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Chapter 8, I/o configuration, Section 8.1 input configuration – NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) User Manual

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Chapter 8

I/O CONFIGURATION

Your NewTek system provides extensive control over video sources, along with
endless

creative features. Each source has Proc Amp, keyer (LiveMatte™) and Crop

(a.k.a.,

‘garbage matte’) features. Input Configuration panels are also home to real

-

time Hotspot and Tracker features. The number and flexibility of outputs supplied is
astonishing, too,

and we’ll discuss these fully in this chapter.

The addition of NDI

®

(Network Device Interface) support provides you with virtually unlimited input and

output possibilities. Generally, an NDI source needs little if any configuration; other source types may
require you to choose between optional connection methods and settings.

SECTION 8.1

INPUT CONFIGURATION

8.1.1

INPUT TAB

FIGURE 66

Any external NDI source, Skype TX
Caller, output from a video conferencing
app on the App Desktop, or a local
hardware source connected to one of

the

system’s

hardware

input

connectors, can be flexibly assigned to
any

Switcher

input.

This also means that sources can be
easily re-ordered on the

Switcher

.

(Likewise, default audio sources for

Switcher

inputs can be flexibly re-

assigned in the

Audio Mixer

module. For

example, audio Input 1 and video Input
1 are not inextricably linked.)

The assignment of one of the various types of source to a

Switcher

button (e.g., “Input 1” on the

Switcher

) is

made in the

Input Configuration

panel (Figure 66), introduced to us back in Section 3.10.2.

Open

Input Configuration

by any of the following methods:

Double-click the monitor viewport for a

Switcher

input.

Click the

Configuration

(gear) icon shown at lower right when the mouse pointer is rolled over above

the viewport.

If you have a touch-screen, you can two-finger tap the viewport.

Or right-click a

Switcher

input button and select the

Configure

menu item.