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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!

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.

Guide for Timesync in VIO servers with Cablecast 7+

We've put all of our KB articles and information about getting started with CablecastCG in one, easy-to-find place.

Supported File Formats for Cablecast systems

This article provides an overview of Cablecast Closed Captioning and instructions on how to configure and use them within Cablecast.

So you're ready to dive into using captioning on your system but you've never used captioning before and don't know where to start in testing/troubleshooting potential issues? This KB article will cover some of the most common issues we've seen customers encounter along with some tips for testing captioning before you dive into using Cablecast Captions with your system.

Get your Cablecast VIO4 server up and running with step-by-step guidance on physical connections, Windows setup, and audio configuration.

Learn how to physically connect and power on your Cablecast VOD 600/700 Series server, including network requirements and Windows setup.

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.

Smart Asset Management (SAM) is how Cablecast 7.5 manages your content across your video servers, VOD, snd NAS/external storage. Any content available to your Cablecast system will be stored on File Stores. This article covers essential information on setting up and using File Stores.

This guide walks you through the physical and software setup of a Cablecast Live 600 or 700 Series server, including hardware connections, adding the server to your Cablecast configuration, and configuring and testing your HLS live stream.

This article goes over the process for customizing a CG channel using one of the existing Cablecast CG templates or creating one from scratch.

A guide to setting up and using Network Streams in Cablecast, covering initial configuration of formats, devices, and the network encoder, as well as how to create streams, schedule or force them to air, and record them.