Andres Z
I am using a Mac.
Basically, I want to use multiple cameras to record a church service, all connected to my Mac, and control it from here.
It's going to be a very low budget film.
I've heard of Premiere Pro, and have used a little bit of it.
But any other ideas?
How to connect the cameras to each other, if possible how to connect the church sound system?
Thanks.
Answer
forget the mac
you need PTZ cameras, these can be remotely aimed (Pan-tilt) and framed with the zoom. since you don't need to change all cameras at the same time, only one controller is needed.
next you need a video mixer. any of the Panasonic WJ-MX series will work. The WJ-MX50a is made for 4 cameras. These mixers also have audio so you can mix additional audio sources, such as the church PA. mixer also has a "preview" output so you can see how you are adjusting the camera before you "take" it on the program out.
finally, record live on a DVD-R recorder/player. that way you are ready to make copies even as the echos of the last song are fading away.
forget the mac
you need PTZ cameras, these can be remotely aimed (Pan-tilt) and framed with the zoom. since you don't need to change all cameras at the same time, only one controller is needed.
next you need a video mixer. any of the Panasonic WJ-MX series will work. The WJ-MX50a is made for 4 cameras. These mixers also have audio so you can mix additional audio sources, such as the church PA. mixer also has a "preview" output so you can see how you are adjusting the camera before you "take" it on the program out.
finally, record live on a DVD-R recorder/player. that way you are ready to make copies even as the echos of the last song are fading away.
Video production Help with picking equipment?
stacey
Our church just purchase a 2 projectors nice cameras and 2 macs. We are looking to record video, broadcast live. As of now we have wirecast 4 and was looking to use ProPresenter. I would like to know what all do I need or how do I setup for recording services and streaming them live. I know how to do that with wirecase. where I am lost is people would like to see what we are broadcasting on the projector which is not hard but it get hard when they would like to see song lyrics on the screen I would like to know do I need to get more gear or do I have what I need and how do I setup things to broadcast, record, display everything on projector, and use software to to display text or things from a different source.
Answer
Hi Stacey:
You need to just stop & talk to a local professional, or make use of the technical customer support help at Telestream (the Wirecast people), where your church probably spent around $1000 for their multi-camera webcast software. And for this discussion, you need to list what sort of cameras (model #'s and what outputs you plan to use) and what inputs or input cards your two Macs have. (Most churches use dedicated input cards for the cameras, like Blackmagic, Matrox, Osprey, etc.)
ProPresenter was mainly designed as a "lyrics over video" singalong worship software app. It is NOT designed as a multi-camera web-streaming app! That's what the Wirecast 4 is designed for.
You should consider the Mac running ProPresenter as just another "video source" to the 2nd Mac running Wirecast (just like the cameras).
When it comes to selecting different on-screen content for the local projectors (and not the same content that's streaming online), then you need video routers & video switcher hardware. This is where you need a professional technician or consultant to diagram the various signal flows and what hardware (video distribution amps --signal splitters-- and needed signal converters, etc.) to interface all the sources to the two separate destinations (on-screen and online).
Again, not knowing if your "nice cameras" are FireWire output or analog (or whatever) keeps this discussion limited in detail. It makes a big difference in determining what extra hardware is needed.
Feel free to use the "Additional Details" link on the Y!A Action Bar to update your Question with more detail. Otherwise, start with Telestream, since they already have a financial interest in this.
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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Hi Stacey:
You need to just stop & talk to a local professional, or make use of the technical customer support help at Telestream (the Wirecast people), where your church probably spent around $1000 for their multi-camera webcast software. And for this discussion, you need to list what sort of cameras (model #'s and what outputs you plan to use) and what inputs or input cards your two Macs have. (Most churches use dedicated input cards for the cameras, like Blackmagic, Matrox, Osprey, etc.)
ProPresenter was mainly designed as a "lyrics over video" singalong worship software app. It is NOT designed as a multi-camera web-streaming app! That's what the Wirecast 4 is designed for.
You should consider the Mac running ProPresenter as just another "video source" to the 2nd Mac running Wirecast (just like the cameras).
When it comes to selecting different on-screen content for the local projectors (and not the same content that's streaming online), then you need video routers & video switcher hardware. This is where you need a professional technician or consultant to diagram the various signal flows and what hardware (video distribution amps --signal splitters-- and needed signal converters, etc.) to interface all the sources to the two separate destinations (on-screen and online).
Again, not knowing if your "nice cameras" are FireWire output or analog (or whatever) keeps this discussion limited in detail. It makes a big difference in determining what extra hardware is needed.
Feel free to use the "Additional Details" link on the Y!A Action Bar to update your Question with more detail. Otherwise, start with Telestream, since they already have a financial interest in this.
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
Â
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