Media requests
Viewer-requested YouTube videos - limits, volumes, the backup playlist, and what gets auto-skipped.
Viewers can attach a YouTube video to their tip (or request one with channel points or !sr, if you enable those), and it plays on your overlay through the media player widget. The Media page is where you run it.
The queue
Requests play in order, each for up to your max duration (default 90 seconds) from the start time the viewer picked. The queue panel shows what’s waiting; skip, pause, and replay work from here, from Controls, or from chat with !media skip / !media pause / !media replay.
!queue in chat shows how many items are waiting, and !np shows what’s playing - viewers can also watch the live queue on your tip page at /queue.
Settings worth knowing
- Max duration - how long each request plays. Changes apply to the overlay instantly.
- Volumes - request volume and backup playlist volume are separate.
- Request limits - keep one viewer from flooding the queue.
- Video on stream - from Controls: show the video, or play audio only.
The backup playlist
Silence between requests is a vibe killer. Point the backup playlist at any YouTube playlist and the overlay plays it (shuffled, at low volume) whenever the request queue is empty - then ducks out the moment a real request arrives.
What gets skipped automatically
Age-restricted, private, region-locked, or deleted videos can’t play in an embedded player. The overlay skips them automatically and shows a small note saying why, so the queue never stalls. Viewers are warned about this on the tip page before they pay.
Want to block a specific video (or a specific donor) permanently? That’s the Bans page.