Greetings!
So I will admit that I am absolutely new to the idea of broadcasting video and I have little knowledge about the process and pros and cons. I am hoping you can offer some advice in layman's terms. I will tell you that I do have computer support experience - 15 years worth. But I have never dealt with broadcasting video.
What I am looking to broadcast is a single camera stream of a church service. (Multi-camera is an option, if there is an easy way to switch between the cameras). The church has DSL (I know - cable is better. We can't get cable where we are or FiOS), but I am not sure of the up / down speeds. I can find out if needed. I doubt it is very high.
We do broadcast the audio right now - through a Peavey soundboard to a desktop and out to paltalk. It works ok - but barley. There is static and it sometimes cuts out. It was real bad until I dropped the output from the soundboard - then the drops were reduced. But the buzzing and static is still there. As an FYI - there is no buzzing or hissing in the line prior to the computer - it was the first thing I thought to check - bad cable or conenctors.
The soundboard is a Peavey RQ 4332C, if that helps. I can feed audio into the video stream from the soundboard. I would just need to know if that is practical or not. Give the configuration of the church (below), I think I will have to figure out a way to make that happen.
The next challenge in this is that the sanctuary has a high, vaulted ceiling with an open floor - no pillars or cross beams. There are vertical support beams running up the side along the walls about half way down the length of the sanctuary. I do have access to use them, but this would give me a shot from the side, not straight on. And the back wall is about 60 feet away from the pulpit.
I am willing to dig into my pocket a little, but the budget is pretty limited. I can do a custom build of a computer, if needed - that will probably be the least expensive way for me to go to get the most bang for my buck.
Ideally, what I would like to have is a setup that I can access the computer remotely to turn it on and run it. I have VNC installed on the computer we use for the audio broadcast, so I can use that for control. Or I can set up a lights out board for access as well. Network speed inside the church 1gb
Tell me what else you need to know and I will get you the information.
Thank you!
So I will admit that I am absolutely new to the idea of broadcasting video and I have little knowledge about the process and pros and cons. I am hoping you can offer some advice in layman's terms. I will tell you that I do have computer support experience - 15 years worth. But I have never dealt with broadcasting video.
What I am looking to broadcast is a single camera stream of a church service. (Multi-camera is an option, if there is an easy way to switch between the cameras). The church has DSL (I know - cable is better. We can't get cable where we are or FiOS), but I am not sure of the up / down speeds. I can find out if needed. I doubt it is very high.
We do broadcast the audio right now - through a Peavey soundboard to a desktop and out to paltalk. It works ok - but barley. There is static and it sometimes cuts out. It was real bad until I dropped the output from the soundboard - then the drops were reduced. But the buzzing and static is still there. As an FYI - there is no buzzing or hissing in the line prior to the computer - it was the first thing I thought to check - bad cable or conenctors.
The soundboard is a Peavey RQ 4332C, if that helps. I can feed audio into the video stream from the soundboard. I would just need to know if that is practical or not. Give the configuration of the church (below), I think I will have to figure out a way to make that happen.
The next challenge in this is that the sanctuary has a high, vaulted ceiling with an open floor - no pillars or cross beams. There are vertical support beams running up the side along the walls about half way down the length of the sanctuary. I do have access to use them, but this would give me a shot from the side, not straight on. And the back wall is about 60 feet away from the pulpit.
I am willing to dig into my pocket a little, but the budget is pretty limited. I can do a custom build of a computer, if needed - that will probably be the least expensive way for me to go to get the most bang for my buck.
Ideally, what I would like to have is a setup that I can access the computer remotely to turn it on and run it. I have VNC installed on the computer we use for the audio broadcast, so I can use that for control. Or I can set up a lights out board for access as well. Network speed inside the church 1gb
Tell me what else you need to know and I will get you the information.
Thank you!
