Settings
Settings has seven panes on macOS and Windows: General, Presenters, Video, Audio, Show, Control and Advanced. Most panes split into tabs, and the tabs are the same on both systems. Changes apply at once. There is no OK button.
| Pane | Tabs |
|---|---|
| General | App, Updates, Account |
| Presenters | Room, Sharing |
| Video | Program, Virtual camera |
| Audio | Devices, Routing, Virtual microphone |
| Show | Timer, Timecode, Pixel maps, Ableton Link |
| Control | Control |
| Advanced | Troubleshoot, Redundancy |
The sections below follow the panes and tabs. Each table lists the settings in the order the tab shows them, and the Where column says which system has the row.
Open Cliqer > Settings... (Command-comma), or the Settings (cog) button in the Classic Panel. The panes are in the toolbar and a pane with more than one tab shows its tabs as a row above the settings. The window remembers the last pane and the last tab of each pane.
Open Settings from the Settings (cog) button in the Classic layout, from Settings at the bottom of the navigation list in the Windows layout, or from Studio settings... in Studio. In the Windows layout Settings is a page inside the main window (the last item in the navigation list) with the seven panes in a left pane, and every request for Settings, from a menu, Studio or a notice, opens that page. In the Classic layout it is a separate window titled Cliqer settings, with the seven panes in a left pane. A pane with more than one tab shows its tabs along the top of the page. Each pane opens on the tab you used last. The settings sit on glass.
Find a setting
Type in the Search box (macOS: in the Settings toolbar. Windows: at the top of the left pane). It matches setting names and related words, in English or Spanish. Each result shows the setting and where it lives, for example "General > App". Choose a result and Settings opens that pane and tab, scrolls the row into view and lights it for a moment. With no match it says "No results".
Search ignores accents and shows only the settings of the app you are in. Names that start with your words come first, then names with a word that starts with them, then related words and tab names, then close matches.
Every setting shows a short line under its name that says what it does.
Where the two systems use different words, both are given: "macOS: X. Windows: Y".
General
App
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| App theme | Light or dark look of every Cliqer window. | macOS, Windows |
| Glass | System, Clear, Frosted or Off: the material behind every window. Windows says: "System and Frosted are Acrylic, Clear is Mica, Off is a solid colour." On macOS, with Reduce Transparency or Increase Contrast on in Accessibility, the windows are solid and the row says "Solid now: Reduce Transparency or Increase Contrast is on in Accessibility." | macOS, Windows |
| Language | Choose the language of the app's words. System follows your computer. | macOS, Windows |
| Main window | The layout of the main window. Windows says: "Classic is the familiar Cliqer panel; Windows puts navigation on the left." | macOS, Windows |
| Window design | Fluent, Glass or Console. Under a contrast theme the pane says "A contrast theme is on: Windows' contrast colours replace the glass until it is off." | Windows |
| System usage in the status bar | The Studio status bar shows the whole computer's CPU, RAM and GPU instead of Cliqer's. | Windows |
| Always on top | Keeps the Cliqer window above other windows. Off by default. | macOS, Windows |
| Keep above slideshows | Keeps Cliqer above a full screen slideshow. Off by default. | macOS, Windows |
| Hide Cliqer from screen sharing | Keeps Cliqer out of screen shares and recordings. Off by default. | macOS, Windows |
| Launch at login | Opens Cliqer when you log in to the Mac. If macOS needs your approval, the row "Allow Cliqer in Login Items" shows Open Login Items.... | macOS |
| Start with Windows | Opens Cliqer when you sign in to Windows. | Windows |
| Notifications | Lets Cliqer show system notifications. | macOS, Windows |
The rows sit in groups. Window holds Always on top, Keep above slideshows and Hide Cliqer from screen sharing, and on Windows also Main window. Startup holds Launch at login or Start with Windows, and Notifications. On macOS, Appearance holds App theme, Glass, Language and Main window.
On macOS the tint over the glass comes from your team's branding on cliqer.io: under Desktop background you set a colour and an opacity for the dark theme and for the light theme.
On Windows, Window design changes the look of every window:
Updates
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Version | The version you run. | macOS, Windows |
| Check for updates automatically | Looks for a new version on its own. | macOS, Windows |
| Download automatically | Downloads a new version as soon as it is found. | macOS |
| Beta updates | Offers beta versions too. | macOS, Windows |
| Check now | Looks for a new version now. | macOS, Windows |
On Windows a found update asks you to Install and restart. See Updates.
