Setting up a stream

A stream template is your saved studio configuration. It's the show — the scenes, the layout, the banners, the logo, the colour palette, the channels you broadcast to. You build a template once, then walk into the studio whenever you want to go live and everything is exactly where you left it.

You can have as many templates as you need — one for a weekly Q&A, one for live performances, one for short clip-style streams. Each template gets its own studio.

Creating a stream template

1. Open Stream then Templates in the dashboard sidebar.
2. Click New template.
3. Give it a Title — this is just for you, so name it after the show ("Friday Live Set", "Listening Party", etc.).
4. Click Create template.

TribeNest drops you straight into the studio for the new template. It comes pre-loaded with one default scene called Scene 1, a sample banner, and a sample ticker so you have something to play with right away.

Renaming or deleting a template

From the templates list:

1. Click the three-dot menu on the template row.
2. Choose Edit to change the title, or Delete to remove the template entirely.

Deleting a template removes the studio configuration — past broadcasts that came from it stay in your Broadcasts list.

Working with scenes

A scene is a single arrangement on screen — a camera, a video file, or a countdown timer, plus all the layout and design choices that go with it. Switching scenes mid-stream swaps what your audience sees instantly. You'll spend most of your studio time switching, renaming, and decorating scenes.

The scene list runs down the left edge of the studio. The currently active scene has a highlighted border — that's what your audience is watching.

Adding a scene

1. In the studio, click Add scene at the top of the left rail.
2. Pick a scene type:
   • Camera — A regular live camera scene. The most common choice.
   • Media — Plays back a video file you've uploaded. Great for intro stings, recorded clips, or pre-roll content.
   • Countdown — A full-screen countdown timer. Perfect for "starting soon" screens.

The scene is appended to your scene list with a default title like Scene 2.

Switching scenes

Click any scene in the left rail. Your audience sees the change immediately, and the design panel on the right (banners, layers, etc.) now applies to that scene.

Renaming a scene

1. Click the three-dot menu on the scene.
2. Choose Rename.
3. Type the new title and click Rename.

Use names that read fast — Intro, Main, Q&A, BRB — so you can find the right one mid-show.

Duplicating a scene

Use the three-dot menu and choose Duplicate to copy a scene with all its design intact. Handy when you want a variant of an existing setup without rebuilding the layout, banner, and background from scratch.

Deleting a scene

Use the three-dot menu and choose Delete. You can't delete the currently active scene — switch to a different one first.

Choosing a layout

Each scene has a layout — how the camera tiles are arranged on screen. The layout picker sits above the controls bar at the bottom of the studio.

• Solo — A single camera fills the frame. Use this when only one person should be on screen at a time.
• Grid — Two or more cameras share the screen in a grid. The layout adjusts as people are added to or removed from the scene.
• Picture-in-picture — One main camera fills the screen with a smaller second camera tucked into the corner.

Click any layout thumbnail to apply it to the current scene.

Editing the broadcast title and thumbnail

The header of the studio shows the title that will be used for this broadcast. To change it:

1. Click the pencil icon next to the title.
2. Edit the Title and the optional Description.
3. Optionally upload a Thumbnail image — used as the cover image when fans see the broadcast on your TribeNest site.
4. Click Update broadcast.

When you're not yet live, the changes update the template. Once you're live, edits update the in-flight broadcast.

What's saved automatically

Every change you make in the studio — adding a scene, swapping a banner, picking a colour, choosing a layout — is saved to the template as you work. There's no separate Save button. Walk away, come back tomorrow, and your template is ready exactly the way you left it.

Cleaning up old broadcasts

If you have stalled or stuck broadcasts in your account, the templates list has a wrench icon next to New template. Open it and choose Cleanup broadcasts to clear those out. This doesn't touch normal completed broadcasts — only orphaned ones.

Where to go next

• Hook up external destinations so you can multistream.
• Decorate your scenes with overlays, banners, and backgrounds.
• When you're ready to broadcast, head to going live.