DIY Elgato Stream Deck | Macro Pad Tutorial w/ Free Download

The Elgato Stream Deck is a fantastic tool for streamers and editors. It's also really expensive, costing $150/£140. In this video, I'll show you how to make a similar macro pad for only $20/$15.

The Macro Pad allows you to:
- Start/Stop the Stream
- Start/Stop the Recording
- Start/Stop the OBS replay buffer
- Save the replay buffer
- Switch between 7 scenes seamlessly
- Mute the microphone, Discord and the gameplay
- Send automatic tweets at the touch of a button (beta).

The auto tweet is still in beta as I'm looking to add API integration in the future. That said, it still works and will be what I use. This DIY Stream Deck solution doesn't replace the Elgato Stream Deck. Due to proper API integration with OBS, Twitter, etc, it is far more powerful than what I have coded. That said, if you don't make a living from streaming, it'll be easier to justify spending over $100 less for something that still does the job.

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Disclaimer: This keyboard/keypad was sent to me for free from Banggood. I specifically requested this keypad for the sole purpose of making a DIY stream deck video and I do get to keep it afterwards. I’m no salesman though. I wasn’t influenced to say anything nice, nor would I work with a company that wouldn’t allow me to freely express my own views. If I recommend it, you can be sure that it's MY opinion.

---------- Keypad Links ----------

► Mini Mechanical Numeric Keypad: goo.gl/MUvpXQ

► 15% off for Gaming Accessories: goo.gl/5SijoM

* These links are safe and have been shortened for convenience. If concerned, you can unshorten them using something like unshorten.it/

------- Downloads -------

► HID Macros (Download Version 2.3)
hidmacros.eu/download.php

► Labels, Config File
mega.nz/#F!JagnBSaA!5L4JTrE1GYzoQXOeIKHAKg

------- Source Code (VBS) -------

You can just copy this into the scripted tab if you don't want to replace the config file (above).

► Functions for OBS. Replace F13 with the F-key shown in the video.

HIDMacros.SendKeysSlow "{F13}", 50

► Auto Tweet. Customise your message within the quotation marks on the last line.

Dim WshShell
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "chrome twitter.com/";
WshShell.AppActivate "chrome"
HIDMacros.Sleep 5000
HIDMacros.SendKeys "n"
HIDMacros.Sleep 1500
HIDMacros.SendKeys "I'm streaming over at @Twitch. twitch.tv/...";

---------- Important ----------

* Make sure HID Macros is running when you want to use the DIY Stream Deck
* Make sure OBS is set to run as admin so that it can detect the keystrokes from the Stream Deck.

------ All My Social Media Links ------

► Twitter : twitter.com/ProtoAMP
► Youtube : youtube.com/user/ProtoAMP
► My Gear : kit.co/ProtoAMP

---------------- Music ----------------

► Outro Music: Desmeon - Back From The Dead [NCS Release]
► Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com

------ Last Video ------

► The Truth About PC Build Guides On YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=DpU3YUxCkF0

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