Benefits of integration of Video Conferencing and Live Streaming

Just imagine this scenario. You have just exited a company meeting and it was a huge success because some very profitable decisions were made which would be highly beneficial to the company as well as the stakeholders. You have a revelation which you would like to share with all the people connected to the company. Your meeting was recorded on video but how you wish it could be attended by everybody who is directly affected by the meetings success. Surely, the recorded video would be sent across to all concerned, but if only they could attend it in real-time, no matter what their geographical location. Wouldn’t it be just amazing? Yes, and this is where lies the biggest benefit of combining video conferencing Melbourne with live streaming solutions.

Some years back the concept of video conference was as foreign to people around the world as a flying aircraft to the Stone Age. But now the situation has changed drastically. Video conferencing is the most inventive tool available in the web and digital market. When combined with live video streaming solution, it gives a double-edge of accomplishing two goals at a time. It gives any business the essence of effective communication and alliance different selected business associates and clients concurrently.

Apart from business, there are diverse areas where the culmination of this latest technology could be put to effective use in the medical sector, legal and educational fields and especially events and their broadcastings.

Now let us understand the basic media requirement that is involved for efficiently live streaming video conferences:

1. Audio/ video source:

The source for capturing a video could be a single camera, microphone or a webcam. But if you want a professionally efficient video, a multi-camera setup with audio and video switchers is highly recommended.

2. Internet connection:

Next, you would need a crash proof internet connection that provides broadcasting seamlessly and efficiently. Preferably an upload speed of 2-5 Mbps is essential for HD-quality video.

3. Laptops enabled with encoding software:

Laptops with Pentium 4 or a Dual-core Processor, supporting windows and a minimum of 3 GB RAM is highly recommended. Also, make sure they come with FireWire or USB ports plus encoding software. One thing to keep in mind while live streaming is that to make sure no other programs are running at that time.

4. Live streaming host:

Last but not the least, you will need a host to broadcast your video as and when it is streamed from the encoder. It re-encodes it and delivers it to your viewers around the world according to their different internet connection speed.

Let us now also understand what we benefit from this integration:

• By combining live streaming and video conferencing, it is possible for any number of people to attend your video conference.
• Participants unable to attend a scheduled session can happily do by live streaming the event on his Smartphone, laptops or any web-enabled device available.
• Streaming is a one-way delivery of media. But various tools like e-mails and chat rooms are helpful for a streaming participant to directly participate in the conference.
• This combination of technology also helps us record significant and important part of the event for broadcasting at a later date.
• It also helps us to compute our broadcasts viewership by a statistical analysis of the number of views and highest viewing time as well as the geographical area of the most viewership.

Considering the above benefits, it is high time these two wonderful boons of technology be brought into the 21st century from the analog past.

This article is written by Alice Fowell who is a blogger and content writer.