Stage Display
Stage Display serves a local-network web page showing live show state. Any device with a browser can connect. No separate app is required.
Requires the Venue licence tier or above.
Enabling Stage Display
- Open Preferences → Stage Display.
- Turn Enable Stage Display on.
- Use the Copy URL icon to copy the address shown there, for example
http://192.168.1.10:8080. - Use the QR code icon if you want phones or tablets to join quickly.
- Open that URL on any device on the same Wi-Fi or wired network.
Putting it on a screen
Stage Display is just a web page, so you can drive a screen any way you like:
- Straight off the Mac (HDMI). Plug a monitor into the Mac and toggle Stage Display onto it with ⇧⌘D (or pick the display in Preferences → Stage Display). It always opens on an extended display — it never takes over your main operating screen. If no second display is attached, the shortcut does nothing.
- Any browser. Open the URL on a phone, tablet, dressing-room monitor, or foyer screen.
- Digital-signage players. Point a signage player at the URL — BrightSign, ScreenCloud, Yodeck, OptiSigns, a Raspberry Pi, Apple TV, or a Samsung/LG smart display all work.
What the page shows
| Element | Source |
|---|---|
| Show name or venue logo | Project Settings |
| Current lighting cue | Console OSC |
| Elapsed time since last cue | Auto-calculated |
| Current media cue | QLab OSC |
| Wall clock | Mac system time |
| LTC timecode | Audio LTC input |
| REC status | Recording state |
| Live camera feed | MJPEG stream |
| Show State — Preshow / Act / Interval / Total | Lighting cues + project timing |
Display options
In Preferences → Stage Display you can control:
- title mode, including show name, custom text, or logo,
- visibility for cue number, cue name, LTC, media cue, recording state, elapsed time, and the Show State pill,
- accent colour,
- branding visibility.
Mask
Use Mask On or the OSC command /showrevue/mask/on to cover the output with a BLOCKED screen.
Use Mask Off or /showrevue/mask/off to restore the live view.
Live messages
Stage Display can display full-screen operator messages:
- from the message controls inside ShowRevue,
- or through OSC,
- including preset calls such as house open, places, interval, and hold states.
Messaging page
The /messaging URL on the same host opens a dedicated operator control panel — preset stage management calls, output mask, custom messages, and manual show state control. See Stage Display Messaging for full details.
Network notes
- Stage Display uses plain HTTP.
- If other devices cannot connect, confirm macOS allows incoming connections on the configured Stage Display port.
- The MJPEG stream endpoint is
/stream.mjpeg. The main page loads it automatically.