Padlo’s stream overlay is a transparent web page that draws the live score, made to be dropped into OBS as a browser source. This is the whole setup, from URL to a multi-court tournament.
The score arrives over a live connection from the scoring already happening courtside. Whoever is scoring taps a point on their phone and the overlay changes. Nobody operates the graphics, and that is the point: most small broadcasts fail on staffing, not on cameras.
Setting it up in OBS
Get the overlay URL from your organisation’s scoreboard settings in Padlo Live, then:
- In OBS, add a source to your scene and choose Browser.
- Paste the overlay URL.
- Set the width and height to match your canvas, 1920 by 1080 for a standard broadcast.
- Leave the background transparent. A custom background colour paints over your own video.
- Turn off “Shutdown source when not visible” if you switch scenes, so the overlay does not reconnect on every cut.
Drag the source above your camera in the layer list. That is the setup. If the overlay looks stale after you change settings in Padlo, right-click the source and refresh the cache.
Make it look like your club
The overlay reads its colours and fonts from your organisation settings, so it comes out looking like your club rather than like our product. One legibility note: pick colours with real contrast against a court. The camera exposes for the players, and a subtle overlay in club-brand pastel disappears once the video is compressed. Test on a recording before the event.
There is a “Powered by padlo.co” mark on the overlay. It is small and it stays.
Featured matches and multi-court events
A tournament or league matchday means several courts running at once. Each court gets a named screen showing its own match, so spectators and waiting players can follow every court, and the club decides which match is featured on the main display.
The overlay follows that same featured match. The camera operator moves to court three, someone marks the court three match as featured, and the graphics follow. The OBS scene never changes. Screens, overlay, and public scoreboards all read the same notion of what is happening now.
Sponsor banners and timed breaks
The screens support sponsor banners and timed sponsor breaks, so a sponsor gets scheduled visibility during changeovers instead of a logo nobody looks at. That is the difference between a stream the club pays for and one a local sponsor covers. Set it up before you sell the sponsorship, so you can show what they are buying.
Two notes on the rest of the stream
Put the camera high and behind the baseline glass; padel’s depth is invisible from a low angle. And rehearse once on the actual venue network, overlay included. The tournament day is a bad time to meet the guest wifi.
Availability
Streaming is an organisation-level add-on for clubs and event organisers. If you want to try the overlay before committing, get in touch and we will set you up for the weekend.