DataLink™ for TriCaster™

Allows users to send selected text and image data from webpages to NewTek TriCaster.

What is DataLink™ for TriCaster™?

The DataLink™ for TriCaster™ extension is a tool that enhances your interaction with the NewTek TriCaster. It facilitates the quick import of selected text or images from webpages and updates it real-time on your TriCaster title pages. Setup is simple, and allows you to designate which TriCaster to link, customize key names, and specify whether keys will accommodate image or text values.

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By: NewTek

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Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.86 (22)

Version: 0.1.0.8 (Last updated: 2021-08-17)

Creation date: 2015-11-16

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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contextMenus

Size: 403.46K

Email: ne*****@gmail.com

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# 15854 ▼ 43

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#916 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5

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Extension summary

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DataLink™ Web allows you to easily populate both text and image DataLink keys from webpages. DataLink values are immediately available for use in TriCaster title pages, and elsewhere in TriCaster.

Simply select some text, or an image, and use the right-click context menu (or a hotkey) to update a DataLink key you have defined. Any title page using that key will immediately update.

Setup is easy, and permits you to select which TriCaster to communicate with, supply custom key names, and decide whether keys will hold image or text values.

User reviews

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Pros

Time and money saver
Quickly sends Datalink data to TriCaster Advanced Edition devices
Facilitates fast content integration into TriCaster
Effective for social media integration during broadcasts
Does exactly what it claims to do

Cons

Cannot point to a standalone version of LiveText for graphics use
Requires graphics to be generated on the TriCaster itself
Limited DSKs on Mini version complicates usage
Lacks direct integration with external LiveText machines

Most mentioned

Time saver
Quick content integration
Needs update for standalone LiveText support
Effective for social media
Helps with graphics overlay

Recent reviews

It just works. It's a time and money saver. It would be awesome if there was a similar functionality for OBS.

Brian Taylor, 2022-12-17

This can quickly send Datalink data to a TC Adv Ed device. It cannot be pointed at a standalone version of LiveText used to feed graphics into your TC AE. This means a graphic must be generated ON the TC to use the DL data being sent to it. My use case is to have several templates for Twitter content created in LiveText on a stand alone machine. The graphics operator chooses the template that fits the content best, and pushes that to the Tricaster operator. That cannot be done. We must use an M/E to build a background out of the LT background and a second GFX channel for the LT data to overlay on top of it. On a 460AE that isn't a huge problem, but on a Mini with AE you have limited DSKs to use. Can this extension be updated to point directly at a standalone PC running LT and push webkeys to it? I would give this 5 stars.

Graeme Gross, 2017-06-22

This is a great Chrome extension that does exactly what it says it does. It lets you get content into your TriCaster fast. Colin Sandy Sandy Audio Visual LLC NewTek Systems Integrator