Black out, clear the text, or stop the output
Four ways to take something off the screens, and when to use each: Black, clear the screen, Stop and Drop.
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Sooner or later, something will be on the screen that shouldn't be: the wrong verse, a slide during a prayer, a video that won't stop. ChristChant gives you a few ways to take it off, each a single click or a couple of words.
| Do this | The screens show | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Black | Black, on every screen at once. | Something's wrong right now, or you want a dark moment. |
| Clear the screen (typed) | The background, with the words taken off. | A pause between verses, or during a prayer over a song's background. |
| Stop | Ends the live output. | The service is over, or you're starting again from scratch. |
| Drop | Takes one pipeline off the live bus. | You fed the wrong thing. |
Black
Click Black and every screen goes black. The button turns into a pulsing Exit black so you can't forget, and the Congregation monitor shows black too. Click Exit black to bring the picture straight back.
Clear the screen
To take the words off but keep the background, type clear the screen in the command palette (Ctrl + K) or the AI Assistant, then press Enter twice: once to choose it, once more to confirm. Restore the screen brings the words back the same way. The keyboard shortcuts skip the confirmation: Ctrl + Shift + C clears the text, Ctrl + Shift + U restores it.
Stop and Drop
- Stop, next to Black, ends the live output. It turns back into Play, which starts it again.
- Drop, at the top of a pipeline's Preview, takes that one pipeline off the live bus and leaves the others alone. You'll also find Drop on its card in Pipeline Flow, and Cut to black on the Program card.
Does Black affect the stream and the Stage Screen?
Black blacks out the output, so every screen that mirrors the program goes black. Click Exit black and they all come back together.
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- Preview, Feed and Go LiveHow content travels from your private Preview to the screens, and the difference between Feed, Feed & Go Live, Play and Drop.
- Run several pipelines at onceSongs, scripture, slides and video each have their own pipeline. Keep several live, switch which one is on the screens, and control one while another stays on air.
- Show a message across the screensRun a scrolling message over whatever is on screen, such as a nursery call or a parking notice, without stopping the song or the sermon.
- See where everything is going with Pipeline FlowA live map of every source, the program and every screen: what's on air, what's cued, and which display each output is on. Click any card to change it.