Never a cut-off logo
Your clip is repeated edge to edge in whole copies only. Leftover pixels are split evenly at both ends and filled with your clip's own background colour, matched exactly.
LED ribbon video for stadiums
One clip in.
Every ribbon out.
RibbonReady turns a single video into the exact LED ribbon files each stadium asks for. Tick the venues, press Render, and every screen comes out at its own size, frame rate, length and file type, named the way the venue wants it.
49venue presets
98screens with their own spec
5leagues: A-League, AFL, NRL, NBL, cricket
Your clip, 480 × 80
Every ribbon uses whole copies of your clip, centred, with the spare pixels filled in your clip's own background colour.
Bar under each ribbon: the full width, and where you're looking
How it works
From one edit to a full match-day delivery in three steps.
STEP 1
Drop in your video
Any length, any height. RibbonReady reads the frame rate, finds the background colour, and checks whether the content scrolls.
STEP 2
Tick the screens
Pick venues from the built-in list, grouped by league, or add your own sizes. A spec check warns you if your clip's frame rate, height or length doesn't suit a screen.
STEP 3
Render once
Every file is made in one pass, with the step, the overall percentage and the time left on screen. Screens with the same spec are encoded once and copied under each venue's name.
Features
Built by someone who delivers stadium LED content every week.
The fiddly rules that get files sent back are handled for you.
Smart extend
Designed a wide ribbon for one size? RibbonReady finds the artwork's repeat and stretches it to the other width, keeping both ends intact and carrying gradients across without a join.
Seamless scrolling screens
Scrolling content is spotted when the video loads. Scrolling-only screens get whole copies fitted to the exact width, so the loop joins left to right.
Timecode where it's needed
Flag a screen for timecode and it gets LTC on the right audio channel, your audio on the left, and a timecode track. Drop-frame is supported at 59.94.
Every delivery format
H.264 MP4 or MOV, or HAP for large Daktronics-style displays, per screen. Frame rate and length follow each venue's spec, including 15 s and 5 s versions.
Stripped HD output
For venues driven from a standard HD feed, long ribbons can be cut into rows and stacked into a 1920 × 1080 frame, timecode and venue names included.
Preview video for clients
Make a 1920 × 1080 preview that shows every ribbon on one frame, so a sponsor can approve the look before match day.
Your own screens
Add up to three custom sizes to any render, with their own width, height, frame rate and length, and save them to your screen list for next time.
New venues arrive by themselves
The venue list and the app update automatically when you're online. Updates install the next time you open the app, never in the middle of a render.
Designer · new in 1.7
No video yet? Design the tile.
Build a sponsor tile from logos and text right inside RibbonReady. It's repeated along every screen and comes out as a still or scrolling ribbon, ready for the same one-click render.
- Logos and text as layers. Drop in logo images, add text, and move, line up or reorder them.
- Type that holds up on LED. Any font on your computer, colour, bold, italic, underline, shadow and outline.
- Static or scrolling. Scroll left or right at a speed that always loops cleanly at 30 seconds, at 25, 30, 50 or 60 fps.
- Straight into the render. Press Build and the clip loads into the converter, with a live view of how the tiles fit each venue.
- Keep your designs. Save a design file and open it again next round or on another computer.
Layers
TYOUR CLIP
logo.png
Background
Text
Archivo34 px
BIUShadowOutline
Build as
7168 × 80 · 14 tiles · scrolling right to left · loops at 30 s
What you get
A folder that's ready to send.
File names carry the venue, the screen and the size, and follow the venue's own naming rules, such as the cricket TL numbers.
- Right size, right rate, right lengthEach screen keeps its own frame rate, so a 25 fps SCG file and a 60 fps HBF Park file come out of the same render.
- No duplicate encodingIdentical specs are rendered once. Clashing names get a clear suffix such as _25fps or _TC.
- A log when you need oneA diagnostics panel shows each step and the encoder's live output, with a button to copy the whole log.
