diff --git a/UI/CMakeLists.txt b/UI/CMakeLists.txt
index 9737437da..9f17a6e27 100644
--- a/UI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ add_subdirectory(obs-frontend-api)
 
 option(ENABLE_UI "Enable building with UI (requires Qt)" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_UI)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   OBS UI")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "OBS UI")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CompilerConfig.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CompilerConfig.cmake
index 5c99daca8..f923efb03 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CompilerConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CompilerConfig.cmake
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS AND MSVC)
   endif()
 
   # Check for Win SDK version 10.0.20348 or above
-  message(
-    INFO
-    "  + OBS-Studio - Windows API version is ${CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION}"
-  )
+  obs_status(
+    STATUS "Windows API version is ${CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION}")
   string(REPLACE "." ";" WINAPI_VER
                  "${CMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION}")
 
@@ -41,11 +39,10 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS AND MSVC)
   endif()
 
   if(NOT WINAPI_COMPATIBLE)
-    message(
+    obs_status(
       FATAL_ERROR
-        "OBS: OBS requires Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.20348.0 and above to compile.\n"
-        "     Please download the most recent Windows 10 SDK in order to compile."
-    )
+      "OBS requires Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.20348.0 and above to compile.\n"
+      "Please download the most recent Windows 10 SDK in order to compile.")
   endif()
 
   add_compile_options(
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
index 6ff2638ba..de253d305 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
@@ -280,31 +280,32 @@ foreach(
   endif()
 endforeach()
 
-message(STATUS "FFmpeg files: ${FFMPEG_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "x264 files: ${X264_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "Libfdk files: ${LIBFDK_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "Freetype files: ${FREETYPE_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "rnnoise files: ${RNNOISE_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "curl files: ${CURL_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "lua files: ${LUA_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "ssl files: ${SSL_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "zlib files: ${ZLIB_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Debug files: ${QT_DEBUG_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Debug Platform files: ${QT_DEBUG_PLAT_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Debug Styles files: ${QT_DEBUG_STYLES_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Debug Iconengine files: ${QT_DEBUG_ICONENGINE_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Debug Imageformat files: ${QT_DEBUG_IMAGEFORMATS_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Release files: ${QT_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Release Platform files: ${QT_PLAT_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Release Styles files: ${QT_STYLES_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Release Iconengine files: ${QT_ICONENGINE_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT Release Imageformat files: ${QT_IMAGEFORMATS_BIN_FILES}")
-message(STATUS "QT ICU files: ${QT_ICU_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "FFmpeg files: ${FFMPEG_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "x264 files: ${X264_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "Libfdk files: ${LIBFDK_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "Freetype files: ${FREETYPE_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "rnnoise files: ${RNNOISE_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "curl files: ${CURL_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "lua files: ${LUA_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "ssl files: ${SSL_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "zlib files: ${ZLIB_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Debug files: ${QT_DEBUG_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Debug Platform files: ${QT_DEBUG_PLAT_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Debug Styles files: ${QT_DEBUG_STYLES_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Debug Iconengine files: ${QT_DEBUG_ICONENGINE_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS
+           "QT Debug Imageformat files: ${QT_DEBUG_IMAGEFORMATS_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Release files: ${QT_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Release Platform files: ${QT_PLAT_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Release Styles files: ${QT_STYLES_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Release Iconengine files: ${QT_ICONENGINE_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT Release Imageformat files: ${QT_IMAGEFORMATS_BIN_FILES}")
+obs_status(STATUS "QT ICU files: ${QT_ICU_BIN_FILES}")
 
 foreach(BinFile ${ALL_BASE_BIN_FILES})
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     STATUS
-      "copying ${BinFile} to ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/additional_install_files/exec${_bin_suffix}"
+    "copying ${BinFile} to ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/additional_install_files/exec${_bin_suffix}"
   )
   file(
     COPY "${BinFile}"
@@ -313,9 +314,9 @@ foreach(BinFile ${ALL_BASE_BIN_FILES})
 endforeach()
 
