The largest page, and the one that holds a playout completely. At the top the canvas and the number of playouts; underneath, a tab per playout with everything that belongs to that line.
The subjects themselves are covered in part 5 and part 6; this page is the map of where each setting sits.
Video output
| Setting | Applies to |
|---|---|
| Kind | None, DeckLink, NDI, Screen / projector, Stream / recording |
| Device, Mode | DeckLink |
| Keyer (alpha) | DeckLink — off, external (fill + key), or internal (over the input) |
| NDI name, NDI group(s) | NDI |
| Which screen | Screen / projector |
| Server, Stream key, Sign in, User name, Password | Stream |
| Output size, Total bitrate, Audio bitrate, Encoder | Stream |
| Recording folder, Recording format, Also save as MP4 | Recording |
| Output name | All kinds — shown in the log, the status bar and on a control panel |
Audio
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Audio track | Which of the six tracks this output carries. |
| Reserve this track for the playout | Takes every other source off that track. |
| Audio output | Which sound device this playout is heard on at the desk. |
Leave reserve on unless something outside the playout genuinely has to reach that output — audio tracks explains what it prevents.
Options
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Overlay output only | This playout draws nothing but the overlay layer. No cue list, no audio, not selectable. |
| Background colour instead of transparent | For an output that carries no alpha. |
| Background colour | Which colour to key on further down the chain. |
See overlay output.
Canvas
Shared by every playout, at the bottom of the page:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Canvas size | The size everything is composed in. Not in the list? Type it as 1920 x 1080. |
| Frame rate | The rate everything is built at. |
A DeckLink output only starts when its mode runs at the same frame rate. When you change it, the program names the outputs whose mode you should check.
Stop the stream and the recording first: the canvas cannot be rebuilt underneath a running encoder, and the program says so rather than doing something half-finished. Everything else about it is on canvas and frame rate.