Newtek TriCaster 8000 User Manual

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Page | 84 MEM slots store other information about the current state of the module, too, including playback position, selection status,

Page | 85 EXPLORING AUTOPLAY AND SINGLE The controls of the graphics players are identical to those of the DDR apart from the omission of a playb

Page | 86 35. Select GFX 1 on the Switcher’s Program row. 36. Select GFX 2 on the Switcher’s Preview row. 37. Click the first entry in both playlist

Page | 87 TriCaster’s native title pages have some distinct advantages over a common still image, however. Let’s try them out: 1. Clic

Page | 88 6. Move the mouse over the default text shown in the Title Page Editor’s preview pane, and notice that a white bounding-box

Page | 89 FIGURE 74 2. Remove any extraneous DSKs left from earlier operations from view using the local Take buttons in the Switcher’s indiv

Page | 90 effect name), and use the Media Browser to select “Default (2 Layer)” from the Default group in the file pane.] 6. Notice that the le

Page | 91 FIGURE 77 11. Click on the Color button in the Matte section of the panel, and keep the mouse button depressed. 12. Drag t

Page | 92 SECTION 4.11 MORE ABOUT M/ES Depending on your model, four or eight M/E (Mix/Effect) buttons sit innocuously on TriCaster’s Switcher rows

Page | 93 As currently configured, Program output displays the result of changes you make. (Of course, during a live production you’d likely us

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Page | 94 Hint: When the Keep Aspect switch for the Scale controls is lit, vertical and horizontal adjustments are locked together – adjustin

Page | 95 7. Select GFX 1 as the source for Key 1 in the M/E tab, and display the corresponding overlay channel by clicking the Aut

Page | 96 Transition directly to it with a single click – and just as easy to transition from one M/E to another. Of course, this is just one

Page | 97 5. In the file pane at right, click the thumbnail icon named Center.Liveset in the World Update group, and then click OK at the bottom o

Page | 98 Both DDRs will begin running their currently selected clips simultaneously thanks to Autoplay (of course normally your foregroun

Page | 99 1. Add the image file TriCaster Logo w. Bkgnd.png from Still > NewTek > Logos to the playlist of a Media Player. FIGURE 85 2. R

Page | 100 4. To finish up, right-click the original TriCaster Logo w. Bkgnd.png icon in the Media Player, and select Remove. Observe that the corr

Page | 101 FIGURE 87 4.13.2 SIMPLE PULL STREAMING FIGURE 88 “Pull” streaming, though limited, is arguably the simplest way to get your

Page | 102 FIGURE 89 FIGURE 90 2. Select Windows Media Pull, click OK, and then supply a name for this Connection preset. 3. The next thing to

Page | 103 4.13.3 PUSH AND RTMP STREAMING Browser Based, Windows Media Push and RTMP streaming are slightly more complex, largely becau

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PA R T II ( R EF E R EN C E ) A thorough examination of the various aspects of TriCaster: every button, menu item, feature and contro

Page | 107 THE STARTUP SCREEN Chapter 5 The TriCaster™ Startup Screen is the gateway to a suite of applications as well as maintenance a

Page | 108 We’ll look into each of these in turn, but first let’s consider that fundamental TriCaster concept, the session. What

Page | 109 Finding your files- automatically! Typical sessions include many media clips, along with graphics, titles and buffers. Naturally, users

Page | 110 Naturally, you can store multiple sessions and re-open them freely. This greatly simplifies business models that involve regul

Page | 111 This results in the relevant session options being displayed at right, as shown in Figure 93 (Multi-standard TriCaster opti

Page | 112 VOLUME A control labeled Volume appears just beneath the Session name. This assigns the hard drive the session (and its associated co

Page | 113 An Eject button at the top right corner of the page allows you to safely disconnect external drives. (Drives can also be ejected from

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Page | 114 Note: Content that is not local to the session but which was used in it is not deleted. For example, you may have added still images to

Page | 115 5.2.3 SHUTDOWN This selection provides Restart TriCaster, Shutdown TriCaster, and Administrator Mode links. The first two

Page | 116 SYSTEM UTILITIES  Register TriCaster – TriCaster shows a watermark on output before registration, so we encourage you to regis

Page | 117 Hint: If you wish, you can instead access the same webpage from a second computer connected to the Internet, then transfer

Page | 118 Defragmenting the storage volume has the same effect as sliding the books together, resulting in one or more larger gaps. The

Page | 119  System Name – It can be very useful to modify the default name your TriCaster is identified on the network. This

Page | 120 FIGURE 102 The icon labeled Add-Ons on the Home Page provides access to some of these tools. When you select it, links are displayed fo

Page | 121 5.3.1 LIVE FIGURE 104 The icon labeled Live represents the Live Desktop, TriCaster’s live production center. Selecting it (by clicking

Page | 122 FIGURE 106 When you first enter a new session, no LiveText projects are listed in the area under Project Name. After you create one or

Page | 123 5.3.3 MANAGE FIGURE 107 Various TriCaster components provide filebins to permit you to manually administer files related to t

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Page | 124 FIGURE 108 Hint: Of course, you can open several of these folders simultaneously, and navigate these file windows to other l

Page | 125 Click Add to open a standard system file window, and select (or multi-select) items to build a list in the Import Media file pane. Some

Page | 126 TOOLS The Duplicate feature is very useful for cases when you wish to export content to multiple target file formats or locations

Page | 127 o Apple Final Cut Pro® (.mov) – very high quality M-JPEG encoding, full raster, 4:2:2 sub-sampling, high compatibility.  AVI o DV/

Page | 128  Video Server o Leightronix NEXUS\Ultra NEXUS – SD (NTSC 720x480, PAL 720x576), high quality, MPEG2 Program Stream, 9Mb/s variable bit

Page | 129 When external media is used in the session, a dialog is presented stating "The following files are external to the ses

Page | 131 LIVE DESKTOP: OVERVIEW Chapter 6 The TriCaster™ Live Desktop is the control center for all your live production work. It provides

Page | 132 SECTION 6.2 OVERVIEW TriCaster’s Live Desktop provides visual feedback for operations, including monitoring, live switching, and

Page | 133 SECTION 6.3 STANDARD CONTROLS You will find various control types used repeatedly in TriCaster’s Live Desktop. Some examples

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Page | 134 SECTION 6.4 CUSTOMIZING THE LIVE DESKTOP TriCaster’s Live Desktop layout can be adapted to many different scenarios, and provid

Page | 135 When a Multiview monitor is in use the two Workspace preset options can be combined with great flexibility, letting you see

Page | 136 We mentioned previously, as well, that clicking the Mix Effects label (Figure 115) between the Monitor and Switcher sections t

Page | 137 THE DASHBOARD Chapter 7 TriCaster’s Dashboard groups important production features and system display controls in one convenien

Page | 138 Of these items, some are so important that they rate their own chapters. Others are detailed in various sections of this guide (cross ref

Page | 139 FIGURE 117 (TRICASTER 8000 SHOWN)  Enabling Lock Mouse to Primary Monitor prevents the mouse from traveling into the external Multivi

Page | 140 SECTION 7.3 HELP Select this option to display QR (Quick Response) codes you can scan with your mobile device (such as a

Page | 141 The Switcher Memory ‘gauge’ tracks how much system memory is consumed by currently selected virtual sets, transitions an

Page | 143 I/O CONFIGURATION Chapter 8 TriCaster™ provides extensive control over your video sources, along with related creative featu

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Page | 144 FIGURE 121 (TRICASTER 8000 SHOWN) FIGURE 122 (TRICASTER 410 SHOWN) 8.1.1 OUTPUT TAB The Output Configuration panel contains a pane gove

Page | 145 OUTPUTS 1 AND 2 The first tab, labeled Output, provides control over all of TriCaster’s Output channels. Each of these is

Page | 146 o Program o Program (Clean) o Black o Alpha Matte – Output 2 only  Audio menu (Figure 124) – choose which audio is presen

Page | 147  Analog Out menu (not present on TriCaster 410 or TriCaster Mini) – select the video connection type for downstream dev

Page | 148 GENERAL NOTES Here are some other noteworthy facts related to output: o For SD session formats, session aspect (4:3 or 16:9) is respecte

Page | 149 Note: HDMI display devices will typically show black when if they do not support video displays of the format (resolution, etc.) selecte

