The system consists of a server housed in the equipment room with a decklink card running software called CASPAR CG (open source).
The two iMacs (that can still be used for Premiere playback as a backup) are used to setup playback lineups and control playback of the CASPAR CG software.
The software running on the iMacs to control CASPAR is called SuperConductor download here (also open source.)
User Logs in to IMac A or B
With EID and Pw
Then Copies the settings from tempstorage to
the Documents folder
(Keefe working on a script
that does this automatically?)
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Note see the bottom of this wiki for additional network configuration
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Next mount the media server so you can add filesto the playback library |
Click on
>Go>Connect to Server
Files.Note that files should be a .mp4 or .h264 of thestory package or PSA commercial to play duringthe newscast |
Click on>Go>Connect to Server |
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Enter the IP address of the Caspar server -smb://192.168.1.1 |
Click on Connect |
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Enter in the User Name and PW |
user: ftp
password: casparftp
They are on labels on the base of the computer monitor stand with the user name and password printed out. |
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Mount the volume share named ‘media’. |
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If this is your first time logging into this system this semester then located on the volume share named ‘media’ is a folder named_NEED FOR DOCUMENTS FOLDER_Inside of that folder is a folder named SuperConductor. Copy that folder and paste it into your user’s Documents folder. |
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Next look for the app namedSuperConductor in Applications |
When the application opens
Check that the server is connected to the application.
Go to >Home
>Bridges
>Check Casper CG in the upper left corner and
>Internal Bridge
>Devices
Status should all be green
If not green then RESTART the IMac don't just log out
RESTART and tha seems to fix it.
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Once SuperConductor is launched you should see a green indicator in the upper right corner that indicates you are connected to the Caspar server. If that indicator is red then you need to check the Bridges settings (see next item). |
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If the indicator is red then select the Home tab and then select BridgesCheck to see if the IP address for the Caspar server is set to 192.168.1.1If it is not then you probably need to quit out of SuperConductor and copy the folder from 3 steps earlier over to your user Documents folder. Then go ahead and RESTART the entire computer. Don’t just log out, please REBOOT.If the IP address for the server is set to 192.168.1.1 and SuperConductor is still not connecting to the Caspar server then please request assistance. |
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NextClick on LayersDVR A and B have different settings.Example here is DVRB should be set toChanel 2 Layer 1 andCasparCG 2-1 should be set toChanel 2 Layer 1DVRA shouldbe set toChanel 1 Layer 1 andCasparCG 1-1 should be set toChanel 1 Layer 1 |
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--You will now need to download the media you will need. Your TA or Instructor can let you know where to find the clips you will need.You will need to pay attention to where the clips download to.- - | --You will now need to download the media you will need. Your TA or Instructor can let you know where to find the clips you will need.You will need to pay attention to where the clips download to.- - |
Next to add content to the Media |
serverSimply drag over the file to the media server as |
The file should automatically show up in the
SuperConductor library.
IfshownIf it does not load open QuickTime player and export |
outa 1080 file to recompress and it will fix the problem and |
thefile will show up in the app. |
QuickTime Player – Export a H264 file |
Click on Default Rundown tab to use the rundown playback
The file should automatically show up in theSuperConductor library.hit refresh on SuperConductor |
When the file loads into the library drag it to
the Rundown menu
Once the file is loaded then click the Cue first part button
to cue up the clip for playback
Then when DVRA or B is pressed on the Ross Switcher the
file will play automatically.
Katherine Heard set this up before she left, but ran out of time to document before she left. Hopefully we can get her back in a month and she can get all the things in this wiki. The crash cart is a useful KVM in the equipment rack room to use for directly plugging into the CASPAR server for configuration, for example, we already messed up the ftp login and had to re allow access by this method.
The advantage of this setup is that it does not require setup of a timeline. It accepts all frame rates, and raster sizes and does the conversion in realtime...so, the students are told 1080i, but if they mess that up, no big deal.
These general users (like ftp) will not and should not be the final way we use this system, but for now we're doing our best to try and get this thing rolling without spending 40k on a play out system...this was essentially free.
To Play SuperConductor from iMac
To control SuperConductor from Ross switcher
If it does not refresh, and it may not, simply quit out of SuperConductor and relaunch it. Any work you have done will be saved. |
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To build your playlist just drag the clip you want from the media library to the Rundown area.Then add more to the empty area, one after the other. |
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To create a commercial break, you will first drag over the 1st Commercial you want to use in that break.Then drag the 2nd Commercial over to the same group.Then drag over the 3rd to the same group.So all three are in the same group. |
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To get this group of commercials to play one after the other automatically you will need to click on the |
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Click the Play button when you are given the cue to play that group/segment. |
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To move a group in the order you will 'grab' this icon and drag it to the new place in the order that you want it to be. |
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To delete a rundownClick on the RED trash can to delete |
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Confirm you want to delete and click DELETE |
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Tech Note:Check the 2nd Ethernet port that connects to the Caspar serverThis port must be set to the same IP range of the server.Caspar IP is 192.168.1.1Station 1 should be set to Manual IP192.168.1.5Station 2 should be set to Manual IP192.168.1.6 |
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