Control OBS graphics from your phone or tablet
The panel on your PC is the right tool for preparing a show. During the show you are often somewhere else — at the commentary desk, behind a camera, on stage. This guide turns a phone or tablet into a remote for your OBS graphics, with nothing to install from an app store.
What the remote does
The remote is a web page served by CueFinch on your PC. It has three tabs: Keys — every graphic as a button, red while it is on air; Match — score, goals, the clock, quick events and both line-ups; Rundown — tap an item to take it, or step to the next one. A clear all button sits at the bottom.
Every tap is carried out by the Live page on the PC, so the phone and the PC never disagree about the score.
Pairing — step by step
- Connect the phone to the same Wi-Fi network as the streaming PC.
- In CueFinch open Prep → Connections. If the API is off, press Generate key and turn on.
- Scan the QR code on the Remote card with the phone camera. The remote opens already paired.
- On iPhone use Share → Add to Home Screen, on Android Add to home screen: the remote then opens full-screen from its own icon.
- Keep the Live page open on the PC while you work.
Inside OBS as a dock
The same remote fits in an OBS dock, so the operator who runs OBS does not need a second window. In OBS choose Docks → Custom Browser Docks, paste the dock address shown on the Remote card, and the buttons sit next to your scenes and sources. The layout is built to work at 300 pixels wide.
Running a match from the commentary desk
The Match tab is laid out for one hand. Tap goal for either side, start and stop the clock, or open a line-up and tap a player for a goal, a card or a substitution — the score bug, the clock and the event strap update together. It is the easiest way to commentate and operate at the same time.
If the phone cannot connect
- The page does not open. The phone is on a different network — guest Wi-Fi and mobile data cannot reach your PC. Join the same network.
- Still nothing on the same network. Windows Firewall is blocking port 5275. The installer adds a rule for private networks; if your network is marked public, change it to private or allow the port.
- “Live panel is closed”. Open the Live page on the PC.
- “Pairing needed”. The API key was regenerated. Scan the QR code again.
Take the panel with you. Download the free beta, scan one QR code and run your graphics from the desk.
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