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We are so excited to see many of our chapters adding a live stream version of their local meetings. We want to give you as many resources as possible to help with this. We also want to promote your live feeds whenever there is an opportunity. So please let us know if you are livestreaming and your times.
Live-streaming Recommendations
The simplest solution for Live-streaming is a smart phone with a really good camera and a tripod that can support a Smartphone. I also recommend that if you don’t have studio lights to use natural lighting as much as possible as your home lights will downgrade the quality of your footage.
Quality isn’t everything. In a crisis like the one we are currently facing just being there for people is even more important.
If you want to take it a step further here are some reccomendations:
Free:
OBS https://obsproject.com/
Paid:
XSplit https://www.xsplit.com/buy
Wirecast https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/
Ecamm Live https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/
OS X:
One Camera
Black Magic Mini Recorder: https://amzn.to/2vKDQfd
Multi-Camera
ATEM Mini https://bhpho.to/2UdyAdl
Windows:
One Camera
Elgato Cam Link 4K https://bit.ly/2UtFASg
Elgato HD 60 S+ https://bit.ly/3di99Pg
Multi-Camera
ATEM Mini https://bhpho.to/2UdyAdl
Canon Vixia G50 https://amzn.to/2QDXErI
Canon XA11 https://amzn.to/2UaWJRQ
Quality isn’t everything. In a crisis like the one we are currently facing just being there for people is even more important.
If you want to take it a step further here are some reccomendations:
Streaming Software
(Streaming software allows you to add extra cameras, videos, countdowns, lower thirds, etc. If you only have one camera and you don’t want to add anything else to the broadcast, you may be able to skip this software.)Free:
OBS https://obsproject.com/
Paid:
XSplit https://www.xsplit.com/buy
Wirecast https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/
Ecamm Live https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/
Capture Device
(This allows you to bring the video into your computer, you can’t just plug a video feed into your computer without some form of capture device.)OS X:
One Camera
Black Magic Mini Recorder: https://amzn.to/2vKDQfd
Multi-Camera
ATEM Mini https://bhpho.to/2UdyAdl
Windows:
One Camera
Elgato Cam Link 4K https://bit.ly/2UtFASg
Elgato HD 60 S+ https://bit.ly/3di99Pg
Multi-Camera
ATEM Mini https://bhpho.to/2UdyAdl
Cameras
Canon Vixia RF800 https://amzn.to/2xmZV40Canon Vixia G50 https://amzn.to/2QDXErI
Canon XA11 https://amzn.to/2UaWJRQ
Computer
(There are a ton of options, this assumes you have no idea what to buy.)Mac
• iMac https://apple.co/3bmFRgQ
• MacBook Pro https://apple.co/39iqCUp
PC
• https://amzn.to/2QCbs64 (Desktop)
• https://amzn.to/33IFIkV (Laptop)
Simulcast options
(Simulcasting allows you to broadcast to more than one platform, an example would be: Streaming to Youtube and Facebook at the same time.)• https://restream.io
• https://castr.io
• https://switchboard.live/
• https://loola.tv
Note: Loola is the only one on this list that allows streaming to Instagram
Platform
Facebook Live
Youtube (The great thing about this option is that most people with cable tv can access YouTube on their TV)
Zoom (Difficulty will vary based on number of cameras)
Additional Supplemental Tools
Worth Mentioning
https://churchonlineplatform.com/
https://www.switcherstudio.com/
https://www.myslingstudio.com/
Lights
https://amzn.to/3doiaWZ
https://amzn.to/2Ub89VA
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