Pairing and the grid

Connected · 0 camera(s) means the tab is working and waiting for phones. Click tiles to pick them; the control panel drives every picked phone at once.

The status line

The Video Village tab before any camera has joined

The top right of the tab tells you how the tab itself is doing, not the phones.

Status Means
Connecting… The tab is joining the project’s video room.
Connected · 0 camera(s) The tab is in the room and waiting. This is normal before anyone scans.
Connected · 2 camera(s) Two phones are in the room.
Not connected The tab was turned away. An orange note under the title says why, such as your plan or your access.

Tiles

Each phone gets a tile with its device name under it, then the shot and camera angle once one is set. A red REC badge shows while it records, and the take number sits in the top right. A phone that drops off reads Offline until it comes back. Drag the bottom right corner of a tile to make it bigger or smaller.

The control panel

Click one or more tiles to open the panel. It says how many cameras it’s driving, and you can drag it by the bar at the top.

  • The tall switch sets the mode: REC at the top, LIVE in the middle, OFF at the bottom. LIVE streams without recording. OFF stops the stream and saves the phone’s battery.
  • Flip Camera swaps between the front and back cameras.
  • Toggle Torch turns the phone’s light on or off.
  • The ratio button switches between 16:9 and 4:3.
  • Shot… sets the shot on every picked phone.

When a phone won’t show up

The code ran out

Each code works for five minutes. Scan the one on the tab now.

Wrong project

A code only pairs a phone with the project it came from. A phone paired with another project won’t show up here.

No code on the tab

Making a code needs edit access to the team. Ask the owner or a manager.

The phone was signed out

A device removed in Team loses access at once and has to pair again.

Still stuck?Ask in the Discord