If you’re using Aitum Vertical (or similar canvas-based OBS plugins) and notice that some of your scenes are missing from TIKTORY’s OBS-related flow actions, this article explains why and what you can do.

The Problem

When using Aitum Vertical or other plugins that create additional canvases in OBS Studio, scenes belonging to those alternate canvases are not visible to external applications like TIKTORY. This is a known limitation in OBS websocket, not a bug in TIKTORY.

Why This Happens

OBS Studio 32.0 introduced a native “Canvas” system that allows plugins like Aitum Vertical to properly create separate output canvases (e.g., for vertical streaming). Prior to this, plugins had to use workarounds that made all scenes visible to external tools.

The current OBS websocket protocol only returns scenes from the main canvas. Scenes that exist exclusively in an alternate canvas (such as Aitum’s vertical canvas) are not included in the websocket API responses.

Symptoms

• Some of your OBS scenes don’t appear in TIKTORY’s scene selection dropdowns
• Vertical-only scenes created in Aitum Vertical are missing
• Flow actions that switch scenes can only target main canvas scenes
• Scene-related triggers may not fire for alternate canvas scenes

Current Status

This is a known issue being actively worked on by the OBS websocket development team. A pull request adding canvas support to OBS websocket is currently under review:

• Pull Request #1314: Add Canvas support

Once this update is released, TIKTORY and other websocket-based tools will be able to:

• See scenes from all canvases
• Switch scenes on any canvas
• Receive events from alternate canvas scenes

Workarounds

Until the OBS websocket update is released, consider these workarounds:

Option 1: Use Shared Scenes

Create scenes that exist on both the main canvas and your vertical canvas:

1. In OBS, create the scene on your main canvas
2. Add it to your vertical canvas as well
3. The scene will now appear in TIKTORY’s scene lists

Option 2: Use Aitum’s Native Integration

Aitum offers its own automation platform that has direct access to vertical canvas scenes through its internal API rather than websocket.

Option 3: Manual Scene Control

For critical vertical scenes, use OBS hotkeys or Aitum’s own controls instead of TIKTORY flow actions until websocket support is added.

What TIKTORY Will Do

Once the OBS websocket canvas support is officially released, we will update TIKTORY to:

• Display scenes from all available canvases
• Allow targeting specific canvases in flow actions
• Support events from alternate canvas scenes

We’re monitoring the progress of this feature and will implement support as soon as it becomes available.

Summary

Missing scenes in TIKTORY’s OBS flow actions when using Aitum Vertical is caused by a limitation in the OBS websocket protocol, which currently only exposes scenes from the main canvas. The OBS team is working on adding canvas support. In the meantime, use shared scenes or alternative control methods for your vertical canvas scenes.