Account
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Signed in as | The account this copy of Cliqer uses. | macOS, Windows |
| Signed in with | "Licence key ending" and its last digits, or your account. | macOS, Windows |
| Plan | Your plan. | macOS, Windows |
| Watermark | Shown (free trial) on the Free trial, Shown (free plan) on Free, or Off. The mark reads TRIAL VERSION on the Free trial and FREE VERSION otherwise, see The FREE VERSION and TRIAL VERSION mark. | macOS, Windows |
| This Mac | The name of this Mac. | macOS |
| Included in your plan | What your plan includes. | macOS, Windows |
| Unlock with Touch ID | Unlocks Cliqer with Touch ID. | macOS |
| Unlock with Windows Hello | Unlocks Cliqer with Windows Hello. | Windows |
| My account | Plans, seats and devices on the web. | macOS, Windows |
| Sign out | Signs this computer out. | macOS, Windows |
During a free trial the plan in the title reads Trial 12d, then Ends today, then Free. Hover it for "Free trial, 12 days left", "Free trial ends today" or "Your free trial has ended".
Presenters
Room
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Pending clickers | A new clicker shows "Waiting for approval: its presses wait until you allow it." | Windows |
| Presentation app | The app that presenters' clicks turn. | Windows |
| Click enabled | A new presenter may click. Each presenter's own switch rules after that. | macOS, Windows |
| Slide notes | A new presenter starts with notes on. | macOS, Windows |
| Control mode | The app that presenters' clicks turn. | macOS, Windows |
| Click delay | Waits this long after a click arrives before it runs. | macOS, Windows |
| Click sound | Plays a sound on every click. | macOS, Windows |
| Volume | The volume of the click sound (Windows: Click volume). | macOS, Windows |
| Laser pointer | Presenters can point and draw on your shared screen. | macOS, Windows |
| Pointer names | Shows each presenter's name beside their pointer. | macOS, Windows |
| Clear drawings | Removes what presenters drew. On macOS press Clear Now. | macOS, Windows |
| Trusted clickers | Clickers that join without asking. Each has Rename... and Ban, and on macOS Forget device. A new clicker asks first, with Allow and Deny. | macOS, Windows |
| Banned clickers | Clickers that cannot join. | macOS, Windows |
| Google Slides extension | Lets Google Slides in the browser take presenters' clicks. | macOS, Windows |
| Install for every user on this computer | Needs an administrator. The browser then shows "managed by your organisation". | macOS, Windows |
Sharing
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Share to everyone | Everyone in the room, and everyone who joins, sees the main display. | macOS, Windows |
| Show the cursor | Shows your pointer in a display share. | macOS, Windows |
| Sharing border | A red border on this screen while it is shared. | macOS, Windows |
| Share audio | The sound a display share carries. macOS: Off, Computer audio, Microphone, Computer audio and microphone. Windows: Off, Computer sound, Microphone, Mic and computer. | macOS, Windows |
| Computer audio from | Where the computer's sound comes from: This Mac or This PC, or another input. Windows says: "This PC's own sound, or an input such as Stereo Mix." | macOS, Windows |
Video
Program
In Studio, Frame Rate Settings… in the room menu opens this tab on macOS.
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Program size | Program, Preview and the room are encoded within it. | macOS, Windows |
| Studio format | Program's depth and colour; 10-bit and HDR run up to 4K. | macOS, Windows |
| Frame rate | Program, Preview and every output run at this rate. 30 unless you change it. While a Blackmagic output runs, the row says "A card output is running, so its card sets the frame rate. Stop it to change the machine rate." | macOS, Windows |
| Automatic bitrate | Lets Cliqer choose the bitrate from the size: 2000 kbps at 720p, 3500 at 1080p, 6000 at 1440p and 12000 at 4K and above. | macOS, Windows |
| Bitrate | The bitrate when automatic is off. On macOS a slider from 500 to 20000 kbps that snaps to steps of 500. On Windows a number box, Bitrate, kbps, from 500 to 20000. A rate you set yourself stays when you change the size. | macOS, Windows |
| Vivid colour | A more vivid colour look on Program and Preview. | macOS, Windows |
| Amount | How strong Vivid colour is. | macOS, Windows |
| Upgrade | Shown when your plan caps the size: "Larger sizes need an upgrade." Opens the upgrade page. | macOS |
Virtual camera
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Camera status | Whether the virtual camera is installed and on. | macOS, Windows |
| Install Virtual Camera | Installs the virtual camera. | macOS, Windows |
| Remove Virtual Camera | Removes it. | macOS, Windows |
| Open Camera Extensions | Opens the macOS Camera Extensions settings. | macOS |
| Check again | Checks the camera again. | macOS, Windows |
See Virtual Camera and Microphone.
