NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) - Manual (Page 42)

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Simply click the link labeled Start Live Production to launch the Live Desktop , which is where you will spend
all of your time during live production.
T HE L IVE D ESKTOP
FIGURE 18 (SHOWS TC1)
Initially, as you have yet to configure input devices or add content, the Live Desktop will look a bit barren
(Figure 18). Take a quick look around, but then let’s continue to configure your devices. (We had a brief
glimpse at the Live Desktop back in Section 2.3, but we ’ll examine it further in Chapter 4, Web Features,
coming up soon.)
SECTION 3.10
CONFIGURE A/V OUTPUT
3.10.1
PRIMARY OUTPUTS
Complete video monitoring is provided right on the Live Desktop in a multiview occupying the upper section
of the screen. This lets you operate without even connecting downstream video monitors or devices. (For
facilities using NDI-enabled broadcast devices and systems, there would be no necessity to bother with
any
traditional connections.)
Often, though, you will want to connect external monitors or other downstream devices to the SDI OUT
connectors of a rack-mount TriCaster (see Section 3.7). In either case, you will be faced with decisions about
the output formats, and audio and video sources provided to downstream systems.
For rack-mount TriCaster models, the primary ‘mixed’ a/v outp uts are presented to downstream devices by
various means as depicted in the following table.