Setup Recordings >>

Benefits
Single centralized appliance for recordings. Accessible to everyone in the organization (post, writers) over the LAN.

Features & Tips

SnapStream line-up

• Ch 1 thru 1000s: DirectTV HD (Satellite) e.g. MSNBC HD, CNN HD, Fox News HD
• Ch 2000s: Over-the-air Digital HD. ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX (local)

Program guide

• Record Always
• Record 24x7
• Manual recording

Keyboard shortcuts

• Skip ahead by 12 hours (.)
• Skip back by 12 hours (,)
• Jump to current time (spacebar)
• Jump to particular channel (dropdown)

TV Clip Search >>

Benefits
SnapStream’s powerful TV search technology provides unparalleled ability to pinpoint TV clips of interest.

Features & Tips

TV search

Filter by:

• Title (show title)
• Date (record date)
• Category (show genre)
• Channel / Callsign

Other search tips

• Boolean logic - AND, OR, NOT/-
• Exact phrase - “”
• Group words - ( )
• Wildcards - (*)

Email TV alerts

• Near realtime
• Daily
• Weekly

Create Clip >>

Benefits
Clipping directly within SnapStream makes for an easy hand-off from post to writers and editors. No more sneakernet!

Features & Tips

Playback tips

• Skip ahead and back (<) and="" (="">)</)>
• Pause (spacebar)
• Rewind - multispeed (left arrow)
• Fast-forward - multispeed (right arrow)
• Jump to time (jump to button)
• Turn on closed captioning (CC button)

Creating a clip

• Turn on clipping mode (icon in the toolbar)
• Set clip start point (keyboard shortcut: Z)
• Set clip end point (keyboard shortcut: X)
• Create clip (keyboard shortcut: C)
• Enter meta-data (also searchable)
• Frame by frame forward and back playback

Share with Staff >>

Benefits
Clips can be shared in the cloud or sent as links to others within the organization. No more dubbing beta tapes!

Features & Tips

TV bookmark (Ctrl-C show url)

• Paste into email (Ctrl-V)
• Viewer needs SnapStream Web player

Conference room screen

• Access using a Web browser or by clicking a shared link

Cloud sharing

• Clips can be easily shared in the cloud and can be viewed by anyone, anywhere, on any device.

Final Cut Pro / Avid >>

Benefits
Options for import include file-based or HD-SDI playout to ensure high-quality (HD) video.

Features & Tips

Playout using over HD/SDI & ingest

• Web interface for playout
• Recommend SnapStream HD/SDI Node

OR

File-based: Open H.264 in FCP/Avid timeline

• May require audio transcode
• Recommend SnapStream ShowSqueeze Node for transcoding to H.264