 foreach(BinFile ${ALL_REL_BIN_FILES})
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     STATUS
-      "copying ${BinFile} to ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/additional_install_files/exec${_bin_suffix}r"
+    "copying ${BinFile} to ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/additional_install_files/exec${_bin_suffix}r"
   )
   file(
     COPY "${BinFile}"
@@ -324,9 +325,9 @@ foreach(BinFile ${ALL_REL_BIN_FILES})
 endforeach()
 
 foreach(BinFile ${ALL_DBG_BIN_FILES})
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     STATUS
-      "copying ${BinFile} to ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/additional_install_files/exec${_bin_suffix}d"
+    "copying ${BinFile} to ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/additional_install_files/exec${_bin_suffix}d"
   )
   file(
     COPY "${BinFile}"
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/DeprecationHelpers.cmake b/cmake/Modules/DeprecationHelpers.cmake
index 55f554046..f17503b4b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/DeprecationHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/DeprecationHelpers.cmake
@@ -145,40 +145,40 @@ function(upgrade_cmake_vars)
 endfunction()
 
 function(install_obs_plugin_with_data)
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     DEPRECATION
-      "OBS: The install_obs_plugin_with_data command is deprecated and will be removed soon. Use 'setup_plugin_target' instead."
+    "The install_obs_plugin_with_data command is deprecated and will be removed soon. Use 'setup_plugin_target' instead."
   )
   _install_obs_plugin_with_data(${ARGV})
 endfunction()
 
 function(install_obs_plugin)
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     DEPRECATION
-      "OBS: The install_obs_plugin command is deprecated and will be removed soon. Use 'setup_plugin_target' instead."
+    "The install_obs_plugin command is deprecated and will be removed soon. Use 'setup_plugin_target' instead."
   )
   _install_obs_plugin(${ARGV})
 endfunction()
 
 function(install_obs_datatarget)
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     DEPRECATION
-      "OBS: The install_obs_datatarget function is deprecated and will be removed soon. Use 'setup_target_resources' instead."
+    "The install_obs_datatarget function is deprecated and will be removed soon. Use 'setup_target_resources' instead."
   )
   _install_obs_datatarget(${ARGV})
 endfunction()
 
 function(__deprecated_var VAR ACCESS)
   if(ACCESS STREQUAL "READ_ACCESS")
-    message(DEPRECATION "OBS: The variable '${VAR}' is deprecated!")
+    obs_status(DEPRECATION "The variable '${VAR}' is deprecated!")
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(__deprecated_feature VAR ACCESS)
   if(ACCESS STREQUAL "UNKNOWN_READ_ACCESS")
-    message(
+    obs_status(
       DEPRECATION
-        "OBS: The feature enabled by '${VAR}' is deprecated and will soon be removed from OBS."
+      "The feature enabled by '${VAR}' is deprecated and will soon be removed from OBS."
     )
   endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindCEF.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindCEF.cmake
index 00d020328..9b961a92b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindCEF.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindCEF.cmake
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ mark_as_advanced(CEFWRAPPER_LIBRARY CEFWRAPPER_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
 if(NOT CEF_LIBRARY)
   message(
     WARNING
-      "  Could NOT find Chromium Embedded Framework library (missing: CEF_LIBRARY)"
+      "Could NOT find Chromium Embedded Framework library (missing: CEF_LIBRARY)"
   )
   set(CEF_FOUND FALSE)
   return()
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ endif()
 if(NOT CEFWRAPPER_LIBRARY)
   message(
     WARNING
-      "  Could NOT find Chromium Embedded Framework wrapper library (missing: CEFWRAPPER_LIBRARY)"
+      "Could NOT find Chromium Embedded Framework wrapper library (missing: CEFWRAPPER_LIBRARY)"
   )
   set(CEF_FOUND FALSE)
   return()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers.cmake
index 57e4246bd..d5d156604 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers.cmake
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function(setup_plugin_target target)
     COMMENT "Installing ${target} to OBS rundir"
     VERBATIM)
 
