Content Types Reference

​

Summary table

---

​

Video

File formats: MP4, MOV, M4V
Recommended codec: H.264 (AVC) for maximum compatibility
Max resolution: 4K (3840×2160); 1080p for Apple TV HD
Audio: Stereo AAC recommended Supported options:

• Custom duration override (for looping short clips)
• In/Out markers (trim without re-encoding)
• Pause points (auto-pause at timestamps)

Incompatibility: If an Apple TV cannot decode the file, it flags the item as incompatible. The item is grayed out in the dashboard. Re-export as H.264 MP4 to resolve.

---

​

Image

File formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF (static — first frame only)
Recommended resolution: 1920×1080 (16:9 landscape) or 1080×1920 (9:16 portrait) Supported options:

• Custom duration (how long to show the image, in seconds; default: 10s)

---

​

Audio

File formats: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV
Use: Soundtrack layer only (background audio behind visual content) Audio items cannot be added directly to a visual playlist as a primary content item — they are used as soundtracks assigned to a playlist. Supported options:

• Loop (repeat the audio track)
• Shuffle (randomize track order when multiple tracks are in a soundtrack playlist)
• Volume (0–100%; independent of main content)

---

​

Song

What it is: Synchronized lyric slides timed to a backing audio track — purpose-built for worship display. Components:

• Lyric text divided into slides (blank lines = slide breaks)
• Optional audio track (MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV) — cached to the Apple TV
• Optional background image or video — cached to the Apple TV
• Timing markers — map each slide to a timestamp in the audio

Style options: Font family, size, weight, italic, all-caps, color, alignment (horizontal + vertical), drop shadow, text stroke (width + color), text background color/opacity, slide transition duration Playback behavior: Audio begins from the local cache; lyrics cross-dissolve at each marker timestamp. If no audio is linked, slides advance on the playlist duration timer. If no markers are set, all lyrics display on slide 1 for the full duration. See the Songs guide for full documentation.

---

​

Sermon

What it is: A whole teaching/talk/presentation as one item — an ordered list of mixed slides advanced manually from the iOS Remote. Slide types:

• Text — heading/reference + body, over the sermon’s background media
• Bible — scripture inserted from the Bible integration
• Media — full-screen image/video/audio (fit-to-frame, optional blur fill, per-slide trim and stop/loop/advance)
• Blank — empty slide; shows the sermon’s Title media (or black)

Sermon-level settings: Background media (behind text slides), Title media (on blank slides), reference + text styles (same engine as Songs/Bible). Playback behavior: Renders natively on Apple TV. Operator advances slides from the iOS Remote (Control Mode sub-grid). In TV Wall mode, text slides drive the lower-third, media slides go full-screen, and the Stage quadrant shows current/next (with thumbnails for media slides). See the Sermons guide for full documentation.

---

​

Bible

Sources: YouVersion Platform API (popular English translations) and the Free Use Bible API (1,200+ translations / 1,000+ languages, searchable)
Requires internet: Only when fetching/rendering a passage; cached after YouVersion translations: NIV, NASB, NASB2020, AMP, BSB, NIrV, NIVUK, TPT, WEBUS, WMB, ASV, LSV, GNV, EASY, CPDV, FBV, PEV, TOJB2011
Free Use Bible: any of 1,200+ public-domain / openly-licensed translations across 1,000+ languages — pick Free Use Bible (all languages) — search… in the translation picker Style options: Font family, size, weight, italic, all-caps, color, alignment, vertical alignment, drop shadow, text stroke, text background color/opacity, background image Passage entry: Book + chapter + verse or range (e.g. John 3:16, Psalm 23:1-6). Multi-verse passages are split automatically into multiple slides. See the YouVersion Bible guide for full details.

---

​

Birthday

Source: Name, photo, and date entered manually
Render: Server-side JPEG
Requires internet: No — rendered once and cached Behavior: Date-conditional — the slide is only displayed on the configured birthday date and skipped on all other days. Multiple birthday items can coexist in a playlist; only the matching one(s) will play on any given day. Style options: Custom background, message text, font, and colors.

---

​

Livestream

Format: HLS (.m3u8 URL) Requires internet at playback: NO — If you’re streaming a local HLS stream (say from an HLS encoder in your Worship Center e.g. http://192.168.1.111/stream.m3u8) to a TV elsewhere on campus) - you do not need internet connection - just local area network connection. Yes — if the HLS source feed is hosted online, the Apple TV streams the HLS URL in real time over the internet. Download: None — the URL is sent to Apple TV as metadata If the stream is unavailable when it’s time to play, the Apple TV skips to the next item rather than stalling.

---

​

Web

What it is: A server-side screenshot of a live website, stored as a JPEG and updated at a configurable interval. Device profiles: Refresh interval: How often LightLoop re-renders the page (e.g., every 5 minutes) Use cases: Google Slides decks, church bulletins, event websites, custom HTML pages

---

​

Monitor

What it is: A server-rendered live roster from Planning Center Check-In or Kidddo. Supported sources:

• Planning Center Check-In (polls every few seconds)
• Kidddo (webhook-triggered)

Refresh: Automatically — no configuration needed
Requires internet: Yes — renders live from PCO/Kidddo data

---

​

Calendar

What it is: A server-rendered upcoming-events display from Google Calendar or Planning Center. Supported sources:

• Google Calendar (calendar.readonly OAuth scope)
• Planning Center Calendar

Display options: Event count, date range, text size, multi-calendar color coding
Refresh: Automatic — always shows current upcoming events
Requires internet: Yes — pulls live calendar data

---

​

Orientation options

Every media item can override the feed-level orientation. Options: Item-level orientation override is useful when one screen in a lobby is vertical and the rest are horizontal but share a feed.