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Backgrounds, music and media

Give the TV something better than black. The library has hundreds of looping background videos you can search by word.

Watch: Photos and the Reaction Wall (3:37) · All videos

Where else to look

The chooser has tabs: your own videos and pictures (My videos & pictures), Themes (a matching scene for each part of a show), Background videos and Pictures. Choose a theme to set each step's background to the matching scene.

Tip A background can be the show's default, or belong to one step only, or even one trivia question.

What it looks like on the night

The background plays behind whatever is on the TV. Reactions, messages and photos on the reaction wall sit on top of it, so a looping video makes the wall far more fun.

The reaction wall over a birthday background
Reactions and messages over a looping background.

Your own pictures and videos

Setup keeps your own libraries: pictures and videos in Media, songs in Music, and sound effects in Foley. Upload promos, logos, sponsor videos and pictures there, and pick them from any step. Music from your own computer stays on your computer; nothing is uploaded.

The Setup tab with Media, Music and Foley
Setup: Media, Music and Foley.

Music and sound effects

Ready-made game show music and thirty sound effects come with the app. A step can start a sound as it begins, and the sound bar along the bottom of the Live tab plays any of them on demand. Ask a cohost for applause, a drumroll or a song and it plays.

The sound effects bar along the bottom of the Live tab
Sound effects and music along the bottom of Live.

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