Install guide and user guide.
Everything from plugging in the player box to letting the people on the sidewalk pick the next show. New to Projector Show? Start with Getting started.
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Install
Install the player box
Turn a small Linux or Windows PC into a projector player: one-line installs, the Windows installer, the Ubuntu package, the USB stick image, and pairing.
Desktop app for Windows and Mac
Install the designer as an app, get past the first-run warnings, sign in with your browser, and pop panels out onto other screens.
Design a show
Map your house
The Setup tab: the wizard, Live setup through the projector, 3D and 2D tracing, cut-ins, house size, the House panel and the alignment controls.
Effects
The effect library: the four domains, placing an effect on a face, parameters, effect size, text, light shows, windows and doors, and premium effects.
Timeline and media
Tracks, clips, fades, compositions in tabs, dropping media onto a face, fit to face, sound, revisions, rendering to MP4 and keyboard shortcuts.
Lip Sync characters
Make the pumpkin, Turtle, Shark, the snowman or your own 3D model talk, sing and dance: audio, words, mouth shapes, vocal marks, lanes, costumes and placement.
Display and Live Mode
The projector window on a computer next to the projector, fullscreen output, and Live Mode, where a player box follows your designer.
AI assistant (MCP)
Connect an AI assistant to your account over MCP to build beat-synced light shows, make characters sing and edit shows in plain words.
Run the show
Remote Display
The tab that runs a player box: Now, Shows, Jukebox games and TV, Screens and sound, and Settings, including sharing, logs and updates.
Playlists and schedules
Rendered shows in per-display playlists, a weekly schedule in the box’s own time zone, HDMI off between shows, and forced start for stubborn projectors.
Phone and button remotes
Run a display from your phone, and from small Wi-Fi button devices with their own keys.
Jukebox
A QR card on the house lets visitors pick the next show, hear the sound on their phone, fire jump scares and see the Turtle card.
Pet Show
Visitors send a photo of their pet and a short AI-made clip plays on the house over your song, with your rules and a scene check first.
Games on the house
Play supported games on the player box, projected onto one face of the house, with phones and gamepads as controllers.
TV and web on a face
Put a web page you already use onto one face of the house, corner-pinned by the box’s own browser, and drive it from the remote.
Help
Something missing? Ask in the Discord or use Send feedback. For the ideas behind projection mapping and picking a projector, see the guides.