> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://streamloop.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run the show while live

> Switch scenes with transitions, flip controls, update data and publish changes while your Streamloop scene loop is on air, without stopping the stream.

<Info>
  Scenes are in private beta. See [Scenes](/docs/scenes/overview) to request access.
</Info>

Once your scene loop is live, you run the show from the studio's **Live** panel. Open it from the
left sidebar.

## What's on air

The top of the **Live** panel shows the frame on air, and the next frame if one is cued. If it says
**Stream offline**, the loop isn't running: start it with **Go live** or from the loop's page.

## Switch frames

Under **Cut to**, click a frame to take it to air. Streamloop plays the frame's **transition**: a
cut, fade, slide, wipe or dip. You can also right-click a frame on the canvas and choose **Go live**,
or **Cue next** to cue it so the switch is instant.

## Set controls

**Controls** are switches and values you set while the show runs, for example a "Breaking news"
toggle, a guest's name in a lower third, or a button that starts a countdown. They appear under
**Controls** in the **Live** panel. A change shows on air right away.

Add controls while building the show (or ask the [AI assistant](/docs/scenes/ai-assistant)), then
publish.

## Watch your sources

Under **Sources**, each source shows its status (**Live**, **Waiting**, **Down** and so on), and a
playlist shows the track that's playing. A live input that's down shows its fallback on air. See
[Live inputs](/docs/scenes/live-inputs#when-a-feed-drops).

## Update data

Under **Tables**, **Send to air** pushes a table's current rows to the running show at once, without
waiting for the next refresh.

## Publish while live

Edits in the studio are a draft until you click **Publish**. While the loop is live, publishing swaps
in the new version without stopping the stream. Viewers see the change, but the broadcast never
drops.

## Ask the assistant

The [AI assistant](/docs/scenes/ai-assistant) can run the show too: take a frame to air, cue the next
frame so the switch is instant, skip a playlist to its next track, set a control or start an ad
break. It asks for your approval before each of these.

## Automate it

A show can switch frames on its own: on a schedule you set (for example, a "Starting soon" frame
before the hour), when data changes, or when a control flips. Ask the assistant to set this up, or
write a script in **Scripts**.


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