-  message(STATUS "OBS:   ENABLED   ${target}")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "${target}")
 endfunction()
 
 # Helper function to set up OBS scripting plugin targets
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function(setup_script_plugin_target target)
     COMMENT "Installing ${target} to OBS rundir"
     VERBATIM)
 
-  message(STATUS "OBS:   ENABLED   ${target}")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "${target}")
 endfunction()
 
 # Helper function to set up target resources (e.g. L10N files)
@@ -385,6 +385,19 @@ macro(set_option option value)
       CACHE INTERNAL "")
 endmacro()
 
+function(obs_status status text)
+  set(_OBS_STATUS_DISABLED "OBS:  DISABLED   ")
+  set(_OBS_STATUS_ENABLED "OBS:  ENABLED    ")
+  set(_OBS_STATUS "OBS:  ")
+  if(status STREQUAL "DISABLED")
+    message(STATUS "${_OBS_STATUS_DISABLED}${text}")
+  elseif(status STREQUAL "ENABLED")
+    message(STATUS "${_OBS_STATUS_ENABLED}${text}")
+  else()
+    message(${status} "${_OBS_STATUS}${text}")
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 if(OS_WINDOWS)
   include(ObsHelpers_Windows)
 elseif(OS_MACOS)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_Windows.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_Windows.cmake
index 2e738ebfe..292a37749 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_Windows.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_Windows.cmake
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ endfunction()
 function(generate_multiarch_installer)
   if(NOT DEFINED ENV{OBS_InstallerTempDir} AND NOT DEFINED
                                                ENV{obsInstallerTempDir})
-    message(
+    obs_status(
       FATAL_ERROR
-        "Function generate_multiarch_installer requires environment variable 'OBS_InstallerTempDir' to be set"
+      "Function generate_multiarch_installer requires environment variable 'OBS_InstallerTempDir' to be set"
     )
   endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_macOS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_macOS.cmake
index 2e162317a..20734bd49 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_macOS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ObsHelpers_macOS.cmake
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function(setup_plugin_target target)
                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/bundle/macOS/entitlements.plist")
 
   set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY OBS_MODULE_LIST "${target}")
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  ENABLED    ${target}")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "${target}")
 
   install_bundle_resources(${target})
 endfunction()
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function(setup_script_plugin_target target)
                "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/bundle/macOS/entitlements.plist")
 
   set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY OBS_SCRIPTING_MODULE_LIST "${target}")
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  ENABLED    ${target}")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "${target}")
 endfunction()
 
 # Helper function to set up target resources (e.g. L10N files)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/VersionConfig.cmake b/cmake/Modules/VersionConfig.cmake
index 78a9146ca..387a042c2 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/VersionConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/VersionConfig.cmake
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ file(WRITE ${BUILD_NUMBER_CACHE} "${OBS_BUILD_NUMBER}")
 
 message(
   STATUS
-    "OBS: Application Version: ${OBS_VERSION} - Build Number: ${OBS_BUILD_NUMBER}"
+    "OBS:  Application Version: ${OBS_VERSION} - Build Number: ${OBS_BUILD_NUMBER}"
 )
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index cfc8c1c01..6eb263ce5 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ add_subdirectory(libcaption)
 # Use bundled jansson version as fallback
 find_package(Jansson 2.5 QUIET)
 if(NOT TARGET Jansson::Jansson)
-  message(STATUS "OBS: Jansson >=2.5 not found, building bundled version")
+  obs_status(STATUS "Jansson >=2.5 not found, building bundled version.")
 
   add_subdirectory(jansson)
   add_library(Jansson::Jansson ALIAS jansson)
 else()
-  message(STATUS "OBS: OBS-Studio - Using system Jansson library")
+  obs_status(STATUS "Using system Jansson library.")
 endif()
diff --git a/deps/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cdbbee0d..8d4102b34 100644
--- a/deps/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ option(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_LUA "Enable Lua scripting support" ON)
 option(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_PYTHON "Enable Python scripting support" ON)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_SCRIPTING)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   obs-scripting")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "obs-scripting")
   return()
 endif()
 
