Question / Help Creating a application for scoreboard use in OBS

[JordanSmithPXP]

Hey there everyone! I hope someone knows the answer on how to do this, but i'm looking for a way to create a plugin to use for an all-in-one sports scoreboard application for use in my OBS streams starting this fall. But, I don't know how to create one that I can use for my OBS stream. Does anyone have any ideas or has made an application for scoreboard use?

I already have used Scoreboard+ and things like that. But, I would like to have something that's like Scoreboard+, but with more functionality and better results.

 

[Tomasz Góral]

And what you need ?

 

[J Gerstel]

My advice: automate as much as possible. You can also create a scoreboard in HTML / Javascript and run a local webserver. Then it is just a browser in OBS with that scoreboard. The tricky part is to do the updates and sync the clock (in Basketball / korfball clocks and shotclock are very critical). To be honest, that can not be done manually with any tool. I wrote a webcam app in javascript that you point to the real scoreboard of the sport facility and that grabs the score and time to be used in the "virtual" scoreboard in the OBS livestream. Next to that are the " Admin " tasks if you have to stream multiple matches: how do you quickly update team colors and setup templates for statistics? We solved that with a " config" html/javascript page where you can setup 4 presets to prepare 4 Livestreams, including the stream key to youtube. That means: you prepare the day before and on the Live day you only press the preset button, this will save you a lot of stress when you are under pressure during such live sport events.

 

[JordanSmithPXP]

My advice: automate as much as possible. You can also create a scoreboard in HTML / Javascript and run a local webserver. Then it is just a browser in OBS with that scoreboard. The tricky part is to do the updates and sync the clock (in Basketball / korfball clocks and shotclock are very critical). To be honest, that can not be done manually with any tool. I wrote a webcam app in javascript that you point to the real scoreboard of the sport facility and that grabs the score and time to be used in the "virtual" scoreboard in the OBS livestream. Next to that are the " Admin " tasks if you have to stream multiple matches: how do you quickly update team colors and setup templates for statistics? We solved that with a " config" html/javascript page where you can setup 4 presets to prepare 4 Livestreams, including the stream key to youtube. That means: you prepare the day before and on the Live day you only press the preset button, this will save you a lot of stress when you are under pressure during such live sport events.

Thank you for the advice! I'll try this and see how it works with our broadcasts. I'll let you know how it works.