What This Enables
During a live broadcast, switching between graphics and advancing your cue queue can pull your attention away from the production. Stream Deck integration lets you trigger Broadcast Studio actions — go live, update preview, navigate cues, and stop — with a single button press, keeping your hands free and your eyes on the screen.
Broadcast Studio supports Stream Deck through standard keyboard hotkeys. Because Stream Deck's default plugins support hotkey mapping out of the box, no custom plugin installation is required — you configure your Stream Deck buttons to send the matching key combinations, and Broadcast Studio responds to them.
Important: Studio Must Be in Focus
⚠️ For hotkeys to work, the Broadcast Studio window must be the active, focused window in your browser. Stream Deck sends keystrokes to whichever application is currently in focus. If another application or browser tab is active when you press a Stream Deck button, the hotkey will not reach Broadcast Studio.
Before going live, make sure your Broadcast Studio tab is open and in the foreground. During a live production, keep it as your active tab.
Hotkey Reference
The following hotkeys are available in Broadcast Studio. Broadcast Studio will automatically detect your operating system, but use the tables below to confirm the correct key combination for your setup.
Broadcast Controls
These hotkeys control your main broadcast output — pushing graphics live, updating the preview, navigating your cue queue, stopping the current graphic, and refreshing data.
Action | Mac | Windows |
Go Live | Shift + Ctrl + Option + 1 | Shift + Ctrl + Alt + 1 |
Update Preview | Shift + Ctrl + Option + 2 | Shift + Ctrl + Alt + 2 |
Next Cue | Shift + Ctrl + Option + Right Arrow | Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow |
Previous Cue | Shift + Ctrl + Option + Left Arrow | Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow |
Stop | Shift + Ctrl + Option + Down Arrow | Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow |
Auto Refresh | Shift + Option + 0 | Shift + Alt + 0 |
Preset Paging
Some preset types — such as standings or heat results — display data across multiple pages when there are more athletes than fit on a single screen. For example, a standings preset showing 20 athletes at 10 per page will have two pages. These hotkeys let you scroll through those pages without touching the mouse.
Action | Mac | Windows |
Scroll Previous Page | Shift + Option + 3 | Shift + Alt + 3 |
Scroll Next Page | Shift + Option + 4 | Shift + Alt + 4 |
Clock Preset Controls
The Clock preset has its own set of hotkeys for controlling the timer directly from Stream Deck. These are useful during live competition — for example, pausing the clock on a false start, nudging it back into sync if it drifts, or resetting it between heats.
Action | Mac | Windows |
Start / Pause | Shift + Option + Space | Shift + Alt + Space |
Reset | Shift + Option + 5 | Shift + Alt + 5 |
+1 Second | Shift + Option + 6 | Shift + Alt + 6 |
−1 Second | Shift + Option + 7 | Shift + Alt + 7 |
+5 Seconds | Shift + Option + 8 | Shift + Alt + 8 |
−5 Seconds | Shift + Option + 9 | Shift + Alt + 9 |
Setting Up Stream Deck
Since Stream Deck's built-in Hotkey plugin supports this natively, setup is straightforward. For each action you want to control:
Open the Stream Deck application on your computer.
Drag a Hotkey action from the plugin list onto a button.
Click the button to configure it, then press the corresponding hotkey combination from the tables above to assign it.
Optionally, add a label to the button so it's easy to identify at a glance during a live production (e.g. "Go Live", "Next Cue", "+1s").
Repeat for each action you want to map.
Once configured, pressing a Stream Deck button will send the hotkey to your computer — and as long as Broadcast Studio is in focus, the action will fire immediately.
Tips for Live Production
Group your buttons logically. Put transport controls (Next, Previous, Stop) together and Go Live in a prominent position so muscle memory kicks in under pressure. If you're running a Clock preset, keep the clock controls in their own cluster nearby.
Test before going live. Run through your full cue queue with Stream Deck before the event starts. Confirm each button fires the correct action with Broadcast Studio in focus.
Keep Broadcast Studio in the foreground. If you're multitasking between applications during the broadcast, click back into the Broadcast Studio tab before pressing any Stream Deck button.
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