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We’re keen to let you use Rundown Studio wherever you need it - whether that’s on tablets, monitors, video production multiviews or even on your phone.
While some screens have space for lots of information, others don’t - that’s why we’ve built custom outputs for use wherever you need them.
Generate output
Get started by using the Rundown menu to open the Generate Output modal.
Default layouts
Choose between the “List” and “Single cue” and “Prompter” style depending on your needs and destination of the output.
- List: List of upcoming cues - think of it as a simplified version of the rundown.
- Single cue: Current active rundown cue taking up the whole output.
- Prompter: Smooth scrolling text. Learn how to use our prompter here.
Switching between layouts
The “List” output is a good way to show your entire rundown on a tablet or even on a video production multi-view.
Show columns
The “List” and “Script” output also allow you to show a column - useful for certain team members to see relevant information.
Output messages
You can send a text message to any output without touching the rundown itself. Use it for live cues to talent or the team - “Wrap up”, “Stretch - extra 2 min”, “Hand over to host” - and it appears on the output instantly.
Style the message with bold or underline and choose between white or red text color so it stands out on screen. Toggle Show/Hide to bring the message on and off the output without losing what you’ve typed.
This is useful in environments without talkback, or when you simply want to make sure everyone watching the output is reading the same instruction.
From the public API
Output messages are also available on our public API. You can set the message text, show/hide/toggle it, and control color, bold and underline programmatically - useful for Stream Deck buttons, Companion modules, or any custom integration.
Advanced output config options
Outputs can be heavily customized to suit your use-case with the advanced config options. These can all be written into the config editor and used to show/hide/adapt all the elements within the output.
Breakdown of the list output
Here’s a breakdown of the list-style output detailing the important terms and areas that can be adjusted.
Breakdown of the single cue output
Here’s a breakdown of the single cue-style output detailing the important terms and areas that can be adjusted.
Setting an option
Options are added to the end of the output URL, separated by &:
https://rundownstudio.app/output/...&titles=off&cue-numbers=offValues must match exactly. An option that defaults to on is only turned off by the literal value off - titles=0 or titles=false will leave it switched on. Likewise, an option that defaults to off is only turned on by the literal value on.
Config options
rundown-title
Show or hide the main title of your rundown.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
logo
Show, hide or replace the logo on the output. Enter any URL to an image hosted online to add your own custom logo.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off,[url]
time-of-day
Show or hide the time of day within the output header section.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
cue-timer
This will show/hide the current cue timer in the header.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
over-under
Show or hide the over/under count.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
progress-bar
Show or hide the large progress bar.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
last-five-seconds
Show or hide the last five seconds indicator from the output.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
mirror
Mirror the output in vertical and/or horizontal. Both can be applied simultaneously.
- Default:
off - Options:
off,vertical,horizontal
cue-background-colors
Show or hide the background colors for each of the cues.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
start-times
Show or hide the start times for each cue.
- Default:
off - Options:
on,off
end-times
Show or hide the end times for each cue.
- Default:
off - Options:
on,off
cue-numbers (“List” layout only)
Show or hide the index numbers on cues. This covers cues, groups and the numbering on nested group children (1, 1.2).
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
titles (“List” layout only)
Show or hide cue and group titles.
Heading cues are nothing but a title, so setting this to off removes heading rows entirely rather than leaving an empty coloured bar behind.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
subtitles (“List” layout only)
Show or hide the subtitle shown under a cue title.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
durations (“List” layout only)
Show or hide the duration of each cue.
This clears the duration column completely - both the planned duration on inactive cues and the running timer on the active cue. Combining durations=off with cue-timer=off leaves no running clock anywhere on the output.
- Default:
on - Options:
on,off
header-position
Place the header at the top or bottom of the rundown output.
- Default:
top - Options:
top,bottom
background-color
Choose the background color of the output. Use transparent when combining with software switchers.
- Default:
black - Options:
transparent, any HEX value or HTML color name.
large-time-of-day (“Single cue” layout only)
Show a large time of day indicator under the elapsed cue time.
- Default:
off - Options:
on,off
next-cue (“Single cue” layout only)
Shows the next cue details at the bottom of the output.
- Default:
off - Options:
on,off
layout
This will switch between different types of pre-set layouts.
- Default:
list - Options:
list,single,prompter