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ if(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_LUA)
   find_package(Luajit)
 
   if(NOT TARGET Luajit::Luajit)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "OBS:    -        Luajit not found")
+    obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "obs-scripting -> Luajit not found.")
     return()
   else()
-    message(STATUS "OBS:    -        Luajit found")
+    obs_status(STATUS "obs-scripting -> Luajit found.")
   endif()
 else()
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   Luajit support")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "Luajit support")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_PYTHON)
@@ -31,19 +31,17 @@ if(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_PYTHON)
   endif()
 
   if(NOT TARGET Python::Python)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "OBS:    -        Python not found")
+    obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "obs-scripting -> Python not found.")
     return()
   else()
-    message(STATUS "OBS:    -        Python ${Python_VERSION} found")
+    obs_status(STATUS "obs-scripting -> Python ${Python_VERSION} found.")
   endif()
 else()
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   Python support")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "Python support")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT TARGET Luajit::Luajit AND NOT TARGET Python::Python)
-  message(
-    WARNING
-      "OBS:  DISABLED   obs-scripting - no supported scripting libraries found")
+  obs_status(WARNING "obs-scripting -> No supported scripting libraries found.")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/libobs/CMakeLists.txt b/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
index 57d8e9c15..77043f8b7 100644
--- a/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libobs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ elseif(OS_POSIX)
 
   if(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO)
     find_package(PulseAudio REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "OBS: PulseAudio found - audio monitoring enabled")
+    obs_status(STATUS "-> PulseAudio found - audio monitoring enabled")
     target_sources(
       libobs
       PRIVATE audio-monitoring/pulse/pulseaudio-output.c
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 242b421d5..b9f2924df 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 option(ENABLE_PLUGINS "Enable building OBS plugins" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_PLUGINS)
-  message(STATUS "OBS: building with plugins disabled")
+  obs_status(STATUS "Building with plugins disabled.")
   return()
 endif()
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function(check_obs_browser)
   if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/obs-browser/CMakeLists.txt)
     add_subdirectory(obs-browser)
   else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "OBS: obs-browser submodule not available")
+    obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "obs-browser submodule not available.")
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function(check_obs_vst)
   if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/obs-vst/CMakeLists.txt)
     add_subdirectory(obs-vst)
   else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "OBS: obs-vst submodule not available")
+    obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "obs-vst submodule not available.")
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS)
   if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/enc-amf/CMakeLists.txt")
     add_subdirectory(enc-amf)
   else()
-    message(WARNING "OBS: enc-amf plugin not found")
+    obs_status(WARNING "enc-amf plugin not found.")
   endif()
   if(MSVC)
     add_subdirectory(win-ivcam)
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ elseif(OS_FREEBSD)
   add_subdirectory(oss-audio)
   add_subdirectory(sndio)
 
-  message(STATUS "OBS: obs-browser plugin not available")
-  message(STATUS "OBS: obs-vst plugin not available")
+  obs_status(STATUS "obs-browser plugin not available.")
+  obs_status(STATUS "obs-vst plugin not available.")
 elseif(OS_OPENBSD)
   add_subdirectory(linux-capture)
   add_subdirectory(sndio)
 
-  message(STATUS "OBS: obs-browser plugin not available")
-  message(STATUS "OBS: obs-vst plugin not available")
+  obs_status(STATUS "obs-browser plugin not available.")
+  obs_status(STATUS "obs-vst plugin not available.")
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(image-source)
diff --git a/plugins/aja/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/aja/CMakeLists.txt
index af0ee7685..b571e3a0a 100644
--- a/plugins/aja/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/aja/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ project(aja)
 
