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Initially, as you have yet to configure input devices or add content, the Live Desktop will look a
bit barren (Figure 19).
Take a quick look around, but then let’s continue to configure your devices. We had a brief
glimpse of the Live Desktop back in section 2.3, but we’ll examine it more closely in Chapter 4,
Live Production – coming up soon.
3.9 CONFIGURE VIDEO OUTPUT
TriCaster provides complete video input monitoring right on the Live Desktop . This allows you to
operate it without even connecting downstream video monitors or devices. You might do just
that in the case of productions intended primarily for live streaming.
Figure 20
In other cases, however, you will likely connect external monitors to the VIDEO OUT connectors
on TriCaster’s faceplate (see Section 3.6). High definition monitors will be connected to either
SDI or Component connections on the faceplate.
3.9.1 SD ANALOG CONFIGURAT ION
For standard definition monitoring, however, several types of analog connections are currently in
popular use. These include
Composite , Y/C (also known as S-Video) and – at the upper end of
the analog quality range – Component . To connect an analog standard definition monitor for
use in live production*, you must specify the connection type in the Output Configuration panel.