NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition User Guide - Manual (Page 47)

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Ideally both the cameras and TriCaster should be genlocked. If they are not genlocked to the same reference
signal as the TriCaster output, a TBC (Time Base Correction) operation is automatically applied. Time base
correction may drop or insert frames as necessary to maintain sync, hence is a less desirable approach.
Note: For a deeper discussion of genlocking, please see Section 8.1.2.
SECTION 3.14 CONFIGURE TIMECODE
TriCaster can use the system clock to generate ‘local timecode’ shown
in the Live Desktop titlebar, and also embedded in recorded Quicktime
(or MPEG2) clips.
To configure timecode, click the configure button (gear) located beside
the timecode display at right in the Dashboard. Please see Section 8.4.3
for more detail.
TriCaster 460, 860 and 8000 support external linear timecode (LTC),
which can serve in place of the local (system) time.
A switch is provided in the Timecode Configuration panel to enable this
feature, where supported.
SECTION 3.15 NETWORKING
TriCaster is capable of displaying screens from networked computers running NewTek’s iVGA Pro™ client
software, output from other supported applications (such as NewTek’s own LiveText™, or the growing
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