OBS Action: Media Source: Play/Pause

The Media Source: Play/Pause action allows you to play or pause a media source in OBS. These are generally Audio and Video sources added as a ‘Media Source’ in OBS.

If a media source has played through once and you would like to play it again, you will need to use a Media Source: Restart action type to restart playback.

You may see other audio sources, such as microphones or audio input/output captures, show up in the Media Source dropdown inside Nexus for this action. These sources will not work with Nexus ‘Media Source’ action types, though it won’t cause any issues with Nexus or OBS.

Screenshot: The Media Source: Play/Pause action pictured above will start playback of the Nexus Test Video in OBS.

Action Inputs

Media Source

The media source you would like to Play or Pause.

Type	Text (Dropdown)
Required	Yes
Allows Variables	Yes
Allows Template Text	No

Action

Play or Pause the specified Media Source.

Pause = True

Play = False

Type	Switch (Boolean)
Required	Yes
Allows Variables	Yes
Allows Template Text	No