When you download an OBS plugin you will either get an installer which will auto install the plugin or you will download a bunch of files to place into the correct directory/directories. This page tries to set out the steps required for manual installation.
From version 2.0.12 onwards, the plugin no longer provides a Windows installer. This is because the OBS plugin template code (used by this plugin) was removed by the OBS team.
If you are installing a newer version of the plugin into the ProgramData folder and have an older version already installed, you will need to manually remove those older files once. After this clean up, future plugin updates will simply overwrite the existing plugin folder in C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins.
Older versions of the plugin installed files directly into C:\Program Files\obs-studio. You will need to delete these files, as they may interfere with the new installation.
Delete the following files/folders if they exist:
obs-plugin-countdown folder inside C:\Program Files\obs-studio\data\obs-pluginsobs-plugin-countdown.dll and obs-plugin-countdown.pdb files inside C:\Program Files\obs-studio\obs-plugins\64bit
You should have a zip file that extracts into a folder that contains the plugin folder inside. This should be named obs-plugin-countdown. It will contain two sub folders:
bin folder that will have the .dll and .pdbfiles inside (the main plugin files)data folder containing the supporting files (e.g., .ini, .json, .data, or folders with assets)Plugins are usually built for either 64-bit or 32-bit OBS. From v28+ OBS is only available in 64-bit on Windows.
OBS plugin files should be located in the following folder:
C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins
Note: TheProgramDatafolder is a hidden folder on Windows. To see hidden files and folders:
- OpenFile Explorerfrom the taskbar.
- SelectView > Show.
- SelectHidden itemsto view hidden files and folders.
Copy the plugin folder, in this case named obs-plugin-countdown to the following folder location:
C:\ProgramData\obs-studio\plugins
Restart OBS to detect the new plugin.
If you want to install the plugin for portable stand alone installs of OBS you can copy the files/folders into the OBS folder itself following these instructions.
You should have a zip file that extracts into a folder that contains the plugin folder inside. This should be named obs-plugin-countdown. It will contain two sub folders:
bin folder that will have the .dll and .pdbfiles inside (the main plugin files)data folder containing the supporting files (e.g., .ini, .json, .data, or folders with assets)Plugins are usually built for either 64-bit or 32-bit OBS. From v28+ OBS is only available in 64-bit on Windows.
Locate the folder where you have the portable version of OBS installed.
The instructions below use the placeholder OBS_Portable for the location of OBS.
For example, if OBS is extracted to:
D:\obs
Copy the .dll and .pdb files from the plugin ZIP
(located under obs-plugins\64bit or obs-plugins\32bit) to:
{{OBS_Portable}}\obs-plugins\64bit\
(or 32bit if it’s a 32-bit plugin)
Example:
D:\obs\obs-plugins\64bit\
If the plugin includes a data folder, locate it inside the plugin ZIP:
{{main-plugin-folder}}\data
Go to the following folder location:
{{OBS_Portable}}\data\obs-plugins
Inside this location create a new folder called the plugin name (same as the unzipped plugin folder name i.e. obs-plugin-countdown)
Example:
D:\obs-studio\data\obs-plugins\<plugin-name>\
Copy the files and folders inside the unzipped data folder into this new location. There should at least be a folder called locale inside the data folder.
Restart OBS to detect the new plugin.
Generally, you should have the following types of files for the plugin:
.plugin file (the main plugin)
Copy the .plugin file into the following folder on your Mac:
~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins
Note: The Library folder is a hidden folder on MacOS. Use the following command to toggle the view of hidden files and folders.
CMD + SHFT + .
Restart OBS to detect the new plugin.