TelVue HyperCaster® - Manual (Page 100)

TelVue HyperCaster ® User Manual / v5.0 / October 2014
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One way to control what you broadcast when you have switched to a live event is to schedule the
event for less time than you expect it to run, then lock the switch manually until the event finishes.
The server will still play the event after the switch event, but viewers will continue to see the live
event.
1. On the Config page, go to Switch Configuration and make sure manual detection of switch
actions is on.
2. On the Programming page, schedule the switch event.
3. Schedule an event to follow the switch event.
4. After the switch event begins, go to the Dashboard and click the Lock option next to the switch
output you want to lock.
5. When the live event ends, release the switch lock by clicking the Unlock option on the
Dashboard. The event you scheduled to play at that moment is immediately visible to viewers
from its current point according to the schedule.
Continuing the basketball game example, suppose you expect the game to last two hours. You could
schedule the switch event to the game camera for only 90 minutes and follow it with a switch event to
your news studio feed for 90 minutes. After the basketball game begins, lock the switch. As long as
the game ends after 90 minutes but before three hours you can notify your news studio to begin post-
game coverage, then release the switch lock.
Another possibility would be to schedule the switch to the basketball game camera for 90 minutes,
followed by a 60-minute continuity playlist. After the basketball game begins, lock the switch. Unlock
the switch when the game ends. If the game ends after 90 minutes, viewers will see the entire 60-
minute playlist. If the game ends after two hours, they will see the playlist from the middle to the end.
If the game ends after two hours and 25 minutes, they will see just the last five minutes of the
playlist.
Using Third-Party Editing Software
Refer to the Preparing Content Section of the TelVue website ( www.telvue.com/content ) for guidelines
on using several of the popular video editing software packages with your TelVue server. The USB key
that came with your server has an addendum to this manual with guidelines for:
Trimming DVD-compliant, MPEG-2 files.
Re-encoding files so they are DVD-compliant.
Note: TelVue’s recommendations regarding the use of third-party software packages
are subject to change without notice.