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VOLUME
Figure 83
Beneath the Session name you will see a field labeled Volume. Here you can choose which hard
drive the session (and its associated content) will be created and stored on.
Suitable hard drives added to one of TriCaster’s removable drive bays are listed in a drop-down
menu when you click on the field. You can select any drive shown.
Note: External drives are not recommended for active use as session drives.
FORMAT AND OUTPUT CONSIDERATIONS
Remember that for live production, TriCaster™ can supply SD output (for SD sessions), or both SD
and HD (in the case of HD sessions). The format of video signal on Program and Aux outputs
varies according to the session type:
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For all HD sessions, Program (Row 1) output is also HD
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For all SD sessions, Program (Row 2) output is likewise SD.
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For 16:9 sessions (HD or SD 16:9), Program (Row 1 and 2) output is consistently
configured as 16:9 too, while for SD 4:3 sessions output is of course formatted as 4:3.
Aux (Row 3) video output is always SD format; for HD sessions, Aux can be configured as either
16:9 widescreen or 4:3 format (see Section 7.1).
These settings have some other significant ramifications, too. For example, if your session
format is SD 4:3, this is the file format captured by the Live Desktop’s Record function when
capturing Program output … even when the video cameras supplying your inputs are HD; the
opposite is also true.