I strongly suggest you try Mogulus with Flash Media Encoder (FME).
Obviously, the things that make for good recorded video hold true for
live as well (effective lighting, good white balance, good manual
focusing, appropriate camera exposure, good audio, etc...)
FME on it's own is interesting in and of itself - but FME
hosting 'aint cheap. Mogulus (at least now while in Beta) is free.
I did a lot of research and settled on FME over the tricaster after a
cost/benefit assessment. Even at that, FME hosting cost me a lot.
(I never got out of test with FME hosting as it was so expensive.)
Mogulus is great. I just streamed an IT conference in Ireland live
and plan to stream some more content from Microsoft in Redmond next
week.
So far, I'm of the opinion that using FME with Mogulus is unbeatable
for live quality streaming.
Chuck
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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
This group doesnt seem like quite the right place to talk about live
video, can anybody recommend active communities that talk about and
do
such things?
Im still a bit disappointed by the video audio quality of some of
the live stuff Ive watched, even if its not via mobile phone, any
thoughts on which service is the best in this regard?
I still love vlogs but I cannot deny there is still a powerful thing
that comes from live video, especially when there is live text chat
at
the same time. Sharing the eternal now with others is good for the
soul?
And even when it comes to pre-recorded stuff, shows etc, I stil find
stuff being on at a certain time or on a regular schedule has
appeal.
I mean I love all the power and flexibility that videoblogs, video
search, aggregating etc bring, but I do find I miss some aspects of
tv
(not the shows though). Almost the only time I watch TV these days
is
live stuff. I dont know if there's any mileage in a lot of vlogs
being
shown in a back-to-back tv channel format, where people can tune in
to
see a new episode for the first time at a certain time, perhaps with
live chat between creators and audience?
Anyways I wanted to talk more about technical aspects of live video,
such as providing very affordable but sophisticated realtime camera
mixing, special effects, video overlays and all manner of other
stuff,
but on a low budget. Quartz Composer is my tool of choice, and
sometime late last year I think I was even offering to try to make
some effects for the excellent Camtwist software, but I failed
pretty
badly, didnt have enough time and I realised I wasnt so good with
Quartz Composer as Id hoped I was. But now Ive spent months with
Quartz Composer and am a little better at it. And I started watching
some live video and saw some bloke who was doing interactive
gameshow
karaoke. It was sort of naff but it had a certain charm, and he
was
really pushing his computer past the limits with lots of graphics
that
showed stuff. It set off ideas in my mind about how much better it
could all be. And so here I am sprouting words about it without a
clear agenda of where I am going with this.
Erm, what else? Oh yes, that there are VJ's (club type not MTV type)
who are used to mixing video live and doing effects etc, and most of
them dont have fulltime mega-money making possibilities from the
VJing
scene, but have equipment and expertise that could be a very
profitable partnership for organisations or individuals who need
some
live video facilities on a tight budget. Still Im only speulating on
this, could try asking on vjforums.com and see what the response is
if
curious.
Cheers
Steve Elbows