Page | 150 Hint: The term “genlock” refers to “generator locking”. Professional video devices often provide a “genlock input”, which allows

Page | 151 Thus, serving i) TriCaster’s Genlock input and ii) other video devices in the chain with a single reference is the best approac

Page | 152 FIGURE 128 The Phase setting ensures proper color alignment, corresponding to making sure everyone is on the left or right foo

Page | 153 8.1.3 CENTER FREQUENCY This setting is applied when a genlock reference signal is not in use. To adjust the setting, supply color ba

PA R T I ( G ET T I N G STA R TED ) Introducing TriCaster – connections and registration, a top-level overview of primary features, a

Page | 154 SECTION 8.2 INPUT CONFIGURATION FIGURE 131 (TRICASTER 8000 SHOWN) TriCaster’s input monitors have contextual tools that appear

Page | 155 The standard options are (note that TriCaster 410 and TriCaster Mini do not support analog video input options): • An

Page | 156 The standard definition options listed below are provided in both 4:3 and 16:9 versions: • NTSC analog format, standard

Page | 157 1 The ‘telecine’ option removes ‘2:3 pull-up’ in output from cameras claiming 24PsF but actually supplying video at 30 fps (to make it

Page | 158 8.2.2 ACT AS ALPHA TriCaster optionally allows one or more neighboring pairs of video inputs to be combined as a single ‘vide

Page | 159 Proc Amp practices: Whenever possible, it is best to perform color adjustments at the source or target device. For example,

Page | 160 full luminance range of the visible portion of a video signal can be thought of as ‘100 IRE units’ (named for the Institute of Ra

Page | 161  The V portion of the video signal carries red and green color information. Rotate V Offset clockwise to shift the signal toward red

Page | 162 Hint: For added convenience, similar cropping tools are available separately in the Position panels of DSK channels and M/Es.

Page | 163 8.2.7 HOTSPOTS FIGURE 138 The lower portion of the LiveMatte tab in the Input Configuration panel is devoted to Hotspots – TriCaster’s

Page | 164 FIGURE 140 (TriCaster 8000 Shown) The tracked region is defined by choosing a primary Color using the color picker tool. Th

Page | 165 FIGURE 142 SMOOTHNESS The Smoothness setting works just like the LiveMatte feature with the same name. Its impact on tracking data o

Page | 166 8.2.9 PTZ FIGURE 143 PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom), or ‘robotic’ cameras can play important roles in certain types of productions. These systems

Page | 167 FIGURE 145 Windows will automatically assign a COM port number to the adapter, usually COM 1. In some cases, you may wish to manually

Page | 168 A wide variety of sources can be supplied to Net 1 and 2, making these two inputs exceptionally versatile and powerful. To cover these

Page | 169 midnight. (Otherwise, for example, a video frame recorded one minute before midnight would be assigned the timecode 23:59:59.

Page | 170 TriCaster decodes time stamps from the audible signal, and uses the values for clock displays and embedded timecode when recording

Page | 171 SWITCHER, TRANSITIONS AND OVERLAY Chapter 9 TriCaster’s Live Desktop replicates traditional video switcher controls in easy to

Page | 172 9.1.1 PROGRAM AND PREVIEW Optional video source selections for the Program and Preview rows include all external (Camera

Page | 173 TriCaster 8000 only  DSK (DownStream Keyer, or ‘overlay’) layers may or may not appear above (or, if you like, in front of) the

Page | 3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Chapter 1 This manual tells you everything you need to know to use your TriCaster™, and occasionally, eve

Page | 174 Hint: Right-click camera input or Buffer buttons to select special sources from video routers or Buffers – see Section 3.12.1

Page | 175 At left in this group are the main Transition controls, including the T-bar. The larger portion at right provides solo control and conf

Page | 176 provided for quick selection, shown in Figure 156 (4-input models do not require this control). To replace an entry in the pal

Page | 177 These special Animation Store transitions are loaded into the Transition Palette in the same way as their less colorful cousins,

Page | 178 DSK layers automatically appear temporarily on the Preview and (M/E Preview) monitors when the Position panel is open (rega

Page | 179 FIGURE 163 EDGES FIGURE 162 Edge controls for DSK layers are similar to those found in TriCaster’s Input Configuration pane

Page | 180 In all of these cases, DSK layers automatically respect transparency when supplied by the source. The BKGD layer and all visible content

Page | 181  Reverse – configures the current transition to run in reverse direction the next time it is applied.  Ping Pong – when e

Page | 182 You have just delegated the controls below to two video layers. You can likely guess what comes next.  Press Auto or Take, and observe

Page | 183 Hint: Hold down Shift while pressing the (CS or onscreen) FTB button to directly initiate an FTB operation, rather than merely delegatin

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Page | 184 4-INPUT SERIES TRICASTER TRANSITION BIN FIGURE 168 Since a little more free space is available on the Live Desktop of 4-input

Page | 185 MONITORING YOUR VIDEO Chapter 10 The word “monitor” comes from the Latin “monēre” – meaning ‘to warn’. The word has taken on addi

Page | 186 FIGURE 172 10.1.1 WORKSPACE PRESETS TriCaster provides powerful Workspace options. Freely switch from preset A to B to C to D

Page | 187 Selecting the Clock item replaces the video display with Event Clocks showing current time or LTC timecode along with cou

Page | 188 Note: Certain Overlay menu options are not suitable for all monitor sources, hence are not listed when innapropriate. Two final items com

Page | 189 Just as for other sources, a Configure (gear) button is shown on rolling over these monitor types; clicking it opens the Configuratio

Page | 190 SECTION 10.3 LOOK AHEAD PREVIEW FIGURE 178 Again, by default, the Live Desktop also prominently displays the Look Ahead Preview monitor

Page | 191 its composition (including titles and overlay positioning), and switch to it with sublime confidence. M/E MONITORS AND PREVI

Page | 192 SECTION 10.4 SCOPES FIGURE 180 A further and very useful monitoring option is Scopes, providing Waveform and Vectorscope displa

Page | 193 10.4.1 CLOCKS As discussed back in Section 8.4.2, TriCaster provides handy Event Time clocks. One of these time displays is sh

Page | 5 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 Thank you for purchasing this NewTek TriCaster™ system. NewTek is extremely proud of its record of

Page | 195 MEDIA PLAYERS & BUFFERS Chapter 11 TriCaster’s Media Players permit you to integrate video, stills and title pages into your li

Page | 196 TriCaster’s different Media Players are essentially specialized variants of a single module, modified to suit specific and

Page | 197 This arrangement offers easily visible thumbnail icons for each entry. A scrollbar at right accommodates long playlists when necessary.

Page | 198 During playback, the border around successive playlist items illuminates as each is played in turn. When necessary, the playlist pane sc

Page | 199  Standard Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete keystrokes are supported for playlist entries.  Un-playable (missing, corrupt, or

Page | 200 TRIMMING CLIPS AND THE SCRUB BAR Just beneath the playlist pane is a full-width Scrub-Bar (Figure 187). The width of the scrub-bar rep

Page | 201 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT For files with transparency such as 32bit image files, use non-premultiplied (or ‘straight’) alpha cha

Page | 202 LOCATION LIST The Location List is a column of favorite “locations”, grouped under headings such as LiveSets, Clips, Titles, Stills, and

Page | 203 FILE PANE Icons appearing in the File Pane represent content located inside the sub-heading selected at left in the Locations

Page | 6 With TriCaster you can produce and distribute live video programs from diverse sources and digital media in both standard

Page | 204 11.2.3 PLAYER CONTROLS Transport controls and playback settings are located directly below the Playlist and Scrub-Bar. FIGURE 193 TIME

Page | 205 TRANSPORT CONTROLS A simple set of controls beneath the playlist pane provides all playback-related functions:  Previous b

Page | 206 selection) or indirectly – such as by being displayed via an M/E channel or DSK operation. Second, if player output is di

Page | 207 PREVIEWING MEM SLOTS At times you may wish to preview the contents of a different Media Player MEM slot without disrupting playback of t

Page | 208 Transferring very large files across a network can time consuming, and impacts both disk access and network resources. When th

Page | 209 Hint: The panel can be re-sized by dragging its lower-right corner, and re-positioned by dragging its titlebar. When you move the mouse

Page | 210 The header of the Title Page Editor holds an assortment of text attribute controls. These include a Font selector drop-dow

