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Kayla Creamer
Customer Success Manager
Kayla spent a decade in community media as a Cablecast customer before joining the Cablecast team in 2021. She now uses that knowledge to help customers get the most of out their own Cablecast systems.
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Smart Asset Management: File Stores

October 26, 2022 - 1974 views
Smart Asset Management (SAM) is how Cablecast 7.5 manages your content across your video servers, VOD, NAS/external storage, and Cloud Storage. Any content available to your Cablecast system will be stored on File Stores. This article covers essential information on setting up and using File Stores.

Restarting Cablecast Video Server Engine

September 29, 2021 - 1309 views
Restarting Cablecast Video Server Engine

Restarting Services for CablecastCG Background Audio Changes

December 16, 2021 - 1116 views
Restarting Services for CablecastCG Background Audio Changes Restarting Services for quick reboot of video engine

Closed Captioning Testing and Troubleshooting Tips

April 11, 2023 - 970 views
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.

Setting Up Network Stream Capture

January 5, 2021 - 946 views
This article goes over the process for setting up a Network Encoder for recording Network Streams.

Uploading Seamless Backgrounds in CablecastCG

March 29, 2022 - 900 views
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.

Permanently Removing Files From the VOD

December 6, 2021 - 886 views
Permanently Removing Files From the VOD

VOD Chaptering Feature Overview

January 20, 2021 - 851 views
This article goes over the various ways that you can chapter a VOD, both live and with an existing file.

7.5 Live Setup Guide

December 15, 2022 - 843 views
This article summarizes how to setup a Cablecast Live Server.

File Names in Cablecast 7.5

January 27, 2023 - 777 views
In Cablecast 7.5, file naming conventions have changed slightly from previous versions of Cablecast.

Cablecast Closed Captioning Translations

August 17, 2023 - 733 views
This document covers configuring and using Cablecast Translation services.

Using Zapier to Create a Facebook RSS Bulletin in CablecastCG

December 29, 2021 - 728 views

Hairpinning or NAT Loopbacks

September 16, 2021 - 712 views
Hairpinning or NAT Loopbacks

How to use Mirrored Outputs

December 6, 2021 - 703 views
How to use Mirrored Outputs

User Accounts and Roles in Cablecast and CablecastCG

October 27, 2023 - 617 views
With Cablecast, you can create User Accounts for individual users and assign Roles that limit access to only those areas of Cablecast and CablecastCG that users need access to. This article goes over the process for creating User Accounts and assigning Roles to users.