NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition User Guide User Manual
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Administrator Mode options are grouped under several headings, as discussed next.
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Web – Opens the default system Internet browser.
Files on Disk – Opens a system file window.
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Register TriCaster – TriCaster shows a watermark on output before registration, so we encourage you
to register early.
Among other reasons, doing so will serve to identify the unit to NewTek as yours in case of theft, and
will also allow you to check for software updates that may have been recently released. (The steps
in the registration process were outlined back in Section 3.2, so we won’t repeat them here.)
Update TriCaster – NewTek may periodically provide software updates for your TriCaster. Updates
can enhance performance, security or even add useful new features.
If TriCaster is connected to the Internet, clicking Update TriCaster will automatically check for a more
recent software version and offer to install it. This way you can be sure the very latest *release
version of the software for your TriCaster is installed.
Alternatively, you can go to the NewTek web site, click My Account, and use the login details you
provided when registering your TriCaster to access your personal product page. Click the “my
downloads” link at the top of the page, and check the list shown.
If you find an update, you can install it manually as follows:
1. Locate a suitable update in “downloads” and click on it.
2. At the dialog popup, choose Run.
3. Comply with any onscreen prompts that follow.
* Advance software releases are also sometime posted on the ‘downloads’ page for manual
download and installation. These versions, listed as “Latest” on the web page, will be newer
than those provided by automatic update and (although not yet approved for final release)
might be well worth trying if you encounter an issue.
Hint: If you wish, you can instead access the same webpage from a second computer connected to the Internet,
then transfer update files to TriCaster using a network connection or perhaps a USB thumb-drive. Because updates
are often quite large, it is best not to download these to a mobile device.
Defragment all Drives
Over the course of lengthy use, data on hard drives devoted to audio and video storage tends to
become fragmented, which degrades playback performance. Defragmenting will correct this
condition.