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Feature Overview - Network Streaming With RTP, RTMP, RTSP, HLS, SRT, YouTube Live, and NDI

Welcome to your new Cablecast system! To help you get started quickly and easily, we’ve gathered all our most essential resources for new users in one convenient place. From step-by-step guides to helpful tips, everything you need to hit the ground running is right at your fingertips. Explore, learn, and get up to speed with confidence!

Guide for Timesync in VIO servers with Cablecast 7+

Supported File Formats for Cablecast systems

Cablecast CG makes it easy to create and manage on-screen graphics for your channel. This article links to everything you need: training resources, pre-designed channel templates, background audio setup, customization guides, and L Bar mode for stations that want a persistent branded frame around their programming.

The Cablecast Schedule uses icons to show status and settings for scheduled items. This article explains what each icon means so you can quickly understand what’s happening in your schedule.

Set up Facebook Live and YouTube Live simulcasting by obtaining persistent stream keys from each platform and adding them to your LiveBridge stream in Cablecast Cloud Services.

Learn how to set up and manage closed captioning using Cablecast Cloud Services, including how to enable live captioning for scheduled events and Control Room sessions, configure captioning for Network Streams, generate captions for existing files, create custom vocabularies, and interpret captioning status indicators in the Schedule and Force Matrix.

Test caption output in Cablecast and troubleshoot common issues that prevent captions from appearing on your cable channels and live streams.

Cablecast 7.5 introduces support for SRT network streams. SRT is an open source video transport protocol that is optimized for unpredictable networks such as the internet.

Saved Searches let you filter and save sets of shows based on metadata like title, producer, project, and event date. This guide covers how to build and manage searches, and explains how Saved Searches power key features across Cablecast — including Internet Channel galleries, OTT app Custom Collections, Autoschedule rules, and Workflows.

VOD Chaptering lets you add navigable chapter markers to your video on demand content — both live events and pre-recorded files. Use it to help viewers jump directly to the moments that matter, whether you're chaptering a city council meeting as it airs or marking up a recorded file after the fact.

This article explains how to create a Live Show Record in Cablecast, including how to set up the reel format and length, add a custom thumbnail, and schedule the event. It also covers how to configure a recording directly from a scheduled live run.

Learn how to use Cablecast's Autoschedule tool to create rules that automatically populate your schedule based on Saved Searches. This guide covers timeslots, date ranges, content options, rule ordering, and the Autoschedule report — plus example scenarios for common scheduling tasks.

Learn how to create and use custom fields in Cablecast to organize Show Records beyond the default Project, Category, and Producer fields. Covers the six available field types — Text, List, Date, Number, Asset, and Producer — and how to use them for advanced searches and reports.