Vizrt TriCaster Mini 4K Live Production System

The NewTek TriCaster Mini 4K Live Production System delivers you all the benefits of IP based production using NDI® for easy connectivity to media components while leveraging simple one-to-one connections to your HDMI cameras and devices without cable length limitations. The compact unit is easy to transport and set up with all the features you need to deliver high quality shows to screens and displays of any size or shape. With NDI®, TriCaster Mini with 4K connects to a wide variety of NewTek and third-party systems over IP like cameras, converters, and custom software applications.

With TC Mini, you can be on your way to making a show in resolutions up to 4K UHD for delivery to any type of screen you want within minutes of opening the box. TC Mini takes portable live production to new heights with hundreds of amazing features, including virtual sets, social media publishing, multi-channel audio mixing, streaming, integrated media playback, and even live motion graphics and Live Story Creator MS Word® show automation with Premium Access. TC Mini delivers you all the benefits of IP based production using NDI® for easy connectivity to media components while leveraging simple one-to-one connections to your HDMI cameras and devices without cable length limitations.

No other portable video creation system offers so many easy and enjoyable ways to tell stories in such a small package for the price than TC Mini. The compact unit is easy to transport and set up with all the features you need to deliver high quality shows to screens and displays of any size or shape. With NDI®, TC Mini connects to a wide variety of NewTek and third-party systems over IP like cameras, converters, and custom software applications. Direct one-to-one connectivity with HDMI cameras and devices simplifies configurations and removes cable length limitations.

TriCaster Mini 4K Features:

• Switching, streaming, recording, and delivery in HD up to 1080p 60 fps, and 4K Ultra HD at 60 fps
• True IP switching, with native software-driven processing for maximum production power and flexibility
• Native integration of NDI®, NewTek’s innovative Network Device Interface technology, supporting video, audio, and data transmission over IP with near-zero latency
• Flexible HDMI integration with devices using external NDI input modules that eliminate HDMI cable length limitations
• Comprehensive camera coverage and compelling multi-source video mixing, including 4 external inputs
• Studio-grade Skype® video calling with Skype TX software support, including automatic Mix-Minus for clean audio return to the caller
• Integrated video players providing playback, replay, and live editing without any additional hardware
• Capture up to 4 high-quality NDI® or QuickTime® files from input or output sources for post-production, VOD, and archival needs, or up to 10 with Premium Access.
• Use the NDI I/O Plug-in for Adobe Creative Cloud to directly bring in files for editing and animation
• NDI HX Camera Application for Mobile Devices to use iOS-based devices capable of up to UHD resolution video as NDI sources.
• Live stream programs with built-in encoders to Facebook Live, Microsoft® Azure®, Periscope, Twitch, YouTube™ Live, and more
• Real-time social media sharing to Facebook, Imgur, LinkedIn, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube, and more
• Advanced audio mixing with multi-source configuration and control, professional DSPs, and stereo master output
• Premiere creative capabilities, including multi-bus mix effects, transitions, advanced chromakeying, spectacular live virtual sets, and more
• Compact portable device
• Additional advanced software functions such as Live Story Creator simple show automation and Live Panel custom software panels for control with Premium Access package.

4K Ultra HD
Produce programs, performances, events and live sports in true 4K UHD (Ultra High Definition) resolution with support for native 2160p video at 60 frames per second.

Multi-Source Video Mixing
Viewers have their choice of devices. You should have options, too. With multiple source channels, including 4 external inputs, you can easily create compelling content using any combination of compatible video sources, including HDMI and NDI PTZ cameras, mobile devices, Skype TX video calls, computers, gaming systems, streaming media, video files, graphics, images, animations and more.

Built-In Video Servers
No recorders needed—just add your files with two built-in video players for on-demand and automated playback, including auto-advancing playlists, on-cue instant replay, live-edited highlight reels, and much more. With responsive player controls, presets, real-time editing tools, selectable transitions, and playlist effects, you have everything needed to make magic from your stored media.

Skype TX Software Integration
Conduct a live Skype video call with any remote guest, anywhere in the world. TriCaster TC Mini features Skype TX software support, including automatic Mix Minus for clean audio return to the caller. The studio-grade version of the popular app, Skype TX enhances the real-time interaction with broadcast-quality video and balanced audio, permitting you to present production-ready conversations, interviews, reports, and more—regardless of the caller’s device.

Recording
Capture up to 4 source channels of high-quality video as QuickTime® or NDI® files and record to storage. From archiving the master cut for your content library, to ingesting camera footage for post-production, to caching production extras and presentation materials for on-demand, TriCaster TC Mini easily handles the work of multiple professional recorders without the added expense. (10 source channels with Premium Access)

Replay
Insert instant replays from up to 4 NDI or converted HDMI input recordings with a single click instantly; or cue to play on demand instead. Replays include custom in/out transitions and speed control. Create basic highlight clips for instant playback and publishing with shortcut commands

Live Streaming
Stream live to your choice of new media platforms, including user-friendly presets for Facebook Live, Microsoft® Azure®, Periscope, Twitch, YouTube™ Live, and more. The integrated streaming encoder lets you easily deliver platform-specific content, while opening up new sponsorship and revenue opportunities.

Social Media
Share real-time updates and on-demand content across your social media accounts, uploading images and video directly to Facebook, Imgur, LinkedIn, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube and more—complete with comments and hashtags. Plus, with integrated DataLink™, you can add posts and photos from your social networks in on-screen graphics for a truly interactive experience.

Live Sound Experience
Set the tone for your production with comprehensive audio integration, including a software-based audio mixer, support for digital, analog and network audio, professional DSPs, fader control, VU metering, Talk Back communication, and stereo audio on the master output.

Phenomenal Creative Elements
With TC Mini, you have the tools to turn every frame of video into an artistic masterpiece. Consider the screen a blank canvas and unleash your inner artist with multi-bus mix effects, data-driven graphics, custom animated transitions, a full-motion composition engine, and more. Let your imagination run wild.

Real-Time Monitoring and Multiviewers
See everything happening during your production with fully adjustable single-screen or multi-screen monitoring. With up to three customizable multiviewers, configurable windows and workspace layouts, operator confidence monitors, visual indicators, and more, you can easily personalize the TC Mini environment to your preference.

Studio-Grade Video Tools
Perfect your programs with configurable color correction tools, object positioning, and smooth-edge cropping. Apply picture-in-picture effects with optional borders. Build composite scenes from different foreground and background elements. And so much more.

Spectacular Live Chromakeying
Think outside the box with real-time keying so crisp and clean, your viewers will never believe it’s a green screen. With NewTek’s powerful LiveMatte™ technology built into every source channel and M/E, you have 10 fully configurable keyers to create composite scenes from live video, graphics and virtual sets for reports, presentations, demonstrations, and more.

World-Class Live Virtual Sets
Save on studio and set expenses without sacrificing production value. With integrated LiveSet™ technology and more than 30 included set designs, TC Mini can transport your talent into professionally-designed virtual environments, complete with multiple angles, virtual camera movements, real-time reflections, specular highlights, animated lens flares and stunning augmented reality effects that blur the line between virtual and reality.

Interconnected Workflows
You don’t work in a silo. Neither should your equipment. With native integration of innovative Network Device Interface technology, TC Mini connects to the most prolific IP-based workflow in the industry right out of the box, networking seamlessly with compatible products from hundreds of manufacturers and developers.