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Chapter 1 CONTENTS
2.5.14 Hotspots, Triggers and Trackers 16
2.5.17 Audio Remote Control 18
2.5.18 Integrated Media Players 18
2.5.22 Optional Control Surfaces 20
SECTION 3.1 COMMAND AND CONTROL 21
SECTION 3.2 ACTIVATING & AUTHORIZING WINDOWS® 22
SECTION 3.3 LICENSE AND REGISTRATION 23
3.3.2 Registering by Telephone 24
SECTION 3.4 RACK MOUNTING TRICASTER 25
SECTION 3.5 INPUT CONNECTIONS 26
3.5.2 Connecting a Video Router 29
SECTION 3.6 GENLOCK CONNECTION 30
SECTION 3.7 TIMECODE CONNECTION 31
SECTION 3.8 OUTPUT CONNECTIONS 31
3.8.3 Supplemental Video Outputs 34
SECTION 3.10 STARTING A SESSION 36
SECTION 3.11 CONFIGURE VIDEO OUTPUT 38
SECTION 3.12 CONFIGURE VIDEO INPUTS 42
3.12.1 Configure a Video Router Input 43
SECTION 3.13 CONFIGURE AUDIO 43
SECTION 3.14 CONFIGURE GENLOCK 46
SECTION 3.15 CONFIGURE TIMECODE 48
CHAPTER 4 LIVE PRODUCTION WALKTHROUGH 49
SECTION 4.1 CREATING A SESSION 49
SECTION 4.2 IMPORTING CONTENT 50
SECTION 4.3 CONFIGURING SHARE ACCOUNTS 51
4.5.1 Mute, Mono and Balance 58
SECTION 4.6 NETWORK SOURCES 63
SECTION 4.8 RECORD AND GRAB 75
SECTION 4.10 LIVEMATTE & M/ES 88
SECTION 4.11 MORE ABOUT M/ES 92
4.11.1 Composing M/E Layers 92
4.11.2 Adding an Upstream Overlay 94
4.13.1 Streaming Configuration 100
4.13.2 Simple Pull Streaming 101
4.13.3 Push and RTMP Streaming 103
4.13.4 Capturing the Stream 103
CHAPTER 5 THE STARTUP SCREEN 107
SECTION 5.1 INTRODUCTION TO SESSIONS 108
SECTION 5.3 THE SESSION PAGE 120
CHAPTER 6 LIVE DESKTOP: OVERVIEW 131
SECTION 6.1 DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS 131
SECTION 6.3 STANDARD CONTROLS 133
SECTION 6.4 CUSTOMIZING THE LIVE DESKTOP 134
6.4.2 Workspaces and Min/Maximize 134
SECTION 7.4 INFORMATION PANEL 140
CHAPTER 8 I/O CONFIGURATION 143
SECTION 8.1 OUTPUT CONFIGURATION 143
SECTION 8.2 INPUT CONFIGURATION 154
SECTION 8.3 NETWORK INPUTS 167
SECTION 8.4 TIMECODE CONFIGURATION 168
CHAPTER 9 SWITCHER, TRANSITIONS AND OVERLAY 171
SECTION 9.2 BACKGROUND AND DSK LAYERS 172
9.2.2 Linking Switcher Rows 174
SECTION 9.4 SWITCHER MEM SLOTS 184
CHAPTER 10 MONITORING YOUR VIDEO 185
SECTION 10.1 INTERFACE AND MULTIVIEW 185
SECTION 10.2 PROGRAM MONITOR 189
SECTION 10.3 LOOK AHEAD PREVIEW 190
CHAPTER 11 MEDIA PLAYERS & BUFFERS 195
SECTION 11.1 SPECIALIZED MEDIA PLAYERS 195
SECTION 11.2 SHARED FEATURES 196
SECTION 11.3 EDITING TITLE PAGES 208
11.4.8 Keying, Proc Amps and More 218
12.1.3 Configuring Presets 221
12.1.4 PTZ and the Control Surface 222
SECTION 13.3 SPILL SUPPRESSION 227
SECTION 13.6 PRACTICAL STAGING FOR LIVEMATTE 228
13.6.2 Connection Considerations 229
CHAPTER 14 MIX/EFFECT (M/E) TOOLS 231
14.2.3 input Position Controls 234
14.2.6 Holographic LiveSets 245
15.1.1 Audio Specifications 250
SECTION 15.3 VU METER CALIBRATION 250
SECTION 15.4 EXTERNAL SOURCES 251
SECTION 15.5 COMMON CONTROLS 252
SECTION 15.6 INTERNAL SOURCES 255
15.6.3 Effects (Transitions) 255
SECTION 15.7 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 256
