Event workspace
Keep each race day together
Organize event details, reusable station setup, recording sessions, race boundaries, media edits, and upload items in an event-centered workspace.
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OBS Helper
From green flag to finished race edits, OBS Helper brings the race-day workflow together. A selected event connects OBS recording with race cues and MyRacePass lineup/results data, then carries the recording into a reviewable per-race edit and publishing queue.
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The production challenge
Race day moves faster than the edit desk.
Race identity, timing, lineup and results can change while one continuous recording is running. OBS Helper is designed to keep those event details connected to the recording so the post-event work can begin with useful context already captured.
Built around operator control: starting and stopping the recording, editing selected races, and starting YouTube uploads are distinct actions. The tool keeps the original recording available throughout editing and recovery.
Race-day flow
Move from event setup to a reviewed upload queue.
OBS Helper separates the live capture from the work that follows, while saving the event context needed to pick up later.
01 · PrepareSelect or create an event, check the OBS connection and event feeds, and review the saved edit recipe.
02 · CaptureManually start one continuous OBS recording and capture race and Green Flag cues as the event changes.
03 · ShapeReview race cuts, lineup/results cards, and edit options; process selected races into separate MP4s.
04 · PublishReview video metadata and thumbnails, then explicitly start or retry the event's YouTube upload queue.
Feed availability and YouTube authorization depend on the configured event, station, network, and channel.
Product capabilities
Live context, protected media, and recoverable work.
OBS & race feeds
Connect the recording to race context
Monitor OBS recording state and capture race identity changes from timing data. MyRacePass lineup and results can supply the details for race overlays and generated cards.
Overlays
Keep broadcast graphics close at hand
Install shared OBS browser-source overlays and surface event, race, lineup, results, and ticker information for the configured station.
Race edits
Turn a continuous recording into race videos
Review captured race windows, choose intro/outro rolls and lineup/results cards, then create individual MP4 edits while retaining the original OBS file.
Recovery
Pick up after a disconnect or restart
Persist event and edit state, checkpoint unfinished work, and restore or review recording context after interruption. Incomplete edits remain diagnosable.
Upload queue
Keep publishing an explicit step
Prepare titles, descriptions, privacy, and thumbnails for YouTube. Uploads wait for the operator to start the queue; failed items can be reviewed and retried.
Project scope
A desktop tool shaped around motorsports production.
This page summarizes workflows documented in the OBS Helper project materials. It does not claim that a specific station is connected, that OBS or YouTube integrations are currently available to the public, or that the software has been deployed for customers. External account, network, event-feed, and media conditions affect individual workflows.