NewTek TriCaster 300 - Manual (Page 120)

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Some highly compressed video files may not be well suited to live playback. Enable switches in
the Transcode column for files you wish to convert to a friendlier format on import. Files can be
re-ordered by dragging their entries up or down with the mouse, or removed from the list by
highlighting them and clicking Remove.
Once the batch import list is prepared, click Import to complete the operation. Files are
processed quickly, and are automatically added to their proper locations (according to type) for
easy access during live production.
Hint: Sections 4.2, 10.2.2, A.4.3 and A.4.5 discuss other aspects of importing media files.
BACKUP SESSION
Clicking the Backup Session button opens a system file explorer that you can use to assign a
storage location for the backup files. Backup operations can take some time, depending on the
amount of content in the session. For obvious reasons, then, it would be wise not to begin a
major backup operation shortly before a scheduled live production. A progress gauge is displayed
during processing, and if necessary you may Cancel the operation. Of course, the session to be
backed up is the current session (to backup a different session, return to the Home Page and
Open a different session.
The backup operation feature will determine whether all media used in the session is local (i.e.,
located in folders named for that session), or whether some content is external – stored in other
places on your system, and included in the session using Add Media Location, or from folders
belonging to other sessions. If all session media is local the backup proceeds without further
interruption.
When external media is used in the session, a dialog is presented stating "The following files are
external to the session. Would you like to import these files?" The optional actions in the dialog
are:

Backup without importing

Import and Backup

Cancel Backup