Section 4.4 Monitoring; Program And Preview - NewTek TriCaster Mini User Manual

3.
If you like, enable the Prepare for Web switch.
Hint: Normally, for File Copy, and perhaps FTP destinations, you might well skip this
last step. It causes shared files to be transcoded to a compact H.264 format suitable
for uploading to social media sites when processed.
That's all you need to do. (Of course, if you have social media site accounts, you can
configure them here too.) We'll use this a bit later in our walkthrough to demonstrate
how to share media from the Live Desktop.
Inevitably, you'll be paying a lot of attention to the main Program and Preview
monitors (Figure 39), occupying the right half of the Live Desktop's monitoring section
by default.
FIGURE 39
TriCaster's 'Look Ahead' Preview
monitor reflects the outcome of the
upcoming switching operation.
Situated just above the monitoring display is the Dashboard, offering controls for
Stream, Grab, Record, a timecode display, and more.
Let's briefly turn out attention to the Workspace menu in the Dashboard.

SECTION 4.4 MONITORING

4.4.1 PROGRAM AND PREVIEW

The Program monitor displays what
you are sending to downstream
devices and your audience.
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