Live webcasting requirements
by Leo Ganzon
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Feb 26, 2009 at 4:39:08 pm
Hi guys,
I'm currently exploring workflows in the webcast department aiming to broadcast live. I understand that in order to do this I need to hook up my video system to a PC workstation thru a digital video converter.
If I'm working on a multi-camera setup in HD, consolidating footages into a digital video mixer:
What product/s can I use to connect my video mixer to my PC workstation which will enable me to do a live webcast?
Re: Live webcasting requirements by Franklin McMahon on Feb 26, 2009 at 8:50:25 pm
You don't need a digital video mixer, these days most people use multiple camera in via firewire or USB and the switching and effects are handled through software or hardware on the PC. Old schoolers wonder how to get their TV studio equipment interfacing with PCs. New schoolers know the PC IS the TV studio equipment.
Start with something like Wirecast from Telestream
Re: Live webcasting requirements by Kris Simmons on Jul 2, 2009 at 4:11:03 pm
Using your existing equipment, you should be able to run a composite, S-video or component cable to a deck. Then go firewire from the deck to your computer. If you want to stream Windows media, you can download a free encoding software from their website and assuming your computer already has a capture card installed, it will be incredibly easy to get your video signal up and running.
The only other issue is how will you host the streaming video? Internally or externally. If you host it internally, you'll need to get your IT staff involved. I can tell you from experience that this is a huge pain and is often the road block that results in live webcasting getting killed as part of a regular and routine communications strategy. If it weren't for those pesky IT types trying to protect their turf, I think live webcasting would be as every day as sending an email. But, until then, we'll have to keep persuading the top executives that it can be done despite what their IT department says.
If you want to host your video outside your firewall, I suggest mmpros.com. These guys are great and they make the process of getting all this to work easier than anyone else I've worked with or researched over the past 8 years.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Kris
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Kris Simmons
Executive Producer & CEO
Fire Eye Productions, Inc.
http://www.FireEyeProductions.com