Page | 211 You can check whether images are locked or unlocked (stand-ins), and toggle the lock status. Hold down the Shift key while r

Page | 212 Buffers are sometimes even more useful than similar imagery supplied from Media Players. Buffers are retained in Switcher Memory for i

Page | 213 FIGURE 203 The remaining buffer slots are restricted to graphics content, including popular image formats along with TriCaste

Page | 7 After creating a session (or opening an existing one), you are taken to the Session Page. Here you can launch the Live Desktop (for l

Page | 214 Alternatively, assign content to a buffer slot by following the steps below:  Right-click a still image or title page icon in a

Page | 215 11.4.3 BUFFERS MENU Right-click a thumbnail icon in the Buffers pane to open a menu offering two items: FIGURE 207  Rename allows yo

Page | 216 Hint: Select a Slow, Medium or Fast preset value from the drop-down menu, drag the mouse left or right over the time to change the

Page | 217 11.4.6 WATCH FOLDERS The Frame Buffer folder is a “watch folder”. When you save an image into the correct location for

Page | 218 o Key channels – choose a buffer for any Key channel using its drop-down source menu. Buffers allow abundant use of animation thr

Page | 219 PTZ CONTROL Chapter 12 Once primarily used in security applications, robotic or ‘PTZ’ (pan, tilt, zoom) cameras are appearing on the pr

Page | 220 All of the controls and features just mentioned are located in the PTZ tab, located at left in the lower third of the Live Desktop (Figur

Page | 221 Camera travel speed capabilities vary widely, so think of this setting as a percentage of the maximum speed your unit can manage. 12.1.3

Page | 222 By contrast, the Focus setting, and the state of its Auto switch are stored individually in each preset. This is also true for the Iris

Page | 223 LIVEMATTE Chapter 13 Although its controls are deceptively simple, TriCaster’s LiveMatte™ employs powerful chromakeying techn

Page | 8  The area just below the Dashboard is *normally devoted to a multi-pane monitoring display, providing source and output views.

Page | 224 SECTION 13.1 CHROMAKEYING Chromakeying has become an essential tool in video and film production. Typically, foreground footage is sh

Page | 225 FIGURE 217 TriCaster’s supplies a digital version of this traditional tool. The controls under the Matte label, as you would expect,

Page | 226 On the other hand, it may be that there is (usually unplanned for) detail in the foreground that is somewhat similar

Page | 227 SECTION 13.3 SPILL SUPPRESSION The term Spill refers to key color unintentionally reflected or ‘spilled’ onto the foreground

Page | 228 Hint: The best method for optimizing the key is to begin with the best incoming source possible; if your cameras have both composite and

Page | 229 Second, the distance from your talent to the screen behind can make a profound difference in key quality. When the

Page | 230  Component (a.k.a. ‘YUV’ or ‘Y, Pb, Pr’) – a three wire system typically using BNC (push & twist-on) connectors. For analog conne

Page | 231 MIX/EFFECT (M/E) TOOLS Chapter 14 M/E banks provide truly awesome production power and convenience. Pre-configure multi-layered

Page | 232 Autoplay and the M/E: One notable point regarding an M/E in Mix mode and the main Switcher involves the Autoplay feature (s

Page | 233  In either Mix or Effect mode you will observe two source button rows at left labeled input A and B (Figure 222) by

Page | 9 To name just a few:  Multiple software failsafe systems continually monitor and safeguard the live performance. Any recoverable

Page | 234  As required, as many as 4 input rows may be shown in Effect mode.  Position controls appear for up to four input layers (A, B, C, an

Page | 235 If the source assigned to input A is fully opaque, any content in the layers below is hidden. Or if input A is at least partially trans

Page | 236 4. Add the clip named “Bumper Cars.mov” (Samples group) to DDR 2, set it to Single and Loop as well. 5. Add an attractive full frame g

Page | 237 On the Program monitor, you should see the talent clip overlaid on the image from GFX 1 (LiveMatte is turning the green pixels

Page | 238 FIGURE 229 Now would be a good time to test the effect of the Scale, Rotation, and Aspect controls in the Tracker ta

Page | 239 With this in mind, it won’t be hard to guess what Show Inverse Alpha does. In contrast, the Show Color effect in this group passe

Page | 240 the effect. The current shot is bordered in blue. Clicking a shot selects it for editing. Click the Preview switch at lower left to vi

Page | 241 TriCaster provide easy access to anaglyphic technology by means of the Anaglyph effect. The effect combines 2 video inputs select

Page | 242 With it you can achieve the look of a large, sophisticated studio setting (Figure 237) within a very small studio space (Figure 23

Page | 243 The Location List of the Media Browser lists any installed LiveSet groups under the heading “LiveSets”. Select an entry beneath

Page | 10  Select Microsoft Windows® or Apple Macintosh® computers on the same network as Switcher inputs for your live productions using

Page | 244 EFFECT PRESET EDITOR ©When the mouse pointer moves over a shot icon (whether in the Shot Palette or the icon for the current effect), a

Page | 245 THE T-BAR The Zoom T-bar is located beside the Effect icon. Dragging it vertically adjusts the virtual ‘camera distance’ for

Page | 246 Holographic LiveSet effects are loaded into an M/E in the same manner as any other effect. Simply move the cursor over the effec

Page | 247 Preset adjustments made using the mouse and canvas vary slightly, however, for holographic effects. For a standard LiveSet

Page | 249 AUDIO Chapter 15 Less than 100 years ago, movies were silent. We’ve come a very long way since “The Jazz Singer” (1927, Warner Bros.),

Page | 250 NOTE: 4-input TriCaster systems do not provide analog output connections for channel C and D. However the extra channels can be re

Page | 251 left to open a small menu offering three options as follows:  dBVU – most familiar to users of typical analog audio mixers  dBFS –

Page | 252 Naturally, only one connection type can be active for a given audio input group at any moment. To access the Connection menu, mo

Page | 253 15.5.1 MUTE Mute switches for audio sources are located (Figure 253) just above the in the main Mixer panel. A single button may cont

Page | 11  IsoCorder™ recorded clips from multiple sources are easily aligned for synchronized post show editing using embedded ti

Page | 254 15.5.4 SOLO Solo implementations and options vary widely in the audio industry, but broadly speaking, they provide several

Page | 255 SECTION 15.6 INTERNAL SOURCES FIGURE 255 Besides external audio sources, sounds played from TriCaster’s internal storage volum

Page | 256 SECTION 15.7 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION The controls for all inputs (including internal audio sources) as well as the Effects, Strea

Page | 257 15.7.2 FOLLOW Enabling Follow Video options for an audio source directs TriCaster to track switcher operations affecting the

Page | 258  Centering the Pan knob labeled A splits the sound received by Input 1a equally onto channels A and B.  Sliding Pan for

Page | 259 Secondary audio busses: Actually, beyond the primary busses mentioned here, TriCaster maintains a large number of secondary inte

Page | 260 FIGURE 260 It is important to understand the distinction between busses and outputs. Now that we understand the former, let’s con

Page | 261 Bus Output Connectors Analog Outputs SDI Outputs AES Outputs HDMI Master 1 1a, 1b (Mini: L, R) 1 (channels 1 & 2) 3 (channels 1 &

Page | 262 1. For Input 1, enable both the Master 1 and Master 2 switches under Routing in the Audio Configuration panel. 2. For Input 2, enable o

Page | 263 FIGURE 262 The effect applied falls off gradually as sound draws closer to neighboring frequencies on either side. Click Re

Page | 12 2.5.8 THE SWITCHER TriCaster’s powerful 24-channel (8-input models)) or 15-channel switcher with native support for popular profes

Page | 264 Being able to do this independently for each output too is icing on the cake, especially for Internet streaming, as it ensu

Page | 265 GAIN Naturally, compression impacts the overall output level of the source or output. The Gain control allows you to compensate, bringi

Page | 266 15.8.1 HEADROOM NOTES In digital audio systems, signal levels that exceed maximum values are uniformly assigned the maximum va

Page | 267 Again, this control group has no effect whatsoever on audio sent to output connectors. Similarly, it does not impact audio

Page | 269 NETWORK INPUTS Chapter 16 TriCaster™ supports two simultaneous network sources, letting you switch displays from networked computers or

