Aloha!
Prema Qadir here!
My passions are Video/TV Production, Broadcast Television and Website Design. I discovered the Internet in 1995, during the early years following a near fatal auto accident in the State of Hawaii, where I lived for 20+ years.
Prior to the auto accident, I was a Civil Engineer and my hobbies were making jewelry and producing LIVE TV shows. Back then the equipment to take a video production live cost in the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of dollars!
I have been waiting almost 30 years for the hardware and software that would make it affordable for me to produce LIVE shows.
I am soooooooo excited to learn how to use Business Hangouts and share resources with YOU!
Hi Prema. Have you ever read a book "Don't Make Me Think!" by Steve Krug? It's about website usability. It's a quick easy read and has a lot of extremely useful information about webdesign.
ReplyDeleteHi Prema Qadir ! Glad you found your way here. I know you're here to learn but I'm certain you'll be a fountain of knowledge for others given your background and experience.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lon!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely been a journey, that's for sure! So glad I finally made it. So much on my plate to get done. I just hafta keep making my way, little by little.
There are Thunderbolt "hubs" on the market, but again I don't know if two distinct video signals could be selected on the MacBook Pro when connected through the same port.
ReplyDeletePERHAPS SOME MAC FOLKS CAN CHIME IN HERE!
I'm not seeing any HDMI to Firewire input devices that would support your second HDMI camera. So that leaves out that channel.
I have used a Logitech C920 webcam connected via a USB extender/booster cable (TrippLite) plugged into a USB port. That can be workable but the Logitech webcam's camera control software only allows for jerky adjustments to pan or zoom the image. Also, the "zoom" is digital zoom, meaning you are cropping and stretching the image when you zoom which degrades the resolution downward from the original 1080p. I found that if I used that camera within 15' of the subject and left it alone, I could get away with using it. Beyond that it got "fuzzy."
QUESTION: How do I make this all work for me, i.e. how do I configure my setup to facilitate a LIVE HOA?
I'm a little concerned about the HOA aspect of your question. I only used HOAs in my early, first attempts to live stream live events. In those cases I had multiple computers all in the same HOA each with a single camera. That required 3 times the bandwidth to upload the camera shots to google where I "switched" the video.
I moved (as quickly as I could) to a local switching scenario so that I did not require all that bandwidth. Also, HOAs are restricted to 720 resolution where if you schedule your You Tube live event (then post a link to it on Google+) you have the option to broadcast in 1080p. (Bandwidth restrictions might prevent that especially at a conference where there are many people sharing network bandwidth).
If you own Wirecast, get familiar with it. if not, Open Broadcaster Software is a terrific (Free) platform which does not require as much computing power and RAM to do the job. Not quite as full featured (yet) as Wirecast, but I've used it with some success and am happy to recommend it.
QUESTION: Would purchasing an inexpensive PC make life easier for me?
Not an inexpensive one. However an expensive PC (lots of processing power, and RAM) with multiple slots where you could insert video capture cards or seperate interface cards to provide your multiple cameras with their own data path might..
Thank you, very much, for sharing your expertise.
That's what User2User community is all about. I hope this helps.
Prema Qadir i just realized that I replied to you in a different thread!
ReplyDeleteThe lava flow has stalled and those businesses that closed/moved have started to return but, as you know if you lived in the neighborhood, there isn 't anything you can do about it.
Thunderbolt hub could be used to connect the two cameras, the question would be would wirecast "see" both if the were on the same channel. If you try this, i would like to know how that works out.
As for a PC i am considering investing in a build for my ideal stream machine. I am thinking i7 processor with 6 cores, at least 16 GB RAM, 500+ GB ssd (or maybe 2 in a raid 0 setup.) a 2tb hi speed drive for storage and at least 3 slots for expansion after equipping with a radeon graphics card.
If/when I get around to designing the shopping list, I'll share it.