Go Live

Go Live is how you launch your show in FloSync. In its default fullscreen mode, it creates fullscreen windows on each connected screen and starts playing your content: videos play in sync, images display immediately, and web pages render live. Controller mode, covered below, plays the same show without opening fullscreen windows.

Entering Go Live #

Click the Go Live button in the playback controls bar at the bottom of the composer window.

Go Live

The button shows a dropdown with options whenever you have a schedule configured, or whenever FloSync isn't connected to network sync as a client:

The plain button, with no dropdown, appears only when FloSync is connected as a client with no schedule configured.

Controller Mode #

Controller mode is designed for scenarios where you're operating a remote video wall from a laptop or control station. It appears in the Go Live dropdown on any machine that isn't connected to network sync as a client; choosing it starts network sync as a server automatically if it isn't one already.

How it works:

• Content plays in the composer's screen boxes instead of fullscreen windows
• Clients receive identical network sync broadcasts and can't tell the difference
• All controls remain active: play/pause, scrub, timeline, scene navigation
• For interval mode, scene cards become clickable to switch scenes instantly

When to use it:

• Operating a trade show video wall from a control booth
• Running remote displays while keeping your laptop screen available
• Testing network sync without creating local fullscreen windows
• Live performances where you need to see and control the show

Visual indicators:

• Status bar shows "Live (Controller)" with an orange indicator
• Stop button shows "Stop Controller" in orange

During Live Mode #

Once you go live in fullscreen mode:

• Fullscreen windows appear on each connected screen, on top of every other window
• The mouse cursor is hidden by default on fullscreen windows
• Moving the mouse reveals the cursor temporarily
• The cursor auto-hides again shortly after inactivity
• Clicking on a fullscreen window exits live mode
• The status bar updates to show live status and the current scene name; in Time-of-Day mode, it also shows the time remaining until the next scene

Note: The composer's timeline and play/pause controls stay active behind the fullscreen windows, but the fullscreen windows sit on top of everything else on screen, so in practice you won't see or reach them while live is running. Use the keyboard controls below, or stop live to return to the composer.

Keyboard Controls #

During live mode with interval scheduling, you can navigate between scenes manually:

These controls work regardless of whether the current scene is timed or a cue scene. You can also use a MIDI controller for controller-based scene triggering.

Scene Transitions #

In Interval mode, when transitioning between scenes (whether by timer, keyboard, or MIDI):

1. The screen smoothly fades to black
2. The next scene's content is loaded
3. The screen fades back in with the new content playing
4. The status bar updates to show the new scene name

The fade transition takes about 1 second total (fade out, load, fade in).

Time-of-Day mode uses the same fade transition. The status bar updates to show the new scene name and the time remaining until the next scene.

Wait for Videos #

Each scene has a Wait for Videos option, available from the scene's context menu or as a checkbox in the scene editor ("Wait until videos finish before transitioning"). It only holds the transition when the scene's video is using Seamless looping, which requires an MP4 or MOV file: with Seamless active, scene transitions wait for the current video to finish before fading out, so content is never cut off mid-play. On Standard looping, or with a video that doesn't qualify for Seamless, the transition happens immediately instead of waiting.

How it works:

1. Videos loop normally during the scene
2. When a transition is triggered (by timer, keyboard, or MIDI), FloSync waits for the video to reach the end of its current play-through
3. The fade transition begins just before the video ends

When to use it:

• Videos have important endings that shouldn't be cut off
• You want clean transitions at natural video breakpoints
• Content has closing animations or calls-to-action at the end

Note: Wait for Videos applies to the scene you're leaving, not the scene you're entering. The option on Scene 1 controls what happens when transitioning away from Scene 1.

Exiting Live Mode #

Three ways to exit:

• Press ESC in any fullscreen window
• Click anywhere on a fullscreen window
• In Controller mode, where the control panel stays visible instead of going fullscreen, click the stop button, labeled Stop Controller

Auto Go Live #

FloSync can automatically go live when the app launches, with a 15-second countdown you can cancel, making it ideal for digital signage that needs to start playing after a power outage or system restart. Configure this in Startup Settings in Preferences.

Related #

• Scheduling: time-of-day and interval scene rotations
• MIDI: controller-based scene triggering with MIDI controllers
• Display Modes: how Independent, Mirrored, and Spanned modes behave during Go Live
• Network Sync: synchronizing playback across multiple computers