Page | 270 Let’s consider some of the available network source types. SECTION 16.1 IVGA iVGA is the proprietary NewTek utility supplied to let you u

Page | 271  Drag the iVGA icon from the finder to your Applications folder.  Run it by double-clicking the icon, and in a mome

Page | 272  The Options list contains settings for Open at Login, Remove from Dock, and Show in Finder. 16.1.2 IVGA PRO (WINDOWS) The iVGA PRO™

Page | 273 Afterward, several things will occur:  A small icon is added to the Windows® task bar notification area.  The iVGA PRO control pa

Page | 13  Use any of the hundreds of transitions supplied to reveal either Background or DSK/Key channels with animated wipes, trajectorie

Page | 274 When a TriCaster you have not previously connected to selects your iVGA output, iVGA pops up a ‘connection request’ dialog. You ca

Page | 275 Note: Gigabit network connection provides the best transfer rates and the best quality video output. Slower connections may cause

Page | 276 For example, you might designate just the video player pane on a browser page as the source; or perhaps you might want to sna

Page | 277 SEND/RECORD/STOP A multi-function button at the bottom of the iVGA PRO control panel toggles output (or recording) on and off. The but

Page | 278 Privacy mode allows the user to check e-mail, or perhaps view or arrange something, without risk of the audience observing. The taskbar

Page | 279  You select the AirPlay entry in the Source menu for Net 1 or Net 2, just as you would select an iVGA or LiveText source. (Un

Page | 280 SECTION 16.4 3PLAY™ 3Play’s Output A and Output B are available as Switcher sources to TriCaster. They appear in the source sel

Page | 281 FIGURE 280 Afterward, the new entry appears in the Source menu (Figure 281) along with any other network sources that have been detect

Page | 283 MACROS, AUTOMATION AND REMOTE Chapter 17CONTROL Macro capabilities smooth out your workflow, reducing complex operations to a

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Page | 14  Use TriCaster’s numerous Media Players to overlay title pages, including scrolls, crawls and lower-thirds, or assign a Camera

Page | 284 Click Macros to show a menu (Figure 284) containing a Configure Macros item. This opens the Macro Configuration Editor, which is whe

Page | 285 System Commands are actually the very same shortcuts called by the user interface and Control Surface to operate your TriCaster. E

Page | 286 Of course, you can modify the playback rate using the menu next to the Record button. You can even set macros to loop usin

Page | 287 To set a new shortcut or modify an existing one, click in the Shortcut field at lower left in the Macro Configuration Editor panel (it w

Page | 288 A good deal of time can be spent preparing complex macros designed to support your production. It would be a shame for thes

Page | 289  Reveal an over-the-shoulder Skype® shot and configure audio for a remote interview, then close it and restore the ‘local

Page | 290 SECTION 17.5 EDIT A MACRO Often you will wish to modify values assigned to the various steps in an existing macro, rather than r

Page | 291 SECTION 17.6 AIRSEND™ CONTROL The software API (application programming interface) providing network A/V support in NewTek pr

Page | 292 When examined in TriCaster’s Macro Editor, a typical macro entry of this type might look as follows: Delay (ms) Shortcut Value Key 1 Valu

Page | 293 By default, third-party products generally support the AirSend commands discussed next, included in the NewTek product macro system. CLI

Page | 15  Mix mode provides sub-mix functionality, with individual transitions for A/B Background layers and Key channel(s).  Full keyers and

Page | 294 The clip previously indexed as “AAA1” (using clip_store) is restored on the source system output channel connected to Net

Page | 295 The entry above would select the previous clip on the source connected to Net 1. CLIP_ PLAY Delay (ms) Shortcut Value Key 1 Value 1 Key

Page | 296 17.6.2 AIRSEND™ AND YOUR CONTROL SURFACE For your convenience, a set of AirSend commands have been pre-assigned to TriCaster 8

Page | 297 1. Configure the first TriCaster: o Create a new session in the desired format. o Go on to configure cameras, Proc Amps, media conten

Page | 299 STREAMING Chapter 18 Live webcasting has dramatically altered the broadcast landscape. Information can now be shared among audie

Page | 300 The information you enter for a given Connection is retained in a preset that is easily accessed afterward from a convenient drop-down me

Page | 301 18.1.1 COMPACT VIEW FIGURE 298 Just to mention it in passing, after configuring one or more Connections, you can collapse

Page | 302 FIGURE 300 Hint: The Connection Type options may seem unfamiliar if you are new to streaming. You may find it helpful to r

Page | 303 FIGURE 302 At right, you will see the Server control group (Figure 302), where you will enter the specific parameters required by your

Page | 16 2.5.12 MEDIA PUBLISHING Publish support makes it easy to distribute content to multiple targets in one pass. TriCaster stores cred

Page | 304 18.3.2 WINDOWS MEDIA PULL If you are streaming internally (to people in your building or inside your own corporate firewal

Page | 305 IMPORTANT Note: routers provide a measure of network security by masking the details of systems connected to them, thus preventing direc

Page | 306 Note: The publishing point is placed at the end of the URL, following a forward slash (i.e., http://225.21.1.4:8080/NewTek). Enabling th

Page | 307 For Browser Based streaming, the encoding of your program into a stream for transmission to the service provider (and

Page | 308 And it may not be as expensive as you think (costs vary based on considerations such as how many viewers you expect,

Page | 309 Delivering a good quality stream requires that you consider both your network connection capabilities and that of your

Page | 310 You could think of this as being like water flowing through a hose. You control the ‘faucet’, because you get to choose the Strea

Page | 311 PULL BY END USERS Simply put, the Windows Media Encoder® in TriCaster allows your (networked) audience to connect directly to

Page | 312 encoder, pull the stream to it, and finally begin re-distributing it to everyone requesting it. This method worked passably u

Page | 313  Disadvantages: o Live streams that have no viewers are still consuming bandwidth. From a provider point of view, it is pos

Page | 17 2.5.15 IMPORT AND EXPORT IMPORT MEDIA The integrated Import Media module provides a convenient one-stop approach to gathering p

Page | 314 The popular web resource Wikipedia® hosts many articles on the subject, notably these two: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology h

Page | 315 OTHER FACTORS Other variables to keep in mind when you’re creating video for the web are contrast and motion. During video encoding

Page | 316 But you also need to perform onsite testing, to ensure your live stream is working well before ‘zero hour.’ No-one will thank you for ex

Page | 317 TESTING WITH PING Before your stream can be seen - whether on a local intranet or the Internet - client computers (or your service p

Page | 318 2. Type “cmd” (without the quotation marks) into the dialog, and press Enter on the keyboard. 3. In the command shell that opens

Page | 319 3. Ping will go to work, and in a moment or two begin reporting results. A ping failure (indicating a network problem) will look like

Page | 320 2. Type the following command into the Terminal (without quotations) and then add the IP number, and press Enter: “ping –c 4

Page | 321 web browsers URL field, and perhaps also a password you have set previously.  The specific IP local number that the router

Page | 322 4. Enter the Start and End port values – you can use the same port number in both fields, but of course it must be the one you set in T

Page | 323 the IP number from the screen. Append a colon and the port number you are using to this number and you’ve got everything you need for y

Page | 18 2.5.17 AUDIO REMOTE CONTROL TriCaster’s Audio Mixer can be controlled by a companion Apple iPad® application that controls Volume, Pan,

Page | 325 PUBLISH Chapter 19 TriCaster’s Publish features allow broadcasters to publish clips and stills from events like syndicated

Page | 326 Click a specific icon or the neighboring configure button (gear) to open the Account Configuration panel (Figure 308). This is w

Page | 327 19.2.3 COMPRESSION A feature common to both File Copy and FTP publishing is the option to compress video before sharing. Enab

Page | 328 This is where you will create and manage the Publish Queue – that is, the list of clips and still images you wish to pub

Page | 329 The Comment column allows you to add remarks that will be sent along with the upload to sites that support this. Click in

Page | 330 Click in the Upload column to actually publish the file (note that multi-selection is supported; all selected files are uploaded

Page | 331 Adding a checkmark beside an account name in the Video list tells TriCaster that when you add a clip to the Publish Qu

Page | 332 Hint: A TimeWarp™ control surface makes a perfect addition for sharing purposes. With Add to Publish Queue and Auto Upload enabled, an o

Page | 333 RECORD AND GRAB Chapter 20 You will often want to capture video clips from external sources, as well as to record your own live TriCa

