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CasparCG Server 2.1 alpha
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Thank you for your interest in CasparCG Server, a professional software used to
play out and record professional graphics, audio and video to multiple outputs.
CasparCG Server has been in 24/7 broadcast production since 2006.
The included software is provided as-is by Sveriges Televison AB.

This release is considered untested and unstable, and is NOT intended for use in
professional production. Stable and production-proven versions can be downloaded 
at http://casparcg.com/download/

Alpha and beta builds are available at http://builds.casparcg.com/

More information about CasparCG is available at http://casparcg.com/ and
in the forum at http://casparcg.com/forum/




COMMON SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS AND LINUX 
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1. Intel processor capable of using SSSE3 instructions. 
   Please refer to
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSE3 for a complete list.
   While AMD processors might work, CasparCG Server has only been tested on
   Intel processors.

2. A graphics card (GPU) capable of OpenGL 3.0 is required.
   We strongly recommend that you use a separate graphics card, and avoid
   using the built-in GPU that exists in many CPUs. Your playback performance
   might suffer if using a built-in GPU.
   

   
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS
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1. Windows 7 (64-bit) or Windows 8 (64-bit)
   CasparCG Server has also been used successfully on Windows 7 (32-bit) 
   and Windows XP SP2 (32-bit only.)
   NOT SUPPORTED: Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista.
   
2. Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package must be installed.
   See link in the 'INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS' section below.
   
3. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later must be installed.
   See link in the 'INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS' section below.
   
   

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR LINUX
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1. XXXXXXXXXXXXX
   



INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS
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1. Check that your system meets the requirements above.

2. Unzip and place the "CasparCG Server" folder anywhere you like.

3. Install "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package" from
   http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5555
   
4. Install "Microsoft .NET Framework" (version 4.0 or later) from
   http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=225702



INSTALLATION ON LINUX
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1. Check that your system meets the requirements above.

2. XXXXXXXXXXXXX



INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL NON-GPL SOFTWARE
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- For Flash template support (Windows only):

  1. Uninstall any previous version of the Adobe Flash Player using this file:
http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player.exe
  2. Download and unpack
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_11.8.800.94_archive.zip
  3. Install Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.94 from the unpacked archive:
     fp_11.8.800.94_archive\11_8_r800_94\flashplayer11_8r800_94_winax.exe

- For NewTek iVGA support (Windows only), please download and install the following 
  driver:  http://new.tk/NetworkSendRedist



CONFIGURATION
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1. Configure the server by editing the self-documented 'casparcg.config' file in a
   text editor.

2. On Windows, start the "casparcg.exe" program, or on Linux start the 'bin/casparcg' 
   program.

3. Connect to the Server from a client software, such as the "CasparCG Client"
   which is available as a separate download.



DOCUMENTATION
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The most up-to-date documentation is always available at
http://casparcg.com/wiki/

Ask questions in the forum: http://casparcg.com/forum/





LICENSING
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CasparCG is distributed under the GNU General Public 
License GPLv3 or higher, see the file COPYING.TXT for details. 

More information, samples and documentation at: 
http://casparcg.com/
http://casparcg.com/forum/
http://casparcg.com/wiki/


CasparCG Server uses FFmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org/) under the GPLv2 Licence. 
FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard, originator of the FFmpeg project.

CasparCG Server uses the Threading Building Blocks 
(http://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/) library under the GPLv2 Licence.

CasparCG Server uses FreeImage (http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/) under the GPLv2.

CasparCG Server uses SFML (http://www.sfml-dev.org/) under the zlib/libpng License.

CasparCG Server uses GLEW (http://glew.sourceforge.net) under the modified BSD license.

CasparCG Server uses boost (http://www.boost.org/) under the Boost Software License, 
version 1.0.




AUTHORS - People who have developed the CasparCG Server software
==========(sorted alphabetically by last name)==================
Niklas Andersson   (Server 1.0-1.8)
Andreas Jeansson    (TemplateHost)
Robert Nagy        (Server 1.7-2.x)
Helge Norberg     (Server 2.x)



CREDITS - People who have contributed to the CasparCG Project
==========(sorted alphabetically by last name)===============
Niklas  Andersson
Jonas   Hummelstrand    (jonas @ superfly.tv)
Andreas Jeansson        (andreas.jeansson @ svt.se)
Peter   Karlsson        (peter.p.karlsson @ svt.se)
Jeff    Lafforgue
Andy    Mace
Robert  Nagy            (ronag89 @ gmail.com)
Helge   Norberg         (helge.norberg @ svt.se)
Thomas  R. Kaltz III
Olle    Soprani