CueTheShow

A script becomes subtitle cues of about 8 words (12 at most). A new sentence always starts on a fresh screen.

Drop your PDF here
or click to choose a file
(also takes a .cues.json file or a .cueshow.zip show bundle)

A PDF needs selectable text. If yours is a scanned image, paste the text instead. You can edit any cue later (double-click it in the list). Wrap words in *asterisks* for italics and **double asterisks** for bold. Italics already in the PDF carry over automatically.

Free and open source (MIT). Runs entirely in your browser: your script and audio never leave this device. download offline copy · source

CueTheShow

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Space/ next   prev   B blank   N new cue   Home/End first/last  ·  double-click the projector window for fullscreen
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SETUP
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+ Add audio tracks (click or drop files here)

CueTheShow · paired display
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On the console: SETUP → Cast to display, enter this code.
Double-click here for fullscreen.

Running a show in three steps

  1. Music: add your audio files and put them in show order. Each cue has its own volume, fades, loop and timing settings (✎). At show time, hit GO () for each cue. A new cue in group A replaces the old one; groups B, C and D play alongside; an "on top" cue is never replaced.
  2. Subtitles (optional): switch Mode to Music + subtitles in SETUP, then drop a script PDF or paste text. It becomes cues of about 8 words each. *italic*, **bold**. A music cue can be linked to a subtitle line.
  3. Show time: with subtitles, click Projector view and drag that window to the projector. Double-click it for fullscreen. The keys: The big buttons run everything: GO for music, Next ▶ for subtitles.
Space / next subtitleGO: play the next music cue
previous subtitleSfade music out
Bblank the screenPpause / resume
Ninsert a cueXstop all (twice = instant)

Second screen: Projector view opens the output on this machine. To use another machine as the screen: open CueTheShow there, tap the show name, then 🖵 Use this screen as a display. Enter its 4-letter code here under SETUP → Cast to display. Cues follow instantly and both ends reconnect on their own.

Everything is saved in this browser and restores when you reopen. Switch or add shows from the show name in the top bar. ⇩ on a show card makes one file with script, music and audio. Drop that file on any other machine to move the whole show.

CueTheShow runs entirely in your browser. Your script and audio never leave your device. Free & open source (MIT).