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Perhaps you’d like to be able to add Microsoft PowerPoint® output, web pages, Skype™ video calls, application displays, titles and graphics from NewTek’s LiveText or other exotic content to your productions. TriCaster supports all such displays from computers on the same network as Network (1 and 2) sources on the Switcher, via the supplied iVGA client application (not required for LiveText).
1. For a Microsoft Windows® client, copy the iVGA PRO program from the Extras\iVGA\Microsoft Windows folder (inside C:\TriCaster) to the sending computer.
For OS X® client systems, copy the correct iVGA.dmg.zip file appropriate for your system type from the similar folder named for Apple OS X® to your Mac.
Unzip it by double-clicking it; mount the disk image (.dmg file) in the same manner, then drag the iVGA program icon into Applications. (See Chapter 16, Network for more detail).
2. Connect TriCaster to the client computer via the local network.
3. Double-click the iVGA icon on the second computer.
After agreeing to the NewTek license (and a moment or two for the network connection to be established) the name of the remote computer is added (along with “Black” and any other networked systems with iVGA running on them) to TriCaster’s network source list.
Note: Gigabit networking is highly recommended, and should be considered mandatory for HD sessions in particular.
4. Move your mouse pointer over a Network monitor in the All Monitors tabbed view.
5. Click the triangular menu button below the monitor to select a networked source (or change the current selection) from the menu that appears. (For iVGA PRO, you’ll need to accept the connection at least once on the client machine).
Hint: iVGA displays a status icon on the client system. For a Windows® based system, the icon is in the task tray; on Macintosh® systems, it is shown in the dock. This indicates this computer’s display is ready to send to TriCaster. The icon’s appearance changes to indicate when the client is actually sending output to TriCaster.
See Chapter 16 for much more detail on the use of iVGA.
See Section 16.2 for details on using devices and applications supporting Apple AirPlay as network sources for TriCaster.
NewTek’s (optional) standalone LiveText application offers features that are very similar to TriCaster’s integrated LiveText (see Chapter 21 LiveText™ and SpeedEDIT™), but installs separately on a compatible Windows® computer.
A (networked) LiveText workstation effectively constitutes a dedicated CG and title solution for TriCaster presentations. (This is a wonderful addition for those times when you could really use another pair of hands.) When running on the network connected computer, LiveText is listed in the Network selection drop-down menus (just as an iVGA source would be). Select LiveText (and clicking the Live button in LiveText) provides the current title page in LiveText to the Network buttons on TriCaster’s Switcher, M/Es or DSK channels.