Guests & chat
Show rolling messages with a Live Chat source
Display a stack of messages from the connected Platform Chat feed using an editable message template.
Before you start
Open the intended collection and rehearse before changing a live production. Controls depend on your installed version and selection.
Where to find it
Sources > Add > Live Chat.
Use it
- Connect the intended broadcast chat and confirm messages arrive in Platform Chat.
- Add a Live Chat source to the intended scene.
- In Properties, choose a message template from the Live Chat library category.
- Choose Chat from layout and Chat from broadcast; select free and/or paid messages.
- Use Canvas and stacking for direction, canvas size, card width, spacing, lifetime and count.
- Use Demo messages for a rehearsal, then turn it off before using real chat.
- Save and Close and check the production scene.
Helpful information
Live Chat shows rolling messages automatically. Platform Chat’s Add to Broadcast source shows a deliberately selected message; the two are different ways to present chat. Live Chat uses the messages already available in your connected chat feed. Adding the source does not connect an arbitrary external chat. With no matching messages, the source can be transparent.
One selected template styles all the message kinds for this source. Names, message text, avatars and paid labels are filled automatically when that information is available. Use the settings gear for appearance and the library button to choose a design. Selecting a different template clears the previous template’s source appearance overrides. Missing optional data can hide its element.
The source Properties preview is separate from Demo messages: a preview can show real accepted chat, while Demo generates sample messages. Check the Demo checkbox before going live. Editing an existing source can update all its placements live; Save commits the draft, while Cancel or closing restores its previously saved source settings.
Source-local message filters
Choose platform, layout and broadcast, search usernames/messages, and use Unique messages only, Not yet broadcast or Reset filters. Paid and membership events remain eligible under the uniqueness filter. Pause updates holds this source’s displayed cards and their timer without pausing chat collection or other sources. Resume shows the latest matching cards. Viewer mentions are excluded from the regular rolling feed. Membership badges may read M (member), NM (new member) or MG (gift).
Related help
Platform Chat · Stacking controls · Live Chat workflow · All help