Outputs

Program is what Studio puts on air. Outputs are the ways Program leaves Studio. Each one has its own switch, its own settings and its own status, so you can run any mix of them at the same time.

Where the controls are

Outputs at a glance

A plan that does not include an output refuses to start it and shows the plan notice described in Plans and limits. Stopping an output is never refused.

Output On Main Display. A Display output that covers the screen your system shows its notifications on (the main display on macOS, the primary monitor on Windows) raises this notice in Studio: " is on the display your system shows notifications on. Move it to another display so notifications stay on your screen." It stays until you move the output or remove it. On macOS a Display output draws above notification banners, so an alert can land on your picture. Choose another display for the output to keep notifications off it.

Status of an output

Every output reports one of five states and shows a dot with the word, never a colour alone.

Clocks show hours, minutes and seconds (00:12:45). An output that is not running shows --:--:--.

On macOS, when an output fails or is refused you get an alert titled after what failed, for example Recording Failed, Stream to Failed, MultiCorder Failed or External Output Failed. A refusal when you start is titled

Did Not Start

, and a refused stop or settings change is titled

Not Changed

. The alert buttons are Retry (only when a start can be repeated), Settings (opens that output's settings; for External Output Failed it opens Settings, General, where the virtual camera is installed) and OK. A stream key is never kept for a retry, so changing settings does not resend it.

Room

Send the Program, or a single input, to everyone in the room. Presenters and viewers see it in their browser or in Cliqer Remote.

• Program to the room: the ROOM lamp, or the Room key.
• One input to the room: the input's menu item To Room on macOS, Show to the room on Windows.
• What the room hears: the audio bus the room receives.
• Resolution and Quality: the size and bitrate of the picture the room receives.
• Frame rate: shown, not set here.

macOSWindows

Click the cog beside Room (or right-click the Room key) for a menu with the toggle Program to Room and the submenu Room Hears. Room Hears offers Master, Headphones Mix, Bus A, Bus B and Silence. Bus A and Bus B need the Studio audio buses feature.

Below that, the menu has the output options as sections with a checkmark on the choice in effect. Resolution offers 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K and 8K; a size over your plan shows a lock and needs upgrade, and choosing it opens the upgrade notice. Quality lists Automatic, 3.5 Mbps first (the bitrate that suits the size in effect, so it reads 2 Mbps at 720p, 3.5 Mbps at 1080p, 6 Mbps at 1440p and 12 Mbps at 4K and 8K), then fixed steps of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 20 Mbps. A step equal to the preset is not listed twice. Choosing a new size leaves a fixed step alone; Automatic follows the new size. The line Frame Rate shows the rate the machine runs at (for example 60 fps), and Frame Rate Settings... opens Settings, Sharing, where it is set. These are the same values as in Settings, so a change in the menu shows there and the other way round. Program and Preview use the same size.

NDI

NDI sends video and audio over your network to vMix, OBS, Resolume and any other NDI receiver. Studio can advertise these sources:

Receivers usually show your computer name in front, for example MACHINE (Cliqer Program). See NDI Output for network tips.

macOSWindows

• Program: the NDI lamp or the NDI key. Its cog menu has the toggle Program as NDI and Outputs....
• What the NDI output hears: the output's Audio setting in the Outputs window (Off, Follows the source, Master, Headphones mix, Bus A, Bus B).
• One input: NDI Output in the input's menu, or Own NDI output in its inspector.
• These switches are shortcuts: each one is a row in the Outputs window.
• The input menu and the NDI Source list of Add Input link to About NDI® (ndi.video).

NDI needs the NDI runtime. When Cliqer cannot use it, every NDI control is off and a note beside the controls says why, with an Install NDI Tools link when installing fixes it. The notes read "NDI® is not installed on this computer. Install NDI Tools, then restart Cliqer.", "NDI® has no Windows on Arm version. The x64 Cliqer has NDI and runs on this PC." and "This build of Cliqer has no NDI®.". Windows on Arm has no NDI of its own: install the x64 Cliqer, which runs there. On Windows the NDI output entry is left out of Add output in the Outputs window while NDI cannot run. Quitting Cliqer stops every NDI sender, so OBS and vMix do not freeze on the last frame. On a plan that carries the watermark, the Cliqer Timer source carries the moving watermark too.

Record

Records Program to one file. Video is H.264 unless you choose another codec, and audio is AAC from the Program bus. Files are written in small fragments, so a crash keeps everything up to about the last two seconds.

• Start and stop with the REC lamp, the Record key, or the keys you bound in External Control. The default key is Command+R on macOS and Ctrl+R on Windows.
• Files are named Cliqer <date> <time>.mp4 (or .mov), for example Cliqer 2026-10-08 14-30-05.mp4. If the picture size changes during a recording, or the Split files time is reached, it continues in a new file with (2), (3) and so on added to the name.

Stream

Streams Program to live platforms over RTMP, RTMPS, SRT or WHIP, and to your own Cliqer Live stream. One encode is shared by the destinations that use the same codec.

