Producer guest allows you to invite external guests to contribute to your live broadcast. Guests can run the Producer Guest on a browser on their computer to share their audio and video as well as live chat with all guests.
Adding a guest
Select ADD SOURCE on the right-hand side of the LAYERS.
Select INVITE GUEST
Input TITLE and BROADCAST NAME
Set the INCOMING TALKBACK MODE
Toggle on/off the AUDIO PROCESSING settings
Select the ADD SOURCE tab in red
Select SHARE THE STREAM with your guest
Set the DYNAMIC TRANSITION
Copy the GUEST INVITE LINK and send it to your guest
Select START STREAMING
Once the SOURCE is selected, the PRODUCER GUEST feature will go live and
Supported types
Other Guests - allowing talent and crew to talk to each other
Intercom Sources - allowing talent and crew to talk to each other
Program return - allows Guests users to watch the program output from Producer
Source return - allows Guests users to watch source ISO feeds from Producer (RTMP/SRT/Zixi/RIST/RTP)
Guest screen shares - allows Guests to see screen shares from other users
Multi Guest
Multi-Person Commentary - two or more users can see and talk to each other while viewing the Program return from the Control Room and contributing their commentary back.
Presenters / Casters / Talking heads - multiple presenters can now chat with each other on-air while the Producer captures them individually as sources
Talkback - multi-party chat between the production crew joining as a guest and the talents
Green Room - all guests can chat with each off-air
Pinning - any video can be pinned to the big screen
Multiple layouts - button in the top middle of the screen allows users to choose between a Single screen and Split Screen.
Audio (Volume controls) - all other guests and Program have sound on by default, but users can still selectively increase/ decrease or mute the audio of a given source.
Bottom bar - on the bottom bar of Guest are all the shared videos, and the name of the guest (display name from Producer). If a guest is not currently streaming it shows as offline.
Guest Chat - all guests can send simple messages/requests to the crew while talking on air
✅ Tip: Producer Guest is now able to do Screen sharing. Participants can now bring in and control content such as pictures and presentations from their own laptops. For more information please visit this page.
✅ Tip: Volume control settings within the Guest UI are not persistent, hence if you reload the page the volumes will return to the default levels.
Advanced Monitoring and Remote Control
In this section, you can see the status of the guest's microphone, camera and screen sharing as well as system information and browser permission.
Functionalities
Feature | Description |
Status Section | Shows the connection status and the current page of the Guest. Initially displays "Currently on the landing page", which changes to "Currently Streaming" when the Guest starts streaming. |
Microphone | - Device: The selected microphone. |
Camera | - Device: The selected camera. |
Screen Sharing | Shows if the Guest is currently sharing their screen. |
System Information | Displays system details like: |
Browser Permissions | Displays whether the Guest has granted access to the camera and microphone. |
Permission Status (First Time) | Initially, the status shows "Not Accepted" in red when the Guest opens the link for the first time or in a new browser. |
Permission Accepted | The status updates when the Guest presses Accept for camera and microphone permissions. |
Permission Turned Off | Displays when the Guest actively disables the permissions. |
Remote Control | Tools to remotely fix setup mistakes: |
Remote Unmute | Allows you to remotely unmute the Guest if they accidentally hit mute in the interface. |
Change Microphone/Camera | Enables you to change the Guest's selected microphone or camera to correct setup issues. This will cause a brief reconnection. |
Audio Processing | The three built-in audio processors (noise suppression, automatic gain control, echo cancellation) can be turned off to address setup issues, such as audio return bleeding. |
Disabling Audio Processors | Can be done in the sidebar or the "Monitoring and Remote Control" tab. Settings take effect after the Guest reconnects, refreshes, or changes their camera/microphone. |
Guest Chat
Guest Chat can be accessed from the Guest window after joining with a link and allows for:
Guest to send simple messages/requests to the crew while talking on air
Crew to send messages/feedback to talent in a less distracting way
Crew to send persistent information to talent such as stats or other information about a match or event
📕 Note: Messages sent will be delivered to other Guest users based on the same sharing rules that control which other users can see or hear you. Any Guest user who can see and hear another Guest will receive their messages.
📕 Note: A short history of 15 messages is stored in the control room and will be retained if guests refresh or leave the page. Older messages will be lost when the window is closed. Stored messages are not retained when the server is turned off.
Messages are still delivered to the guest while they do not have the page open and will be shown when they open it (up to the 15 message history total).
📕 Note: Maximum message length is 1,000 characters. Emojis and all languages are supported
✅ Tip: Refreshing a token clears the message history for that guest
Technical Limitations
Up to 11 sources can be shared with each Guest
Producer Guest does not support MBR or ABR video playback, it's important to make sure any viewers have sufficient network connectivity to receive all streams that are shared with them
Producer Guest is not supported on mobile and tablet devices
Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers are not supported
📕 Note: Producer Guest supports Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge only on laptop and desktop devices.
✅ Tip: A guest link should not be shared with more than one person at a time. The maximum number of contributing guests allowed is currently 12.