Dynamic Time/Date/Countdown

Dynamic Time/Date/Countdown is a third-party OBS Studio filter bundle for text sources.

It includes two filters:

• Dynamic Time/Date
• Dynamic Countdown

From version 1.3.0 onward, the Next Stream dock is no longer part of this package and is distributed separately as dynamic-next-stream.

Features

Dynamic Time/Date

• Configurable update interval.
• Optional display of ISO week number.
• Optional weekday, date, time, seconds, and clock suffix output.
• Update diff checks to avoid unnecessary source updates.

Dynamic Countdown

• Countdown to or since a target date.
• Calendar-correct year and month calculations.
• Custom prefix and suffix for before and after the target date.
• Optional seconds display.
• Optional TXT file export with diff checks.

Requirements

• OBS Studio 30.x, 31.x, or 32.x
• Windows x64 for the packaged release
• No Qt runtime dependency beyond what OBS already provides

Installation

Recommended installer:

1. Download the dynamic-texts-1.3.1-windows-x64-installer.exe file from the latest GitHub release.
2. Close OBS Studio.
3. Run the installer and select your OBS Studio installation folder.
4. Start OBS Studio again.

Portable or manual installation:

1. Download the release ZIP instead of the setup EXE.
2. Extract the ZIP into your OBS Studio installation folder, or copy the included obs-plugins and data folders into it.
3. Start OBS Studio again.

Windows

Download the release archive and extract or copy its contents into your OBS Studio installation directory.

The final layout currently uses the technical package id dynamic-texts:

obs-plugins/64bit/dynamic-texts.dll
data/obs-plugins/dynamic-texts/locale/en-US.ini
data/obs-plugins/dynamic-texts/locale/de-DE.ini

The packaged release also includes INSTALL.bat, which can copy the plugin files into a selected OBS directory.

Restart OBS after installation. The filters appear in the filter menu for Text (GDI+) and Text (FreeType 2) sources.

Basic Usage

1. Create or select an OBS text source.
2. Open the source filters.
3. Add either Dynamic Time/Date or Dynamic Countdown.
4. Configure the output format and timing options.

Version History

1.3.1

• Accepted current OBS 32 GDI+ text source ids.
• Tightened countdown date parsing and duration unit rollups.
• Moved TXT export writes off the OBS tick path.
• Added localized runtime labels and refreshed release packaging.

1.3.0

• Renamed the public plugin bundle to Dynamic Time/Date/Countdown.
• Split the Next Stream dock into the separate dynamic-next-stream plugin.
• Kept this package focused on text filters only.
• Reduced size and removed the dock-specific Qt dependency path.

1.2.0

• Added the original combined Next Stream dock before it was split out.

1.1.0

• Added Dynamic Countdown.
• Renamed the technical package id from dynamic-time-date-filter to dynamic-texts.

1.0.0

• Initial release of Dynamic Time/Date.

License

Dynamic Time/Date/Countdown is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later.

Disclaimer

Dynamic Time/Date/Countdown is an unofficial third-party plugin and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the OBS Project.

AI-assisted tools were used during development and release preparation. The maintainer is responsible for reviewing, testing, and publishing the released plugin.