If you, for example, want to display the time of day of your live stream, display a countdown to your stream’s start time or show a timer of an on-screen event, you can easily add it to your streams right within Airmix. This works as a Custom Text option.
In the Overlays Pane, tap Add New Overlay.
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Tap Custom Text.
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Tap the Timers Tab
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Under the Timer Mode section, tapping Clock will change the title text to display the current time.
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Under Configure Timer Display, tap on Sec to toggle seconds display on and off in the title.
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To create a countdown timer, tap the Down button under Timer Mode.
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Under configure Timer Display, you can also toggle Hour, Min and Sec display.
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Tap on the respective numbers under Hour, Min and Sec to customize how long the countdown timer will last.
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To start the timer now, tap Start Timer. The timer will run even if not selected or live. Tap Stop Timer to stop.
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For a count-up timer, under Timer Mode, tap the Up selection.
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Under Configure Timer Display, toggle your preferred Hour, Min and Sec display.
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You can customize the starting count time to count up from by tapping the numbers under the Hour, Min and Sec buttons. Or just leave it to start from zero.
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Tap Start Timer to begin counting up. It will continue counting up even if not selected or in the program.
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Tap Stop Timer to stop.
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Tap clear to reset the count-up timer to zero.
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Tap Done to save your settings.
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Please refer to our Custom Text Overlay tutorial to learn how to customize the look of the timer.