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Chapter 19 RECORD AND GRAB
You will often want to capture video clips from external sources, as well as to record your
own live TriCaster® productions. Similarly, it can be quite useful to be able to grab stills
from Program output for use in the current production. This chapter will provide
everything you need to know about this topic.
SECTION 19.1
RECORD
TriCaster
®
provides a great deal of flexibility when it comes to capturing your production, selected elements
of it, and a wide array of internal and external sources (with embedded timecode).
FIGURE 19-1
This is all very helpful for post-production purposes or even for immediate playback from a DDR during your
production.
TriCaster’s unique native IsoCorder™ technology brings even more powerful
capability to TriCaster’s Record feature. With IsoCorder, it’s possible to record
up to eight video sources simultaneously (depending on TriCaster model), or a
perhaps mix of sources and output channels, including any of the four Outputs.
As individual outputs are configurable, you can also capture Program, Program
(Clean), or individual Switcher sources.
Recording is easily enabled by clicking the large RECORD button in the
Dashboard (Figure 19-1). The nearby time counter tracks the length of clips
recorded with the current base filename, and a horizontal VU meter beneath the button assures you that you
are capturing audio.
Note: It is not necessary to interrupt recording to add a clip that is being captured to a DDR playlist or the
Export Bin. Clip icons show a red ‘recording’ indicator on clips currently being captured in playlists, the
Export Bin, and in TriCaster’s Media Browser.
19.1.1
RECORD CONFIGURATION
Of course, before you begin recording you’ll want to determine what to record, where to record it to, and so
on. Settings and controls for recording are grouped in the Record Configuration panel. Click the popup
Configure button (gear) in the Dashboard’s Record control to open the Record Configuration panel.
The Record Configuration panel allows you to configure sources for up to 8 recorders. Let’s review the
features and settings found in the Record Configuration panel, starting from the top.
FIGURE 19-2