Sponsor_Round12/
├─ Sponsor_HBF-Park_East_13408x80.mp4
├─ Sponsor_HBF-Park_North-South_7168x80.mp4
├─ Sponsor_Optus-Stadium_Field_3122x108.mov
├─ Sponsor_Optus-Stadium_Parapet-1_1380x48.mov
├─ Sponsor_Optus-Stadium_Parapet-2_1764x48.mov
├─ Sponsor_SCG_Field_2048x90_25fps.mov
├─ Sponsor_TL-1.mp4
├─ Sponsor_TL-2.mp4
├─ Sponsor_TL-3.mp4
├─ Sponsor_Stripped_1920x1080_TC.mov
└─ Sponsor_Client-Preview_1920x1080.mp4
Venues
Every screen, already measured.
The presets come from the venues' published LED specs. Search the list below to see what's built in today.
| Venue | League | Screen | Size (px) | Rate | Length | File |
|---|
Your venue isn't listed? Add it as a custom screen in seconds, and send it to us so it can be added to everyone's list.
Licence
One licence, every venue.
Early subscriber offer20% off your first year, monthly or yearly. Enter the code at checkout before 31 December 2026.
EARLYBIRD$—per yearprice to confirm
Buying for 10 or more computers? Take 10% off the yearly price.
Prices in Australian dollars. Discount codes are accepted at checkout. Cancel any time. Your licence key is emailed as soon as payment goes through.
- Mac and Windows, with every venue preset and output format
- Licence keys for one or more computers
- Keeps working offline for 14 days between check-ins
- Offline activation for edit suites that never go online
- Venue list and app updates included
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Download
Try it free for 7 days.
Download RibbonReady and click Try it free for 7 days when it opens. Every feature works, and files made during the trial carry a large RibbonReady watermark, so you can check layouts before you buy. Enter a licence key at any time and new files come out clean. The download includes everything, including the video encoder, so there's nothing else to install.
Windows
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Unzip and run RibbonReady.exe.
Always the latest versionOpening it the first time
If a blue box says Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway. You only do this once.
Mac
One app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Unzip and drag to Applications.
Always the latest versionOpening it the first time
- Double-click RibbonReady. When macOS says it could not verify the app, click Done (not Move to Bin).
- Open System Settings › Privacy & Security and scroll to the bottom.
- Next to “RibbonReady was blocked”, click Open Anyway, then confirm with your password.
On macOS 14 or earlier, right-click the app and choose Open instead. You only do this once. Why does this happen?
Questions
Before you ask.
What kind of video can I put in?
Any common video file. A clip designed at the ribbon's height works best, but RibbonReady scales it to each screen's height and repeats it to the width. The spec check tells you if the frame rate or length won't suit a venue. No video at all? Build one from logos and text in the Designer.
How does the free trial work?
Download the app and start the trial from its activation screen. You get 7 days with every feature, one trial per computer. Trial files have a watermark across the whole ribbon, so they're for checking layouts, not for playing at a venue. Buy a licence and enter the key to make clean files.
My Mac says Apple could not verify RibbonReady. What do I do?
RibbonReady isn't registered with Apple yet, so macOS asks you to approve it the first time you open it. On macOS 15 or later, click Done, then open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom, click Open Anyway next to RibbonReady and enter your password. That button only shows for about an hour after you try to open the app, so if it isn't there, double-click RibbonReady again first. On macOS 14 or earlier, right-click the app and choose Open. You only need to do this once.
On Windows, if a blue box says Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Once activated it renders offline and only needs to check in every 14 days. For computers that are never online there's an offline activation code tied to that machine.
Can I add a venue that isn't listed?
Yes. Add a custom screen with its width, height, frame rate, length and file type, and save it to your list. Send it to us and we can add it for everyone.
What is HAP and do I need it?
HAP is a video format some large LED systems, including Daktronics, prefer for very wide displays. Most venues ask for H.264 MP4 or MOV. RibbonReady makes whichever each screen's spec says, or both.
How do I change computers or cancel?
Open your billing portal and enter the email you subscribed with. You can add or remove computers, update your card, download receipts or cancel. If you cancel, your licence keeps working until the end of the period you've paid for.
Will an update interrupt a render?
No. Updates download in the background and install the next time you open the app.
Who makes RibbonReady?
RibbonReady is made in Perth, Western Australia, by Ryan Ramage, who produces LED ribbon content for A-League, AFL, NRL and cricket venues.