Q. My church is about to purchase 3 camcorders to record services with. Our main problem is how to merge the 3 feeds. I know we need a controller board to do that with, but I don't even know what they're called. My only media training was on an old SEG board from the 80's. And we're looking for something relatively cheap (under $400.00). Thanks in advance.
A. "Video Mixer".
Beware going cheap... you get what you pay for.
http://www.edirol.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=385
bhphotovideo is a good, reputable and trustworthy source.
Camcorders were not designed to be used as "studio cameras". I *strongly suggest you check with someone knowledgable about what you want to do.
Beware going cheap... you get what you pay for.
http://www.edirol.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=385
bhphotovideo is a good, reputable and trustworthy source.
Camcorders were not designed to be used as "studio cameras". I *strongly suggest you check with someone knowledgable about what you want to do.
How does my church start streaming services live on the Internet? What equipment and software is needed?
Q. We don't know what we need or how to do it? Thanks for the help!!
A. First, you need the camera equipment to film the service. Most any handheld digital camcorder will do - look for a miniDV unit.
Second, you need a very fast computer to hook the camera up to in order to process the video coming in.
Third, you need to find a host that will stream the video for you. Typically they charge by bandwidth used - some only charge by the amount of time. Time is much better than bandwidth! For live video, you also nee a HUGE upload speed - Verizon FiOS or other fiber optic solutino is your ONLY good solution. Cable and DSL will not be able to handle it. (Unless you get business class service with gauranteed upload speeds of 10Mbps or more).
Technically, you could host your own and stream it, but you would need:
Streaming software: Usually about $5-$10K US for the software
Extremely fast machine to stream it
Huge amount of bandwidth usage in your ISP contract
If you are a very large church, then doing it on your own may be cost efficient (will cost you maybe $1-$2k/month on your own). that's assuming a few hours a week of streaming and about 500-1000 users watching.
If you are a smaller church, then contracting out is the way to go. Search for hosted streaming services online. depending on your needs, may only cost a few hundred a month.
If you only plan on maybe 10 people or less ever tuning in at once, you can actually just record the video, convert it to a smaller size (optimize it for the web) and then post it online after wards. Can't do live broadcast this way though.
Second, you need a very fast computer to hook the camera up to in order to process the video coming in.
Third, you need to find a host that will stream the video for you. Typically they charge by bandwidth used - some only charge by the amount of time. Time is much better than bandwidth! For live video, you also nee a HUGE upload speed - Verizon FiOS or other fiber optic solutino is your ONLY good solution. Cable and DSL will not be able to handle it. (Unless you get business class service with gauranteed upload speeds of 10Mbps or more).
Technically, you could host your own and stream it, but you would need:
Streaming software: Usually about $5-$10K US for the software
Extremely fast machine to stream it
Huge amount of bandwidth usage in your ISP contract
If you are a very large church, then doing it on your own may be cost efficient (will cost you maybe $1-$2k/month on your own). that's assuming a few hours a week of streaming and about 500-1000 users watching.
If you are a smaller church, then contracting out is the way to go. Search for hosted streaming services online. depending on your needs, may only cost a few hundred a month.
If you only plan on maybe 10 people or less ever tuning in at once, you can actually just record the video, convert it to a smaller size (optimize it for the web) and then post it online after wards. Can't do live broadcast this way though.
Would like to know how to record audio and video into my computer.?
Q. I work for a church and we would like to record the services both audio and video and have the information go directly into a computer. We have a video system that we can employ but we need to know what software is necessary, what computer you would recommend and what the process is. Any information would be extremely helpful. We want to post audio and video onto our website.
A. if you want to work with videos you'll need a computer
core 2 duo
2gb Ram memory
250GB HD
a 256mb graphic card
you need a digital camera to record what you want
you can use nero vision to edit the videos
you can upload the sites at youtube which is easier to use
core 2 duo
2gb Ram memory
250GB HD
a 256mb graphic card
you need a digital camera to record what you want
you can use nero vision to edit the videos
you can upload the sites at youtube which is easier to use
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