Library message page

Each message in the Library has one page where you watch it, trim it, fill in its details, decide who can watch, publish it and share it. The video and its details are on the left; who can watch, sharing, files and the thumbnail are on the right.

Where to find it

Go to Publish > Library and click a message's card. On the web app the page has its own address, so you can bookmark it or send it to someone on your team. It also opens from a series' page and from Publish > Library > Analytics. It works the same in Tech Manager.

Edit the details and save

1. Go to Publish > Library and open the message.
2. Under the video, fill in Title, Subtitle, Speaker, Date (when it happened, not when it was filed), Scripture, Tags and Description (shown under the video on the watch page).
3. For Scripture, type a book and chapter, pick the verses and press Enter for each reference. It reads back in full, so "eph 6.11-17" shows as Ephesians 6:11-17.
4. Click Save at the top (or Save changes under the details). Next to it you see Unsaved changes until you save, then the time it was saved.
5. Click Discard to throw away changes you have not saved.

Changing Who can watch also waits for Save. The series and the password save at once.

Trim a service down to the sermon

1. Go to Publish > Library and open the message.
2. Play or drag along the bar under the video to the moment the message should start, then click Set in at playhead.
3. Move to where it should end and click Set out at playhead. You can also drag the two handles. The line under the bar shows In, Out and how long it keeps.
4. Click Save trim. You see "Trim saved".
5. To undo it, click Reset to full length.

Nothing is re-encoded and the original is never replaced. A cut starts at the nearest keyframe, so it can begin up to about two seconds early. Viewers, downloads and the podcast all get the trimmed part.

Publish or unpublish

1. Go to Publish > Library and open the message.
2. Click Publish. You see "Published" and the status at the top changes.
3. To take it off your watch site, click Unpublish. It becomes a draft again; nothing is deleted.

Choose who can watch, and set a password

1. Go to Publish > Library, open the message, and find Who can watch on the right.
2. Choose Public (listed on your watch page and in the podcast), Unlisted (not listed anywhere, but anyone with the link can watch) or Private (no public link at all; only your team sees it here).
3. Click Save.

To lock it with a password, click Set password, type at least 4 characters and click Save password. This saves at once and makes the message Unlisted: people need the link and the password, and it is left out of your watch page, search and the podcast. Use Show and Copy to hand the password out, Change to set a new one, or Remove then Remove password to take it off. While a password is set, Public cannot be chosen.

Share the link, a QR code or the embed code

1. Go to Publish > Library and open a published message that is Public or Unlisted.
2. In Share, use Copy link, QR code (then Download PNG for a slide or a bulletin), Embed code (then Copy) or Open watch page.

If the message is a draft, scheduled or private, the card says why there is nothing to share yet.

Put the message in a series

1. Go to Publish > Library and open the message.
2. Under the date, choose a Series, or No series. To make a new one, choose + Add series, type the New series name and click Add series.

This saves straight away. A message moved into a series goes to the end of it. Once the series has its own order, the helper reads "Part 3 of 8", and the order is changed on the series' page.

Set the thumbnail

1. Go to Publish > Library, open the message, and find Thumbnail.
2. Scrub the video to a good frame and click Use this frame (it shows the time, for example "Use frame at 12:04").
3. Or click Choose artwork to upload an image, pick a stock image, or make one with AI. Use Adjust crops to change how it is cropped.
4. Reset to automatic picks a frame for you; Remove leaves no picture, and the card falls back to the series artwork.

Add sermon notes and links

1. Go to Publish > Library, open the message, and find Files people can download.
2. Drop a file on the card or click browse. PDF, Word, PowerPoint, text and images up to 50 MB are accepted, up to 20 per message.
3. Type the Title (the words on the button) and click Save.
4. For a web page, click Add link, fill in Title and Web address, and click Save.

Each one appears as a button on the public message page. Use Move up and Move down to order them, Rename or Edit to change them, and Delete (a file) or Remove (a link) to take them off.

Cut clips and download the video

1. Go to Publish > Library and open the message.
2. Click Download under the video to get it as a video file (only the trimmed part, if it is trimmed). A long service can take a minute or two to prepare the first time.
3. To keep a song or a moment as its own file, click Create clips in Clips. In Create clip, set the in and out points (drag, type a time, or Set to playhead), use Play selection to check it, give it a Name and click Save. Clips are cut from the whole service, not just the trimmed part.
4. Each clip has Rename, Download and Delete.
5. To make captioned social clips instead, click Edit in Reels.

In Create clip, Space plays, I and O set the in and out points, and the arrow keys step one frame (Shift for a second).

See how it is doing

Open the message from Publish > Library. Its How it's doing card shows plays All time, the Peak day and the Average watch, with a small chart of the last 90 days. For all your messages together, see Publish > Library > Analytics. One play is one person watching on one day, from the public page or an embed.

Delete a message

Open the message from Publish > Library, click Delete at the top, type the title, and click Move to trash. It waits in the Library's Trash for 30 days, where you can restore it. For a published message, Unpublish instead takes it off the watch site without deleting anything.

Troubleshooting

There is no video, only a message

The page shows the reason instead of a player. "This video is being converted to MP4 so it can play in a browser." means an uploaded MKV is still being prepared; it is usually ready within a few minutes. "The recording for this item is gone." means the live stream recording behind it was deleted. You can still edit the details either way.

Save is greyed out

Nothing has changed since the last save. Make a change first. If saving fails with "An item needs a title.", fill in Title.

I cannot choose Public

The message has a password. Remove the password first.

Download says it is still being prepared

The file is cut the first time someone asks for it. Wait, then press Download again.

Good to know

• A message's public page ends in /watch/m/ followed by its short name, on your church's watch address. The short name comes from the title when the message first arrives, and renaming the message does not change its link.
• Tech Manager opens downloads in your web browser.