Broadcast kit
Free, chromeless browser sources for OBS, vMix, and any other broadcast tool that accepts a URL. No accounts. No watermarks. Transparent backgrounds where it makes sense.
Live dispatch ticker
Scrolling lower-screen ticker showing the most recent dispatches. Channel-colored pips, timestamps, callsigns. Pausable. Transparent background.
/studio/ticker ?channels=flood,tornado · ?speed=slow|medium|fast · ?theme=dark|light Channel scoreboard
Corner overlay showing per-channel active counts. Updates every fifteen minutes with the station rebuild. Useful for situation-awareness streams.
/studio/scoreboard ?channels=all · ?theme=dark|light · ?compact=1 Dispatch lower-third
Broadcast-ready title card for a specific dispatch. Channel-colored rule, wire headline, source callsign, live badge. Drop in when a stream cuts to a specific event.
/studio/lower-third ?event=<dispatch-id> · ?theme=dark|light Hazard map overlay
World or bounded map with active dispatches plotted. Clean basemap, channel-colored glyphs. Good for an establishing shot or a constant corner element.
/studio/map ?bbox=minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat · ?channels=flood,tornado · ?theme=dark Station ident
Fifteen-second scene transition ident. Callsign plate, channel sweep, sign-off line. Use it for stinger transitions between segments.
/studio/station-id ?duration=15 · ?channels=all How to use these in OBS
- Add a Browser source to your scene.
- Paste the Studio URL (above) into the URL field.
- Set width and height to match your scene. Most sources are responsive.
- Set Custom CSS to
body { background: transparent; }if you want a truly transparent overlay. Our chromeless sources already ship with transparent backgrounds. - Enable Refresh browser when scene becomes active so the source picks up the latest rebuild when you cut to it.
License & attribution
All Studio sources are free to use for any broadcast, stream, or embed. Aggregated dispatch metadata is licensed CC0; upstream data retains its original provenance (USGS, NWS, NHC, etc. — see Sources). A link back to theshelterandstorm.com is appreciated but not required.