com/srdjankotarlic/diskcat/releases/latest

If you manage footage across a lot of drives, I’d really appreciate blunt feedback:

1. Would this help your workflow at all?

2. What is missing before it becomes genuinely useful?

3. What feels confusing or too spreadsheet-like?

4. Would you trust a local/offline tool like this, or would you only use cloud/team sync?

Negative feedback is welcome. I’d rather fix the right thing than polish the wrong thing.

I kept forgetting which drive old footage was on, so I built a free little tool for myself and I’m looking for honest workflow feedback, not trying to sell anything. It’s called DiskCat. The basic idea is simple: add your drives/cards/NAS/cloud locations, log shoots, and search later by shoot name, project folder, client, tag, year, filename, codec, etc. It also flags footage that only has one copy, and it has reports for “not backed up”, missing drive links, stale drive checks, and per-project drive maps. I know the obvious criticism: “isn’t this just a nicer spreadsheet?” Honestly, partly yes. A spreadsheet can absolutely do some of this. The parts that made it more useful for me were:

- search shows the exact drive/copy without me maintaining tons of sheet columns

- folder inventory import makes old filenames searchable

- project/root folder view helps when the same job appears across multiple drives

- backup status is visible immediately

- local/offline mode needs no account and stores data on your own machine

- optional cloud sync is self-owned, using your own Supabase project, so I’m not hosting anyone’s data

It’s free:

https://srdjankotarlic.github.io/diskcat/

Mac download / source:

https://github.com/srdjankotarlic/diskcat/releases/latest

If you manage footage across a lot of drives, I’d really appreciate blunt feedback:

1. Would this help your workflow at all?

2. What is missing before it becomes genuinely useful?

3. What feels confusing or too spreadsheet-like?

4. Would you trust a local/offline tool like this, or would you only use cloud/team sync?

Negative feedback is welcome. I’d rather fix the right thing than polish the wrong thing.

I shoot video and could never remember which drive an old shoot was on. So I made DiskCat: add your drives, log each shoot, then search and it instantly tells you where it is — and which shoots aren't backed up yet. Free, no signup, runs in your browser (works offline).

https://srdjankotarlic.github.io/diskcat/

How do you keep track of yours?

Disclosure: I’m building a small Mac tool around FineArtAmerica listing-audit workflows, so I’m trying to understand how sellers currently do this. No product link here.

If you have 50+ listings on FineArtAmerica / Pixels, do you review SEO page-by-page, use spreadsheets, export anything, or only edit when a listing underperforms?

I’m especially curious about:

• title and description cleanup
• keyword order and relevance
• avoiding accidental bulk edits
• whether CSV review would actually help

Not looking for guaranteed ranking tricks; just real workflow pain points from sellers who have a lot of listings.

Hey everyone,

I’m working on an OBS workflow/plugin for people who use PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, churches, webinars, and small events.

The problem I’m trying to solve is this:

When using PowerPoint with OBS, I often want the audience/program feed to show only the clean slide, while the operator or presenter gets a separate view with notes, next slide, timer, and controls.

I also wanted it to avoid some common problems:

- PowerPoint taking over the whole desktop

- keyboard shortcuts changing slides while I’m typing in another app

- resizing the PowerPoint window changing the OBS output

- needing Companion/Stream Deck control without relying on app focus

- using different decks in different OBS scenes

I’ve got a macOS version working now, with Apple Silicon and Intel builds, and a Windows beta/source validation build.

I’m not trying to promote/spam the subreddit; I’m mainly looking for workflow feedback from people who actually use OBS with slide decks.

For those of you who run PowerPoint/PDF presentations through OBS:

what would you expect this kind of plugin to do before you would trust it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?

I’ve been working on a small side project for OBS.

The idea is simple: when using PowerPoint or PDF decks in live production, I wanted two separate OBS sources:

- a clean slide output for the audience/program feed

- a presenter view for the speaker or operator, with notes and next-slide context

The macOS version is the main stable build right now, and I’m using the project to learn more about native OBS plugin development and real live-event workflows.

I’m not trying to sell anything here. I’d mainly love feedback from people who use OBS for webinars, conferences, churches, schools, or AV work:

Does this workflow make sense, and what would you expect from a plugin like this before trusting it in a real show?