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Suitable storage volumes that are detected are listed in a drop-down menu when you click on the Volume
control. You can select any volume shown as the session drive, though external drives are not recommended
for active use as session drives.
F ORMAT AND O UTPUT C ONSIDERATIONS
Remember that for live production, you can simultaneously supply both SD and HD output for either SD or
HD sessions. The session setting does have some significant ramifications, though. For example, if your
session format is SD 4:3, this is the file format captured by the
Record function when capturing Program
output – even when the video cameras supplying your inputs are HD; and the opposite is also true.
Note: See Section 8.2 for more information on Video Output configurations.
Having made your selections, you would normally click the Start Session button at lower right to launch the
Live Desktop – but first, let’s explore a few other features of the Home Page .
5.2.2 TITLEBAR TOOLS
E JECT
FIGURE 35
An Eject button at the top-right corner of the page allows you to safely disconnect external drives. (Drives
can also be ejected from the Live Desktop. )
Note: Media configured as Read Only is not shown for the New or Open (session) features, since they cannot
be used for sessions. However, Read Only media can be used for import purposes.
5.2.3
NDI KVM
KVM is an abbreviation for "keyboard, video and mouse". You will notice an NDI KVM menu just left of the
Eject button. This fe
ature, which is part of the optional Premium Access toolset, leverages NewTek’s NDI™
protocol to provide superb KVM functionality, giving you complete control your system from anywhere on
the network where you can run the Windows version of NDI Studio Monitor.
See Appendix A: (Premium Access Features) for more detail about this feature, and Premium Access.
OPEN (SESSION)
If there are existing sessions on the system, the main menu at left on the Home Page will default to Open
(Figure 36). Clicking Open causes the Sessions List to appear at right. This pane lists all sessions stored on
currently mounted storage media.