Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• PART I (Getting Started)
• 1 About This Manual
• 2 Introduction
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Startup Screen
  • 2.3 Live Desktop
  • 2.4 Features
    • 2.4.1 Physical
    • 2.4.2 A/V Input and Output
    • 2.4.3 Monitoring
    • 2.4.4 Video Processing
    • 2.4.5 The Switcher
    • 2.4.6 Video Layers and Transitions
      • DSK Channels
    • 2.4.7 Record and Stream
    • 2.4.8 Import Media
    • 2.4.9 Audio Mixer
    • 2.4.10 Integrated Media Players
    • 2.4.11 Keying, Virtual Sets and Virtual Inputs
    • 2.4.12 Graphics
    • 2.4.13 Edit
    • 2.4.14 Optional Control Surfaces
• 3 Setting Up
  • 3.1 Command and Control
  • 3.2 Activating & Authorizing Windows™
  • 3.3 TriCaster™ License and Registration
    • 3.3.1 Online Registration
    • 3.3.2 Registering by Telephone
  • 3.4 Input Connections
    • 3.4.1 Connect A/V Sources
  • 3.5 Genlock Connection
    • 3.5.1 A/V Output
    • 3.5.2 HD and SD
    • 3.5.3 Connecting Devices
    • 3.5.4 Multiview
  • 3.6 Tally Lights
    • 3.6.1 External Connections
  • 3.7 Starting a Session
    • The Home Page
    • The Session Page
    • The Live Desktop
  • 3.8 Configure Video Output
    • 3.8.1 SD Analog Configuration
  • 3.9 Configure Aux Video Output
  • 3.10 Configure Multiview Output
  • 3.11 Configure Video Input
  • 3.12 Configure Audio
  • 3.13 Configure Genlock
  • 3.14 Networking
• 4 Live Production Walkthrough
  • 4.1 Creating a Session
  • 4.2 Importing Content
    • 4.2.1 TriCaster™
  • 4.3 Monitoring
    • 4.3.1 Program and Preview
    • 4.3.2 All Monitors
    • 4.3.3 External and Internal Monitors
    • 4.3.4 Scopes
  • 4.4 Audio Mixer
    • 4.4.1 Mute, Mono and Balance
    • 4.4.2 Pan
    • 4.4.3 Talk
    • 4.4.4 Follow
  • 4.5 Network Sources
    • 4.5.1 iVGA Clients
    • 4.5.2 Apple AirPlay
    • 4.5.3 LiveText™
  • 4.6 Live Switching
    • 4.6.1 Switcher Rows
      • Video Layers
      • Configuring Cameras
      • The Utility Row
    • 4.6.2 Transitions
      • Local Controls
      • Main Controls
      • Look Ahead Preview
  • 4.7 Record and Grab
    • 4.7.1 Record
    • 4.7.2 Grab
  • 4.8 Media Players
    • 4.8.1 DDR 1 and 2
      • Adding Files
      • Transport Controls
      • Trimming and Scrubbing
      • Single and Autoplay
      • Presets
    • 4.8.2 Still & Title
      • Exploring Autoplay and Single
      • Title
  • 4.9 LiveMatte
  • 4.10 Virtual Inputs
    • 4.10.1 Composing Inputs A and B
    • 4.10.2 Adding an Upstream Overlay
    • 4.10.3 LiveSet™
  • 4.11 Streaming
    • 4.11.1 Streaming Configuration
    • 4.11.2 Simple Pull Streaming
    • 4.11.3 Push and Flash Streaming
    • 4.11.4 Capturing the Stream
• PART II (Reference)
• 5 The Startup Screen
  • 5.1 Introduction to Sessions
  • 5.2 The Home Page
    • 5.2.1 New (Session)
      • Session Name
      • Volume
      • Format and Output Considerations
    • 5.2.2 Open (Session)
      • Eject
      • Context menu
      • Restore Session Backup
      • Opening a Session
    • 5.2.3 Shutdown
    • 5.2.4 Utilities
      • Register TriCaster™
      • Update TriCaster™
      • Defragment All Drives
      • Restore to Factory Defaults
    • 5.2.5 Help
    • 5.2.6 Add-Ons
  • 5.3 The Session Page
    • 5.3.1 Live
    • 5.3.2 Graphics
    • 5.3.3 Edit
    • 5.3.4 Manage
      • Browse
      • Import Media
      • Backup Session
• 6 Live Desktop: Overview
  • 6.1 Display Requirements
  • 6.2 Overview
  • 6.3 A Few Hints
  • 6.4 Customizing the Live Desktop
    • 6.4.1 Desktop Options Menu