 option(ENABLE_AJA "Build OBS with aja support" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_AJA)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   aja")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "aja")
   return()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT OS_MACOS AND NOT CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
-  message(
-    STATUS "OBS:             aja support not enabled (32-bit not supported)")
+  obs_status(STATUS "aja support not enabled (32-bit not supported).")
   set(ENABLE_AJA
       OFF
       CACHE BOOL "Build OBS with aja support" FORCE)
diff --git a/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt
index 22c9aa3b6..4fd4c7688 100644
--- a/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/coreaudio-encoder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 project(coreaudio-encoder)
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
+if(OS_WINDOWS)
   option(ENABLE_COREAUDIO_ENCODER
          "Enable building with CoreAudio encoder (Windows)" ON)
   if(NOT ENABLE_COREAUDIO_ENCODER)
-    message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   coreaudio-encoder")
+    obs_status(DISABLED "coreaudio-encoder")
     return()
   endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/plugins/decklink/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/decklink/CMakeLists.txt
index 30980c32e..d21f933b4 100644
--- a/plugins/decklink/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/decklink/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(decklink)
 
 option(ENABLE_DECKLINK "Build OBS with Decklink support" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_DECKLINK)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   decklink support")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "decklink")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/linux-alsa/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/linux-alsa/CMakeLists.txt
index d0d763a09..a3ea221fb 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-alsa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/linux-alsa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(linux-alsa)
 
 option(ENABLE_ALSA "Build OBS with ALSA support" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_ALSA)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   alsa")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "linux-alsa")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/linux-capture/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/linux-capture/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e93f994a..757fea3a0 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-capture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/linux-capture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ project(linux-capture)
 
 find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
 if(NOT TARGET X11::Xcomposite)
-  message(
-    FATAL_ERROR "OBS:  DISABLED   linux-capture - Xcomposite library not found")
+  obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "linux-capture - Xcomposite library not found.")
 endif()
 find_package(XCB COMPONENTS XCB XFIXES RANDR SHM XINERAMA)
 
diff --git a/plugins/linux-jack/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/linux-jack/CMakeLists.txt
index e2c79ebc0..25fe06dce 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-jack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/linux-jack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(linux-jack)
 
 option(ENABLE_JACK "Build OBS with JACK support" OFF)
 if(NOT ENABLE_JACK)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   linux-jack")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "linux-jack")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/linux-pipewire/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/linux-pipewire/CMakeLists.txt
index 73f0ca1b5..da495b83f 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-pipewire/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/linux-pipewire/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(linux-pipewire)
 
 option(ENABLE_PIPEWIRE "Enable PipeWire support" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_PIPEWIRE)
-  message(STATUS "PipeWire support disabled, linux-pipewire plugin disabled")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "linux-pipewire")
   return()
 endif()
 
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ find_package(Gio QUIET)
 find_package(Libdrm QUIET) # we require libdrm/drm_fourcc.h to build
 
 if(NOT TARGET PipeWire::PipeWire)
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     FATAL_ERROR
-      "OBS:    -        PipeWire library not found! Please install PipeWire or set ENABLE_PIPEWIRE=OFF"
+    "PipeWire library not found! Please install PipeWire or set ENABLE_PIPEWIRE=OFF."
   )
 elseif(NOT TARGET GIO::GIO)
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     FATAL_ERROR
-      "OBS:    -        Gio library not found! Please install GLib2 (or Gio) or set ENABLE_PIPEWIRE=OFF"
+    "Gio library not found! Please install GLib2 (or Gio) or set ENABLE_PIPEWIRE=OFF."
   )
 elseif(NOT TARGET Libdrm::Libdrm)
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     FATAL_ERROR
-      "OBS:    -        libdrm headers not found! Please install libdrm or set ENABLE_PIPEWIRE=OFF"
+    "libdrm headers not found! Please install libdrm or set ENABLE_PIPEWIRE=OFF."
   )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/linux-pulseaudio/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/linux-pulseaudio/CMakeLists.txt
index 6913ee87a..b0c970de7 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-pulseaudio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/linux-pulseaudio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(linux-pulseaudio)
 option(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO "Enable PulseAudio support" ON)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   linux-pulseaudio")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "linux-pulseaudio")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/linux-v4l2/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/linux-v4l2/CMakeLists.txt
index c427b738d..99c2ac806 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-v4l2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/linux-v4l2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(linux-v4l2)
 
