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FIGURE 61
Record and Grab controls are prominently positioned immediately above the
Program monitor (in its default position at upper right on the Live Desktop).
Note: The tools located above the monitoring section of the Live Desktop comprise TriCaster’s Dashboard. In addition to Record and Grab, the Dashboard holds numerous other important features discussed a bit further on in this guide.
4.8.1 RECORD
1. Roll the mouse pointer over the Record control in the Dashboard and click the Configuration button (gear) that appears to open the Record Configuration panel (Figure 63).
Hint: TriCaster stores recordings at (drive):\Media\Clips\sessionname\Capture (where “drive” and “sessionname” are appropriate for your system and session).
2. Click in the Base Name field, and enter a unique name for the captured file(s).
TriCaster’s IsoCorder™ technology can capture multiple a/v sources simultaneously. The first of these sources is referred to as the Primary source. Additional sources in many combinations can be added in a Secondary recording group shown below.
(Recording options are discussed in more depth in Chapter 20, Record and Grab.)
The default capture options will work just fine for our purposes, so let’s continue:
3. By default, Output 1 (the primary Program output) is the selected Source in the Primary Recording area of the Record Configuration panel.
Hint: You could optionally select DDR 1 or DDR 2 in the nearby Add to Playlist menu, automatically adding newly recorded clips to a playlist – but let’s not do that yet.
4. Click Close.
5. Make sure you have an active source playing on Program output.
6. Press the Record button. It will illuminate, and the neighboring timecode field will begin keeping track of the duration of your recording.
7. After a little while, press Record again to stop recording.
This configuration will record everything that is displayed on Output 1, letting you capture your entire live production for posterity if you like. It also provides a way for you to capture clips for playback (from TriCaster’s DDRs) during your live events.
FIGURE 64
The Grab feature is similar to Record, just described - except of course that it grabs fresh still images from each time you click the Grab button.
Hint: Notice that the nearby counter increments with each Grab performed.
8. As before, click the Configure button (gear) to open a setting panel for the Grab
feature.
The De-interlace option smooths the results for fielded format session, and is enabled by default.
FIGURE 65 | 9. Enter “test” (without quotes) in the Base Name field. 10. Enable Capture stills from all inputs. 11. Enable the Add PGM grab to switch, and click the nearby gear button to select some destinations (be sure to include DDR 1). |
12. Close the Configuration panel, and click the DDR 1 tab (so you can see what occurs next).
13. Click the Grab button.
Let’s consider the results of this single click:
For a given Base name, the number in the Grab button’s counter display rises by 1 each time you click Grab.
The image(s) grabbed from output is stored at in a folder on the session drive at (drive letter):\Media\Stills\(session name)\Capture.
As well, a new thumbnail icon (named “test 1.jpg”, etc.) appears in the DDR 1 playlist; you’ll see at a glance that it represents a still image from Output 1.
Notice too that the newly grabbed frame is added to any other destinations (including the Publish Queue) you check-marked.
Note that only one thumbnail is added to the GFX 1 playlist, even though you enabled Capture stills from all inputs. The option did not fail, though. The same folder mentioned just above also contains sub-folders for each Grab you performed. You’ll find the additional still image files inside these folders.