NewTek TriCaster 855 - Manual (Page 282)

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Hint: The Aux video output format can be configured in Output configuration, and it can likewise
be accompanied by either Aux or Master audio. For this reason, directly selecting Cam 1 (for
example) as Source can easily produce a very different recording than would occur if you record
and output ( 1 or 2) assigned to Cam 1 and then select that output as Source.
ENCODING
The Encoding option menu allows you to choose between encoding formats for the recorded file.
Let’s consider the default encoding format first.
QUICKTIME®
TriCaster’s Quicktime® encoding options provide of a number of important advantages. Both are
high bitrate, I-frame only MPEG-2 formats providing excellent image fidelity, embedded
timecode support, as well as excellent cross-platform compatibility. Here is a short list of its
benefits:

High quality and high performance (designed to be read and written to disk very
efficiently). This permits most systems and video applications to handle it with relative
ease.
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Can be read on all common computer platforms and OSes without any need for
transcoding of intermediate file formats (a codec pack installation is required for
standalone Windows® systems).

Compatible for uploading to virtually all social media and video hosting sites (e.g.
YouTube®). You can even upload files to web sites while they are still being actively
recorded.
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Supports embedded timecode.
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Play back clips in a DDR even while the files are still being recorded.
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Fault tolerance – TriCaster will generally auto-repair any incomplete files that might
result from issues such as an intermittent power supply).
For all of these reasons, we strongly encourage use of Quicktime for recording.