NewTek TriCaster 8000 - Manual (Page 35)

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 Autoplay feature starts and stops playback automatically based on Switcher
activity.
 Control Media Players with macros triggered by other events.
 Assign titles, graphics, clips or buffers to multiple DSK or M/E Key channels.
 Edit titles live, even while ‘on air’.
2.5.19 BUFFERS
The Buffers module provides quick review and management of TriCaster’s internal
media buffer system, and is in reality a combined multiview, player and asset
management tool fully supported by TriCaster’s Macro system.
FIGURE 11 (TRICASTER 8000 SHOWN)
Buffers can be applied in any video channel, including all main Switcher and M/E
rows, or as overlays in the numerous DSK and Key channels. Buffer ‘slots’ can
contain *animated effects (compiled from your own clips using the supplied
Animation Store Creator application), still graphics or title pages, all with full alpha
channel support (the number of buffer slots supporting animation varies by model).
Animated buffers (TriCaster 460, 860 and 8000) come in *two types, and either loop
endlessly (perfect for bugs, station IDs, etc.) or ‘auto-run’ once when displayed.
These effects are resident in reserved Switcher Memory, making it possible to use
them all at once without tying up Media Players. Thus Buffers can effectively take
the place of many additional DDRs. In addition, each Buffer slot has its own set of
convenient presets.