    • 6.4.2 Dual Displays and Monitoring
  • 6.5 Titlebar Tips
    • 6.5.1 Status Bar
    • 6.5.2 Eject
• 7 I/O Configuration
  • 7.1 Output Configuration
    • 7.1.1 Output Controls
    • 7.1.2 Proc Amp
      • White Balance
    • 7.1.3 SD Analog Connections
    • 7.1.4 Aux Output
      • Format
      • Multiview Output
    • 7.1.5 Genlock
      • Vertical Position, Horizontal Position and Phase
      • Reference Type
    • 7.1.6 Center Frequency
  • 7.2 Input Configuration
    • 7.2.1 Connection Type
    • 7.2.2 Proc Amp
    • 7.2.3 LiveMatte & Crop
• 8 Switcher, Transitions and Overlay
  • 8.1 Switcher Rows
    • 8.1.1 Utility (and Delegate)
    • 8.1.2 Program and Preview
  • 8.2 Video Layers
  • 8.3 Transitions
    • 8.3.1 Local Controls
      • Take and Auto
      • Configuring Transitions
        • BKGD Transition Options
      • DSK Positioning
      • DSK Transparency
    • 8.3.2 Main Controls
      • Transition Delegates
      • FTB
      • Take and Auto
    • 8.3.3 T-Bar
• 9 Desktop Monitors
  • 9.1 Program amd Preview
    • 9.1.1 Configuration Indicators
  • 9.2 Look Ahead Preview
  • 9.3 All Monitors Tab
    • 9.3.1 Contextual Tools
    • 9.3.2 Interactive Control
      • Interactive Titlebar Indicators
  • 9.4 Preview Scopes Tab
• 10 Media Players (DDRs, Still, Title and Audio)
  • 10.1 Specialized Media Players
  • 10.2 Shared Features
    • 10.2.1 Playlists
      • File Operations
      • Scrub-Bar
      • Alpha Channel Support
    • 10.2.2 Media Browser
      • Location List
        • Add Media Location & Browse
      • File Pane
        • File Filters
      • Context Menus
    • 10.2.3 Player Controls
      • Time Display
      • Single
      • Transport Controls
      • Autoplay
    • 10.2.4 Preset Bin
    • 10.2.5 Speed
  • 10.3 Editing Title Pages
    • Stand-in Images
• 11 LiveMatte & Crop
  • 11.1 Chromakeying
  • 11.2 Matte
    • 11.2.1 Color
    • 11.2.2 Tolerance
    • 11.2.3 Smoothness
  • 11.3 Spill Suppression
  • 11.4 Crop
  • 11.5 Compositing
  • 11.6 Fine Tuning
  • 11.7 Practical Staging for LiveMatte
    • 11.7.1 Lighting
    • 11.7.2 Connection Considerations
• 12 Virtual Inputs
  • 12.1 Primary Video Sources
  • 12.2 Position
  • 12.3 Overlay
  • 12.4 LiveSet
    • 12.4.1 LiveSet Selection
    • 12.4.2 Video Sources
    • 12.4.3 Zoom Presets
    • 12.4.4 Zoom T-Bar
    • 12.4.5 Input Position
    • 12.4.6 Animate Zoom
• 13 Audio
  • 13.1 External Sources
    • 13.1.1 Mute
    • 13.1.2 Connection Type
    • 13.1.3 Microphone Controls
      • Talk
      • Pan
      • Trim
      • Lock
    • 13.1.4 More Audio Controls
      • Follow
      • Mono
      • Balance
      • VU Meters and Gain
        • Audio Levels
  • 13.2 Internal Audio
    • 13.2.1 Media Players
    • 13.2.2 Output Controls
      • Master (and Phones)
      • Aux and Stream
  • 13.3 Preset Bin
• 14 Network Sources
  • 14.1 iVGA
    • 14.1.1 iVGA for OS X™
    • 14.1.2 IVGA PRO™ (WINDOWS)
      • The Control Panel
        • Destination
        • Recording
        • Quality (Configure)
        • Video Source
        • Audio Source
        • Options
        • Send/Record/Stop
        • Taskbar Icon Menu
        • Hotkeys
  • 14.2 AirPlay™
  • 14.3 LiveText
• 15 Streaming
  • 15.1 Overview
    • 15.1.1 Compact View
  • 15.2 Web Browser
  • 15.3 Connection Options
    • 15.3.1 Browser Based
    • 15.3.2 Adobe Flash™
      • Browse (Import a Custom Profile)
    • 15.3.3 Windows Media Pull
    • 15.3.4 Windows Media Push
  • 15.4 Audio Headroom
  • 15.5 Capturing the Stream
  • 15.6 Streaming Strategies
    • 15.6.1 On Demand or Live?
