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 (also open source.)

Unplug the USB Ethernet adapter before you get started. Reboot the IMac and then
Plug back in. We've been having trouble with these adapters but reseating the USB and re-starting helps.
User Logs in to IMac A or B With EID and Pw This step is VERY VERY IMPORTANT COPY the settings from tempstorage to the Documents folder
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
Type in smb://192.168.1.1 Then click on Connect
User Name and PW is on stache https://stache.utexas.edu/entry/6165bdd5ddac64f26b9d0ebc985f8672
mount "Media" share
Next look for the app named SuperConductor 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.
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

This step is VERY VERY IMPORTANT

COPY the settings from tempstorage to

the Documents folder

hit refresh on SuperConductor

To delete a rundown

Confirm you want to delete and click DELETE