Page | 19  Autoplay feature starts and stops playback automatically based on Switcher activity.  Control Media Players with macros triggered by

Page | 334 Note: It is not necessary to interrupt recording to add a clip that is being captured to a DDR playlist or the Publish Queue. Add the l

Page | 335 GLOBAL RECORDING OPTIONS FIGURE 320 BASENAME The first thing you may want to do is replace the default Base Name for captured

Page | 336 PRIMARY RECORDING The main features of the Primary and Secondary Recording control groups, when present (IsoCorder models),

Page | 337 Select one or more DDR MEM slots using the menu that opens when you click the nearby gear to automatically append newly comp

Page | 338 Consider an example:  Perhaps Cam 1 is a 16:9 SD source  Cam 2 is a 720p camera  Cam 3 is 1080i With Output 2 set (in Output Confi

Page | 339 Note: Some TriCaster features do not provide full functionality for some of the alternate formats. For example, certain of the formats

Page | 340 SPEEDHQ AVI Selecting AVI (.avi) encoding tells TriCaster to capture the designated source using NewTek’s native AVI format, called Speed

Page | 341 Click the Add Source button to place an additional entry into the list (up to eight sources in total for 8-input TriCaster

Page | 342 Close the Grab Still Configuration panel by clicking Close, or clicking outside the panel. Then click the Dashboard Grab butt

Page | 343 LIVETEXT™ AND SPEEDEDIT™ Chapter 21 LiveText™ is a powerful title and CG application, allowing you to create title pages for use

Page | 20 2.5.20 TITLES AND GRAPHICS TriCaster includes an extensive set of live-editable title pages in various theme packs, all ready

Page | 344 When LiveText is running, TriCaster’s video outputs (rows 1-3) will all conform to the session format. That is, if the project is HD, th

Page | 345 Motion pages (scrolls and crawls) that you send to Live are stored as bitmap animation files (with an .avi file extension),

Page | 346 21.2.1 SESSIONS, PROJECTS AND DISPLAY Normally, TriCaster uses its current session settings for video output. New SpeedEDIT p

Page | 347 If you have a secondary monitor connected to TriCaster, you can drag SpeedEDIT’s Video Output window (opened from the Window menu) onto

PA R T III ( A PP E N D I C E S ) A time-saving question and answer section, followed by an extensive listing of Shortcut Keys, schematic diagram

Page | 351 CONTROL SURFACES Chapter 22 This chapter introduces the different control surfaces offered by NewTek®, helping you to see

Page | 352  TriCaster 8000 CS: A full-function control surface designed to match to the TriCaster 8000 live production system.  TriC

Page | 353 22.2.1 POWER CONSIDERATIONS The power requirements of TriCaster control surfaces vary, but generally speaking are not inconsequential.

Page | 21 SETTING UP Chapter 3 This chapter explains how to connect power, monitors and audio visual sources, and external control devices t

Page | 354 This spectacular and innovative control surface is the perfect complement to TriCaster 8000. TriCaster 8000’s unparalleled

Page | 355 SWITCHER CONTROLS FIGURE 328 DSK, PROGRAM AND PREVIEW The DSK, PROGRAM and PREVIEW rows each present the following source selection but

Page | 356 MAIN DSK DELEGATE FIGURE 329 MAIN DSK DELEGATE button selections govern which DSK layer(s) the row is currently controlling; or –

Page | 357 FTB Note that FTB (Fade to Black), although not located beside the other delegates as it is in the user interface, is a delegate button

Page | 358  Push SHIFT + SELECT to toggle the Ping Pong switch for the BKGD transition. RATE The RATE knob operates in similar fashion to SELEC

Page | 359 Hint: When a DSK layer is fully displayed on Program out, its local Take button (on the Live Desktop as well as the control surface) rem

Page | 360 group discussed a bit layer). M/E LAYER AND KEY DELEGATE These two delegate button groups control the functionality of the source s

Page | 361 TRANSITION group, discussed back in Section 22.3.3. Using these controls, you can manage all layers of a composite effect, or ev

Page | 362 22.3.5 POSITIONER GROUP FIGURE 338 DELEGATES The Positioner section allows you to adjust position attributes for any video layer in the

Page | 363 Hint: The buttons in the other joystick mode group (such as POS/SCALE, discussed shortly) cannot be multi-selected with eith

Page | 22 A word about UPS devices: ‘Modified sine wave’ UPS devices are popular due to low manufacturing costs. However, such units should genera

Page | 364  Twist the joystick clockwise to scale delegated source(s) up, or counter-clockwise to scale down. Hint: When multi-delegate

Page | 365 RESET Despite its location, RESET is really an action button (not a Joystick mode). Press it to restore all position settings for

Page | 366 PREV/NEXT PRESET FIGURE 341 These two buttons let you to cycle backwards or forwards respectively through existing presets fo

Page | 367 MEDIA PLAYER OPTIONS LOOP, SINGLE, and AUTOPLAY are mode buttons, and toggle the respective settings for all delegated Media Players as

Page | 368 button on the control surface in much the same manner as it can be assigned to a keyboard button. The steps are as follows: 1. On TriC

Page | 369 begin a transition, the color gradually dims until the effect is complete. At that point, it pops back to full brightness, just as the

Page | 370  Tilt: With SHIFT depressed, tilt the joystick backward-forward.  Zoom: With SHIFT depressed, twist the joystick clockwise

Page | 371 Ctrl + M/E row B (1-24) Net 2: store index 1-24 CLIP_STORE INDEX=Net2_1-24 Ctrl + Shift + M/E row B (1-24) Net 2: restore index 1-24 CLI

Page | 372 FIGURE 344 Apart from these distinctions, the features of both of these control surfaces correspond very closely, allowing us

Page | 373  3-axis joystick  LED indicators 22.4.2 SPECIAL BUTTONS FIGURE 345 The SHIFT and CTRL buttons provided on the control surf

Page | 23 2. Choose your time zone. 3. Accept the license agreement. 4. Enter your 25-digit key (generally, the sticker is affixed inside the fr

Page | 374 When initially selecting multiple delegates, as often as not the settings and states of the individual members selected will vary. For e

Page | 375 PROGRAM AND PREVIEW The Program and Preview rows each hold selection buttons as follows: 4. Camera 1 – (4 or 8); press Shift with 1-4 t

Page | 376 d. [CTRL + 1] – [CTRL + (4 or 8] → select BFR 1- (4 or 8) e. [CTRL + NET 1] → select Preview f. [CTRL + NET 2] → select Program g. [C

Page | 377 TRANSITION DELEGATE As on the Live Desktop, active delegate buttons remain lit. Multiple selections can be performed by pressing one or

Page | 378  When all delegated layers are currently on the same transition bin 'slot', the selection in the corresponding transition

Page | 379 PERFORMING TRANSITIONS Just as in the user interface, the TriCaster control surface provides both local and main transition control

Page | 380 In contrast with the Live Desktop, your TriCaster CS adjusts position attributes M/E video layers using a single set of Positioner tools

Page | 381 M/E OVERLAY TRANSITIONS KEY TRANSITION SETTINGS Rotate the TRANS SELECT knob to cycle the transition bin selection through tr

Page | 382 from the current level to the new level. Preset selection applies directly to all delegated M/Es. If you push a zoom preset

Page | 383  Similarly, the M/E KEY button assigns the Joystick to control position attributes for the KEY layer of currently delegated

ii 3.3.2 Registering by Telephone ... 24 SECTION 3.4 RACK

Page | 24 Hint: If the Serial number doesn’t appear automatically, and you can’t find it on your unit, you can obtain it from the registration

Page | 384 JOYSTICK MODES Generally, changes resulting from joystick operations are governed by the current Joystick Mode. Mode selections ar

Page | 385  Twist the joystick counter-clockwise to reduce cropping of delegated sources on all 4 edges.  Move the joystick horizontally to cro

Page | 386 22.4.8 MEDIA PLAYER GROUP FIGURE 354 MEDIA PLAYER DELEGATE The MEDIA PLAYER DELEGATE group contains buttons for TriCaster’s DDR 1, DDR 2

Page | 387  | (Next Item) – Push this button to go to the next playlist entry in delegated Media Players. (The selection cycles to

Page | 388 To delegate the joystick to control a PTZ camera assigned to a specific TriCaster input, hold down SHIFT button on the contr

