What I Found
A practical look at building an Ecamm countdown screen that pulls 15-second clips from a YouTube playlist, adds.
If you do live streams, you know that awkward pre-show window. You need a few minutes to get ready behind the scenes, but viewers are already starting to show up. A plain countdown timer works, but it does not do much beyond telling people when the stream starts.
The basic idea is simple: use an Ecamm HTML widget to display a full-screen countdown-style waiting screen, then use the YouTube API to pull videos from a selected YouTube playlist. Each video plays for about 15 seconds, then the widget moves to the next one.
What this video covers
- Why I Wanted More Than A Timer
- How The Dynamic Reel Works
- Why I Used The YouTube API
- The Transition Between Clips
- Settings I Am Testing
The short version
The basic idea is simple: use an Ecamm HTML widget to display a full-screen countdown-style waiting screen, then use the YouTube API to pull videos from a selected YouTube playlist. Each video plays for about 15 seconds, then the widget moves to the next one.
