Stake Conference broadcast upgrades
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:45 am
Over the last 3 years, I have been working with my stake presidency to broadcast stake conference. Things have gone very well up to this last month. The one big thing that needs to happen as you probably know is to SHUT DOWN WIRELESS.
We purchased a Sony EVI-D70 camera and using the RCA out to an Osprey 260e capture card. We then are using personal video conferencing (PVC) as our transport mechanism. We went to this because we discovered that the webcasting software wasn't great and the workstations at the buildings would freeze and there were too many potential problem. We found other problems such as sync issue and just unstable. The cable run from the camera to the computer right now is on RG-6 cable.
At our last stake conference the video resolution through PVC dropped to a low setting and the picture quality wasn't that great. My team had a meeting with the stake presidency about what happened and what we need to make things better. The big item that he wants us to focus on is to make the sound of the choir over the broadcast much better. We are working with a sound engineer to be able to mount ceiling microphones over the choir and then run those to a mixer for controlling. I'm waiting on him to get back to me on this.
We are also looking to set up everything permanently so that we don't have to set up each time and someone else can run it when necessary. So the cable runs from the chapel to the room we are going to use is going to be under 200 feet at maximum.
So with the choir microphones being the priority, the next part we are looking at is a good mixer and then adding a second camera so that we can zoom in and out without the members seeing it.
We have a couple of idea on mixers that I think would be terrific. They are from Roland and one is the VR-3 and the other is VR-50HD. I like the VR-50HD, but the going street price is $7,500. Both of these are audio/video mixers and both has USB out so that we can stream to our computer for webcasting.
Now my stake presidency is willing to go to HD, but the price, the way that I'm looking at is very expensive. I would be looking at a PTZ camera doing HD-SDI connection and they start at $4,000, so for an investment of about $12,000, I can go full broadcast quality HD.
I reread some of the feedback I got from my users helping us out at other building and he was thinking that an HD camcorder would do just as well. Those can be picked up for about $1,000. The question then becomes how to get the video off the camera to the computer to be able to broadcast it out. Also need to control it.
So the question is what camera are you using and how is the picture? Also, would a camcorder picture be as good as a HD-SDI broadcast quality camera? I don't think so but it could.
I'm looking at the camera that we should perhaps go with. The reason that I ask this is because I have new cables to run. I want to be able to pull the right cable so that I don't have to pull out the wrong cable and replace it with the right cable.
So I'm looking at a camera recommendation and perhaps wiring. I can use ethernet, coaxial, HD-SDI coax or what ever to make the connection. So any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I want to make this better for my stake and I need some help.
Terry
We purchased a Sony EVI-D70 camera and using the RCA out to an Osprey 260e capture card. We then are using personal video conferencing (PVC) as our transport mechanism. We went to this because we discovered that the webcasting software wasn't great and the workstations at the buildings would freeze and there were too many potential problem. We found other problems such as sync issue and just unstable. The cable run from the camera to the computer right now is on RG-6 cable.
At our last stake conference the video resolution through PVC dropped to a low setting and the picture quality wasn't that great. My team had a meeting with the stake presidency about what happened and what we need to make things better. The big item that he wants us to focus on is to make the sound of the choir over the broadcast much better. We are working with a sound engineer to be able to mount ceiling microphones over the choir and then run those to a mixer for controlling. I'm waiting on him to get back to me on this.
We are also looking to set up everything permanently so that we don't have to set up each time and someone else can run it when necessary. So the cable runs from the chapel to the room we are going to use is going to be under 200 feet at maximum.
So with the choir microphones being the priority, the next part we are looking at is a good mixer and then adding a second camera so that we can zoom in and out without the members seeing it.
We have a couple of idea on mixers that I think would be terrific. They are from Roland and one is the VR-3 and the other is VR-50HD. I like the VR-50HD, but the going street price is $7,500. Both of these are audio/video mixers and both has USB out so that we can stream to our computer for webcasting.
Now my stake presidency is willing to go to HD, but the price, the way that I'm looking at is very expensive. I would be looking at a PTZ camera doing HD-SDI connection and they start at $4,000, so for an investment of about $12,000, I can go full broadcast quality HD.
I reread some of the feedback I got from my users helping us out at other building and he was thinking that an HD camcorder would do just as well. Those can be picked up for about $1,000. The question then becomes how to get the video off the camera to the computer to be able to broadcast it out. Also need to control it.
So the question is what camera are you using and how is the picture? Also, would a camcorder picture be as good as a HD-SDI broadcast quality camera? I don't think so but it could.
I'm looking at the camera that we should perhaps go with. The reason that I ask this is because I have new cables to run. I want to be able to pull the right cable so that I don't have to pull out the wrong cable and replace it with the right cable.
So I'm looking at a camera recommendation and perhaps wiring. I can use ethernet, coaxial, HD-SDI coax or what ever to make the connection. So any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I want to make this better for my stake and I need some help.
Terry