Scene library¶
Scenes in the sidebar.
What a scene is¶
A scene is the look of a circle: what sits behind everyone, and what sits in the middle. Hosts choose a scene per room; they cannot create or change one.
A scene has:
| Part | Required | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Background | No | Image or video filling the space behind the circles |
| Centre | No | Image or video in the middle, shown when nobody is speaking |
| Talking stick image | No | Shown to the speaker in the talking-stick layout, in place of their own face |
| Centre video volume | No | Whether centre video is audible, and how loud. Silent by default |
| Background video volume | No | Whether background video is audible, and how loud. Silent by default |
| Category | No | Which group it belongs to. See Scene categories |
Nothing in particular is required — a scene needs a name and at least one of the parts above. A scene with no centre media simply leaves the middle empty until someone speaks, and one with no background shows the plain backdrop.
Media¶
Both background and centre take either an image (uploaded or by URL) or a video (a YouTube link). One or the other, not both — choosing a video clears the image and vice versa.
For videos, a thumbnail from the video is used wherever a still is needed, such as the library tile and the room preview.
Video volume¶
Both centre and background video are silent by default, which is almost always right — a circle is people talking. Raise either only for a scene built around ambient sound, and remember it plays for everyone.
Creating one¶
Add scene, then:
- Give it a name. Two scenes may share a name — they are told apart internally — so pick something you will recognise in the list.
- Set at least one part — background, centre, talking stick or category. Until you set something, the scene cannot be created.
The preview beside the form shows the result as you go.
From a room you have already set up¶
If a room already looks the way you want the scene to look, you do not have to retype it. On the Room Library, each room card has a Save this room's look as a scene button. It opens the Create Scene form filled in with what that room actually shows — its own personalisation where it has some, its scene's values where it does not — and you just give it a name.
The room itself is not touched: it keeps its own scene and its own overrides. Nothing is saved until you press Create, so you can adjust anything first.
The category is not copied — pick one yourself, the same as for any other new scene.
Editing one¶
Open any scene from the library. Edits save as you make them, and take effect immediately in every room using that scene — including circles happening right now. Take care during hours when people are meeting.
Finding scenes¶
The library has search and filters — by name, by what the centre holds, by what the background holds, and by category. Filters are reflected in the address bar, so a filtered view can be bookmarked or shared with another admin.
Deleting one¶
Deleting removes a scene from future choices. Rooms already using it keep working from their stored settings, and historical usage is preserved, but no host can pick it again.
Who can see this¶
Hosts can browse the library and start rooms from it, but cannot add, edit or delete. Everything on this page is admin-only.