SECTION 15.8 OUTPUT AND PRIMARY BUS CONTROLS 265
SECTION 15.9 MEM SLOT BINS 267
SECTION 16.5 NETWORK VIDEO 280
CHAPTER 17 MACROS, AUTOMATION AND REMOTE CONTROL 283
SECTION 17.1 SYSTEM MACROS 284
SECTION 17.2 RECORDING MACROS 285
SECTION 17.3 MANAGING MACROS 286
17.3.1 Assigning Shortcuts 286
SECTION 17.4 MACROS AND HOTSPOTS 288
SECTION 17.6 AIRSEND™ CONTROL 291
17.6.1 DEFAULT AIRSEND COMMANDS 292
17.6.2 AirSend™ and Your Control surface 296
SECTION 17.7 REMOTE CONTROL 296
17.7.1 ‘Twinning’ TriCasters 296
SECTION 18.3 CONNECTION OPTIONS 301
SECTION 18.5 CAPTURING THE STREAM 307
SECTION 18.6 STREAMING STRATEGIES 307
18.6.1 On Demand or Live Streaming? 308
18.6.2 Streaming Protocols 310
18.6.3 Streaming Media Providers 313
SECTION 18.7 PRODUCTION AND CAPTURE CONSIDERATIONS 314
SECTION 18.8 DIAGNOSTICS AND TROUBLESHOOTING 315
18.8.1 Testing your stream 315
18.8.2 Is it Really a TriCaster Issue? 323
SECTION 19.2 ACCOUNT CONFIGURATION 325
SECTION 19.3 THE PUBLISH QUEUE 327
19.3.2 Choosing Destinations 330
19.3.3 More ‘Add to Queue’ Methods 331
CHAPTER 20 RECORD AND GRAB 333
20.2.1 Record Configuration 334
CHAPTER 21 LIVETEXT™ AND SPEEDEDIT™ 343
21.1.1 Sessions, Projects and Display 343
21.1.3 Naming Stand-in Images 345
21.2.1 Sessions, Projects and Display 346
21.2.2 IEEE1394 I/O Output 346
CHAPTER 22 CONTROL SURFACES 351
SECTION 22.1 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE 351
SECTION 22.2 CONNECTIONS & POWER 352
22.2.1 Power Considerations 353
SECTION 22.3 TRICASTER™ 8000 CS 353
22.3.2 Delegates and Synchronization 354
22.3.3 MAIN TRANSITION Group 356
22.3.6 MEDIA PLAYERS Group 365
22.3.10 T-Bar Illumination 368
22.3.11 M/E TRANSITION – Lighting 368
SECTION 22.4 TRICASTER™ 460 CS & 860 CS 371
22.4.3 Delegates and Synchronization 373
SECTION 22.5 TRICASTER™ 40 CS & TRICASTER MINI CS 390
22.5.1 Delegates and Synchronization 390
22.6.1 22.5.1 CONFIGURING TRICASTER 396
22.6.10 Preset (DDR Playlist) 405
22.6.11 Transport (Clip controls) 405
SECTION 22.7 AVID® ARTIST MIX 407
22.7.1 Installing AVID® Artist Mix Software 408
22.7.2 Connecting Artist Mix 408
22.7.14 Compressor/Limiter 416
SECTION 22.9 GPI CONTROLLERS 421
A.1.2 Connect fill + alpha sources? 428
A.1.3 Configure alpha matte output? 429
A.1.4 Color correct mismatched cameras? 429
A.1.6 Connect a supported external control surface? 432
A.1.7 Mirror control operations to another TriCaster? 432
A.1.8 Insert/Remove a Drive From TriCaster’s Removable Drive Bay 433
A.1.9 Connect An External Hard Drive? 434
A.1.10 Eject A Hard Drive? 434
A.1.11 Connect tally lights? 434
A.1.12 Connect to a network? 435
A.1.13 Locate a specific TriCaster on my network? 435
A.1.14 Resolve iVGA PRO Quirks 435
A.1.15 Connect to an AirPlay® Source? 436
A.1.16 Enable Termination for video inputs? 439
A.1.17 Configure Wirecast® to receive TriCaster’s Network output? 439
A.2.1 Start an SD Session? 441
A.2.2 Start an HD Session? 441
