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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!

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

Guide for Timesync in VIO servers with Cablecast 7+

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.

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.

Restarting Cablecast Video Server Engine

Hairpinning or NAT Loopbacks

How to use Mirrored Outputs

You may have wondered what happens when you have multiple VODs queued for processing or how the VOD transcode process works in Cablecast. This KB goes over that in more detail.

In this article, we'll do a high-level overview of the basics you'll need to know to get started with Cablecast as a new user.

If you're using one of our free CablecastCG channel templates or maybe even creating your own custom CablecastCG Channel, you might want to upload your own seamless background. This article details how to do so in Cablecast as well as highlighting some design considerations.

This article goes over the various ways that you can chapter a VOD, both live and with an existing file.

Saved searches are a handy feature in Cablecast, which can be used to assist with scheduling as well as being a core element of features such as Internet Channels, the OTT App Channel, Autoschedule rules, Workflows, and more.

This article provides the steps and information to add Cablecast to your Roku account in order to submit your Branded Cablecast App for Roku to the Roku Channel Store.