NewTek TriCaster 40 - Manual (Page 29)

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3.5 MEDIA PLAYERS
TriCaster’s Media Players permit you to use clips, stills, title pages and sound files in your live presentations. You
can display files sequentially as a playlist, or singly on demand. Media Players can even play, stop and advance
automatically in response to your Switcher operations.
Three different Media Players – the DDR, Graphics 1 and Graphics 2 – are located in tabbed panes at the bottom
of the Live Desktop. The main difference between Media Players is the file formats they play. Supported media
types include:
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Video clips (including animations)
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Still images – photos, graphics, etc.
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Title Pages – ‘live editable’ CG pages from TriCaster’s integrated title system
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Audio files – standard .wav or .mp3 files, and other common audio file types
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Hint: All Media Browsers support most popular 32bit file formats (that is, files with an embedded ‘alpha’, or
transparency, channel).
The DDR (Digital Disk Recorder) can play all four of the file types listed in the previous section. It is unique in
being the only Media Player to play video clips. Graphics 1 and 2 can play all supported file types except video
clips. The only other significant difference between the DDR and Graphics modules is that the latter do not have
a Speed control.
3.5.1 COMMON FEATURES
Let’s look at the features and controls that are common to all Media Players.