      • On Demand Hosting
      • Live Streaming
      • Bandwidth Considerations
    • 15.6.2 Streaming Protocols
      • Pull by End Users
      • Push To Provider
    • 15.6.3 Streaming Media Providers
    • 15.6.4 Other Resources
  • 15.7 Production and Capture Considerations
    • Other Factors
  • 15.8 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
    • 15.8.1 Testing your stream
      • Flash® Media Live Encoder Notes
      • Testing with Ping
      • Pull Connection issues
      • Finding Your External IP number
      • Speed Tests
• 16 Record and Grab
  • 16.1 Record
    • 16.1.1 Record Configuration
      • Basic Settings
        • Add to DDR
        • Audio Headroom
      • Source
        • Encoding
          • Compatibility Considerations
        • Destination
  • 16.2 Grab
• 17 SpeedEDIT and LiveText
  • 17.1 SpeedEDIT
    • 17.1.1 Sessions, Projects and Display
    • 17.1.2 Filebin Quicktabs
    • 17.1.3 IEEE1394 I/O Output
    • 17.1.4 SpeedEDIT Desktop
  • 17.2 LiveText
    • 17.2.1 Sessions, Projects and Display
    • 17.2.2 Files/Filebin
    • 17.2.3 Naming Stand-in Images
• PART III (Appendices)
• How Do I … ?
  • A.1 Connections
    • A.1.1 Connect cameras?
    • A.1.2 Color correct mismatched cameras?
    • A.1.3 Connect monitors?
      • Computer monitor
      • Multiview monitor (or projector)
        • Supplementary Questions:
      • Video Monitors/Devices
    • A.1.4 Connect a supported external control surface?
      • Supplementary Question:
    • A.1.5 Connect An External Hard Drive?
    • A.1.6 Eject A Hard Drive?
    • A.1.7 Connect tally lights?
    • A.1.8 Connect to a Network?
    • A.1.9 Connect to an AirPlay™ Source?
      • Supplementary Questions:
    • A.1.10 Resolve iVGA PRO Quirks
  • A.2 Sessions
    • Supplementary Question:
    • A.2.1 Start an SD Session?
    • A.2.2 Start an HD Session?
      • Supplementary Question:
    • A.2.3 Work on a Stored Session?
    • A.2.4 Backup a Session?
    • A.2.5 Restore a Session?
    • A.2.6 Delete a Session (and its Content)?
    • A.2.7 Manage Selected Content inside a Session?
    • A.2.8 Rename a Session?
    • A.2.9 Duplicate a session?
  • A.3 Live Production
    • A.3.1 Make Custom Transitions and LiveSets?
    • A.3.2 Restore the Default LiveSet?
    • A.3.3 Initiate Streaming?
    • A.3.4 Find my Captured Stream file?
    • A.3.5 Record my Program?
    • A.3.6 Find my Recorded Program File?
    • A.3.7 Change Playback Speed for Clips in the DDR (Media Player)?
    • A.3.8 Deal With DDR (Media Player) Clips That Seem Blurry?
    • A.3.9 Get Stubborn Clips to Play in the DDR?
      • QuickTime™
      • AVI
        • Remuxing Clips
      • Flash (F4V)
    • A.3.10 Change Colors for an Entire Title Playlist at Once?
