Your studio knows two ways to a starting screen. The “starting soon” scene (“Starting-Soon-Szene”) shows a web page, a countdown for instance, and stays on program until you cut to the camera yourself. The fallback scene shows an image, a video or a web page and changes to the camera by itself as soon as its signal has been stable for two seconds.

With the “starting soon” scene: you decide the change

  1. On the “Szenen” (scenes) page, switch the scene on and enter the address of your web page. https only.
  2. Save. If your studio is already running, end it and start it again: the scene only comes in with the start.
  3. Cut to the “starting soon” scene on the desk.
  4. Go on air. Your viewers see the web page.
  5. Start sending in your camera app and check picture and sound on preview.
  6. Cut to the camera when you are ready.

By itself your studio neither changes to this scene nor back from it. The fallback scene's automatic switch does not step in either while the “starting soon” scene is on program.

The web page is only loaded when the scene goes on program. So a countdown begins at that moment. On preview the scene stays dark.

With the fallback scene: the camera decides the change

With the automatic switch and “Auch ohne Zuspieler” (also without a source), your studio shows the fallback scene as long as your camera is not sending yet.

  1. On the “Szenen” page, set up an image or a video, a “starting soon” graphic for instance, or a short loop with music. How that works is in Switching to “be right back” automatically.
  2. Switch on “Automatisch umschalten” (switch automatically) and “Auch ohne Zuspieler” and save.
  3. Start your studio. Your camera is not sending yet.
  4. Wait a few seconds until the fallback is in the program on the desk.
  5. Go on air. Your viewers see the starting screen.
  6. Start sending in your camera app when you are ready. As soon as the signal has been arriving stably for two seconds, the studio cuts to the camera.

So the moment of the change is decided by your camera, not by a click on the desk. That is practical when you are out alone and have only the phone in your hand at the start.

An image or video as a starting screen that you end yourself

The “starting soon” scene always shows a web page. If an image or a video is to stay until you cut yourself, take the fallback scene: cut to it by hand on the desk before you go on air. A cut by hand takes precedence over the automatic switch. The starting screen stays, even if your camera is already sending.

Different screens for start and break

A studio has one “starting soon” scene and one fallback scene. Take the first for “starting soon” and the second for “be right back”. Then you do not have to swap anything after the start.

If you use only the fallback scene, it is starting screen and “be right back” screen in one. Then take a picture that fits both: your logo, your channel name and a sentence such as “The stream continues in a moment” are right before the start and in a dead spot.

What to watch out for

  • Your overlay is not visible on the starting screen. Both scenes stand alone while they are on air. Alerts and chat only appear with the camera.
  • A video begins from its start when the scene goes on air, and runs in a loop. Edit it so that beginning and end fit together.
  • Sound belongs in the file or on the web page. A still image is silent. If music is to play on the starting screen, take a video with an audio track or a web page that plays music.

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