First Webcast…Here’s what we did and how it turned out
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:35 pm
We did our first webcast in the fall of last year. We did it with a very small budget (under $400). More importantly, all of the equipment that was purchased can be used for Stake video conferencing in the future. I believe this should be an important consideration when planning for your webcast. The Church has limited financial resources, we need to use those resources wisely.
Our biggest technical problem was the terrible DSL upstream internet speed. It was a little faster than smoke signals, around 300K (100K LESS than the suggested minimum requirements) https://tech.lds.org/wiki/Meetinghouse_ ... quirements
We had hoped to have a better connection, but that did not happen for our first webcast.
We used the following equipment:
·CAMERA- we purchased one Logitech HD Pro C910 camera (under $100). The camera was placed in front of the podium http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-co ... vices/6816
·AUDIO - we purchased one Chat 50 USB speaker phone was placed on the podium (currently around $120, but can be found cheaper through FM group or on Amazon (I bought it for $80) http://www.clearone.com/personal-usb-speakerphone.html
·SOFTWARE – LDS Meetinghouse Webcast (Cost- $0)
·COMPUTER – We ended up using the ward clerks PC (Cost- $0). We had originally planned on borrowing a member’s PC, but we had problems with it. The clerks PC worked great as it met the system requirements.
·ACCESSORIES – Cables, ties, mounting hardware, mini amplifier (Cost - $150ish)
I’ve attached a short PowerPoint presentation that describes our equipment list along with photos.
One other item. Special thanks should go to Kurt Olson at Church Headquarters. Without his support and advice we may not have had the success we experienced.
Our biggest technical problem was the terrible DSL upstream internet speed. It was a little faster than smoke signals, around 300K (100K LESS than the suggested minimum requirements) https://tech.lds.org/wiki/Meetinghouse_ ... quirements
We had hoped to have a better connection, but that did not happen for our first webcast.
We used the following equipment:
·CAMERA- we purchased one Logitech HD Pro C910 camera (under $100). The camera was placed in front of the podium http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-co ... vices/6816
·AUDIO - we purchased one Chat 50 USB speaker phone was placed on the podium (currently around $120, but can be found cheaper through FM group or on Amazon (I bought it for $80) http://www.clearone.com/personal-usb-speakerphone.html
·SOFTWARE – LDS Meetinghouse Webcast (Cost- $0)
·COMPUTER – We ended up using the ward clerks PC (Cost- $0). We had originally planned on borrowing a member’s PC, but we had problems with it. The clerks PC worked great as it met the system requirements.
·ACCESSORIES – Cables, ties, mounting hardware, mini amplifier (Cost - $150ish)
I’ve attached a short PowerPoint presentation that describes our equipment list along with photos.
One other item. Special thanks should go to Kurt Olson at Church Headquarters. Without his support and advice we may not have had the success we experienced.