Get the file
Download LiveDelay.streamDeckPlugin and double-click it. Stream Deck installs the plugin.
Stream Deck 6.4+ · Windows · OBS with LiveDelay
Delay on a key. No hotkey hunting.
The ARM 30 key fills a 30 second buffer. ACTIVATE puts viewers on the delay, CUT takes them back to live. The plugin only talks to LiveDelay on your own PC (127.0.0.1:7799).
- Arm with your own delay
- Activate · Cut · Cut after
- No cloud
Free · GPL-2.0 · .streamDeckPlugin · source on GitHub
Click a key · simulation
How it works
Key, localhost, viewers.
The plugin sends one HTTP request to LiveDelay inside OBS. LiveDelay switches what viewers receive without dropping the connection to the platform.
Stream Deck
You press ARM 30.
KeykeyDown
LiveDelay plugin
Node inside the Stream Deck app.
com.skullmedia.livedelayHTTP GET
LiveDelay in OBS
RAM buffer, switches on a keyframe.
127.0.0.1:7799RTMP
Viewers
Twitch, YouTube, Kick, custom RTMP.
No reconnect
Install
Four steps. Two minutes.
You need the Stream Deck app 6.4 or newer and LiveDelay in OBS.
Open the category
In the action list on the right, find the LiveDelay category. It has five actions.
Arm · Activate · Cut · Cut after · Disarm
Set the seconds
Drag Arm onto a key and type the seconds. That is this key’s delay, whatever the dock shows. Make a few: 15, 30, 60.
Delay (s): 30
Add the rest
Put Activate and Cut next to it. Cut after and Disarm are optional.
ARM → ACTIVATE → CUT
Actions
What each key does.
Every action is one request to the local API. A 200 response puts a checkmark on the key, an error puts an alert.
Arm
Starts filling the buffer for the seconds you typed. Viewers stay live.
GET /arm?delay=30
Activate
Viewers jump back to a frame from N seconds ago. The platform connection stays up.
GET /activate
Cut
Back to live immediately, on a keyframe.
GET /cut
Cut after
Back to live once the current moment reaches viewers. Nothing gets skipped.
GET /cut-after
Disarm
Drops the buffer and frees the RAM. You stay live.
GET /disarm
✓ LiveDelay accepted the command.⚠︎ OBS is not running, the action does not fit the current state, or the API is on another port. Change the port in LiveDelay → Settings and in the key’s API field.
Security
A random website cannot press it for you.
A page open in your browser that tries to call 127.0.0.1:7799 gets a 403: the browser marks that request with sec-fetch-site: cross-site and LiveDelay refuses it. The plugin talks to the API directly.
Stream Deck’s built-in Website action works too, but unless you tick the background request option, every press opens a browser tab. You also get no checkmark or alert, and the delay has to go into the URL.
Another websitefetch from a browser
sec-fetch-site: cross-site
403
LiveDelay pluginstraight to localhost
GET /arm?delay=30
200 OK
No Stream Deck
The same thing as OBS hotkeys.
Tools → LiveDelay → Settings → Shortcuts. Six “arm a specific delay” rows (15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 seconds by default) plus Arm, Activate, Cut and Cut after. Click the field, press a key, save.
These shortcuts also show up in OBS → Settings → Hotkeys, under LiveDelay. A Stream Deck can press the same keys, but the plugin gives you a checkmark and a delay of its own on every button.