• A destination is a name, a server URL and a stream key. Studio has no preset list of services: copy the server URL and the key from your platform.
• The server URL starts with rtmp:// or rtmps://. For SRT use srt://host:port (or srt://:port to wait for a receiver to connect); the stream key is then the SRT passphrase.
• For WHIP (WebRTC ingest, a standard many live services and media servers take) the server URL starts with https://, or http:// on your own network. The destination takes its kind from the URL. The secret field is then called Bearer token, optional, and it is the token the service gave you. WHIP sends H.264 only, so there is no HEVC, and it has no backup server. Cliqer sends the sound as Opus. See WHIP and simulcast.
• A destination can have a backup server (RTMP and RTMPS only). It takes over when the first server drops; the status then says "Sending to the backup server".
• A delay of up to 120 seconds makes every destination send what Program showed that long ago. It applies from the next start.
• Stream starts every enabled destination at once. Each destination can also be started on its own.
• The stream key is stored in your system's secure storage and is never shown again. Type a new key to replace it.
• The default stream bitrate is 6000 kbps video and 160 kbps audio.

Cliqer Live

Cliqer Live streams Program to your own stream on cliqer.io. It is a destination like the others, but it needs no stream key: Studio signs in with your Cliqer account and gets the server and a fresh permission each time it connects. A typed wss:// server with its Publisher token works the same way.

• Sign in first. Without an account it says "Sign in to stream to Cliqer Live.". A licence key alone is not enough: sign in to the account the stream belongs to.
• Your plan. A plan without Cliqer Live says "Your plan does not include Cliqer Live." with an Upgrade button.
• One Studio per stream. If another Studio starts on the same Cliqer Live stream, this one stops and says Already Streaming Elsewhere: "Another Studio is already streaming to this Cliqer Live stream. Stop it there, then start again." It does not reconnect by itself, so the two never push each other off.
• A new or opened show. New Show and Open Show stop every Cliqer Live stream, and every other stream, that the new show does not have.
• Undo. Undo and Redo never remove a destination that is on air. They say Still On Air, for example "Undo would take “YouTube” off air. Take it off air first, then try again."
• Account changed. Signing in to another account stops the stream and says "The Cliqer account changed, so streaming to Cliqer Live stopped.".
• Server unreachable. "Cliqer Live cannot be reached right now. The Studio keeps trying." The stream starts once the server answers.

WHIP and simulcast

WHIP sends Program straight to a WebRTC media server or service. Paste its https:// endpoint as the Server URL, and its token in Bearer token if it gives one. Everything else is the same as RTMP: Stream starts it, the status shows beside it, and a lost connection retries by itself.

• It is H.264 video and Opus sound. HEVC is not offered, because WebRTC players do not take it. There is no backup server.
• Cliqer checks the server name and the secure connection when you start, so a wrong address fails at once with a status instead of waiting.
• The bearer token is stored like a stream key, in the Keychain (Windows Credential Manager), and is never shown again. Forget Bearer token removes it.
• WHIP needs the same plan feature as any other destination: Studio streaming (see Plans and limits).

Layers turns on simulcast: Cliqer sends the picture two or three times at once, at smaller sizes and bitrates, and the server hands each viewer the one that fits their connection.

Each extra layer is one more video encode on top of the shared one, so it costs CPU. A server that does not accept simulcast gets the top layer only. Layers is for WHIP only: it is not shown for RTMP or SRT.

External

External shows Program as a camera in other apps, such as Zoom, Teams or a browser, so you can use the Studio mix as your webcam.

MultiCorder (one file per input)

MultiCorder records every input you choose to its own file, all started on the same instant so the files line up in an editor. Program can have its own file too.

• Files share one name stem, Cliqer <date> <time>, followed by the input name.
• The format and bitrates are shared by every file.
• Choosing an input or Program while recording starts or stops that file on the same clock.
• Starting with nothing chosen is refused.

Snapshot

Snapshot saves the current Program frame as a PNG named Snapshot <time>.png, next to the open show file (or in the app's data folder when the show is not saved yet).

• macOS: the camera key in Overlays and Tools, or Snapshot in the Program monitor menu and the Studio menu. A note "Snapshot saved" confirms it.
• Windows: Snapshot of Program in the Tools bar.

The Outputs window

Besides Record, Stream and External, every place video leaves Studio is an output with its own name, source, setup and switch: NDI senders, displays, Syphon or Spout servers and Blackmagic cards. The Outputs window lists them and routes them.

What a plan can refuse here: Syphon and Spout need Syphon and Spout outputs, Blackmagic needs DeckLink outputs, a fixed size taller than the plan's output height needs a larger output size, and Multiview needs Studio multiview output. The plan may also cap how many outputs run at once. See Plans and limits. A Display output on a real display is left out of screen captures on both platforms, so a screen input of the same display never films it. A Display output on a virtual screen is visible to a screen input or room share of that virtual screen, on macOS and Windows.

