CMB 4.130 Playback System Caspar and SuperConductor For Broadcast News Packages

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.)

Note see the bottom of this wiki for additional network configuration

Next mount the media server so can add files to the playback library Click on >Go>Connect to Server Files should be a .mp4 or .h264 of the story package or PSA commercial to play during the newscast
Enter the IP address of the Caspar server - smb://192.168.1.1 - then select Connect and login with your EID credentials.
User Name and PW is Is your EID and PW
Mount the volume share named ‘media’.
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.
Next look for the app named SuperConductor in Applications
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).
If the indicator is red then select the Home tab and then select Bridges Check to see if the IP address for the Caspar server is set to 192.168.1.1 If 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.
Next Click on Layers DVR A and B have settings Example here is DVRB should be set to Chanel 2 Layer 1 and CasparCG 2-1 should be set to Chanel 2 Layer 1 DVRA should be set to Chanel 1 Layer 1 and CasparCG 1-1 should be set to Chanel 1 Layer 1
Next to add content to the Media server Simply drag over the file to the media server as shown If it does not load open QuickTime player and export out a 1080 file to recompress and it will fix the problem and the file will show up in the app. QuickTime Player – Export a H264 file
The file should automatically show up in the SuperConductor library. hit refresh on SuperConductor
Click on Default Rundown tab to use the rundown playback When the file loads into the library drag it to the Rundown menu Once the file is loaded, click the play button when you want to play the desired clip Cueing has proven to be more trouble than needed, so do NOT cue any clips
To delete a rundown Click on the RED trash can to delete
Confirm you want to delete and click DELETE
Tech Note: Check the 2nd Ethernet port that connects to the Caspar server This port must be set to the same IP range of the server. Caspar IP is 192.168.1.1 Station 1 should be set to Manual IP 192.168.1.5 Station 2 should be set to Manual IP 192.168.1.6

hit refresh on SuperConductor

To delete a rundown

Confirm you want to delete and click DELETE