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Everything from break-off to broadcast.

Short, practical guides for referees, club managers and streamers. Start with your first match — most people are scoring within two minutes.

OBS Overlay & Broadcasting

Using a phone as your OBS camera

Free up to 1080p — 1440p and 4K require Pro

Turn any phone into a table camera for your stream. Open Phone camera from your Hub, scan the QR code with the phone, and add the matching link to OBS. The video goes straight from the phone to the OBS computer, tuned for a snooker table: a high bitrate so cushion lines and small balls stay sharp, and resolution kept steady instead of going soft when the network gets busy.

Set it up

  1. On your Hub, tap Phone camera. Each camera has a QR code, a phone link and an OBS link.
  2. Scan the QR code with the phone, turn it sideways, point it at the table and tap Start camera.
  3. In OBS, add a Browser source, paste the OBS link, and set Width 1920 and Height 1080 (3840 × 2160 for 4K).
  4. If you send table sound, tick Control audio via OBS on that source.
  5. Put the SnookerFlow scoreboard overlay above it in your scene (see Adding the overlay to OBS).

The OBS link for a camera never changes, so you only set the source up once. It reconnects on its own if the phone reloads or the Wi-Fi drops. Tap Add camera for a second angle, or Preview here to check the picture before you open OBS.

Quality settings on the phone

  • Resolution — 720p to 4K. Up to 1080p is free; 1440p and 4K are on Pro.
  • Frame rate — 30 or 60 fps.
  • Bitrate — 12 Mbps is the recommended setting on Wi-Fi.
  • When the network struggles, keep — the sharpest picture (the default), a balance, or the smoothest motion.
  • Send table sound — adds the phone microphone to the stream.
  • Zoom and Lock focus & exposure — on phones whose browser supports them (most Android phones in Chrome). Locking stops the picture pulsing brighter and darker when players walk past.

A line under the phone preview shows what is actually being sent (resolution, frame rate, Mbps and codec) and says what is holding the quality back, if anything.

Tips for a sharp picture

  • Keep the phone and the OBS computer on the same Wi-Fi network.
  • Keep the phone plugged in; streaming video drains a battery fast.
  • Mount the phone landscape and turn off rotation lock.
  • 4K and 60 fps depend on the phone. If the preview line shows less than you chose, try another lens or a lower frame rate.
The phone and OBS connect directly to each other, so they usually need to be on the same network. A phone on mobile data may not connect.

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