Audio
Devices
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Microphone | The microphone Cliqer uses. On Windows an unplugged choice shows "Saved device (not connected)". | macOS, Windows |
| Speakers | Where Cliqer plays sound. | macOS, Windows |
| System sound | Volumes and devices for the whole computer. | macOS |
| Microphone access | Opens the Windows microphone privacy settings. | Windows |
| Microphone mode | Shows the system mode, for example "Voice Isolation active". On macOS Change... opens the system picker when macOS offers one. Windows shows "Windows echo cancellation active", "Echo cancellation off (no callers)" or "Echo cancellation unavailable, use headphones" or "Echo cancellation status unknown". | macOS, Windows |
The device lists show a live level so you can see which device hears you: on macOS each device in the list while it is open, on Windows the meter beside the list while Level is on. The Speakers level shows what the headphones bus plays.
Routing
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Device | The audio interface for routing. | macOS, Windows |
| Inputs | Its inputs. | macOS, Windows |
| Outputs | Its outputs. | macOS, Windows |
| Sample rate | The sample rate. | macOS, Windows |
| Buffer | The buffer size. | macOS, Windows |
| Clock master | Which device leads the clock. | macOS, Windows |
Virtual microphone
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Microphone status | Whether the virtual microphone is installed. | macOS, Windows |
| Install Virtual Microphone | Installs the virtual microphone. | macOS |
| Remove Virtual Microphone | Removes it. | macOS |
| Steps to do it by hand | The Install and Remove steps, if you set up the virtual microphone yourself. | macOS |
See Virtual Camera and Microphone.
Show
Timer
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Counts | Up starts at 0:00. Changing it restarts a running timer. | macOS, Windows |
| Digit colour | Replaces the idle and running colours. Warning and overtime stay yellow and red. | macOS, Windows |
| Digits | The digit colour, shown while Digit colour is on. | macOS, Windows |
| Background | The colour behind the timer. | macOS, Windows |
| Opacity | How solid the background is. | macOS, Windows |
| Font | Roobert, System or Monospaced. | macOS, Windows |
| Send the timer over NDI | Sends the timer as an NDI source named Cliqer Timer. The Timer NDI switch on the timer does the same on both apps. | macOS |
| NDI size | The NDI picture size. | macOS, Windows |
| NDI frame rate | The NDI frame rate. | macOS, Windows |
| NDI alpha | Transparent background in the NDI output. | macOS, Windows |
| NDI digit size | Share of the frame width. | macOS, Windows |
Timecode
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Where the show's timecode comes from. | macOS, Windows |
| LTC input | The mixer channel LTC comes in on. | macOS, Windows |
| MIDI input | The MIDI port MTC comes in on. | macOS, Windows |
| Rate | Frames per second of the timecode. | macOS, Windows |
| Freewheel | Frames an external source may drop out before chase stops. | macOS, Windows |
| Generator | Runs the internal timecode. | macOS, Windows |
| Locate | Jumps the generator to a time: type the seconds, from 0 to 86399.999, and press Return. | macOS, Windows |
| LTC output | The output whose audio the show's LTC goes out on. | macOS, Windows |
| MTC output | The MIDI port the show's MTC goes out on. | macOS, Windows |
| Art-Net out | Sends the show's timecode as Art-Net timecode. | macOS, Windows |
See Show Control.
