We use a Blackmagic designs Switcher to control the cameras.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemmini For a few years, we
were using OBS to do the broadcasting. In that setup, the ATEM would
send the video to OBS via USB-C. OBS is powerful, but has a steep
learning curve, and you need a powerful PC behind it. More than one
Sunday there were a group gathered around the PC trying to figure out
why it wasn't streaming properly, and we always had Audio/Video Sync
problems (The Audio was a separate Input to the PC from the soundboard)
We've simplified things now and have the ATEM do the stream directly to
Youtube, and feed the audio into the ATEM from the soundboard. It just
always works, and it's really simple to setup, as that's what it's made
for. I'm not sure about going to multiple platforms simultaneously, I'm
guessing there's some middleware server that does that easily. Quick
google search says yes.
2nd What Ken says about needing enough upstream bandwidth, you'll run
into strange problems if there's less than about 7mb/s. Unless you have
gobs of upstream bandwidth available, Probably best to do a single
stream to a aggregator to split to the platforms.
On 6/4/2025 3:58 PM, Dan P via AF wrote:
If you want to give it a whirl, I have a few dozen of these and the 2
channel new in box (bought 4x semiloads of stuff from blackbox a few
years back, having 120,000 sq’ of space makes it fun to buy in lots)
https://www.blackbox.com/en-us/store/product/detail/HDMI-over-IP-H-264-Encoder/VS-200x-ENC?item=VS-2004-ENC
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 04, 2025 2:24 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] OBS appliance
Nerds:
I have needs to set up some dedicated live streams, mostly churches.
Im told OBS is the bees knees. I dont want to build machines, manage
OS, any of that nonsense. Im having a hard time identifying if there
are dedicated devices for this, like appliance level. I see listed
capture cards, but If im understanding these arent the streaming
appliance, just the interface to it?
One location is a mosque with multiple audio/video streams, so I
assume this needs some encoding beef. They stream to multiple platforms/
Im not an audio/video guy, so I dont know anything, I dont mind
supporting hardware as long as I dont have to learn the other side of
it to nerd degree, and I have no interest in a cobblefucked solution
for something i give exactly zero shits about
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