Gabin

Automate camera switching with OBS, Bitfocus Companion and any audio api.

Download

You can download the latest version of Gabin here.

Features

• ⚡️ Vue 3, pnpm - born with fastness
• 🖌️ unocss for ultra-fast tailwind-compatible styling
• 💬 socketIo for main/renderer communication
• 🚀 GitHub Actions to build & release app

Usage

Development

pnpm i

pnpm dev

Build

pnpm build

Known issues

• ASIO is not working with XR32 audio mixer

Documentation

CLI

Gabin can be called in command line with several options :

• -h, --help : Display this message
• -d, --debug : Enable debug mode
• -v, --version : Display version
• --no-auto-open : Disable auto open in browser

Environment variables

You can add environment variables :

• GABIN_HOST : Hostname to use (default: localhost)
• GABIN_HTTP_PORT : Port to use (default: 1510)
• GABIN_OSC_PORT : Port to use (default: 32123)
• GABIN_BASE_URL : Base url to use (default: /)
• GABIN_LOGS_FOLDER : Folder to store logs (default: $appdata/gabin/gabin.log)
• GABIN_CONFIG_FOLDER : Folder to store config (default: $appdata/gabin/database.json)

Video mixers options

• OBS : Gabin communicates directly with OBS via websocket to trigger shots and listen to scene change (needs OBS v28+)
• VMIX : Gabin communicates directly with VMIX via TCP socket to trigger shots and listen to scene change
• OSC : Gabin will triggers the paths you indicate for each shot and listen to scene change on his OSC port (more details below)

OSC API/module

By default, Gabin listen OSC on localhost:32123

API

Even if you don't choose OSC as video mixer, you can control Gabin through OSC

Command :

path	params	description
/gabin/on	none	power Gabin on
/gabin/off	none	power Gabin off
/gabin/config	config: string	add or edit this config
/gabin/profile	profileName: string	set this profile as active
/scene/$NAME_OF_YOUR_SCENE	none	tell Gabin what the current scene is
/source/$NAME_OF_YOUR_SOURCE	none	trigger a specific shot
/mic/$NAME_OF_YOUR_MIC	availabe: 1,0	toggle mic availability
/autocam	autocam: 1,0	toggle autocam

Request :

path	params	description
/gabin/is-ready	host: string, port: number, path: string	get TRUE if Gabin is connected
/gabin/profiles	host: string, port: number, path: string	get all profiles
/gabin/devices	host: string, port: number, path: string	get all audio devices

Register :

path	params	description
/register/shot	host: string, port: number, path: string	get updated on each triggered shot
/register/autocam	host: string, port: number, path: string	get updated when play/pause Gabin
/register/defaultProfile	host: string, port: number, path: string	get updated when new default profile is set

Other options

• allow shot to be in scene but prevent from showing automatically

In the json database, go under profiles > settings > autocam > containers > mics > cams > source > options. There you can add a noIllu options, a boolean (true or false)

• allow/forbid some shots depending on which mics are availables

In the json database, go under profiles > settings > autocam > containers > mics > cams > source > options. There you can add a matching options, the value must be a array of strings. You have to specify for each mics either :

• the mic number : it has to be available
• - : it has to be not available
• * : the availability does not matter

E.g.:

profiles > settings > autocam > containers > mics > cams > source > options
[...]
{
  "source": {
    "name": "large shot 1",
    "options": {
      "matching": ["1234"]
    }
  },
  "weight": 5
},
{
  "source": {
    "name": "large shot 2",
    "options": {
      "matching": ["1*3-"]
    }
  },
  "weight": 10
},
[...]

The "large shot 1" may be shot if all the 4 mics are availables. Here, the "large shot 2" may be shot if :

• the 1st and the 3rd mics are availables
• the 4th mic is not available

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