How to Set Up ScoreBird with vMix

vMix is professional live production software used by athletic departments that run multi-camera setups, instant replay, and full broadcast productions. If your school uses vMix, adding ScoreBird live score overlays is straightforward — and there are two ways to do it.

Option 1: Browser Source (Recommended for Most Schools)

The quickest and most reliable integration method. Add your ScoreBird overlay URL as a Web Browser input in vMix and layer it over your video sources.

Step-by-Step Setup

Step 1: Get your overlay URL

Log into your ScoreBird dashboard and navigate to Overlays. Select the sport you're broadcasting and copy the browser source URL.

Step 2: Add a Web Browser input in vMix

1. In vMix, click Add Input
2. Select Web Browser
3. In the URL field, paste your ScoreBird overlay URL
4. Set the resolution to 1920×1080 (full HD) or match your production resolution
5. Click OK

Your ScoreBird overlay will appear as a new input in vMix's input row.

Step 3: Add to your production as an overlay layer

In vMix, overlays are layered on top of your active video source. To set this up:

1. Click on your primary video input (your camera) to make it active in Preview
2. Right-click the ScoreBird Web Browser input
3. Select Overlay → Overlay 1 (or whichever overlay channel you want to use)

The ScoreBird overlay will appear on top of your camera feed in the vMix output.

Step 4: Toggle the overlay on/off

vMix overlay channels can be toggled on and off during production. You can fade the overlay in at the start of the game and out during halftime if you prefer a clean break.

The overlay updates automatically as your scoreboard changes — no interaction needed during the game.

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Option 2: Native Title Integration (Advanced)

vMix supports data-driven title templates that pull live information from external sources. ScoreBird can feed live data directly into vMix GT title templates, allowing you to use custom-designed score graphics that are native to your vMix production.

This method requires vMix GT title design experience. If you have a custom vMix title template for scores, contact ScoreBird support to configure the data connection.

For most school broadcast programs, Option 1 (browser source) produces equivalent visual results without the template design overhead.

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Sport-Specific Configuration

Different sports require different overlay URLs. In your ScoreBird dashboard, you'll find separate overlay URLs for each sport you broadcast. Make sure you're using the correct sport overlay in your vMix input — a basketball overlay on a football game will show the wrong fields.

Seasonal switching: At the end of one sport season, you can either:

• Update the URL in your existing Web Browser input to the new sport's overlay URL
• Create a new Web Browser input for each sport and switch between them as needed

The second approach is cleaner for schools that broadcast multiple sports and want to switch quickly between them during a complex game night.

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Multi-Camera vMix Productions

If you're running multiple cameras in vMix, the ScoreBird overlay sits at the top of your output composite — above all camera sources. When you switch between cameras, the overlay stays visible. This is the correct behavior for a score overlay.

If you have cut points (commercials, halftime slates, interview segments) where you want to remove the score overlay, use vMix's overlay toggle controls to fade it out and back in.

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Using vMix with NFHS Network or Boxcast

vMix can output to any RTMP destination, including NFHS Network and Boxcast. Your ScoreBird overlay composited in vMix goes out through your RTMP stream — viewers on NFHS Network or Boxcast see your vMix production output, including the live score.

You don't need a separate ScoreBird configuration for NFHS Network or Boxcast when you're using vMix as your production software — the overlay is baked into your vMix output.

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Troubleshooting

Web Browser input isn't loading:

• Confirm the ScoreBird overlay URL is correct
• Check that your streaming computer has internet access (vMix's Web Browser input requires network access to load the URL)
• Right-click the Web Browser input and select Restart to reload it

Overlay is showing but not updating:

• Confirm NeST is connected (check your ScoreBird dashboard for NeST status)
• Restart the Web Browser input in vMix

Overlay is positioned incorrectly:

• The browser source renders at your specified resolution (1920×1080). If your overlay appears in the wrong position, adjust the overlay's scale and position using vMix's transform controls.

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vMix's multi-camera capability combined with ScoreBird's automated scoring gives school broadcast programs a production-level workflow without production-level staffing. The overlay handles itself; your operator can focus on camera switching and audio mixing.