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Live Feed lets you broadcast what’s happening on set in real time. Anyone with the link can open a live, read-only view that shows the current shot, what’s up next, elapsed rolling time, and overall shoot day progress. The feed updates automatically—no refreshing required.
Live Feed is available on the Team and Pro plans. If you’re on a Free or Solo plan, clicking the Live Feed button in Set View will prompt you to upgrade.

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Starting a live feed

Live Feed is controlled from Set View, which you access by opening a shoot day within your project.
1

Open Set View

In your project, navigate to the shoot day you’re filming. Open Set View for that day.
2

Start the feed

In the Set View toolbar, click the red broadcast icon (a radio/antenna symbol). CineFlow creates a new live feed session and opens the share sheet.
3

Share the link

The share sheet shows a QR code and a unique URL for the live feed. You can:
  • Click the copy icon to copy the link to your clipboard.
  • Have crew scan the QR code directly from the screen.
Once the feed is started, the broadcast icon in the toolbar changes to a pulsing Live badge, confirming the feed is active.

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What viewers see

When someone opens the live feed URL, they see a full-screen, dark-mode broadcast view showing:
  • Current shot — the shot name, scene, shot number out of total, description, and camera/lens/movement tags.
  • Shot status — a color-coded status badge showing whether the shot is Rolling (green), On Deck (amber), or another state.
  • Elapsed timer — a live timer that counts up while a shot is rolling, shown in large monospace numerals.
  • Up next — a card below the current shot previewing the next shot in the schedule.
  • Shoot day progress — a progress bar at the top showing how many shots have been completed out of the total.
  • Project name and shoot day label — displayed in the header so viewers know which project they’re watching.
If the shoot hasn’t started yet, viewers see a Standby screen with the project name, day label, and total shot count. When the last shot is marked complete, the feed transitions to a That’s a wrap screen automatically. No account is required to view the live feed on a web browser.

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Pausing and resuming a feed

If you need to pause the broadcast—for example during a meal break—you can pause the feed without ending it:
Click the pause icon next to the Live badge in the Set View toolbar.
While paused, the Live badge in the toolbar shows Paused. Click the broadcast icon (or Resume Feed in the share sheet) to resume. Viewers see the same content as before—the feed doesn’t disappear when paused.

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Ending a live feed

When your shoot day is complete, end the feed to close the broadcast:
1

Open the share sheet

Click the pulsing Live badge in the Set View toolbar.
2

End the feed

Click End Feed in the share sheet footer.
Ending the feed immediately shows the That’s a wrap screen to all active viewers. The live feed URL becomes inactive—anyone who tries to open it afterwards will see a “feed unavailable” message. CineFlow also returns you to the dashboard automatically.
Ending a feed cannot be undone. If you want to broadcast the same shoot day again, you’ll need to start a new feed from Set View, which generates a new link and QR code.

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iOS Live Activities

If you’re using the CineFlow iOS app, Live Feed integrates with iOS Live Activities. When the feed is active, a Live Activity appears on your iPhone lock screen and in the Dynamic Island (on supported devices), showing the current shot status without needing to open the app. When viewing a live feed link in Safari on iOS, a banner appears at the top of the page offering to open the link in the CineFlow app to enable the Live Activity. Viewers who prefer to stay in the browser can dismiss the banner and continue watching in Safari.
Share the feed link with your crew before the shoot starts so they can bookmark it or open it in the CineFlow app. They can leave the page open throughout the day—it stays connected automatically.