TV and Photofinish Management Screen¶
Photofinish¶
Photofinish and chip timing integrations are accessed from the TV and Photofinish management page, where you'll see options for Alge, Lynx, Seiko, Swiss Timing, TimeTronics, Race Results, and RaceTec.
If you're a timing company or photofinish operator with a system we don't support, get in touch.
TV Console¶
About¶
OpenTrack’s TV Console allows you to seamlessly add overlays to your broadcast of a competition, and provide your audience with key information live throughout the competition such as timetables, start lists, live results and team scoring.
How it works¶
The TV Console draws live data from OpenTrack’s competition management system, allowing you to display up-to-date start lists and live results on livestream broadcasts or large stadium screens.
The console can easily be shared to streaming software such as OBS or vMix using remote screen-sharing.
OBS instruction manual
vMix instruction manual
Features¶
Menu & info bar¶
The TV console can be controlled using the menu & info bar at the top of the screen.
The menu can be used to set up before your broadcast starts, with most features also being bound to keyboard inputs to allow you to control the console while broadcasting.
The info bar will display live updates on results as they come in, as well as currently selected event.
Display of the menu and info bar can be toggled by pressing Z.
Selecting a meeting¶
You can launch the TV console directly from the competition management screens using the “launch TV console” button. This will give you a bespoke URL with your competition data pre-loaded.
Alternatively you can use the “get meeting list” menu item and search for your competition directly from the TV console. (The meeting list year can be changed in the settings menu).
Event Selection¶
Once you have loaded the competition, a list of the events will be displayed in the event selection menu. You can select events from this menu and the relevant event data will be loaded in the background ready for you to display (e.g. start list or result).
Your current event selection will be updated in the info bar.
During the broadcast, you can switch between events using:
. (full stop) - Previous event
/ (forward slash) - Next event
On screen displays¶
There are several option for on screen displays which can be brought up using the displays menu, or using the following keyboard shortcuts:
T - Timetable - Show/hide timetable of events
B - Scores - Show/hide team scores screen
L - Logo - Show/hide customisable logo
S - Start List - Show/hide start list for the currently selected event
R - Results - Show/hide results for the currently selected event
G - Gold/Silver/Bronze Medals - Show/hide podium with top 3 athletes for currently selected event
If a timetable, start list, or results display has more items than fit on one page, you can scroll through the pages using the up and down arrow keys.
The start list and results displays will show the data from the currently selected event. You can move to the next event while this display is still showing and the next event’s data will load automatically.
The scores screen allows you to display the results of the scoring for your event, scoring type is specified in your competition's MANAGE > SCORING page where you can set the Scoring System.
The look and feel of these displays (including the logo) can be customised within the TV console section of the competition management system.
Clock¶
The clock can be displayed on screen, started, stopped, or reset using the timer menu, or by using the keyboard shortcuts:
C - show/hide clock
N - start clock
M - stop clock
, (comma) - reset clock
The name of the currently selected event will be displayed on the clock, so make sure you have selected the relevant event before bringing the clock on display.
TV Console Settings¶
API mode¶
API mode can be set to LIVE or TEST data. This selects whether the TV console is loading data from OpenTrack’s live server or test server.
It will default to LIVE, and this should be used during a live competition, but you can set it to TEST to practice with a test version of your competition in advance.
You can double check this setting in the dev tools console which will display:
KEY= 2b94ba526eda8332e32a (for LIVE)
KEY= 62fbd6418ed94ae09473 (for TEST)
Competition search filters¶
These settings relate to the “get meeting list” search for loading competition data:
Country - Identify the relevant country of the competition.
Year - Identify the relevant year the competition is run in.
Language - For competitions in places like Cyprus where some names have special characters.
Transitions and animations¶
Transitions - Smooth transitions between different frames shown
Screen cursor - Hide cursor whilst on the screen so people cannot see it in the broadcast
Live data pop-ups¶
Show latest jump/throw - Automatically display the latest field event results as they are updated in the bottom left corner of the screen
Auto-display track results - Automatically display the latest track event results once they have been updated on the OpenTrack competition page (useful for stadium screens)
You can double check these settings in the dev tools console which will display:
pusher tracking fieldevents = true/false
pusher tracking trackevents = true/false
Background settings¶
Show blank background = Display a monochromatic colour as the background
Background colour = select the background colour using RGB, HSL or HEX values or using the colour picker. This colour can then be removed from the broadcast using your choice of streaming software.
Keyboard Shortcuts¶
| Key | Affects | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Z | Menu and info bar | Show/hide the menu and info bar |
| T | Timetable | Show/hide the competition timetable |
| B | Scores | Show/hide the team scores screen |
| L | Logo | Show/hide custom logo |
| S | Start List | Show/hide start list for currently selected event |
| R | Results | Show/hide results for currently selected event |
| G | Medal Display | Show/hide medal display for currently selected event |
| ↑ | Pagination | Previous page in timetable, start list, or results |
| ↓ | Pagination | Next page in timetable, start list, or results |
| C | Clock | Show/hide clock |
| N | Clock | Start clock |
| M | Clock | Stop clock |
| , | Clock | Reset clock |
| . | Event selection | Previous event |
| / | Event selection | Next event |