Pixel maps
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Name | The map's name. | macOS, Windows |
| Output | Sends the map. | macOS, Windows |
| Source | A canvas or a screen. | macOS, Windows |
| Region | The part of a canvas to send: X, Y, W and H, each from 0 to 1. Canvas sources only. | macOS, Windows |
| Protocol | Art-Net or sACN. | macOS, Windows |
| Channels | The colour order of each pixel: RGB, RGBW, GRB or BGR. | macOS, Windows |
| Patch | Start universe, Start channel, Columns and Rows. See Show Control. | macOS, Windows |
| Duplicate | Copies the map. | macOS, Windows |
| Remove | Removes the map. | macOS, Windows |
| Add pixel map | Adds a map. | macOS, Windows |
See Show Control.
Ableton Link
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Sync tempo with Link | Follows and leads the tempo of Ableton Link peers. | macOS, Windows |
| Start/Stop Sync | See Audio Mixer. | macOS, Windows |
| Peer Name | See Audio Mixer. | macOS, Windows |
| Link Audio | See Audio Mixer. | macOS, Windows |
| Peer Channels | See Audio Mixer. | macOS, Windows |
Control
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| External control | Connect keys, MIDI, OSC, HID and tally to Studio actions. Open... opens the External Control window. | macOS, Windows |
| Stream Deck | The connected Stream Decks and the plugin. A deck run by the plugin reads "Through the Elgato software". Windows says: "Installed automatically when the Stream Deck app is present." | macOS, Windows |
| Companion | Installed automatically when Bitfocus Companion is present. Companion connects on port 24601. | macOS, Windows |
See External Control.
Advanced
Troubleshoot
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | Restarts one part that stopped, while the show runs. | macOS, Windows |
| Clear cache | Removes downloaded thumbnails. | macOS, Windows |
| Logs | What Cliqer recorded, with secrets removed, for support. | macOS, Windows |
| Reset all settings | Asks Reset all settings? first: "This signs you out and restores every setting to its default. It cannot be undone." | macOS, Windows |
| About Cliqer | The version and the system. Windows reads "Version | macOS, Windows |
Clear cache sits under Storage and Logs under Support.
Redundancy
| Setting | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| This computer | Main runs the show; Backup follows it and takes over if it stops. | macOS, Windows |
| Pair status | Whether the computers are paired. | macOS, Windows |
| Round trip | The time a message takes there and back. | macOS, Windows |
| Media synced | Whether the Backup has every media file. | macOS, Windows |
| Take over automatically | The Backup goes on air when the Main stops answering. | macOS, Windows |
| Unpair | Both computers run on their own again. | macOS, Windows |
| Pairing code | Type it on the other computer to pair. | macOS, Windows |
| Listen port | The port pairing listens on. | macOS, Windows |
| Pair by address | Pairs with a computer by its address. | macOS, Windows |
| Computers on this network | Cliqer Studio computers found on this network. | macOS, Windows |
See Redundancy.
The Troubleshooting list
Advanced > Troubleshoot holds the Troubleshooting list. It restarts one part that wedges mid show. The footer reads "Restart prepares one part again while the show runs. Program and every other part stay as they are."
Rows sit in four sections, and a section with no rows is left out:
| Section | Rows | Button |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Audio Device: Running with the sample rate (for example "48 kHz"), or Off | Restart |
| Inputs | One row per input that can be restarted. Health is Playing, Paused, Stopped, Loaded, Loading, Live, Connecting, Waiting, Retrying, Open, Not Open or Failed. | Reload for a web input, Restart for the rest |
| Outputs | One row per stream destination: Off, Starting, Live, Reconnecting or Failed, with the reason under it | Reconnect while the destination is on |
| Connection | Room Link: Online, Connecting or Offline. Live Captions: Off, Starting, Running or Unavailable with the reason. | Reconnect for the room link, Restart for captions (not while Off or Unavailable) |
A dot shows the health: green when fine, amber when working or at risk, red when failed, grey when off. An input or output that is fine but losing frames reads Dropping, with "
Restart acts on that one part only. Program and every other part keep running. The notice that follows reads "
Reveal Logs shows the log file in Finder on macOS and in Explorer on Windows.
Related
Redundancia
Empareja un ordenador de respaldo listo para tomar el control, mantén sincronizado su contenido multimedia del show y reparte un mismo lienzo entre varias máquinas de render.
Actualizaciones
Cómo se actualiza Cliqer v3 en macOS y Windows (comprobación diaria, solo instaladores firmados) y cómo tu licencia determina qué versiones puedes usar.