 option(ENABLE_V4L2 "Build OBS with v4l2 support" ON)
 if(NOT ENABLE_V4L2)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   linux-v4l2")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "linux-v4l2")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/mac-virtualcam/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/mac-virtualcam/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bbe6ccc4..2ac3d6ddc 100644
--- a/plugins/mac-virtualcam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/mac-virtualcam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 option(ENABLE_VIRTUALCAM "Build OBS Virtualcam" ON)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_VIRTUALCAM)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   mac-virtualcam")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "mac-virtualcam")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/obs-filters/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-filters/CMakeLists.txt
index c8c4ad0f6..cd65007fe 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-filters/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/obs-filters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ add_library(OBS::filters ALIAS obs-filters)
 set(HAS_NOISEREDUCTION OFF)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_SPEEXDSP)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   SpeexDSP")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "SpeexDSP")
 else()
   find_package(Libspeexdsp REQUIRED)
 
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_RNNOISE)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   RNNoise")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "SpeexDSP")
 else()
   find_package(Librnnoise QUIET)
 
   if(NOT TARGET Librnnoise::Librnnoise)
-    message(STATUS "OBS:    -        using bundled RNNoise library")
+    obs_status(STATUS "obs-filters -> using bundled RNNoise library")
     add_library(obs-rnnoise INTERFACE)
     add_library(Librnnoise::Librnnoise ALIAS obs-rnnoise)
 
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_NVAFX)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   NVidia Audio FX support")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "NVidia Audio FX support")
   set(LIBNVAFX_FOUND OFF)
 else()
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  ENABLED    NVidia Audio FX support")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "NVidia Audio FX support")
 
   target_compile_definitions(obs-filters PRIVATE LIBNVAFX_ENABLED)
 
diff --git a/plugins/obs-libfdk/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-libfdk/CMakeLists.txt
index c5d7ab34e..efdb6908f 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-libfdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/obs-libfdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(obs-libfdk)
 option(ENABLE_LIBFDK "Enable FDK AAC support" OFF)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_LIBFDK)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   obs-libfdk")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "obs-libfdk")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt
index a9d90ec1d..124df673f 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/obs-outputs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,16 +52,13 @@ if(ENABLE_RTMPS STREQUAL "AUTO" OR ENABLE_RTMPS STREQUAL "ON")
   find_package(ZLIB)
   if(NOT MBEDTLS_FOUND OR NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
     if(ENABLE_RTMPS STREQUAL "ON")
-      message(
-        FATAL_ERROR
-          "OBS:    -        mbedTLS or zlib not found, but required for RTMPS support."
-      )
+      obs_status(FATAL_ERROR
+                 "mbedTLS or zlib not found, but required for RTMPS support.")
       return()
     else()
-      message(
+      obs_status(
         WARNING
-          "OBS:    -        mbedTLS or zlib was not found, RTMPS will be auto-disabled"
-      )
+        "mbedTLS or zlib was not found, RTMPS will be automatically disabled.")
       target_compile_definitions(obs-outputs PRIVATE NO_CRYPTO)
     endif()
   else()
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(FTL_FOUND)
   find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  ENABLED    ftl outputs (system ftl-sdk)")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "ftl outputs (system ftl-sdk)")
 
   target_sources(obs-outputs PRIVATE ftl-stream.c)
 
