Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

1. Ensure that you have your materials:
   1. The surface is where your digital scenery will be displayed during your live performance.
   2. The output is the device used to display the digital scenery. Examples are a TV, LED wall, or most common: a projector.
   3. Connection hardware is the cabling/hardware used to connect your output to your input. Depending on your setup you will need an HDMI cable; projector mount, and/or extension hardware kit.
   4. Input is the device used to run the digital scenery software. Typically a computer (view system requirements here)
   5. Software is the system used to program and operate the digital scenery. Broadway Media delivers content through the software StagePlayer.
   6. Content is the imagery to be projected.
2. Download and install StagePlayer:
   1. Using the device that will operate the digital scenery during your performance, open an internet browser and navigate to https://www.broadwaymedia.com/downloads.
   2. Click "Download Now"
   3. With your Broadway Media username and password, log into the application. 
   4. While connected to the internet, the application file will download to your computer. 
3. Download your digital scenery: 
   1. Once you've downloaded the StagePlayer application to your computer, log in to your account.
   2. Once you have logged in, your available show rentals will appear in the Library (you may need to click the reset button in the upper right corner). 
   3. Before you have downloaded the show content to your device, there will be a green "Download" button. While you are connected to an internet connection, press "Download" and the show will download into your library. This is a step you will only have to complete one time per show and the last time you will need an internet connection for your digital scenery.
4. Install your projector (more info here):
   1. Connect it to your computer with connection hardware
   2. If using a Mac computer or Windows computer, configure your display settings to extend your desktop
   3. Launch Stage Player on your Mac computer or Windows computer
   4. Set up StagePlayer on your projector (additional instructions here)
5. Customize your digital scenery:
   1. Reorder the digital scenery
   2. Disable any unused digital scenery
   3. Duplicate settings or cues
   4. Edit the cue text
   5. Change show-wide settings like Blackouts and Curtain Warmer options
6. Train your Projection Operator:
   1. Using the Cue Next, Jump Next, and Blackout buttons
   2. End Show button