Page | 389 AirSend commands have pre-assigned to TriCaster 8000CS. The following table lists control combinations that trigger AirSend operat

Page | 390 SECTION 22.5 TRICASTER™ 40 CS & TRICASTER MINI CS FIGURE 356 TriCaster 40 CS™ was initially designed for TriCaster 40 (not covered i

Page | 391 Generally, wherever it makes sense to do so, when you make adjustments to settings for multi-delegate features, the settings will

Page | 392  When MAIN is selected in the SWITCHER DELEGATE group, if DSK 1, DSK2, or both are lit, making a selection on the FX/OVERLAY row sets t

Page | 393 ALT FIGURE 360 Holding ALT provides access to secondary functions for certain buttons. You’ll note on inspection that the first four

Page | 25 Hint: It’s a good idea to record the login name and password you choose when creating your website profile, and keep them in a safe place

Page | 394 ALT AND SHIFT FUNCTIONS Press ALT along with a button on the PREVIEW row to toggle LiveMatte for the corresponding video s

Page | 395 SHIFT FUNCTIONS The SHIFT key provides access to various supplemental features, such as selecting M/E 5 on a TriCaster 860 or 80

Page | 396 LEDs begins to flash, and the T-Bar is deactivated. It will remain in this state until it is moved fully to one end of its stroke, re-syn

Page | 397 3. Open TriCaster’s Record Configuration panel and set the Primary Source (typically to the Program option). 4. Select a suit

Page | 398 FIGURE 362 For convenience, related controls and buttons are grouped together on the control surface. We will discuss the features and o

Page | 399 The DDR 1 and DDR 2 buttons are ‘radio button’ controls. This means that they operate just like the ‘Favorite’ buttons provide

Page | 400 TW-42 NOTES There is no corresponding DDR 1/DDR 2 button on TW-42. Multi-delegating DDRs is not supported with this control surface. 22.

Page | 401 Speed preset buttons are mutually exclusive, and establish a playback mode. They do not initiate playback; rather, the playb

Page | 402 For this reason, if you should happen to push the IN button before enabling recording, it is enabled automatically (illumina

Page | 403 ALT + OUT A different operation results when you hold down ALT (see Section 22.6.7) at the same time as you push OUT. This operat

Page | 26 SECTION 3.5 INPUT CONNECTIONS 3.5.1 CONNECT A/V SOURCES External audio and video sources are connected to the appropriate inputs

Page | 404 We’ve discussed one use of ALT in Section 22.6.6; see also Section 22.6.8. At the time of writing SHIFT and CTRL are reser

Page | 405 22.6.10 PRESET (DDR PLAYLIST) “P” is for “preset” … or “playlist”, if you prefer. However you choose to view it, the button

Page | 406  Previous (Clip) – Push to highlight the prior clip in the playlist of the delegated DDR.  Stop o Push to end playback

Page | 407  Zoom, Crop (etc.) – Use the Position tools for Overlay and DSK layers to zoom in on the action in a replay.  Clip Organization –

Page | 408 22.7.1 INSTALLING AVID® ARTIST MIX SOFTWARE AVID(R) provides a utility called EuControl for use with the Artist Mix control s

Page | 409 will wish to use a switch or router rather than a direct connection between the two devices, so TriCaster can also connect to the Intern

Page | 410 22.7.4 PANEL LAYOUT Figure 374 illustrates the control surface layout. FIGURE 374 1. Soft Key navigation buttons 2. OLED Display 3. P

Page | 411 22.7.5 NUDGE At any one time, Artist Mix can display controls for as many as eight of TriCaster’s audio inputs, internal sources, an

Page | 412 22.7.7 LEVEL CONTROL As you would expect, adjusting the position of a given fader modifies the volume level of the correspond

Page | 413 22.7.9 PAN CONTROL Several controls are nested above each fader, along with the matching OLED display group for that audio input or sour

Page | 27 FIGURE 15 – TRICASTER 460 FIGURE 16 – TRICASTER 410 FIGURE 17 – TRICASTER MINI Note: Hardware details as depicted are subject to chang

Page | 414 FIGURE 381 Hint: Although the GAIN control is shown for other source types, it really only has any effect on inputs configured as Mic ty

Page | 415 to consider the tools available in different Knob Set modes. 22.7.13 EQ CONTROL TriCaster provides independent 7-band equalization

Page | 416 The highlight in the OLED display updates to show the newly selected source. To enable, disable or reset the EQ, press the EQ (

Page | 417 We’ve seen how this works in EQ mode, where it expands the different equalizer bands for a single (selected) audio source a

Page | 418 22.7.17 INSERT The INPUT/INSERTS button serves several important purposes. It can be used to reassign the label for a slider

Page | 419 or more sources in a fixed position, thus keeping it in view on the control surface at all times despite any use of the navigation butto

Page | 420 MIDI Configuration Add-On: The Add-On group in TriCaster’s Session page (Startup) includes a link named Ableton Novation Lau

Page | 421 MIDI can be useful in many, many ways Too, a wide variety of MIDI software and extensions are available for other devices. T

Page | 422 CONFIGURATION For an external GPI device to communicate with a NewTek live production system, it must be manually defined by text entries

Page | 423 SENDING GPI COMMANDS A special macro command allows you to send GPI signals to external devices and systems via network-con

Page | 28 If your equipment supports SDI, this is the best quality option. 1. Connect sources to suitable connectors in the VIDEO IN secti

Page | 425 A HOW DO I … (?) In this section, we’ll consider the most common questions TriCaster™ operators may have (and of course

Page | 426 Connect to an AirPlay® source?... 436 Supplement

Page | 427 Import media files? ... 455 A

Page | 428 A.1 CONNECTIONS A.1.1 CONNECT CAMERAS? 1. Connect video sources to the appropriately labeled BNC input connectors on TriCaster’s backpl

Page | 429 5. Roll the mouse pointer over the monitor for the camera you want to set up, and click the Configure (gear) button that appears in its

Page | 430 A.1.5 CONNECT MONITORS? COMPUTER MONITOR With the power off, connect an external computer monitor to the Interface port on TriCaster’s b

Page | 431 (Note that if your display hardware declines to work with additions you make to the menu, the Live Desktop status message display may

Page | 432 a. Move the mouse over the Program monitor, and double-click to open Output Configuration. b. Click the Output tab, and select either

Page | 433 A.1.8 INSERT/REMOVE A DRIVE FROM TRICASTER’S REMOVABLE DRIVE BAY 3. If TriCaster is running, and if applicable (not a TriCaster 410 fe

Page | 29 Note: The broadcast video standard (such as NTSC, NTSC-J or PAL) of all video sources connected for a given session must ma

Page | 434 (Naturally, NewTek cannot guarantee that hard drives obtained from such sources will provide performance adequate to TriCaster’s requirem

Page | 435 A.1.12 CONNECT TO A NETWORK? Please refer to Section 3.16 and Chapter 16 Network . A.1.13 LOCATE A SPECIFIC TRICASTER ON MY NETWORK? Ple

Page | 436 Devices”. This opens the audio device control applet, allowing you to choose among those available. (It is sometimes useful to right-cl

Page | 437 A2: By default, the Windows® firewall is disabled on TriCaster. If your AirPlay device does not recognize TriCaster aft

Page | 438 1. Tap Settings > Wi-Fi. If Wi-Fi is off, turn it on by tapping the on/off icon. 2. Available Wi-Fi networks appear under Choose a N

Page | 439  Channel width should be set to both 20 MHz and 40 MHz in 5 GHz mode.  Ensure that only one DHCP server is active on the network. Q:

Page | 440 3. At the time of writing, Wirecast® does not fully support interlaced video, so you must also checkmark De-Interlace at the b

Page | 441 A.2.1 START AN SD SESSION? 1. Connect your SD sources to TriCaster’s input connectors (see Section 3.5). 2. Connect your SD monit

Page | 442 Doing so eliminates fielding artifacts that might otherwise occur due to converting fielded video to progressive video for streamin

Page | 443 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

Page | 30 This file is where you add the routers you wish TriCaster to recognize. Each router is identified by an entry you insert between the star

Page | 444 2. Rename the current session – see Section A.2.8. 3. Restore the backed up session – see Section A.2.5. A.3 LIVE PRODUCTION A.3.1 MA

Page | 445 FIGURE 396 This virtual multi-monitor effect depends on a single clip (played from a DDR) which is itself a montage co

Page | 446 This particular set was designed to work with all TCXD model TriCasters, including those supporting just two primary sources. For TriCas

Page | 447 5. Click the NewTek label under the LiveSet heading in the Media Browser, and choose “3D Center L.LiveSet” from the “Night Beat” folder

Page | 448 FIGURE 399 Since a single M/E accommodates four independent sources (Inputs A-D) at most, it requires two M/Es to take full advantage of

Page | 449 9. Click the NewTek label under the LiveSet heading in the Media Browser, and choose “Metropolis A Quad Split” from the “Metropolis A”

Page | 450 3. Click the Manage icon on the Session Page. 4. Under Browse at right, click the Clips link. A system file explorer will open. 5.

