[Hidden-tech] web streaming

[Matthew Crocker]

Production & streaming are two different things.   Assuming you have  
quality production equipment (video, lights, sound & crew) and can get  
a solid video source of what you want to stream you should be able to  
do it for much less than $10k.

Take a look at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/streamingserver/.

  Basically your setup is a Mac/PC at the church 'eating' up the video  
signal and sending one stream (over DSL, Cable) to a streaming server  
(website).  The streaming server sends the stream out to all of the  
customers.

2 hours of streaming is nothing if you have nobody watching the  
stream.  It is a HUGE expense if you have thousands of viewers.


On Aug 7, 2008, at 11:43 PM, Frederick Clarkson wrote:

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> Hi,
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> I am involved in staging an event at a church in New York City next  
> fall. I had suggested that is would be cool to live stream the event  
> over the internet.
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> Someone looked into it and was given an estimate that it would cost  
> a prohibitive $10,000.
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> Does anyone have any idea what a realistic range for live web  
> streaming of an event of say, 2 hours duration, should cost?
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> The church already has a web site and has a welcome video on it, for  
> what that may be worth.
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