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third party applications). That said, if you found a reason to, you could use it as a ‘secondary’
media player for a playlist consisting of photographs (for example). Similarly, the Still player is
meant for still images – photos, graphics, and the like; but you are not prevented from adding
title pages to its playlist if you like (you can even edit a title page in Stills, just as you can in
Titles ).
Of the various media players, however, only the two DDRs have the capability to play video clips
(including motion titles such as scrolls). Like the other two, though, it can also host images,
audio files, or title pages.
The purpose of the Sounds player is self-explanatory, and it is perhaps obvious why it alone (of
all the Media Players) is not represented by a Switcher row button. It will play back standard
.wav or .mp3 format audio files, but does not support graphics or clips of any sort. Its controls
are similar to
Stills and Titles , with the exceptions that no Autoplay or Speed controls are
provided.
10.2 SHARED FEATURES
The Media Players are accessed by clicking tabs in the lower 1/3 of TriCaster’s Live Desktop.
Each appears as a ‘half-screen width’ panel.
10.2.1 PLAYLISTS
The dominant feature of all of TriCaster’s media players is a storyboard-style playlist that is used
to organize media files for display during live productions.
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This arrangement offers large thumbnail icons for each entry, which can quickly and easily be re-
ordered using the familiar drag and drop workflow. A
scrollbar at right accommodates long
playlists.