Hello Everyone Richard Evans here from NewTek
and I wanted to create a video for your real quick because I know that
I know that we have all been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
we're not able to meet in big spaces
we might not even be able to go into work
so alot of our productions are going to be effected by this
so some of our productions are going to need to be doing
our interviews, our guests, our CEOs, etc. remotely
and with our NewTek systems you can achieve this
with something that we have out for free called Skype TX
Skype TX allows you to place remote video calls
and them have them directly embedded into your broadcast
so you can still deliver the messages that you need to to your employees
to your coworkers, to your friend and families and to your audience.
so let me show you how to do that real quick
So this is the TriCaster TC1 software
and I want to let you know that you can access the Skype TX functions
on a VMC1, TriCaster TC1, TriCaster Mini 4K and the 410 Plus
The first thing you're going to need to do is go to one of your inputs
I'm going to select Input nine
and if you click on this drop down for source
under my local sources you'll see that I have two options here
for Skype Caller Channel One and Skype Caller Channel Two
so you can have two different channels coming in via Skype TX
so I'm going to set this up first. I'm going to put that on Skype TX Caller One
Now we have the skype logo here in the background
the next thing we're going to need to do is to take notes
of the IP address of this TriCaster
so step one start up a skype TX channel and step to find the IP address
you can do that easily by going to the top right of the screen
click on the notifications center Icon
and take note of the IP address right here in the middle
so my particular IP address on this machine is 10.28.3.25
now let's move over to my laptop to configure skype TX
Now I'm on my laptop and I want to show you where to get the skypeTX software
you can go to microsoft.com or skype.com
and just look under the skype features to look for
Skype TX for broadcasters
or just go to google and search for Skype TX
all you have to do is just download skype tx and run the executable file like you would a normal program
I already have it installed so let's open up Skype TX here
and then I'm going to choose my account to sign in
It will ask you to log in with your password
so this is the skype tx interface
and you'll notice on the left is where is where I have all of my contacts
I'm going to blur those out a little bit
and here in the middle I don't have anything here
so let's go ahead and fill in those channels
click on the main menu in the top right
and from here what it's going to want you to do is
add a skype tx unit to control
so that's when going back to my TriCaster
and getting that IP address is going to help me out here
so again in my case it's going to be 10.28.3.25
this will be different for your TriCaster probably
but for my case this is what i got
now let's go ahead and click on enter
and then you'll see there at the top of my channel number one
I have an option for the IP address I'll be sending my Skype call to
then my two channels that I have available to me here
I'm going to select my channel one since that's what I have selected over on my TriCaster interface
and now i've signed into it and the first thing you'll notice is at the top
right now I just have some color bars with the skype logo that's bouncing around
and that's just the preview of the skype call coming into the system
If I go back to the TriCaster you'll see those same color bars in input number nine
You'll also see beneath that an option for you to sign out of your call
also there is the return feed to go back to your caller
You'll see the feed I have right now is very delayed cuz it is a preview
so it's very low res, but it just gives you an idea of what's going to be going to your caller.
Keep in mind the video that's being sent back to your Skype Caller
is going to be whatever is coming out of MIX 1
so on the output configuration of your TriCaster
If I go to my output configuration by clicking on this gear icon
on my program output
and go to my output configuration
you'll see right now that I have Mix number one
is set up to be my program feed
which I currently have myself selected
as my source here on my virtual set
so that's what's going back to your caller so keep that in mind
back on my laptop what I'm going to do is place a video call
to another laptop I have on my desk here
so let's go ahead and do that.
and if I switch over to my laptop youl'll see that I have
a call coming in at the top and I just have to click on this
green camera icon to initiate that call
alright and now we're in skype and I can see
the Mix one output right here on my screen.
now it might take a little bit of time for everything to
shuffle around and get the resolution looking right etc
but you kinda get the idea of what's going on here.
and also depending on your connection you might see a little video delay
but not too much to be honest
but you'll see here there is a warning at the top
saying NewTek is using a device that could possibly record this
because I am using a TriCaster which is just good to know security wise.
but you'll also see in the top right corner of my skype call
I have a video feed of myself
and if I just back over to my laptop you'll see the same thing.
So as you can see the call quality on the preview side of things on Skype TX
isn't the greatest but again it's just a preview for it.
If I go back over to the TriCaster interface check it out
now I have input number nines coming in off of the camera that is on my laptop here
now the feed I'm getting in on my input number nine
that's just coming off of my laptop camera.
Of course you can get a better camera to make it look nice
You can basically use whatever device you want
anything that can bring in a skype call like your phone,
laptop etc. is going to be great
Now once you have your skype call embedded into your TriCaster
you can use it and switch to it like you would any normal video source.
and what's cool about this is with Skype TX
there is a built in audio mix minus
so that your caller isn't hearing their own voice.
they're only hearing what you're sending back to them via the TriCaster.
Now this is some trying times we are all going through right now.
but being able to deliver your message to your coworkers, employees
friends, family and your audience is going to be very important.
So take advantage of this Skype TX feature
so that you can do exactly that.
Everybody be very safe and I'll talk to you soon.