> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Studio Mode: Run Your Show Live

> Run a page as a live rundown — cue and take items, auto-advance on timing, track on-air status, and watch the show clock and item timer.

**Studio mode** is Fabl's live control surface. Enter it from any [page](/content/pages-and-blocks) to run it as a [rundown](/production/rundowns): you cue and take items on air, the system tracks each item's status, and your cues are relayed to your [devices](/automation/devices) through a connected [agent](/automation/agents).

## Enter studio mode

Open the page and click **Studio**, then choose the agent that will execute the show. The page switches to the studio control surface with transport controls, a current/next preview, and live timers.

## Transport controls

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Play">
    Starts the show. If nothing is on air yet, the cued item (or the first item) is taken to air. If a show was paused, it resumes. The show clock starts when you first play.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Stop">
    Halts the show and resets it: the first item is re-cued, all others return to idle, and the clocks clear.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Next / Take">
    Takes the cued item to air and automatically pre-cues the next item. **Take** is the same action — you can also take by clicking a cued item. Skipped items are jumped automatically.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Previous">
    Steps back to the previous item, making the current on-air item the cued item again. Skipped items are passed over.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Cue">
    Moves the cue forward one item without taking it to air, so you can pre-select what plays next. You can also cue a specific item directly by clicking it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Skip">
    Marks the on-air item as skipped and advances to the next item.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Auto-advance">
    When enabled, the rundown advances to the next item automatically when the current item's duration elapses.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Item status

Every item shows where it is in the show:

| Status        | Meaning                      |
| ------------- | ---------------------------- |
| **Idle**      | Not yet cued                 |
| **Cued**      | Selected, ready to take next |
| **On-air**    | Currently live               |
| **Completed** | Already played               |
| **Skipped**   | Passed over                  |

The on-air item is marked live, the cued item is highlighted, and skipped items are dimmed.

## Timers

Studio mode runs three clocks:

* **Time of day** — the current wall-clock time
* **Show clock** — elapsed time since the show started
* **Item timer** — elapsed time on the current on-air item

## How cues reach your gear

When you take, cue, or advance, the command is sent to the selected agent, which executes it on the connected device — cutting a switcher input, firing a graphic, recalling an audio scene, and so on. State flows back so the rundown stays in sync for everyone watching. Set up that automation in [Rules](/automation/rules).