Page | 451 (Note that certain highly compressed video file formats cannot successfully be played back at rates beyond 200%, even t

Page | 452 play well in the DDR, please consider converting it to a ‘friendlier’ format. We can recommend NewTek’s own SpeedHQ, or perhaps DV (for

Page | 453 tool aggregates the information from all the moof atoms into a single moov atom and outputs a new file” Unconverted F4V files importe

Page | 31 Many studios use this method to synchronize equipment in the video chain. Genlocking is commonplace in higher-end product

Page | 454 A.3.10 GET LIVE TITLE PAGES (.CGXML) TO RESPECT ALL LIVETEXT FONT ATTRIBUTES? TriCaster’s Title Page file format (.cgxml) presently supp

Page | 455 A.3.12 IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MULTIVIEW OUTPUT? For best visual quality, be sure that the Multiview Resolution you choose i

Page | 456 A.4.3 AVOID DELAYS WHEN SESSION MEDIA IS OFFLINE? Launching a session when content in Media Player playlists that is served across a netw

Page | 457 A.4.5 PREPARE CLIPS WITH EMBEDDED ALPHA CHANNEL? Probably the best format to use for files with embedded alpha channel for

Page | 458 A.4.7 REMOVE A LOCATION FROM THE FILE BROWSER? 1. Click the Add button for a Media Player (DDR, Still or Title) 2. Right-click the n

Page | 459 A.4.11 AVOID THE ERROR “…COPY THIS FILE WITHOUT ITS PROPERTIES?” Windows® shows this error message when you export a media file from Tri

Page | 460 A.5.2 RESOLVE SERIOUS INSTABILITY OR DROPPED FRAMES? If the system becomes seriously unstable or is dropping frames with ‘know

Page | 461 It is quite likely that any attempt to update these manually will have unintended results, and you are strongly cautioned a

Page | 462 Regarding codecs, TriCaster supports the vast majority of popular image, audio and video formats. That said, hardly a day passes without

Page | 463 unforeseen problem? You can use one of two methods to access TriCaster’s Restore features, depending on your situation. To restore your

Page | 32  Supply independent video outputs to the two Display ports for supplemental monitoring or projection.  Stream program output

Page | 464  Create User Backup Drive: create a bootable clone of the entire system drive (as it exists at the time) on either an external HDD or

Page | 465 It will be necessary to re-activate Windows, re-enter the registration unlock code, and possibly update the TriCaster software after the

Page | 466 A.6.3 FIND TRICASTER’S HARDWARE/FIRMWARE REVISION NUMBERS? Click the Help icon in the Startup Screen’s Home Page, and select Abou

Page | 467 Note: It is possible to create streaming profiles that place very high demands on system resources, or are impractical for streaming ove

Page | 468 5. Copy the file, and paste the copy in at the same location. 6. Double-click the new profile to open it in the Windows Media Profile

Page | 469 8. Navigate (again) to the appropriate sub-folder inside the main C:\TriCaster\Configuration\Streaming Profiles\FlashProfile di

Page | 470 At the time of writing, all NewTek H.264 profiles use the Baseline option as it seems to be the best supported by various online services

Page | 471 should fail, a beep is sounded to alert you. If you wish, you can mute the alert by pressing the green button on the back of the unit.

Page | 473 B PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS Your TriCaster™ has been carefully designed to faithfully execute its duties under any reasonable c

Page | 33 b. Component – Attach your device to the second, third and fourth BNC connectors (Y, Pb and Pr). c. Y/C – If your S-Vide

Page | 474 B.3 IMAG AND LATENCY What’s IMAG? It’s a compression of the expression “Image MAGnification.” Typically in modern IMAG ap

Page | 475 Still waiting for the promised mention of ‘relativity’? OK, here it is then: E=MC2 B.3.2 LATENCY AND YOUR AUDIENCE “Latency” - what’s

Page | 476 TriCaster’s portion of the total latency sum is well within acceptable standards for devices of this sort – roughly between 1.5 and

Page | 477  When possible, try supplying the projector with analog video. This can eliminate a lot of the complexity from the

Page | 479 C VIDEO CALIBRATION An oft-heard expression is “Don’t worry – we’ll fix it in post”. Post-production techniques are invaluable, b

Page | 480 As a first step, cameras need to be properly calibrated. Ideally, this is done right at the camera. Corrective measures taken d

Page | 481 Consider what happens if you gradually raise the brightness control on your television. Beyond a certain point (and unlike c

Page | 482 camera’s Auto White Balance feature with the white card – your camera manual will provide instructions. Afterwards, check the black leve

Page | 483 As it happens, from the vectorscope point of view, neither black nor white properly have any color saturation. Thus with the lens cap o

iii 4.6.3 LiveText™... 65 SECTIO

Page | 34 Hint: TriCaster’s SDI and analog output sections can be used simultaneously. For example, you could use the Composite output

Page | 484 FIGURE 404 (NTSC) FIGURE 405 (PAL) You can use color bars in conjunction with TriCaster’s Waveform and Vectorscope to make sure the vid

Page | 485 FIGURE 407 If the trace vectors do not line up as they should even after performing a white balance at the camera, y

Page | 486 computer monitor, they do differ in a number of important respects. For this reason, we will approach their calibration sep

Page | 487 C.3.3 COLOR ADJUSTMENTS Having set the black and white levels earlier, let’s continue… NTSC 1. If your monitor has a “Blue-gun only”

Page | 488 6. Check your results with some familiar imagery, and make any further tweaks you feel are required. PAL 1. If your monitor

Page | 489 D KEYSTROKE SHORTCUTS D.1 SWITCHER… Program Row, Inputs 1 to 24 (by model) F1 – F12 plus [Shift + F1-12] Preview Row, Inputs 1 to 24 (

Page | 490 D.2 T-BAR Take Return Key Take T-bar Back to Top Shift + Return Transition … Go/Pause Spacebar Auto Reverse Shift + Spacebar Adjust T-ba

Page | 491 Show Multiview D Ctrl + Numpad 3 D.6 DDR 1 Stop k Play l (lower case L) Go to previous playlist item j Go to next playlist item ;

Page | 492 Stop Shift + k Play Shift + l (L) Go to previous playlist item Shift + j (J) Go to next playlist item Shift + ; (:, colon) Autoplay

Page | 493 D.11 GENERAL D.11.1 EDIT TITLE PANE Save the current title page Ctrl + Shift+ s Save the current title page, and duplicate it in the p

Page | 35 Note: A mismatch of output format and connection type is possible at times. For example, a Graphics player can display ima

Page | 495 E DIMENSIONS AND MOUNTING It’s important when planning your installation to provide adequate support for the unit’s weight

Page | 496 SECTION 22.11 TRICASTER 460 AND 410 FIGURE 410 TriCaster 460 and 410 both ship in 2 Rack Unit (RU) enclosures supplied with ‘ears’ desi

Page | 497 SECTION 22.12 TRICASTER 8000 AND 860 FIGURE 411 TriCaster 8000 and TriCaster 860 are encased in similar 4 Rack Unit (RU) chassis su

Page | 498 Good front and rear access is important for convenience in cabling, access to removable drive bays, and should be consi

Page | 499 FIGURE 413 SECTION 22.14 TRICASTER 860 CS Normally, the 860 CS is used in a table-top configuration. Otherwise, a rabbet on all four s

Page | 500 FIGURE 415 SECTION 22.15 TRICASTER 460 CS FIGURE 416 Normally, the 460 CS is used in a table-top configuration. Otherwise, a rabbet on

