Keywords:
stopwatch to text
stopwatch to txt
for streaming
stopwatch output text file
A simple stopwatch application that writes timestamp to txt file (usage example: OBS streaming).
- It requires Python3
(but, imo, it would be simple to make this work with Python2, if you can modify the script a tiny bit.
e.g.print('Hello') -> print 'hello' - It works for macOS.
I did not test for linux environment yet but I guess it would work. Please let me know through issue tracker.
This is an example of using Stopwatch2Txt. (OBS text capture : 'Read text from file' linked to '~/Stopwatch2Txt/stopwatch.txt')
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Download the whole repository using
git clone https://github.com/dqgthb/Stopwatch2Txt.git -
Go inside the directory. Find 'secs.txt'.
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Replace (manually) the first line of 'secs.txt' with your preferred starting seconds (in integer). To initialize the stopwatch, this should be '0'.
However, if you want a very specific starting point such as '01:05:12', type '3912' (= 1 * 3600 + 5 * 60 + 12). -
Run the python code 'stopwatch.py' by typing the following command inside the terminal:
python3 stopwatch.py
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If you want to pause the stopwatch, press "Ctrl c".
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If you want to resume the stopwatch, type
python3 stopwatch.pyagain in the terminal. -
If you want to reset the stopwatch, press "Ctrl c" and replace the first line of 'secs.txt' to 0. (as already explained above).
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That's it! If you check the 'stopwatch.txt' file, you will see that the file is constantly being updated. You can use this wherever you want. e.g. OBS text source