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ if(FTL_FOUND)
 
 elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ftl-sdk/CMakeLists.txt")
   find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  ENABLED    ftl ouputs (bundled ftl-sdk)")
+  obs_status(ENABLED "ftl ouputs (bundled ftl-sdk)")
 
   target_compile_definitions(obs-outputs PRIVATE FTL_STATIC_COMPILE)
 
diff --git a/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ef2fd93f..ee05bdbd8 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 option(ENABLE_QSV11 "Build Intel QSV11 Hardware Encoder." TRUE)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_QSV11)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   obs-qsv11")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "obs-qsv11")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/oss-audio/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/oss-audio/CMakeLists.txt
index 4abad7567..b538cf4db 100644
--- a/plugins/oss-audio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/oss-audio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(oss-audio)
 option(ENABLE_OSS "Enable building with OSS audio support" ON)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_OSS)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   oss-audio")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "oss-audio")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/sndio/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/sndio/CMakeLists.txt
index 843299c21..850f685e3 100644
--- a/plugins/sndio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/sndio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(sndio)
 
 option(ENABLE_SNDIO "Build OBS with sndio support" OFF)
 if(NOT ENABLE_SNDIO)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   sndio")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "sndio")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/text-freetype2/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/text-freetype2/CMakeLists.txt
index fce96cffe..4dda86fb4 100644
--- a/plugins/text-freetype2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/text-freetype2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(text-freetype2)
 option(ENABLE_FREETYPE "Enable FreeType text plugin" ON)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_FREETYPE)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   text-freetype2")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "text-freetype2")
   return()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/plugins/vlc-video/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/vlc-video/CMakeLists.txt
index f93fa2cdd..f1f66c98a 100644
--- a/plugins/vlc-video/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/vlc-video/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ project(vlc-video)
 
 option(ENABLE_VLC "Build OBS with VLC plugin support" ${OS_LINUX})
 if(NOT ENABLE_VLC)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   vlc-video")
-  message(
+  obs_status(DISABLED "vlc-video")
+  obs_status(
     WARNING
-      "VLC plugin supported is not enabled by default - please switch ENABLE_VLC to ON to enable this functionality."
+    "VLC plugin supported is not enabled by default - please switch ENABLE_VLC to ON to enable this functionality."
   )
   return()
 endif()
diff --git a/plugins/win-dshow/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/win-dshow/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d3c095cb..cd38e6013 100644
--- a/plugins/win-dshow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/win-dshow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libdshowcapture/dshowcapture.hpp")
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     FATAL_ERROR
-      "OBS:             libdshowcapture submodule not found! Please fetch submodules. win-dshow plugin disabled."
+    "libdshowcapture submodule not found! Please fetch submodules. win-dshow plugin disabled."
   )
   return()
 endif()
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif()
 option(ENABLE_VIRTUALCAM "Enable building with Virtual Camera (Windows)" ON)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_VIRTUALCAM)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   Windows Virtual Camera")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "Windows Virtual Camera")
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_VIRTUALCAM AND NOT VIRTUALCAM_GUID)
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ target_compile_definitions(
 
 set(VIRTUALCAM_AVAILABLE OFF)
 if(VIRTUALCAM_GUID STREQUAL "")
-  message(
+  obs_status(
     WARNING
-      "OBS:  DISABLED   Windows Virtual Camera - GUID not set - specify as 'VIRTUALCAM_GUID' to enable."
+    "Windows Virtual Camera - GUID not set - specify as 'VIRTUALCAM_GUID' to enable."
   )
 else()
   set(INVALID_GUID ON)
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(INVALID_GUID)
-  message(
-    WARNING "OBS:  DISABLED   Windows Virtual Camera - invalid GUID supplied")
+  obs_status(WARNING "Windows Virtual Camera - invalid GUID supplied")
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(
diff --git a/plugins/win-ivcam/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/win-ivcam/CMakeLists.txt
index b3713a74c..dc3853f5b 100644
--- a/plugins/win-ivcam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/win-ivcam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 option(ENABLE_IVCAM "Enable building with Realsense camera support" OFF)
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_IVCAM)
-  message(STATUS "OBS:  DISABLED   Realsense camera plugin support")
+  obs_status(DISABLED "Realsense camera plugin support")
   return()
 endif()
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ project(win-ivcam)
 find_package(RSSDK REQUIRED)
 
 if(NOT TARGET RSS::SDK)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "OBS:    -        RSSDK not found")
+  obs_status(FATAL_ERROR "win-ivcam -> RSSDK not found.")
 endif()
 
 include(IDLFileHelper)