LiveDeck

Turn Apple TV into a studio or a big Program monitor. Mix on iPhone or iPad, and control it from any browser, Stream Deck or API.

Why buy a switcher, an encoder and a rack of control gear when the devices you already own can do all of it, and more?

LiveDeck turns an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV into a multi-camera vision mixer for live production, with the outputs a real switcher has and things the hardware does not: a Stream Deck and a control API, a browser remote, and remote hosts joining from the same app on their own phone.

iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV: any one of them mixes the show. The others become cameras, screens and remotes. Apple TV can also just watch a Studio's Program on the big screen.

STUDIO MODE: the mixer

SOURCES • NDI cameras and sources on your network; weak links drop to preview quality rather than stall • The device's own cameras, screen share, stills, video loops and text cards • Satellites: another device running LiveDeck sends its camera over Wi‑Fi or the internet • Guests join from an invite link and wait in a green room

MIX • Tap-to-cue layouts: full screen, PiP, splits and multi-box, with per-slot audio and PTZ • Transitions: cut, dissolve, slides, wipes, pushes and more • Skins over the Program: clock, countdown, ticker, lower thirds, messages and 50+ animated designs, in any colour • Your logo on the Program • Audio mixer with faders, mute, solo, follow-program and lip-sync delay • Automatic switch-away when the on-air source drops • Scoreboard for any sport, kept up to date from a scorer page on a second phone • Fundraiser total, goal bar and thank-you messages, updated from a treasurer page

GO LIVE • One Go Live button starts everything you ticked: NDI output, a stream and a recording • Streaming to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or your own RTMP server • Recording to the device or a network share • HLS and RTMP pull servers; 720p or 1080p, landscape or portrait

CONTROL • Talkback to satellite hosts while you stream; the stream doesn't hear it • Run a Show: a guided setup, then START and NEXT for non-technical operators

SATELLITE MODE: the same app, on everyone else's device • Send your camera or your screen to the Studio over Wi‑Fi or the internet • Chat and talkback with the operator; the audience hears none of it • See tally, the countdown to your segment and the Studio's Program while you wait • A full-quality backup recording on the satellite, sent to the Studio after the show

CONTROL FROM ANYWHERE, AND THE BIG SCREEN • Web remote: run the whole show from any browser on the network • Stream Deck: a free Bitfocus Companion module puts takes, skins and outputs on its keys • Control API with a live docs page • Apple TV as a Program monitor: any NDI source, such as a Studio's Program, fills the TV with its sound • Apple TV as the Studio itself: the mixer runs on the Apple TV, Program goes out over HDMI

WHAT YOU NEED • Studio runs best on an iPad with an M1 chip or newer, an iPhone 14 or newer, or a Mac: 1080p by default, with several cameras, recording and streaming • Older iPads and some older iPhones start Studio at 720p, best with one or two cameras; 1080p is still there to choose • Satellite (sending one camera): almost any recent iPhone or iPad • Apple TV HD or 4K with tvOS 17 or later; as a Studio it starts at 720p • A good Wi‑Fi network matters as much as the device

No switcher, encoder box, capture card or control software to buy, and no second app for guests.

In 12 languages, following your device's language.

Receiving, mixing and monitoring are free. Outputs on the free tier carry a small watermark and stop after 5 minutes. LiveDeck Pro removes both, with a free trial on monthly and yearly plans, or a one-time lifetime purchase.

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