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Stage Display

Preferences → Stage Display

Stage Display is a Production-level feature.

What it is, and what the crew sees: Stage Display. This page is the tab.

Connection​

  • Port (default 8080) + Apply, with a live Listening on :8080 status and a count of connected devices.
  • Automatically accept new screens. On, any screen on the network that opens the link goes live straight away. Off, a new screen waits on a holding page and appears in the Displays list as Pending until you approve it. Approval sticks to that screen across reconnects.
  • Host Interface. Automatic (All Interfaces), or a specific NIC. Changing it restarts the server.
  • Access URLs. Copy, open, or show a QR code for each. The Messaging Controls URL is the operator's page for sending messages to the crew.

Displays​

A per-screen roster. Each row is one browser (a stable id from its cookie, not just an IP), so the same tablet keeps its identity across reconnects. Per screen you can:

  • Name it ("Green Room", "SM Desk") and press ID to flash its short number on the physical monitor.
  • Approve or Block it when auto-accept is off. Blocked screens sit in a separate list with an Unblock button.
  • Set what that screen shows, and whether it makes a sound. Chime, speak and show-audio relay each need the screen tapped once first to unlock audio.

The Display settings below are the defaults for new screens; any of them can be overridden per screen from this list.

Display​

Choose what's on screen: Top-left content (Show Name / Custom Text / a transparent PNG. The Show Logo from Project Settings), then toggle cue number, cue name, LTC timecode, media server cue, REC status, elapsed time and Show State.

Display scale (0.5×–2×) sizes the whole output for the screen it's on, and Message text size (0.5×–3×) scales the paging message text (calls, GO, custom messages). Hide SHOWREVUE branding removes the wordmark, and needs the top tier.

Secondary Display​

Mirror to display puts Stage Display full-screen on an extended display. A clean front-of-house or director monitor with the live camera, current cue and operator messages. Only extended displays are offered; the Mac's own screen is deliberately excluded.

⇧⌘D toggles it. If the display is unplugged the window closes; the LAN server keeps running.