Page | 501 At the sides, a ½” (1.2 cm) ledge is formed for this purpose. The overlap provided front and back is narrower, about 5/16” (.31 cm). F

Page | 503 F RELIABILITY TESTING We know our products play vital roles in the productions of our customers. Durability and consistent

Page | 36  GPI stands for General Purpose Interface. Pins 11 and 12 are assigned for possible future use as GPI1 and GPI2 connections,

INDEX 3 3D, 240 8 850 TW Layout, 398 A AAC Encoding, 462 Act as Alpha. See I/O Configuration: Video Input Activate Windows. See Windows Add-Ons,

E Edit. See SpeedEDIT Eject, 112, 434 Esc, 400 EULA. See TriCaster: Register Export Media. See Startup Screen, See Startup Screen External Audio. S

Solo, 254 Stream Output, 267 Talk, 253 VU Meters, 250 Grab, 77, 341 Media Browser, 80, 201 Add Media Location, 457 Filter, 203 Media Player, 18, 79

AirPlay®, 255, 436 Connecting, 63, 305, 315 iVGA, 48, 63, 269, 473 Ping, 317 Port Forwarding, 320 Sharing Buffers, 207 Sharing Media Folders, 207 Te

Home Page, 6 New Session, 441 Open/Manage Session, 113, 443, 449 Shutdown, 115 Exit to Windows, 115 System Utilities Defragment, 459 Restore TriCas

Y YouTube®. See Share Media Z Zoom, 407

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Page | 37 A link initially containing the text “Enter Session Name” is shown at the top of the right-hand pane when the New icon is se

Page | 38 THE LIVE DESKTOP Initially, as you have yet to configure input devices or add content, the Live Desktop will look a bit barren (Figure 21)

Page | 39 Often, though, you will want to connect external monitors or other downstream devices to the VIDEO OUT connectors on TriCaster’s backplat

Page | 40 FIGURE 23 1. Move your mouse pointer over the large Program Output monitor on the Live Desktop. 2. Click the Configure butt

Page | 41 FIGURE 24 (8-INPUT VERSION SHOWN) Optional Source selections for these two primary output channels include any of the following: 

Page | 42 SECTION 3.12 CONFIGURE VIDEO INPUTS Control over settings for video sources is provided in TriCaster’s monitoring section. The indivi

Page | 43 7. Click this Configuration button to open a tabbed settings panel for Camera 1 (Figure 26). 8. Click the Connection Type button t

iv SECTION 6.4 CUSTOMIZING THE LIVE DESKTOP ... 134 6.4.1 Rename Inp

Page | 44 FIGURE 27 (8-INPUT VERSION SHOWN) Each input has its own small control panel, with Volume slider(s), VU meter(s), and other important fe

Page | 45  Select Mic 1, 2 for professional grade microphones or similar sources. On supporting models, use the Phantom option for co

Page | 46 For this reason, it’s customary to configure normal operating level (also referred to as the ‘alignment level’, and sometimes, ‘no

Page | 47 1. If the Live Desktop isn’t already open, launch a TriCaster session from Startup. 2. Access the Output Configuration panel by d

Page | 48 SECTION 3.15 CONFIGURE TIMECODE TriCaster can use the system clock to generate ‘local timecode’ shown in the Live Desktop titl

Page | 49 LIVE PRODUCTION WALKTHROUGH Chapter 4 This chapter provides a quick hands-on tour of the major components and functions of yo

Page | 50 2. The Session Page will appear when you click Start Session. 3. Click Manage on the icon ring (Figure 34). FIGURE 34 SECTION 4.2 IMP

Page | 51 FIGURE 36 5. Click Add in Import Media (Figure 36) to open a system File Explorer. 4. Navigate to C:\TriCaster\Documentation\Walkthro

Page | 52 FIGURE 37 At the top of both Home and Session pages in Startup, you’ll see a row of icons (Figure 37) representing Accoun

Page | 53 3. If you like, enable the Prepare for Web switch. Hint: Normally, for File Copy, and perhaps FTP destinations, you might well skip th

v 9.3.1 DSK Controls ... 175 9.3.2 Main

Page | 54 Let’s briefly turn out attention to the Workspace menu in the Dashboard. 4.4.2 WORKSPACES The options provided in the Workspace men

Page | 55 Workspaces can be modified beyond simply changing their monitor layout, too. 6. With the Interface D preset active, reselect the Load De

Page | 56 FIGURE 43  The monitor labels for sources currently visible on Program output are highlighted in red (Figure 43). Labels for

Page | 57 4.4.3 SCOPES FIGURE 45 1. Display the Scopes again (if you’ve forgotten how, see the previous section). The monitoring area displays

Page | 58 SECTION 4.5 AUDIO MIXER Having previously connected and configured your audio inputs, let’s explore a few of the standard features in TriC

Page | 59 FIGURE 47 7. To avoid any confusion in our little experiment, let’s eliminate all other sounds for now. Click the Audio M

Page | 60 FIGURE 48 A Pan slider is provided for each channel of all audio sources. Sliding a Pan knob left or right actually moves (or ‘pans

Page | 61 Pan thus provides precise control over where the audio from any channel input is heard – whether exclusively on output channel A, B, or

Page | 62 At this point, you should be hearing audio only from input 1. Hint: By default, each audio input is configured to follow the vi

Page | 63 15. Switch to Camera 3. The audio from Inputs 1 and 2 is muted on output (and their VU meters will turn gray). If audio Input 3 has soun

vi 12.1.4 PTZ and the Control Surface ... 222 LIVEMATTE ...

Page | 64 FIGURE 49 Note: Gigabit networking is highly recommended, and should be considered mandatory for HD sessions in particular. When TriCaste

Page | 65 4.6.3 LIVETEXT™ NewTek’s (optional) standalone LiveText application offers features that are very similar to TriCaster’s inte

Page | 66 Clicking a button in any row selects the active source for that row. Program and Preview row selections determine the c

Page | 67 during a transition, portions of both the Program and Preview row selections can be seen in varying amounts. The BKGD layer composition c

Page | 68 DSK SOURCES FIGURE 52 Let’s assign sources to a couple of the DSKs (Downstream Keyers) now (we’ll be using these shortly): 1.

Page | 69 Hint: This introduces the TriCaster’s Buffers, discussed more fully later. For now, think of them as it will suffice to think o

Page | 70 FIGURE 54 4. Click the BKGD button above the T-bar in the Transition group – Figure 54 (this dedicates the T-bar to control the BKGD

Page | 71 The Transition Bin provides quick access to a number of transitions, but TriCaster includes many others. To replace an entry in the Tr

Page | 72 FIGURE 57 Hint: DSK 2 appears ‘in front of’ DSK 1 (from the viewer’s perspective). DSKs can each have their own transit

Page | 73 DSK 1 (which was displayed above the BKGD layer) is removed from view, and DSK 2 is displayed using its own transition. Let’s up the ante

vii 15.6.1 Net 1 and Net 2 ... 255 15.6.2 Medi

Page | 74 FIGURE 60 (AFTER) In obedience to the current Transition delegate multi-selection, one click of the main Auto button resulted in all of t

Page | 75 Note that, after de-selecting the BKGD delegate button, the Preview monitor no longer shows the Switcher’s Preview row selecti

Page | 76 4.8.1 RECORD FIGURE 62 1. Roll the mouse pointer over the Record control in the Dashboard and click the Configuration button (gear) t

Page | 77 Hint: You could optionally select DDR 1 or DDR 2 in the nearby Add to Playlist menu, automatically adding newly recorded clips to a playl

Page | 78 FIGURE 65 9. Enter “test” (without quotes) in the Base Name field. 10. Enable Capture stills from all inputs. 11. Enable the Add P

Page | 79 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

Page | 80 FIGURE 67 2. Click the + (Add Media) button in the DDR 1 pane (Figure 67) to open a Media Browser. 3. Click the heading named

Page | 81 1. Instead, try this: simply click inside the Speed slider (engaging direct edit mode), type “50” and press Enter to change p

Page | 82 SINGLE AND AUTOPLAY 9. Click the Single switch (Figure 70). FIGURE 70 10. Double-click the first clip in DDR 1’s playlist to pla

Page | 83 17. With DDR 1 on Program, and Camera 1 on Preview, highlight a fairly long clip (say, a minute or more). 18. Click Play. 19. Af