NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) - Manual (Page 289)

P a g e | 271
Appendix B: SKYPE AND SKYPE TX
Skype™ and SkypeTX™ may sound alike, but they are not really the same thing. Each
delivers specific capabilities, and their connection and configuration details differ as
well. This chapter will help you understand these distinctions, so you can take full
advantage of these important connection options.
Literally hundreds of millions of people use Microsoft Skype™, so it’s very likely that you are already
acquainted with its use on mobile and desktop platforms. It’s hard to imagine a better technology
to extend
your productions to remote participants, whether around the corner or in far-flung corners of the world.
NewTek products actually provide several approaches to working with Skype.
TriCaster's app desktop and the related feature. Live Call Connect, support running a Skype client directly
within live environment. Here, though, we will discuss two other approaches, the first using
Microsoft’s
professional level Skype TX™ platform first , and then another method of using a standard Skype client.
B.1 SKYPE TX
Until recently, however, there were ‘missing links’ in the i/o chain between Skype and the video broadcast
realm. Microsoft introduced its Skype TX platform, comprising purposed-designed hardware, software, and
control room tools, to link the two worlds. NewTek was honored to be selected as the sole North American
manufacturer of authorized Skype TX hardware, the NewTek TalkShow
® product line.
B.1.1 TALKSHOW ®
FIGURE 332
Each Skype TX- based TalkShow™ VS4000 unit provides the features needed to connect four high quality a/v
streams between Skype callers and standard studio systems. NewTek live production systems make
connection particularly convenient,
by leveraging NewTek’s NDI ® (Network Device Interface) IP protocol.
Thanks to NDI, a single gigabit network connection easily handles all a/v traffic between the two units.