    • A.3.11 Get Live Title Pages (.cgxml) to Respect All LiveText Font Attributes?
    • A.3.12 Prepare a Matched Group of Virtual Inputs?
    • A.3.13 Improve the Quality of Multiview Output?
    • A.3.14 View Media Player Time Data on Multiview Out when Set to ‘All Sources’?
  • A.4 Files
    • A.4.1 Manage Files?
    • A.4.2 Change the Recording Quality?
    • A.4.3 Import Media Files?
    • A.4.4 Prepare Clips with Embedded Alpha Channel?
    • A.4.5 Prepare clips for TriCaster Playback Using Apple® Final Cut Pro?
    • A.4.6 Add an External File Location to the File Browser?
    • A.4.7 Remove a Location From the File Browser?
    • A.4.8 Export files to an External Drive?
    • A.4.9 Export files from TriCaster For Use in Apple® Final Cut Pro?
    • A.4.10 Import/Export Files Larger Than 4 Gigabytes?
    • A.4.11 Avoid the Error “…copy this file without its properties?”
    • A.4.12 Free up Space by Deleting the Demo Clips?
  • A.5 Software, Maintenance and Updates
    • A.5.1 Improve Performance?
    • A.5.2 Resolve Serious Instability or Dropped frames?
    • A.5.3 Update TriCaster?
    • A.5.4 Update the Flash™ and/or Windows Media Encoder?
    • A.5.5 Install Virus Protection?
    • A.5.6 Install My Favorite Software (or Codec)?
      • Supplementary Question:
    • A.5.7 Restore TriCaster to Original ‘As-Shipped’ Condition?
  • A.6 Registration And Tech Support
    • A.6.1 Register TriCaster?
    • A.6.2 Contact Technical Support?
    • A.6.3 Find TriCaster’s Hardware/Firmware Revision Numbers?
  • A.7 Miscellaneous
    • A.7.1 Access Windows™?
    • A.7.2 Return to TriCaster from the Windows™ Desktop
    • A.7.3 Add A Custom Streaming Profile to the Configure Stream Connection Panel?
      • Importing a Custom Profile Using ‘Browse’
      • Creating a Custom Windows Media PRofile
      • Creating a Custom Flash Streaming PRofile
        • Supplementary Question:
        • Supplementary Question:
  • A.8 More Questions and Answers
    • A.8.1 Can I do anything to improve latency/audio sync?
      • Supplementary Question:
    • A.8.2 Why Do Some Thumbnail Icons Look Wrong?
• Performance Considerations
  • A.9 Testing, One Two …
  • A.10 iVGA and Performance
  • A.11 IMAG and Latency
    • A.11.1 Relativity and the Speed of Light
    • A.11.2 Latency and Your Audience
    • A.11.3 Latency and Your TriCaster
    • A.11.4 Other Sources of Latency
• Performance Considerations
  • A.12 Testing, One Two …
  • A.13 iVGA and Performance
  • A.14 IMAG and Latency
    • A.14.1 Relativity and the Speed of Light
    • A.14.2 Latency and Your Audience
    • A.14.3 Latency and Your TriCaster
    • A.14.4 Other Sources of Latency
• Video Calibration
  • A.15 What (And Where) to Calibrate?
  • A.16 Calibrating Video Sources
    • A.16.1 Setting Black and White
      • Waveform Monitor
    • A.16.2 Adjusting Color
      • Vectorscope
    • A.16.3 Color Metrics
      • Using Color Bars
  • A.17 Calibrating Your Monitors
    • A.17.1 Computer Monitor
    • A.17.2 Program Output Monitor
    • A.17.3 Setting Black and White
      • NTSC
      • PAL
    • A.17.4 Color Adjustments
      • NTSC
      • PAL
• Keystroke Shortcuts
  • A.18 Switcher…
  • A.19 T-Bar
  • A.20 Virtual Inputs
  • A.21 Record and Grab
  • A.22 Tabs
  • A.23 DDR
  • A.24 Stills
  • A.25 Titles
  • A.26 Multiview
  • A.27 General
    • A.27.1 Selection and Navigation
    • A.27.2 Misc.
• Reliability Testing
• Index
• Credits