CAST - Switcher Menu

This menu allows you to customize your settings for switching.

Switch With

Allows you to select the style of switching to use whilst in the Switcher mode. Tapping Switch With or the F4 button, cycles between the options:

• One Touch

In this mode, a single touch on one of the inputs on the Ninja display when in multiview mode, or on one of the physical 1-4 buttons on the AtomX CAST, will switch to the corresponding input immediately. The input on screen will have a red border around it and the corresponding button on the CAST will turn red when selected, to indicate that it is live. The F4 button will also be red in One Touch mode.

• Two Touch

Two touch recording, follows the traditional broadcast preview and program switching style, which allows you to preview an input before actually switching to it.

Whilst in this mode, the program feed on the NINJA V+ display will have a red border and the corresponding input selection button on the AtomX CAST will also be red. Tapping on another input will place a green preview border around the chosen input on the display, and the corresponding input selection button on the AtomX CAST will also be green. This indicates that the input is being previewed as the next source to cut to.  The selected input will also  be displayed on a connected display that is in preview mode. A second tap on the same input on the display or on the input selection button whilst they are green, will cut to that input immediately.

If you select another input instead, that will cause that input to be previewed instead. If you do not wish to switch to the input being previewed, tap on the program feed again on the NINJA V+ display or press the input selection button that is red.

Ninja HDMI Output

This setting allows you to select the mode for the HDMI Output connector on your NINJA V+. This will determine what is displayed on a monitor connected to this output. Tap the setting to cycle through the options:

• Program

• Preview

• Multiview.

Fade To Color

Sets the color that your image will fade from/to when using the Fade In / Fade Out buttons. The color selected here is also used for dip to color transitions. Tap the setting to cycle through the color options:

• White

• Black

Transitions

Tap to cycle through transition options:

• None

Sets no transition.

• Dip to Color

Sets Dip to Color as the transition type that is applied when you switch from one input to another.

Transition Duration

Use the slider to set the duration of Dip to Color transitions between 100ms and 2 seconds.

Program Record

Allows you to select what is recorded onto the media inserted in the NINJA V+. Tap to cycle through the options:

• Clean:

  Records a clean feed of the program output.

   

• CAST Program mode:

  In this mode, graphical overlays, the picture in picture (PiP), Dip To transitions and Fades In/Out of the program stream are all recorded onto the media inserted in the NINJA V+.