LiveDeck: Live Video Switcher

Cameras in, one show out. LiveDeck turns a phone or tablet into a multicam live switcher and video mixer for live production — with the outputs a real switcher has, plus a Stream Deck module, a control API, a browser remote, and remote hosts joining from the same app on their own phone.

Put hosts on air from anywhere: a second phone in Satellite mode becomes a camera, and you talk to its presenter over talkback while the show streams to NDI and to Facebook, YouTube or Twitch. They see tally, your messages and the countdown; the audience only hears the show.

STUDIO MODE — the mixer

SOURCES
• NDI and NDI|HX cameras and sources on your network, found automatically or by IP address
• The device's own cameras, screen share, stills, video loops, text cards and a test pattern
• Satellites: another phone or tablet running LiveDeck — Android, iPhone or iPad — sends its camera over Wi‑Fi or the internet
• Guests: invite a remote guest with a link; they see the program and hear the show in a green room until you put them on air

MIX
• Tap-to-cue layouts: full screen, PiP, splits and multi-box, with per-slot audio
• Transitions: cut, dissolve, slides, wipes, pushes and more
• Skins: clock, countdown, ticker, lower thirds and messages over the program
• Animated skins: GIFs and animated text such as "Subscribe now" or "Next up", on a button under the Program monitor
• Audio mixer with faders, mute, solo, follow-program and lip-sync delays
• Auto switch-away to another layout when the on-air source drops
• Four Studio looks: Liquid Glass, Calm Canvas, Control Surface and Floating Islands

OUTPUTS
• NDI output to any receiver on the network
• RTMP streaming to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch or your own server
• Recording to the device or a network drive (SMB)
• HLS and RTMP pull servers for other apps
• Program on the big screen with LiveDeck on Android TV and Apple TV
• 720p or 1080p, landscape or portrait

CONTROL
• Web remote from any browser on the same network
• Control API with a live docs page, plus a Bitfocus Companion module for Stream Deck
• Crew: every satellite and guest in one list with a live preview, hold to talk, chat and quick cues — the stream doesn't hear you
• Camera controls slide out from Program: flip, zoom and torch for phones, pan, tilt and presets for PTZ cameras
• Messages, tally and countdown on every satellite's screen
• Run a Show: intro, rundown and outro for non-technical operators
• Twelve languages, right-to-left included, picked from your device's language

SATELLITE MODE — multicam from the phones you already have

One install, two roles: open LiveDeck on a second phone or tablet and choose Satellite instead of Studio. Nothing else to buy or download.
• Send your CAMERA to the Studio over Wi‑Fi or the internet, in full quality, with a zoom control the operator can drive from the mixer
• Or send your SCREEN instead — a slide deck, a game, a demo — with one tap on the Screen tab
• Or send a TEST pattern while you line the show up
• Chat and talkback: the operator speaks to you live and sends written messages; you can write back, and the audience hears none of it
• One clear status pill: SENDING, STANDBY, ON PROGRAM or ON AIR, plus the countdown to your segment
• Join as a guest with an invite link and sit in a green room until the operator puts you on air

WHAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY
• No hardware switcher, encoder box or capture card — the device is your live switcher, encoder and streamer
• No control-surface software: the Companion module and control API are free
• No second app for guests: Satellite mode is built in
• No matching hardware: Android, iPad and iPhone all work together

Receiving, mixing and monitoring are free. Free-tier outputs carry a small watermark and stop after 5 minutes. LiveDeck Pro removes both: a 3-day free trial on monthly and yearly plans, or a one-time lifetime purchase.

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