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SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION:
Q: What is a session?
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1. Connect your SD sources to TriCaster’s input connectors (see Section 3.5).
2. Connect your SD monitors to TriCaster’s output connectors (see Section 3.8.1)
3. Select the New icon in the Home Page of the Startup Screen.
4. Click the Enter Session Name link (under Session Name at right) and supply a name for the new session.
5. Select a Volume (hard drive) for the new session.
6. TriCaster Multi-standard only: choose your local Video Standard (NTSC, NTSC-J or PAL)
7. Choose either SD 4:3 or SD 16:9 (widescreen) for Resolution, and click the
Start Session link (lower-right).
(See also Sections Section 3.10 and Section 5.1.)
1. Follow steps 1-6 in the preceding section.
2. Select either 720p or 1080i for Resolution.
3. Click the Start Session link (lower-right).
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION:
Q: What is the best session format for streaming?
A: We strongly recommend that you use a progressive video format for sessions you intend primarily for streaming.
Doing so eliminates fielding artifacts that might otherwise occur due to converting fielded video to progressive video for streaming. This will generally result in noticeably better quality.
A.2.3 WORK ON A STORED SESSION?
1. Click the Open icon in the Home Page of the Startup Screen.
2. Click the name of the session you want to re-open.
1. Open the TriCaster session you wish to backup, then click the Manage icon in the Startup Screen’s Session Page.
2. Click the Backup Session button (below the Browse list). If the session has external files in its playlists, choose one of the options from the dialog that opens next.
3. Use the system file explorer that opens next to select the location for the backup file, and click OK. This process can take considerable time if the session has a lot of content; in such cases, it’s best not to commence unless time (before a production) permits. (See Backup Session under Section 5.3 for more detail.)
1. Click the Open icon the Home Page of the Startup Screen
2. Click the Restore Session Backup link at the bottom of the Sessions list as right.
3. Navigate to and select the previously stored session backup file, and click
Open.
A.2.6 DELETE A SESSION (AND ITS CONTENT)?
1. Right-click the name of the session in Home Page of the Startup Screen.
2. Select Delete from the menu.
This will delete the session, and any content that is local to the session, including associated LiveText projects (external data that has not been imported will not be deleted).
A.2.7 MANAGE SELECTED CONTENT INSIDE A SESSION?
1. Click the name of the session containing the content you wish to delete in the Home Page of the Startup Screen.
2. Click the Manage icon on the Session Page.
3. Under Browse at right, click the link for the type of content you wish to manage (see the sub-heading Manage in Section 5.3).
1. Make sure all drives that have session data on them (such as captured clips) are inserted.
2. Right-click the name of the session you want to rename in the Home Page of the Startup Screen.
3. Choose Rename from the menu that appears.
It can be very useful to make a copy of a session. For example, it might often take less time to modify a copy of an existing session than to configure an entirely new one.
1. Backup a session – see Section A.2.4.
2. Rename the current session – see Section A.2.8.
3. Restore the backed up session – see Section A.2.5.