The presentation is the heartbeat of the show. Show Distro treats the slides like a timeline for cues, presenter layouts, and output changes.
In development · private rehearsal previews by arrangement
Show Distro compares a revised Keynote or PowerPoint file with the prepared version. Cues and sequenced actions carry forward when their slide or section addresses still resolve decisively. Changed or ambiguous addresses wait for operator review before the revision is Show Ready.
Bring in Keynote, PowerPoint, or PDF without converting it into a second presentation format.
Attach presenter layouts, scripts, notes, timers, media, room cues, and output routes.
Prepare separate Control, Main, and Backup Macs for the intended rig. Control + Local Main is an option with a separate Program display.
Keep the queue, timing, presenter views, output presets, and machine state together.
See what still matches, resolve uncertain addresses, then distribute the approved revision to the machines in your rig.
The intended rig uses three Macs: Control, Main, and Backup. Smaller setups can omit Backup or combine Control and Main; a combined Mac still needs a separate physical Program display. Presenter and Director views are configured for the room.
See the complete operator workflow →Add native decks alongside scripts and notes. When a new version arrives, compare it with the rehearsed deck and review anything that no longer matches.
Attach external media, countdowns, presenter messages, show sections, and audio, lighting, HTTP, TCP, UDP, or OSC cues. Save named Output Presets for Program, Presenter, Teleprompter, and configured display or NDI outputs; recall a look manually or on a confirmed slide.
Build presenter confidence layouts and an independent teleprompter. Director can monitor Program, Presenter, Light Table, sections, timing, and messages.
Use the Show Distro Control app or the direct Stream Deck plugin. A local Companion beta module and optional authenticated OSC, UDP, and TCP inputs are also available.
Run Show puts the active deck, slide notes, section map, video cues, presenter view, timer, and presentation computers in front of the operator.
See what is live, what comes next, and which presentation computer is driving.
Keep presenter notes, section jumps, and attached video cues within reach.
Run the clock, check the configured machines, and recall a saved output look without leaving the control pane.
Control runs the show while separate Main and Backup Macs receive the reviewed setup over a private local network. Smaller rigs can omit Backup or use Control + Local Main with a distinct physical Program display. Internet access is not required to run a prepared show; enrollment, updates, Box, and other optional connected services remain separate.
We are arranging supervised rehearsals with live-event professionals while native outputs, presentation hosts, and multi-machine recovery complete qualification. Tell us about the Macs, displays, presentation apps, network, and backup plan you use.
Yes, as an alternative to the intended three-Mac rig. Control + Local Main keeps the operator and native presentation on one Mac. Start Show still needs a separate physical Program display; a single-display, windowed rehearsal path is still being developed.
No. Setup Layout owns the display routes. Output Presets save named Program, Presenter, Teleprompter, and configured additional-output states. The list starts empty; a button appears only after you save a preset.
No. PowerPoint and Keynote continue to run the native presentation while Show Distro adds the production layer around it. PDFs can also play directly.
Show Distro compares the new file with the current presentation, preserves cues and sequenced actions that still resolve decisively, and flags changed or ambiguous material for operator review before promotion and redistribution.
No. Once the show is prepared, installed-license verification and show operation work locally. Box, enrollment, updates, web content, and other connected services are separate from the critical showtime authority path.
Show Distro coordinates and verifies a Main and Backup show group, with guarded recovery behavior. It is not a substitute for rehearsing the exact rig, network, signal path, and fallback plan.
We review the exact Mac model, macOS version, display path, adapter, and presentation-app version for each private rehearsal. Apple silicon is the current preview target; Intel and production rigs need separate qualification.