Media Streaming
To do a live streaming or web casting there are three phases
1. Capturing the live event via camera or a valid video output source such as mixer etc.
2. Laptop or desktop with internet connectivity and video encoder
3. Arrow Media Streaming Server and Arrow media streaming player
Capturing the Live Event:
Any standard video camera can capture a live event. Recent video cameras have USB compatibility or connectivity to a lap top or desk top using other devices. The USB Grabber is a device that comes with S-Video and RCA Input. This enables you to connect camera out to RCA and RCA to Laptop or Desktop using USB Grabber. These will be detected by the encoder for streaming. If your laptop or desk top has PCMCIA slot, the Firewire 6Pin / 4 Pin with 2 USB’s PCMCIA cards can be used. The camera is connected to DV (4Pin) input connected to 6 Pin Available in the PCMCIA card.
Laptop / Desktop with Video Encoder:
Laptop or Desktop with internet connectivity and Video Encoder is required to receive the video out put from the camera or the video source and encode it. Once encoded, it will be streamed to the Arrow Media Streaming Server.
Arrow Media Streaming Server and Media Streaming Player:
Silicon House uses Arrow Streaming Server environment which is built on a high end, high bandwidth platform. Arrow Media Streaming Servers are pre-hardened and fine tuned for peak load performances. Arrow Streaming Servers allow streaming in multiple mounts simultaneously without any data congestion. Arrow Servers are known for their rugged and fail proof architecture.
Types of content that can be streamed
Streaming Audio/Video (FLV and MP3)
Recording Client Streams (FLV only)
Live Stream Publishing
Arrow Media Streaming Server receives the video from the encoder and streams over internet. Arrow Media Streaming Servers are connected to very high speed backbone connectivity thus enabling a smooth streaming. The entire event can be viewed in the website using any standard media Streaming player.
The whole process of live web casting is easy and simple provided the encoding and streaming servers are set up properly. Many streaming related issues and bottlenecks can be avoided by using optimised streaming servers which can work well even for lower bandwidth users. Silicon House has been a leader in Live webcasting or Live media streaming serving customers around the world for live webtv, online fm and other video conferencing applications.