Number

Name

Explanation
1 Stream/record button

Switches between starting and ending livestreaming or recording.

The stream/record button changes according to the current situation.

Now getting ready to stream/record (streaming/recording has not yet begun).

Now streaming or recording.

Now connecting to server.

When you start streaming, this is shown for several seconds from the time you press the stream/record button until streaming actually begins.
2 Streaming/recording status indicator

Shows the livestreaming and video recording status.

The information shown changes according to the streaming/recording state.

Now streaming. The elapsed livestreaming time is shown.

Now recording. The elapsed recording time and available recording time are shown.
3

Output mute button

 Mutes the app’s audio output.
4

 Output audio level meter

 Shows the app’s output level.

Red: volume is too high.
Yellow: volume is appropriate.
White: volume is too low.
5 Mic mute button
Mutes the mic’s audio.
6 Mic level meter Shows the app’s input level.

Red: volume is too high.
Yellow: volume is appropriate.
White: volume is too low.
7 Audio mixer button

Configure the audio settings here.

  • Tap the mic icon when you want to mute the input for each channel.

System Volume

Adjusts the smartphone volume. You can also operate this using the smartphone’s volume adjustment buttons.

  • Set the System Volume to maximum. When the System Volume is reduced, the sound of background music and so on that’s output from the PHONES jack of the GO:PODCAST is also lowered.
  • The System Volume settings have no effect on the audio that’s livestreamed or recorded for video.

USB MIC

Sets the mic gain of the GO:PODCAST.

Satellite Camera

This adjusts the input volume of the satellite camera when a satellite camera is connected.
8 Reverb button

Adds reverb (acoustic reverberations) to the audio from the mic.

  • This setting is only available for streamed/recorded audio.
9 Scene palette

Shows the scenes (video material), which include video from the camera as well as background music.

You can register scenes as necessary in the scene palette, and switch between them.

  • Up to 10 scenes can be registered.

Preset scene

A preset scene (standby video) is a scene that’s waiting to be output when the scene changes.

When you tap a Movie scene or BGM scene that hasn’t been selected, that scene becomes the preset scene.

At that time, a green border is shown around the preset scene.

Output scene

The output scene is a scene that’s actually output from this unit during streaming, recording or other situations.

At that time, a red border is shown around the output scene.

The scene that was previously output is deselected.

Scene in use

When the unit is outputting a PinP scene or split scene, a red border is shown at the four corners of the camera scenes that are being used in those scenes.

Also, a red border is shown at the four corners of the scenes being used as materials for layering (including text, background music, movies and images).

“Add scene” button (+ icon)

Adds a new scene to the scene palette.

Adding scenes to a video source (camera scene)

Adding composite video or text settings to a scene

Adding still images, videos and audio to a scene

“Scene settings” button (gear icon)

Shows the detailed scene settings screen.
10 Comment button, number of viewers

The comment button appears onscreen when you set the livestream destination to YouTube Live, Facebook Live or Twitch.

When you press the comment button, the comment you posted is shown. The current number of viewers is shown during livestreaming.

  • About the special emoji and stamps used for each platform
    The emoji and stamps that are used specifically on the various platforms can’t be shown in the comment display area of the person streaming the content.
  • You can’t post comments from the GO:PODCAST app.
11 Lighting button

This operates the rear camera light when you are using the rear camera.

  • The lighting button does not appear when you’re using the front camera.
12 Camera selector button

Switches between the front and rear camera on the satellite camera.

When you’ve selected the built-in camera on the smartphone used for streaming as the scene, select the camera to use from the camera scene settings.

  • If you’re using an Android device, you can switch between front and rear cameras for the built-in camera of the smartphone used for streaming.

Adding scenes to a video source (camera scene)
13 Menu button Shows the menu screen.
14 Auto-switching icon

This is shown when the auto-switching function is enabled.

Automatically switching between video scenes and composite video scenes (auto-switching)