Live stats HUD
Read the on-screen stats overlay — loss, bitrate, fps, encoder, and network health.
Live stats HUD
The HUD is an optional overlay that shows exactly what's happening with your stream in real time: how the picture is encoded, how fast it's flowing, and how healthy the network is. It's the fastest way to tell whether a glitch is your Wi-Fi, your settings, or something else.
Turning it on
Tap the screen to reveal the controls, open Settings (the gear), and turn on Show stats under Developer Tools. The stats appear as a panel in the top-left of the live view.
What each line means
The HUD is a small stack of rows. From top to bottom:
| Row | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Host | The computer running your Adobe app — Windows, macOS (Apple silicon), or macOS (Intel). Confirms PreviewMonitor identified your machine correctly. |
| Stream | The source sequence as your Adobe app announced it — width × height @ frames per second (for example 1920×1080 @ 25 fps). |
| Encoder | The encoder doing the work, with a short description (for example NVIDIA HEVC Encoder). |
| Encode | What the encoder is actually producing right now: the output resolution (such as 1080p), the live frame rate, the bitrate in megabits, the GOP mode, and the codec. |
| Network | Stream health: packet loss % (colour-coded, see below) and OWD (one-way delay) with a trend arrow. |
The encode row in detail
The encode row reads, left to right:
- Resolution — the short side of the encoded picture, e.g.
1080por540p. This is the encoder's output, which can be lower than the Stream row if you've set a Resolution Limit. - fps — frames per second actually being encoded.
- Mb — the live bitrate in megabits per second.
- GOP name —
Snappy(All-Intra),Smooth(Short-GOP), orLong. See Encoding settings. - Codec —
H.265orH.264.
The network row in detail
- loss — the percentage of packets lost in the recent window. This is the number to watch. PreviewMonitor adds FEC (forward error correction) that quietly rebuilds lost packets, so a little loss is invisible — the colour tells you when it's getting serious.
- OWD — one-way delay in milliseconds, with a trend arrow: ↑ means the network path is queuing up (delay rising), ↓ means it's draining, and · means it's steady.
Loss colours
The loss percentage changes colour so you can read network health at a glance:
- 🟢 Green — 0.5% or less. Healthy. The stream is clean.
- 🟡 Yellow — up to 3%. Some loss; FEC is likely covering most of it, but you're near the edge.
- 🔴 Red — over 3%. Heavy loss. Expect stutter or artifacts. Move closer to the router, switch to 5 GHz Wi-Fi, or lower the Resolution Limit. See Choppy or laggy stream.
Average (rolling) stats
Below the live rows is an Avg row with a running timer since the last reset. Use the buttons on that row to:
- Reset the rolling window (start fresh from now).
- Copy the full one-line summary to share or paste into a bug report.
- Expand (the chevron) to see the detailed averages.
This is handy for capturing "how did the last 30 seconds actually go?" rather than just the instantaneous numbers.