We thought it might be useful to compare Robotic Pro Video Cameras to pro video cameras run by hand since there is a lot of question as to the relative merits of each type of video camera for broadcast purposes. To make a fair comparison we chose to set a common standard for each camera type. In this case each camera must have HD-SDI outputs and have a 20x optical zoom. There are many HD video cameras that fit this ...
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Today we broadcast another in our continuing series of broadcasts for the Public Policy Institute of California on the subject of Online Learning in Public Higher Education. It will be uploaded to YouTube by our crew this evening.
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All the high tech video equipment, audio gear and so forth does not guarantee a watchable and entertaining on line live video stream unless you spend the time to understand the order of a live event and incorporate as much of what is going on as is possible. This is done by actively paying attention to what is going on in a room and switching to the action. That is the art in what we do as Internet video broadcasters. ...
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This past weekend we produced a live switched Internet broadcast of the Shaunapalooza Music Festival from Swabbies on the River in Sacramento California. This festival has been put on by its promoters for the past three years. We have been there every year to broadcast this event. This year we live switched four cameras and included graphics and lower thirds in the live stream. More than a dozen bands played for this two day festival. The weather was great. For ...
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In the past few years, the pace of technology in media creation has been moving faster than ever before, driven by heightened competition between manufacturers and enabled by embedded microcomputer technology. Designers now have at their disposal tools in manufacturing materials and technology allowing them to realize designs that were just not possible before. Starting with computers where ideas are born, then moving to acquisition, onto editing and effects, then finally to delivery; all made possible by dense computer micro-chip ...
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4K Video recording presents some new challenges and opportunities for cinematography and video in general, but what is 4K Video? 4K Video is also known as Ultra High Definition Television of UHDTV for short. It has been accepted as a standard by the broadcast industry and has broad application in video and cinema work but it is still a ways off from large scale consumer acceptance. UHDTV is defined by display devices or content having a horizontal resolution of 4,000 ...
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Video image stabilization is an important feature of contemporary still and video camera lenses. Image stabilization or “IS” for short is accomplished in the lens of the camera. It works by reducing the effective area of exposure of the imaging sensor(s) in the camera by 10-15%. If the camera shakes while recording, the camera uses that 10-15% border area to smooth the image. IS is popular for handheld work. We use IS for tripod mounted shots that require a medium ...
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How much Internet bandwidth do I need for live broadcasting? At our company we go around and around on this subject. There is no absolute right answer, other than the more the merrier. So let me give you the tools you need to determine if a venue has “enough” Internet bandwidth for you to send a single live video stream out to a CDN. We will not discuss the CDN to end user network issues in this post.
There are two ...
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As the leading live Internet broadcaster in the region, VideoSSC is often asked to broadcast live events from venues where there is no available Internet connection. Friday night football is no exception. For years we had been rolling our production truck to high school venues every Friday afternoon during football season to setup and record live, play-by-play action between some of the most competitive high school football teams in the region.
The problem was that all we could do was record ...
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We are often asked how much storage will be required to archive copies of live broadcasts online so that there is a permanent record of the live event that we had broadcast over the Internet. The math is pretty simple and we will give you that here, but first we need to point out that the single most common mistake that people make when doing these calculations is to confuse bits and bytes. Bits are a ...
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