A starting soon screen that counts down for you.
A free starting soon, be right back and stream ending scene with a live countdown, your socials and our floating jelly mascots. Set the minutes or a start time, pick a theme and copy one link into OBS, Streamlabs or Meld. No sign-up and nothing to install.
Starting soon
Grab a snack, we start soon
Press Space or click the preview to restart the countdown. The stream link starts it when the source loads.
Copy the stream link and add it to OBS, Streamlabs or Meld as a browser source at 1920 by 1080. It carries your settings and fills the whole scene, or shows only the text and timer with the Transparent theme. The countdown starts when the source loads. To restart it live, right-click the source in OBS, pick Interact, then click the screen or press Space.
How to use it
Pick the screen
Starting soon, Be right back or Stream ending. Each one keeps its own title, line and end message, and you can rewrite all of them.
Set the timer
Count down a number of minutes, or count to a clock time like 20:00 so it stays right even if the source reloads. At zero it shows your end message, like Starting now.
Put it on stream
Copy the stream link and add it as a browser source at 1920 by 1080. Satin, Dark and Light fill the scene. Transparent shows only the text and timer over your own background.
Questions
How do I add a starting soon screen to OBS?
Press Copy stream link, then in OBS add a Browser source, paste the link and set it to 1920 by 1080. Give it its own scene and switch to that scene before you go live.
When does the countdown start?
When the browser source loads. In OBS, tick Refresh browser when scene becomes active and the countdown starts over each time you switch to that scene. To count to a fixed time instead, pick Clock time.
Can I use my own background?
Yes. Pick the Transparent theme and the screen shows only your title, line and timer on a white card, so your own image or video shows behind it in OBS.
What happens when the timer reaches zero?
The timer card shows your end message, Starting now by default, and stays there until you switch scenes. Each screen has its own end message.
Does it work for be right back and ending screens?
Yes. Pick Be right back or Stream ending under the preview. Copy a stream link for each one and give each its own scene in OBS, since a link shows the screen that was picked when you copied it.
Is the starting soon screen free?
Yes, free with no sign-up. It runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded, and your settings are remembered on this device.
By Mario Jankovic, cofounder of Upstream.soUpdated
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