

Our current standard configuration (updated in May 2013)

Since we've created CasparCG Server mainly for our own productions, it might be interesting to know what we normally buy when we need to add to our 50+ CasparCG playout machines. Make sure you turn off Windows' Aero theme and ClearType font smoothing as they have been known to interfere with transparency in Flash templates, and can also cause problems with Vsync when outputting to computer screens.ĬasparCG Server runs on a multitude of old and new PC hardware, and has been tested and used with several brands and models without any problems. For NewTek TriCaster iVGA support, please download and install the following driver: NewTek iVGA driver.Download and unpack Flash Player 11.8.800.94 stand-alone installer.Uninstall any previous version of the Adobe Flash Player using this file: Flash Player uninstaller.NET Framework (version 4.0 or later) must be installed. Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package must be installed.

We strongly recommend that you use a separate graphics card, and avoid using the built-in GPU that exists in many CPUs, since your performance will suffer.

A graphics card (GPU) capable of OpenGL 3.0 is required.NOT SUPPORTED: Windows 8, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista.CasparCG Server has also been used successfully on Windows 7 (32-bit) and Windows XP SP2 (32-bit only.) Windows 7 (64-bit) strongly recommended.While AMD processors probably work, CasparCG Server has only been tested on Intel processors. Intel processor capable of using SSSE3 instructions.For up to date information on system requirements please see the casparcg/server readme file. Note: this page is outdated and should not be used as a reference any longer.
