# Director Parameters

Parameters specified for the director's control panel; have to be used together with the [`&director`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/director.md) parameter.

## Director Only Parameters

| Parameter                                                                                     | Explanation                                                                                                 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`&director`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/director.md)                             | Enters a room as the director, instead of a guest and have full control                                     |
| [`&codirector`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/codirector.md)                         | Allows assistant directors to have access to the director's room, with a subset of control                  |
| [`&blindall`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-blindall.md)                         | It allows the director 'blinding' all the guests at a time with a new button                                |
| [`&cleandirector`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/cleandirector.md)                   | Hides the invite URL options in the Director's room                                                         |
| [`&hidesolo`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-hidesolo.md)                         | Lets you hide the solo links from showing                                                                   |
| [`&hidecodirectors`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-hidecodirectors.md)           | Hides the co-directors from appearing in the director's room                                                |
| [`&minidirector`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-minidirector.md)                 | Default mini director stylesheet                                                                            |
| [`&orderby`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-orderby.md)                           | Orders guests by their stream ID in the director's room                                                     |
| [`&queue`](/advanced-settings/guest-queuing-parameters/queue.md)                              | A basic guest queuing system                                                                                |
| [`&rooms`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/rooms.md)                                   | Quick director access to a list of rooms for transferring guests                                            |
| [`&roomcap`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-roomcap.md)                           | Claim-time room admission cap (default 80 on official service; hard max 80)                                 |
| [`&roomkey`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-roomkey.md)                           | Trusted bypass key for claim-time admission controls                                                        |
| [`&noclaim`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-noclaim.md)                           | Join director mode without trying to claim the room                                                         |
| [`&requireapproval`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-requireapproval.md)           | Require manual director approval before new guests can join                                                 |
| [`&approvepopup`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-approvepopup.md)                 | Show a director confirmation popup for pending approval requests                                            |
| [`&broadcasttransfer`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-broadcasttransfer.md)       | Will let you specify the default for whether to transfer a guest from room to room in broadcast mode or not |
| [`&showdirector`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-showdirector.md)                 | Lets the director perform alongside guests, showing up in scene-view links                                  |
| [`&slotmode`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-slotmode.md)                         | Gives you the possibility to assign slots to the connected guests                                           |
| [`&previewmode`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-previewmode.md)                   | Activates the Preview layout for the director's room by default                                             |
| [`&novice`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-novice.md)                             | Hides some advanced guest options in the director's control center                                          |
| [`&layouts`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-layouts.md)                           | An ordered array of layouts, which can be used to switch between using the API layouts action               |
| [`&maindirectorpassword`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-maindirectorpassword.md) | Lets you set a pseudo 'master room password' as a director                                                  |

## Parameters you can also use as a director

| Parameter                                                                                                    | Explanation                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`&totalroombitrate`](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-totalscenebitrate/totalroombitrate.md) | The total bitrate the guests in a room can view video streams with                                      |
| [`&limittotalbitrate`](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/limittotalbitrate.md)                     | Limits the total outbound bitrate                                                                       |
| [`&notify`](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-notify.md)                                            | Audio alerts for raised hands, chat messages and if somebody joins the room                             |
| [`&mutespeaker=0`](/advanced-settings/audio-parameters/and-mutespeaker.md)                                   | Can be used to have the director join unmuted                                                           |
| [`&showconnections`](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-showconnections.md)                          | Displays the total number of p2p connections of a remote stream                                         |
| [`&widget`](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-widget.md)                                            | Will load a side-bar for guests with an IFrame embed, with support for YouTube / Twitch / Social Stream |


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