Projection

Projection lets one big picture be shown across several outputs, for example a wide wall made of two or three projectors. For each output you choose which part of the source it shows (its slice), you can pin its four corners to line it up with the screen, and Cliqer fades the overlap between neighbouring outputs for you (Edge Blend). The warp and blend part is in the Studio plan. It is on the Mac and on Windows.

The ellipsis menu in the Projection header (Projection actions) has Reset Slice, Reset Corner Pin, Reset Edge Blend, Reset Trim, Reset Warp Grid, Reset Masks and Reset Projection; each greys out when there is nothing to reset.

Slices stretch to fill each output. The section says it too: "Slices stretch to fill each output. Set Program to the whole wall's size so nothing looks stretched." So set the size of Program (or of the source you project) to the size of the whole wall, not to one projector.

With Adjust on Output on, the Handles switch on the output picks what you drag: Corners, the Grid points or the Masks. On a Bezier grid, picking a point shows its four handles as dots on lines; drag a dot to bend the edge on that side. The arrow keys nudge the picked point, never a handle, and Tab walks the points. One drag is one undo step.

Projection on Windows

The same controls are there, as a side sheet. It has no picture to drag on, so everything is a number, a slider or a key. Open the Outputs window and use the Projection of

key on the output's row. Without the plan the sheet is greyed out.

• Slice, Corner pin, Edge blend (with Gamma R, Gamma G, Gamma B, Power, Luminance, Black level, Black zone and the four corner trims Top left, Top right, Bottom left, Bottom right), Trim, Warp grid and Masks are the same as on the Mac. The edge blend rows appear only while Edge blend is on.
• Mirror left-right and Mirror top-bottom are in the Mirror group and are free on every Studio plan.
• Warp grid has Columns, Rows and Curve (Linear or Bezier). A grid point is picked with its key, and its X and Y boxes (percent of the output) and the arrow keys move it: 0.1 percent per press, Shift 10 times more, Ctrl 10 times less.
• On a Bezier grid, the Handle keys (Left, Right, Up, Down, only the sides that bend something) pick one of the point's handles. Its X and Y boxes and the arrow keys then move that handle. Press the lit key again to go back to nudging the point. Smooth mirrors the opposite handle, and Reset handles drops them.
• Add mask, Duplicate mask, Delete mask and Reset masks work as on the Mac. Delete takes the picked mask point out (three stay).

Under External Control, Output grid turns Adjust on Output on and off, and Output mirror sets the two mirrors.

Replay

Replay keeps the last seconds of Program on disk. You mark a clip with In and Out, save it as an input, or play the last seconds again at a slower speed on Preview or straight to Program. Ultra and up replay Program from one angle. More angles, Quad and a Default angle need the Replay add-on, included on Studio and Enterprise. A locked control says "Needs the Replay add-on or a plan that includes it. Upgrade on cliqer.io.". Stopping the ring deletes it, and it shares Record's bitrates.

Angles, sound and events

Besides Program, each camera, caller, NDI, stream or Blackmagic input can keep its own ring: an angle. At most eight inputs have one. Every camera takes them all; turn it off to pick the inputs one by one. A change applies when the ring next starts.

• Sound. Each angle records the sound of its own input, next to its pictures, and Program's ring records Program's. Playing or saving an angle plays its own sound. An input with no sound has a silent angle. A quad plays the sound of the event's default angle only, and the other tiles are muted. Reverse is always silent.
• Marks. In opens an event at this instant on every angle, Out closes it. An auto mark makes an event of the last 5, 10 or 20 seconds, ending now. Add event makes one from typed In and Out times.
• Replay Events panel. On the Mac, the key beside the Replay keys ("Show or hide the Replay Events panel"), or Panels > Replay Events. On Windows, Replay Events in Panels. It lists the events, with a tag filter above them. The selected event has a Name, its In and Out points, a Default angle (the angle a quad or a single play shows first), Tags and notes, with a comment for each angle. Duplicate copies an event and Delete removes it.
• Transport. Preview or Program plays the selected event there, at the Speed (100%, 75%, 50% or 25%) and Direction (Forward or Reverse) you chose. Step one frame either way, Stop goes back to the In point. Quad plays the next event as a picture of up to four of its angles. Save makes the event a media input. Play last replays the last seconds of Program.
• Undo. Adding, deleting, renaming, trimming, duplicating and tagging an event are undo steps. Marks, selecting and playing are not.

Events are stored beside the show. When you mark an event, Studio keeps its pictures and sound in a Replay folder inside the show's folder, so the event stays after the ring is stopped or Studio is closed. The list of events is saved at once in that folder as well: marking or editing an event does not mark the show as unsaved, and you do not need to save the show to keep it. Copy the whole show folder to take the events along. Studio never deletes an event's files by itself: delete the event, and its files go when nothing can undo it any more. There is no size limit for events. When the show's disk is nearly full the notice Replay Disk Almost Full says about how many minutes are left, and the ring keeps running. If an event's files are gone, it shows Unavailable, and the notice Replay Expired asks you to delete it or mark a new one.

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