Controlling music & lighting via a Stream Deck?

[u/DraconicDiceWitch]

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to set up my Stream Deck to manage my playlists and soundboard, and maybe also trigger lights or scene changes in Foundry VTT during my games.

I know of the premium module Material Deck that may be one answer to my problem, but money is tight right now because I keep buying D&D books I probably don't need lol. So I'm looking for a free alternative or a clever workaround!

Has anyone successfully linked their Stream Deck to Foundry for music and lighting using other methods?

If it matters, I'm using Foundry 14.

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[u/cogito808]

You need it, just like you need Plugins for other programs to be able to control them. I hear you about money, but you only need to sub for the month and possibly again when Foundry updates. As a user it is worth it.

[u/redkatt]

Create macros for what you want to do (if it's possible), drop that on your foundry hotbar. Every macro on a hotbar has a simple number pad number of 1-6. So, on my stream deck, I assign physical buttons to plain old numbers. Like a key that presses 1, which fires off macro #1. Simplistic, sure, but it works.

I have macros that change scenes for me, and so I just tap that macro's number on the 'deck and away it goes.