Music Video for the Crowd, Scores in Your Hands¶
A music video on the venue screen. Playback starting exactly on your cue, right after you finish talking to the crowd. Lyrics and scores on the tablet in your hands. No more laptop, no more player software in your gig bag. Open your setlist, and the next song's video, sound, and score are all right there.
PagePilot Viewer lets you add a video file (MP4, MOV, and more) to a song as its sound source, just like any audio file. Press play, and the picture goes to the venue screen, the sound to your usual speakers, and the lyrics and scores stay in front of you.
Venue-screen video output works on iPad, iPhone, and Android. On iPhone and iPad, use AirPlay or a compatible wired external display. On Android, use a system-recognized external display over Miracast or a compatible wired connection. Google Cast / Chromecast is not supported for this video output.
Everything You Carry Is One Tablet¶
Here is one song, start to finish:
- While you talk to the crowd, open the next song in your setlist. The screen stays black — nothing pulls the audience's eyes away.
- On your cue, start playback. The music video starts on the screen and its sound starts through the speakers.
- In your hands: lyrics and scores. Page turns work exactly as they always do in PagePilot Viewer.
Songs without video simply leave the screen black. Mix audio-only songs and video songs freely in the same setlist.
When the Picture Runs Late, You Can Pull It Back¶
On a wireless screen, the picture can arrive a hair later than the sound. A singer's lips out of step with their voice — it's the one gap every audience notices.
PagePilot Viewer lets you adjust that delay with a slider. Once your screen is connected at the venue, drag until the click you hear and the flash on the screen land together. Values are kept separately for wireless and wired hookups, but check the setting again before playing when the receiver, screen, connection path, or venue changes.
To a Screen Across the Stage, With No Cable¶
You can send video wirelessly. On iPhone and iPad, use AirPlay; on Android, use Miracast where the device and display support it. Compatible wired external displays work too. Google Cast / Chromecast is not supported for this feature.
The Screen Faces the Crowd — You Still See It¶
The venue screen points away from you. A small window in the corner of your score shows where the video is right now — sized to stay out of your music's way, there only when you want it.
Getting Started¶
Add a video file (MP4, MOV, and more) to a song, exactly like any other sound source. No screen connected? It plays as an audio-only source, nothing else changes. The picture is never cropped — the whole frame is shown (a vertical video gets black bars on the sides).
One thing about setup order on the day: if your sound goes to a PA, connect the audio interface first, then start mirroring to the screen. You can pick the sound's output in the app's mixer settings at any time.