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For hardware video outputs, which connection type will be used – SDI, Component, Y/C or
Composite?
And so on …
* Resolution and color adjustments for devices connected to the two Display ports are located in the
Display Settings panel, accessible from the Workspaces menu found in the main Dashboard.
3.10.1
OUTPUT CHANNEL OPTIONS
Let’s review Video source selection first. The drop-down Source menu permits you to select sources for
TriCaster’s principal video outputs, referred to as MIX 1 – 4 (and more). Depending on the model, as many
as 3 of these primary outputs represent hardware outputs, but in all cases all four *output mixes are
presented to your network as NDI sources.
* In addition, any connected hardware inputs are output as a/v NDI streams.
TriCaster can send other streams to its outputs as well, as discussed shortly – but the primary output streams
are unique in certain respects.
Hint: Either (or both) of the a/v streams assigned to Mix 1 -4 are available for assignment to other TriCaster
outputs as well, by means of the ‘Follow Mix (1-4)’ items in the respective source menus.
FIGURE 3-12
Optional Source selections for primary output channels include
any of the following:
 Program output
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A clean Program feed
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The ‘look ahead’ Preview
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The feed from any external switcher input
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Either network input source
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Media Player output
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Direct output from any M/E
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Selected Buffer content
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Follow selected M/E Program or Preview, or a Switcher
color group
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Black
Audio menu options include the Master and Aux mixes, or the sound from any one
of TriCaster’s audio inputs.
The video format (Resolution) for Output 1 always matches the current TriCaster
session format, so its menu is locked. For Output 2, though, the Resolution menu
allows you to independently configure the format.
Hint: Multiview, a versatile external display intended primarily for control room
monitoring, is configured in TriCaster’s Dashboard (click the Workspace menu).
FIGURE 3-13