OBS alerts and overlays

Stream alerts, the alert editor, live controls, voice messages and video requests.

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In Donations → OBS alerts you get private overlay addresses to add in OBS as a "Browser" source: alerts, goal bar, recent tips with top donors, timer (subathon) and poll.

  • The overlay address contains a secret token. If it leaks, generate a new one in the dashboard.
  • Set layouts, animations, display time, sounds and amount tiers in the panel. Add an image, GIF or short video from your file library to the alert (above the text, beside it or as the background), change the text size and turn on a shadow. Custom sound files in PRO+.
  • The "Test alert" button shows a sample alert without a real payment.
  • Donations waiting for review appear in the overlay only after approval.
  • Amount tiers (PRO): each tier can have its own text, image or GIF, background, text colour, animation, sound and switched-off message reading. Empty fields use the main alert settings.
  • Extra overlays: a scrolling support ticker, latest support, top supporter, a total and payment counter, the goal as a bar, ring or thermometer, and in PRO a wheel of fortune (challenges from an amount) and emoji or GIF rain.
  • Message reading (PRO): custom text with {name}, {amount} and {msg}, voice, speed and the amount from which messages are read. Choose Polish server voices (Gosia, Darek, Magda) that sound the same in OBS and every browser, or browser voices (then also language and pitch).
  • The top donors list can cover all time, 30 days, 7 days, 24 hours or the current stream.

Alert editor

In the PRO plan you build the OBS alert yourself: drag elements (nick and amount, message, custom text, image or GIF, background), resize them and change colours. Give the image as a link from the Files tab ("Copy link") or any https link. The overlay shows exactly this layout.

Sound, display time, message reading and amount tiers work as in the standard alert. “Restore default” undoes changes.

Live control, timer and polls

Donations → Live control works during a stream: changes reach the overlay within seconds.

  • Alerts: skip the current one, pause the queue, mute reading, replay a recent alert, start a new stream (resets the stream ranking).
  • Timer / subathon (PRO): starting time, pause, ±5 minutes. Tips add the configured seconds per 1 zł, and Twitch or Kick subs add the configured seconds per sub. Widget: the "timer" address.
  • Poll (PRO): 2–5 options, viewers pick one in the tip form and the total amount counts. Widget: the "poll" address.

Voice messages

Once enabled (PRO), viewers can record a short voice message in the tip form. You set the minimum amount and maximum length (5–30 s).

  • You listen to recordings in the Live control tab and play them on stream or reject them. You can enable automatic playback from a chosen amount.
  • Recordings are stored outside the public site. Rejected ones are deleted immediately, the rest after 30 days, and recordings of unpaid tips after 24 hours.
A viewer's voice is their personal data. The viewer gives consent when recording. If you have your own privacy policy, describe this feature there. If in doubt, consult a lawyer.

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