Multi-Cast Quick Reference

One-page cheat sheet — shortcuts, URL flags, and common URLs.

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⌨ Keyboard Shortcuts

?Show all shortcuts
GOpen channel guide
MToggle mixer panel
KToggle kiosk mode
EscClose modal / exit kiosk
Ctrl+1‒6Set column count
Ctrl+SSave current layout
Ctrl+LOpen layouts
Ctrl+TCycle theme
Ctrl+FToggle Fill-last-row
Click tileFocus audio on it
Double-click tileExpand / shrink
Drag tileReorder

🔗 URL Flags

?urls=A,B,CAuto-load streams
?cols=NSet columns 1–6
?quality=hd720Default YT quality
?layout=IDLoad saved layout
?kiosk=1Start in kiosk mode
?reload=3600Auto-refresh page (sec)
?tvkey=TOKENAuto-login for TV displays
?share=CODEOpen shared layout

Combine freely: ?tvkey=...&kiosk=1&reload=3600

🎬 Stream URL Formats

  • youtube.com/watch?v=ID
  • youtube.com/@channel/live
  • twitch.tv/channel
  • kick.com/channel
  • dailymotion.com/video/ID
  • any URL ending in .m3u8 (HLS)
  • any iframe-friendly https:// URL
  • x.com/i/broadcasts/ID (app & exe only)
  • cams.multi-cast.net/api/stream.m3u8?src=NAME

📐 Layout & Display

Layout Modes (toolbar)

  • Grid — equal tiles
  • Spotlight - main bottom/top/left/right — one large + thumbnails

Main Tile

  • Auto — clicked tile becomes main
  • Manual ★ — pin via tile menu
  • Motion 🏃 — busiest camera auto-becomes main (HLS cams only)

Per-Tile

  • Display: Fit / Fill / Stretch — in ⋮ menu
  • ★ Pin as Spotlight main — in ⋮ menu
  • Fill row toggle — bottom row stretches

📺 TV Displays

Set up (auto-login)

  1. Log in, Settings → 📺 TV Displays
  2. Label + Generate → copies URL
  3. Bookmark URL on the TV's browser

Control remotely

  • Show: ▾ — assign a layout; TV switches itself (~8s)
  • ↻ Reload — push instant refresh to that TV
  • Link — re-copy the TV's URL · Remove — revoke

Public (anonymous)

?layout=ID&kiosk=1&reload=3600 (layout must be public)

📹 Camera Quick Reference

URLs

  • cams.multi-cast.net/api/stream.m3u8?src=NAME
  • cams.multi-cast.net/stream.html?src=NAME (direct)

Stream Variants

  • NAME_sd — substream, H.264, low CPU
  • NAME_hd — main + ffmpeg transcode

Manage

  • multi-cast.net/cameras — dashboard: add, ✎ edit, 🗑 delete
  • cams.multi-cast.net/ — raw go2rtc UI
  • Toolbar: Cam recover — auto-reload stuck cams

🌐 Useful URLs

multi-cast.netMain app — all your streams, layouts, login
multi-cast.net/adminAdmin command center — all links + status (login-gated)
multi-cast.net/camerasCamera dashboard — add/edit/delete cameras (login-gated)
multi-cast.net/manual.htmlFull manual (everything)
multi-cast.net/reference.htmlThis page (quick reference)
cams.multi-cast.netRaw go2rtc dashboard (stream config, advanced)
jarvis.assistant-helper-named-jarvis-ai.usPersonal Jarvis app tunnel

Multi-Cast Quick Reference · For full details see multi-cast.net/manual.html