A.2.3 Work on a Stored Session? 442
A.2.6 Delete a Session (and its Content)? 443
A.2.7 Manage Selected Content inside a Session? 443
A.2.9 Duplicate a session? 443
A.3.1 Make Custom Transitions and LiveSets? 444
A.3.2 Restore the Default LiveSet? 444
A.3.3 Set up the ‘Nightly Show A’ LiveSet? 444
A.3.4 Set up the ‘Night Beat 3D’ LiveSet? 446
A.3.1 Set up the ‘Metropolis A’ LiveSet? 447
A.3.3 Find my Captured Stream file? 449
A.3.5 Find my Recorded Program File? 450
A.3.6 Change Playback Speed for Clips in the DDR (Media Player)? 450
A.3.7 Deal With DDR (Media Player) Clips That Seem Blurry? 451
A.3.8 Get Stubborn Clips to Play in the DDR? 451
A.3.9 Change Colors for an Entire Title Playlist at Once? 453
A.3.10 Get Live Title Pages (.cgxml) to Respect All LiveText Font Attributes? 454
A.3.11 Prepare a Matched Group of M/Es? 454
A.3.12 Improve the Quality of Multiview Output? 455
A.4.3 Avoid Delays When Session Media is Offline? 456
A.4.4 Share Files On YouTube®? 456
A.4.5 Prepare Clips with Embedded Alpha Channel? 457
A.4.6 Add an External File Location to the File Browser? 457
A.4.7 Remove a Location From the File Browser? 458
A.4.8 Export files to an External Drive? 458
A.4.9 Import/Export Files Larger Than 4 Gigabytes? 458
A.4.10 Repair damaged recordings? 458
A.4.11 Avoid the Error “…copy this file without its properties?” 459
A.4.12 Free up Space by Deleting the Demo Clips? 459
A.5 SOFTWARE, MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES 459
A.5.1 Improve Performance? 459
A.5.2 Resolve Serious Instability or Dropped frames? 460
A.5.4 Update the Flash® and/or Windows Media Encoder®? 460
A.5.5 Install Virus Protection? 461
A.5.6 Install My Favorite Software (or Codec)? 461
A.5.7 Create a ‘User Backup’ Drive 462
A.5.8 Restore TriCaster Software 462
A.6 REGISTRATION AND TECH SUPPORT 465
A.6.2 Contact Customer Support? 465
A.6.3 Find TriCaster’s Hardware/Firmware Revision Numbers? 466
A.7.1 Access System Administration Features? 466
A.7.2 Return to TriCaster from Administrator Mode 466
A.7.3 Add A Custom Streaming Profile to the Configure Stream Connection Panel? 466
A.8 MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 470
A.8.1 Can I do anything to improve latency/audio sync? 470
A.8.2 Why is my power supply beeping? 470
A.8.3 Why Do Some Thumbnail Icons Look Wrong? 471
B PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS 473
B.3.1 Relativity and the Speed of Light 474
B.3.2 Latency and Your Audience 475
B.3.3 Latency and Your TriCaster 475
B.3.4 Other Sources of Latency 476
C.1 WHAT (AND WHERE) TO CALIBRATE? 479
C.2 CALIBRATING VIDEO SOURCES 480
C.2.1 Setting Black and White 480
C.3 CALIBRATING YOUR MONITORS 485
C.3.2 Program Output Monitor 486
D.3 RECORD, GRAB, AND STREAM 490
D.11.2 Selection and Navigation 493
SECTION 22.10 TRICASTER 460 AND 410 495
SECTION 22.11 TRICASTER 8000 AND 860 497
SECTION 22.12 TRICASTER 8000 CS 498
SECTION 22.13 TRICASTER 860 CS 499
SECTION 22.14 TRICASTER 460 CS 500
