Live streaming solutions livestreaming video By Vince on 4/12/20, 5:56 PM • 147 views Hi guys I hope everyone is keeping up with the Covid 19 situation. With the increasing demand of live streaming solutions for after or during the Covid 19 pandemic I am curious what experience you guys have. What are the best set-up's according to you? Does a more expensive solution equals to a better streaming quality? Or does it all depend on the internet that's available on set. Shoot! Paul Schoen On 4/20/20, 3:17 PM Hey Vince, that really depends on your needs. Up to a point a more expensive solution definitely increases the quality, but further from there everything else is more about the complexity, usability and customization. So if you want an single source HD stream to YouTube, that’s fairly easy. If you want an 8 cam multicam 4K stream with matte keys, animated motion graphics, etc. for a paid event (which means you’re definitely not in the position to make mistakes), than that’s a completely different task where the quality of the final stream is a minor thing to consider. Definitely the bandwidth of your internet connection mostly is the bottleneck in the end when it comes to quality. Though a YouTube HD stream is around 6 Mbit/s upstream, which is no problem with a good LTE connection. So if you need Infos on a more detailed setup, I would need to know more about the circumstances, use, client, etc. :)
Vantage has multiple solutions to offer, and recently they made a live streaming from Paris to Japan where the director was directing there commercial... less than ONE second latency, live streaming !
option #1: from any PSU3-3X-3XX: link that to their HOUSTON device (which is a strong and reliable IP transmitter) and their SATELLITE's (iPad cased with long life battery and handgrips) and several can live stream on set and up to unit base (if not that far)
option #2: from the brand new PSU-4: WiFi is integrated and you can stream to any IP device (IOS ONLY !!!!) on set (not away from set, next door is OK but no longer)
option #3: from the PSU-4 also: link it to a very reliable router, use a great 4G SIM card provider and also a good server and you can stream live, full HD, anywhere in the world ...
THOUGH be aware it takes 2Go / hour (you need a SIM card being 20Go per day !) and you really need a very reliable 4G provider with option to switch to a better (local) provider if required ...
BUT this is not a "video tech" neither a "train" job, it's a full time job, where you need someone being a real BUFF in computers and streaming !!!!