NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition User Guide - Manual (Page 223)

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Clicking any Replay Pad button adds the clip from that recorder to the targets defined in the Add to menu
(the buttons aren’t shown if Add to is disabled). The Play Speed and Clip Duration you define are applied when
clips are added to a DDR.
Hint: As mentioned elsewhere, clips added in this fashion will also retain the information from the Base Name
(Capture tab) and Comment box (Replay tab).
P ERFORM I NSTANT R EPLAY
Making this functionality all the more amazing, the Perform Instant Replay feature, found nearby in the Replay
tab, instructs the Media Player to immediately perform a Show On operation when you add a clip by pressing
a Replay Pad button.
This means that, with one mighty click, you can:
 Send a clip of pre-determined length from any angle you are recording to a DDR
 Auto the DDR onto the Switcher’s Program row (or a target M/E) using a custom transition
 Autoplay the clip at the pre-determined playback speed
 Then transition the DDR back to Preview, restoring the Switcher (or M/E) Background transition.
All of this without interrupting recording, which continues without so much as a hiccup.
H IDE R EPLAY P AD
With all of this wonderful power, why would anyone even consider hiding the Replay Pad? Easy. You can do
the exact same astonishing things without it, by simply pressing the numberpad key on your keyboard that
matches the index number of the recorder you want to replay. Imagine … one simple number punch = world
domination.
Hint: Remember that for clips recorded simultaneously, you can change the ‘angle’ (recording) of DDR clips using
the clip context menu. This allows you to easily run a replay again while viewing a different angle.
SECTION 20.2 GRAB
At times, all you really want to capture is a still image from the current Program Output video stream (or
perhaps, all inputs). This is the purpose of TriCaster’s Grab function. Click the Configure button (gear) next
to Grab in the Dashboard at the top of the Live Desktop to open the Grab Still Configuration panel.
The options presented are mostly similar to those of Record Configuration, though a bit simpler. Again, enter
a Base Name (DataLink keys are supported, and likewise for Comment). The Base Name you supply which
will be numerically incremented as required.
The option Grab all inputs is especially powerful. It can store an image from every camera, plus those sources
configured as Outputs 1 and 2. Enable De-Interlace if you wish to avoid a ‘comb’ effect caused by inter-frame
motion in fielded sessions.
Enable the Add PGM grab to switch to automatically include newly captured images at the end of selected
playlists, or to send them to a specific Buffer, ready for immediate playback during the live production.
Likewise, enable Publish Queue in this menu to immediately append the grabbed image to the Queue.