STREAMING EQUIPMENT HIRE

Viewcast Niagara 4100 Streaming Encoder

The Viewcast Niagara 4100 streaming encoder is designed with a combination of simplicity, portability and power to quickly and easily stream your HD content to the internet including live adaptive streaming to Apple® iPhone® and iPad® mobile digital devices. 

This rugged, portable streaming system can ingest SD or HD video through its SDI input, and accommodates a variety of audio input formats, including embedded SDI, AES/EBU, and balanced or unbalanced stereo.

Comes in a compact peli case.

Encoding formats supported:

• Windows Media® (Silverlight® Compatible)

• MPEG-4 H.264, H263, 3GPP, 3GPP2

• Adobe®  Flash® H.264

• Apple® HTTP live streaming

• Adobe® Flash dynamic streaming

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Solutions for Live Webcasting and Live Video Streaming

Ok, so you want to stream a live music event? Or you want to webcast a corporate meeting, AGM or conference? But you’re not sure how? 

The smartest option is to call the pro’s in but if you’re intent on doing it on your own, we’ve put together a quick list of some of the different software and hardware video streaming solutions out there.

So if you’ve got the hardware side of things already sorted – a mac or PC with a Blackmagic Decklink card or an AJA card for example – then you’ll need some video streaming / webcasting software. 

Telestream Wirecast is a fairly solid ‘pro’ video streaming and webcasting solution and given that it’s from Telestream, you know you’re in good hands. With built in vison mixing it’s a one-stop solution. Just connect your cameras and go. Wirecast also supports lots of CDNs and streaming servers: uStream, Justin.tv, Livestream, Stickam.com, Sermon.net, Brightcove, Akamai, Limelight, BitGravity, and Wowza

they say…

"Wirecast software lets you produce professional-looking live events with just a camera, an internet connection and a computer. Stream or record live internet shows, broadcast breaking news or sporting events, stream live concerts, transmit church services, corporate meetings, lectures and much more"

Boinx is similar to Wirecast. Lot’s of graphics options and it integrates nicely with streaming services such as uStream, Justin.tv, and Livestream

they say…

"BoinxTV is like your personal TV truck without the truck. Combine live camera video, clips, photos, 3D graphics, lower thirds, audio and more to create a stunning recording or live video"

If you’re a bit more hands on and you have an external AV setup already in place, and all you need is the video streaming element, then QuickTime Broadcaster or Flash Media Encoder might be the way forward.

So what higher end ‘all-in-one’ portable live video streaming and webcasting solutions are there?

TriCaster from NewTek has made a stir over the last few years and their newest 850 series certainly looks the part on paper. Combined with the external vision mixer control panel and built in streaming, the TriCaster truly is a multi-camera one-box solution. And NewTek’s TriCaster’s offer one of the most affordable virtual set solutions on the market.

If you want real portability in your streaming box, Digital Rapid’s, TouchStream is an attractive unit. It kind of does what it says on the tin. Touch and stream…

Enough said.

The Niagara range of video streaming encoders from ViewCast offer a lot features and are an interesting alternative to Digital Rapid’s, TouchStream range.

If size matters, miniCASTER could be the answer. Not only is it ‘pocket-sized’, it also supports: LAN, WiFI, 3G and 4G and Satellite technology. Powerful little unit!

Before miniCASTER, LiveU were the first big streaming solution to open up the ‘uplink’ market. And the LiveU streaming units are as portable as it gets – yes you can wear it like a backpack! It works by bonding 3G/4G sim cards. It’s designed for news gathering etc. but could be great for streaming live video of music festivals or events.

So, it’s clear live video streaming and webcasting is here to stay! (Watch out telly…) But it can be a minefield. Not only do you have to get the technical aspect of the encoding nailed, there’s the crucial element of the back-end. Which CDN do I use? Do I want unicast or multicast streaming? Can I stream to iOS devices? What upload speed do I need? Can I stream into Facebook?

We offer a full end-to-end video streaming service to our clients and we approach any live video streaming, encoding and webcasting production with a broadcast sensibility. We use our years of broadcast skills, experience and equipment to offer a robustness and level of redundancy that your production needs. Please contact us to find out how we can help your next live video streaming or webcasting project.

info@trickboxtv.com  

0207 193 9722

Blackmagic Design H.264 Pro Recorder / Encoder

Now it’s easy to distribute your client’s H.264 video files to websites, YouTube™, iPhone™ and even iPad™ Blackmagic Design’s H.264 Pro Recorder handles capture from all popular video formats so you can encode directly from professional broadcast decks or direct out of your vision mixer – in realtime. The H.264 Pro Encoder/Recorder has SDI, HDMI, composite and analogue component video inputs. You can select to take audio from the SDI, HDMI or stereo balanced analog audio input jacks.

Use Blackmagic Design’s powerful software, Media Express to encode your video onto your Mac or Windows PC. Blackmagic Media Express also offers frame accurate deck control over RS422 with EDL import.

The H.264 Encoder encodes .mp4 files with a selectable bitrate up to 20MB – perfect for turning around quick web video uploads.

Works with Livestream for streaming live to the internet (on a budget!)

Blackmagic Design H.264 Pro Recorder / Encoder available to hire at Trickbox TV