Upon provisioning a fresh VM for Grand Visual's new website, I needed to get Cloudflare to pass on visitors' real IP addresses on to Apache. By default I was seeing only Cloudflare's IP addresses in the visitor log. Having the real IP address of your visitors has many benefits, mainly from a ... Read More
A super useful feature of of NewTek’s TriCaster Advanced Edition is its remote control API. It's not exactly well-documented, but it's seriously powerful. With it, you can send HTTP commands over your local network to control almost every part of the TriCaster. Switching sources, playing ... Read More
Here's a list of all keyboard shortcuts for the Newtek / Vizrt TriCaster. These are applicable to the TriCaster 8000, 860, 460, 410, Mini SDI, Mini, TC1, TriCaster Vizion, and TriCaster Mini S. ... Read More
I'm working on a project where MP4 files are FTP'd over to a different server. This server's job is to add a front and end bumper to the video clips automatically and host for user pickup. I needed to find a way to ensure that the source video had finished transferring and was complete ... Read More
Recently I've needed to build a database with specifications of outdoor advertising screens. These screens come in a variety of sizes which are often not standard broadcast pixel sizes. During this process, I needed to calculate the aspect ratio from the width and height of the screen in ... Read More
I've noticed that NewTek haven't made the PDF Manual for LiveText available online (even if you own it and log in through their downloads area). Here's the full thing to download if you need it. [wpdm_package ... Read More
According to Facebook updates from my friends, it's that time of year again when dissertation deadlines are approaching. This time last year I was in the same situation and desperately trying to seek advice/ideas of how to structure my work - one of the least enjoyable times of my Uni ... Read More
I'm currently undertaking some with with a TCXD300 Tricaster without the use of an LC-11 controller. I've found that they keyboard shortcuts are very useful in this situation. I couldn't find this information anywhere online so I've posted it here in case it can be of use to anyone! ... Read More