/client

Client software primarily used with the CasparCG Server software for audio and video playout, to control graphics and recording, but it can also be used for other tasks within television broadcast.

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

CasparCG Client

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Installation

Windows

No installation required. Unpack the zip file to a location on your drive and start it. Tested on Windows 10 x64.

macOS

No installation required. Open the DMG file and drag the 'CasparCG Client' app to a location on your drive and start it. Tested on macOS 10.15.

Linux

No installation required. Unpack the tar file to a location on your drive and run the run.sh script. Tested on Ubuntu 19.10 64-bit.

Branches

For the moment the project has two primary branches, master and next. The master branch is currently outdated.

In the future, releases will be tagged for better overview and tracking.

Development

Windows

Install the pre-built Qt 5.14.2 binaries for Windows 64-bit from Qt archive. The Mingw-w64 toolchain is bundled with the Qt installation for Windows.

macOS

Install the pre-built Qt 5.14.2 binaries for macOS 64-bit from Qt archive. Download and install Xcode from the App Store.

Linux

Install the pre-built Qt 5.14.2 binaries for Linux 64-bit from Qt archive. Use your package manager to install the gcc toolchain. Please make sure that the Desktop GCC 64-bit option is selected when installing the binaries. Also take note of the path to which you are installing.

VLC need to be pre-installed: sudo apt-get install vlc libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev.

You may need to update the set-variables-and-build-linux.sh script in the build-scripts folder. Make sure that BUILD_QT_PATH variable and the BUILD_PARALLEL_THREADS variable is being set correctly there then run the script.

Releases

Complete history of all releases and the changes can be found in the CHANGELOG.

License

CasparCG Client is distributed under the GNU General Public License GPLv3 or higher, see LICENSE for details.