PROS & CONS IN USING THE SYSTEM
General Systems Operation
The system has been programmed in a logical, normal manner of use. It steps through a process as you would if you were to manually power on, power off and use the equipment in a daily occurance.
Be Professional, be prepared
- Take time to prepare for a presentation, never start something you are not sure about.
- Try to have a pre-run of your presentation to avoid any technical hitches.
- Don't take chances when you have spent many days preparing for a presentation and you may have either an incompatable USB drive or forgot to bring a custom adapter with you.
GeneralConsiderations
Microphone Use
- Take the time to prevent possible sound problems.
- Don't assume people know how to use a microphone, have someone show you microphone techniques, or practice before a presentation.
- Get to know the differences between wireless microphones and wired, to prevent hot microphone scenarios.
- Are the levels set properly?
- Have you checked to see how things may sound from the back of the room?
- Have you asked someone else to listen to ensure quality control?
Technology
- Become familiar with the technology you are using, CD and DVD players, computers, and projectors.
- Become acustomed in knowing how long it takes to start and shut down the equipment.
- Get in the habit of Pre-use technology setups.
- Mute all microphones once you have set levels.
- Know copyright regulations when recording concert material.
LIVE STREAMING
You may wish to consider live streaming, or recording venus at some point. Currently the system does not have the components needed to allow live streaming, but we can assist you with integration of the major components, to allow a seamless control mechanism for all to use.
LIVE STREAMING: key components!
There are a few things you will need to go live: a laptop or desktop computer, a camera, microphone, streaming software, encoder and a good internet connection.
With a little thought and a few changes, you could incorporate this into your control room design, taking a feed from your audio mixer for sound for example and incorporating a camera into the video switch.
You do not have to use a video production switch if you don't want to, just decent streaming software.
Cameras
You will need PTZ cameras. (Pan Tilt Zoom) You can control the cameras via a web-application or direct contron which is generally the preffered way.
Microphones
Depending on your setup, you could use a shotgun mic for a single sound source recording, however, by far the best sound would be to take an aux feed from the sound desk, direct into the streaming software.
Streaming software
Streaming software takes the video and audio input from your computer and transmits it to the streaming platform of your choice. Hardware encoders are also an option, but some software is free and user-friendly. There are lots of encoding software and hardware options, you will need to research a little to choose the right one. OBS Studio and Streamlabs are just some of options available.
A Good internet connection
If you’re uploading video and audio to transmit in real time, you’ll need a solid internet connection. If you’re gaming while streaming, you’ll need a great internet connection. To start live streaming, you need a stable internet connection with a good upload speed, anything between 672 Kbps and 61.5 Mbps is ideal.
It’s the upload rate that matters the most.
When streaming online, it’s your connection’s upload rate that matters the most. It’s the same as the download rate; it just works the other way around, describing how many bits of data your computer or device can send to the internet per second. Generally upload rates are slower than download rates.
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