![]() ![]() Run a cable directly into your modem or router. Wifi is relatively unstable, slower and you’re much more likely to have problems. Internet Connection: You have to have pretty fast internet (bare minimum is 1megabit Upload speed) and expect to use a wired connection. The MacBook Pro has less quirks, so that’s the machine of choice for me. There are lots of quirks to getting video into a computer and getting it to spit it out to the interwebs, so it needs it’s own blog post. I’ll go over various problems with the software and hardware in part 2 of this. Just realize they can be more finicky when it comes to getting video in. If you’re pretty tech savvy, then a PC is fine. If you don’t need the machine to be portable and can use a desktop machine, you’re better off. Apple unfortunately isn’t very generous with the hardware though, so small disks and limited RAM can create bottlenecks. Macs still handle audio/video stuff with less problems than their PC counterparts. However you’ll see it won’t be too bad, other than maybe the computer. Hardware is not usually free unfortunately. (and yes, if they ever allow plugins we’d love to port Beauty Box Video to it :-)Īnd now we get to Hardware. As you can see below it looks much like a normal video editing app, so it’s very intuitive. But play with the free version and see how that works for you.) A screenshot of Wirecast Studio is below. The ability to Preview is kind of a big deal. If you can afford it, I highly recommend this. This is the $500 app restricted to YouTube. So, software: FREE (you can buy Wirecast Play Studio for $279. It’s FREE and does have many of the features of it’s big, $500 brother. It also only works with Black Magic capture cards, so that’s another potential big limitation of Play. (see further down for the hardware I recommend) However, if you’re only streaming on YouTube… not really a problem. This is a bit more limited, you can only have one camera (which is just fine for most small events), there’s no preview (whatever you select immediately goes live) and it only works with YouTube. HOWEVER, with YouTube you can get Wirecast Play for free. If you’re doing a serious production it’s worth it though. It’s really a great live production environment and works with virtually every CDN (content delivery network). You can have overlays, animated lower thirds, multiple cameras, multiple audio streams, etc. This is great software for streaming productions. Had an mildly embarrassing test video get posted accidentally)Ĭurrently I use Wirecast Studio. ![]() If you’re doing test streams, make sure you turn that function off. YouTube: FREE (YouTube records everything and then posts it after you’re done. So that takes care of one big component, the delivery network. ![]() (in YouTube go to Video Manager and then select Live Streaming. If you’re just trying to live stream your user group, meditation, or whatever meeting then I highly recommend taking a look at YouTube. If you want to put up paid content then Ustream has some advantages but it’s very expensive. Quality, analytics, control have all been on par with what I’m used to with Ustream, if not better. I’m usually skeptical of free offerings but they have been fantastic. Looking around for alternatives I discovered that YouTube now does live streaming. (although YouTube is still a great choice for that) If you’re just looking to stream you playing a video game or something there are even cheaper ways to do it. Note: This assumes you want to do a relatively professional looking stream. In the past I’ve used Ustream for other organizations, but they’re expensive. Meditation centers don’t usually have a ton of money so we needed to figure out how to do things relatively cheaply. Most recently for the Against the Stream Meditation Center in SF (if you’re into mindfulness meditation and dharma talks check it out on Monday’s at 7:30pm PST). I’ve been live streaming various events for small organizations for a while. ![]()
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