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Add a countdown or subathon timer to your stream

Put a countdown on screen before you start, or run a subathon where every sub, cheer or tip adds time to the clock.

You need: The Multistream app on your PC, OBS

Make a timer in the app

  1. Open Timer in the sidebar, under Overlays.
  2. Click Add timer for a plain countdown, or Add subathon timer for one viewers can extend.
  3. Type a name for it, then set Length in minutes and seconds.
  4. Type what to show at zero, for example "Starting now!".
  5. Click Start when you are ready. The clock starts counting down.

Use +1 min and -1 min to nudge the clock while it runs. Pause and Resume stop and continue it.

On a subathon timer, type how many seconds each event adds, like Each sub or resub or Every 100 bits. 0 turns a row off.

Put it on stream

  1. Under Look, pick a Colour theme, then set Digit size and Digit colour.
  2. Click Copy on the All timers row, or the copy source button on one timer to show only that one.
  3. In OBS, click + under Sources, pick Browser, paste the link into URL and click OK.

Switch on Hide a timer once it finishes if you don't want 00:00 left on screen.

On the website

  1. Keep the Multistream app open on your PC, signed in to the same account.
  2. Open Timer in the dashboard sidebar, under On stream. You see your timers from the app.
  3. Click Start, Pause or +1 min from here. The clock on your stream changes right away.

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