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OBS Plugin not creating pulsing effect.

SolvedLast activity: 7/23/2026, 7:45:40 PMJoin the discussion →
Original post
The plugin is connected and shows my heartrate. Adding the BPM Display shows my BPM as numbers but whatever i add the Heartbeat filter to wont pulsate. Not even in test mode.
Community Member7/23/2026, 7:29:32 PM
Thanks for the report! Since the BPM Display shows your heart rate correctly, the connection itself is working. Please check the Minimum BPM / Start BPM setting inside the Heartbeat Filter. The pulsating effect only starts once your current heart rate reaches or exceeds that value. For example, if the filter is set to start at 100 BPM but your current heart rate is 75 BPM, the source will not pulsate. Please temporarily set the start value below your current BPM and test it again. Also make sure the filter is enabled and added directly to the source you want to animate. Let us know whether it starts working after lowering the threshold.
Community Member7/23/2026, 7:35:32 PM
The Heartbeat filter is just set to Subtle intensity. Tried to set it to custom and set start BPM to 40 but its still not doing anything. Test mode set to 220 does not work either. The filter is on a PNG Picture and i have tried it on multiple different sources and files.
Community Member7/23/2026, 7:37:19 PM
I also tried it on a fresh install of OBS on another pc but its still not working.
Community Member7/23/2026, 7:39:30 PM
Thanks for testing. Since lowering the Start BPM and using Test Mode still doesn’t produce any animation, it sounds like the filter itself isn’t running correctly. Could you please send us your OBS log file? You can find it here: Help → Log Files → Show Current Log Please save the log and send it to us (or attach it here in Discord). Make sure you’ve enabled Test Mode for a few seconds before grabbing the log so the relevant entries are included. We’ll take a look and see what’s going on.
Community Member7/23/2026, 7:44:12 PM
Wait it does work. For some reason the Max shake was set to 0 without me ever being in there before.
Community Member7/23/2026, 7:44:22 PM
When i increased it it does work.
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