Viz Trio User Guide
Version 3.2 | Published October 08, 2019 ©
Viz Trio Overview
Viz Trio is a graphics control system from Vizrt, which includes, but is not limited to, all the features of a typical character generator (CG) system. It is based on Viz Engine as the graphics rendering output system and Media Sequencer as the control supervisor for executing playout of media elements.
Trio allows users to trigger graphical elements stored as pages in a directory structure, with each page utilizing a unique call-up code. It also supports content entry in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) manner. In addition to the basic CG features, it has a set of advanced features that gives the operator powerful graphical and operational possibilities, such as connecting to multiple newsroom systems, doing seamless context switches on graphics, using specialized editors that can change almost any property of a graphics, producing on-the-fly graphics with a built-in design tool, and more.
As a client to the Media Sequencer, the Viz Trio client can run on any computer that has a network connection to the Media Sequencer. For the local preview to function properly the computer must have an above average graphics card with OpenGL support.
System Overview
The system overview shown above depicts a basic setup of Viz Trio. The Viz Trio machine typically also has a Viz Engine for local preview.
As mentioned, the Trio operator will create pages, most often from pre-made templates created by graphic designers. A page is an instance of a template that can be customized with data values, like sports results or election data. When the page is ready, the Trio operator can easily send pages with the necessary information to air. Trio will automatically use the Media Sequencer to trigger final rendering of the output by the Viz Engine.
Both Viz Trio, Media Sequencer and Viz Engine can be installed and operated on one machine, but most often Viz Trio, Media Sequencer and Viz Engine are on separate servers for performance and security reasons.
Viz Trio can also interface to various other systems for newsfeed and media resources. For instance MAM systems such as Viz One for video and media resources and Viz Pilot. Social Media feeds and news can be interfaced and ingested in the workflow with the Viz Social-TV solution.
A more advanced setup is the newsroom and video integration which involves several other Vizrt products such as a Vizrt MAM system, Viz Pilot, Viz Gateway and third-party systems such as a newsroom and database system.
Viz Gateway, using the MOS protocol, can be used to connect Viz Trio to most Newsroom systems.
Note: The control application can also be Viz Pilot; however, Viz Pilot will also have a TCP/IP connection to the Oracle database.
