Play the video.
Cut back to the speaker.

Bring the playlist you have

VLC playlists (.xspf, .m3u, .m3u8) keep each title, and VLC's start and stop times become the part that plays. Mitti projects keep cue names, in and out points, and whether a cue holds its last frame or runs on Mac. A folder of videos and pictures plays in name order.

Have slides? Export a Keynote or PowerPoint deck as images and open the folder: each slide becomes a cue, in slide order. A picture stays up for five seconds, then zlist cuts back to the camera. Export the deck as a movie instead to keep its timings and animations.

Every talk of the day, ready

Add all of the day's playlists to the sidebar. zlist prepares each one ahead, shows a check mark when it is ready, and opens them all again at the next launch. Click to switch between talks. Mac

Know what goes out next

PROGRAM shows what the meeting sees. PREVIEW shows what comes next: the cued cue, or the camera while a cue plays. The cue clock turns amber at 10 seconds and red at 5, and the playlist clock shows what is left of the talk.

Cut cleanly

Play, Stop, Next and Previous, or double-click any cue. FTB fades picture and sound to black over half a second, and back again. Drag the CUED bar to start a clip later than the playlist says, and PREVIEW shows that frame Mac.

Sound that follows the picture

Your microphone is live while the camera is on. A cue with sound takes its place and gives it back when it ends; a still or a silent clip leaves the microphone open. Mute never silences a cue. Send the cue sound to headphones or room speakers too.

Drive it from anywhere

Global hotkeys that work while Zoom is in front, the keyboard's media keys, and OSC on UDP port 9000 for Bitfocus Companion and Stream Deck. Each button shows its keys. A second zlist can follow the first over OSC, a set delay later Windows.

Stay out of the meeting's way

Overlay mode floats a short strip across the top of the screen and the cue list down one side, so Zoom's gallery stays in view. Keep the window on top and dim it.

Feed the room as well

External output sends the meeting's picture to a second display, or to a window of a fixed size for OBS or screen sharing. Choose whether it shows the camera or black between cues.

Fails safe

If the chosen camera is gone, zlist tries real cameras before capture cards and virtual cameras, and says which one it took. When zlist is closed, the meeting sees a quiet placeholder, never a frozen frame. A cue that cannot play says why in red, and Play refuses it.

Try it before the talk

Open the sample playlist from the empty cue list: title cards, colour clips, a cue that runs on, and a Sync test that flashes and beeps once a second.