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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

Restarting Services for CablecastCG Background Audio Changes Restarting Services for quick reboot of video engine

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.

This article goes over the process for setting up a Network Encoder for recording Network Streams.

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

This article summarizes how to setup a Cablecast Live Server.

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

In Cablecast 7.5, file naming conventions have changed slightly from previous versions of Cablecast.

This document covers configuring and using Cablecast Translation services.

Hairpinning or NAT Loopbacks

How to use Mirrored Outputs

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.