Live Video Streaming Pros Use Wirecast Gear All-in-One Appliance
In today’s social media environment, anyone with a good idea for a show or live event—and the best live streaming software—can become a live video …
IP Video: Analyzing Stream Timing with a Waveform Monitor
In this third in our series of posts on IP diagnostics, we’ll discuss analyzing stream timing with a waveform monitor like the Telestream PRISM. As before, the details are covered in our technical guide. This is but a taste of why a Waveform Monitor is a valuable addition to your tool kit and some of the features that PRISM offers.
IP Video: Using PIT Histograms to Diagnose Timing with a Waveform Monitor
Delays, Paths, and Order In an IP network with many devices, every packet can take a different path from source to destination. That means that …
IP Video: Waveform Monitors Diagnose Packet Jitter
The root cause of many IP network issues is packet jitter. Excessive packet jitter leads to buffer over- and under-flows which, in turn, result in …
Managing Camera Card Ingest
One major pain point which has been constantly cited by broadcasters, post-production companies, and production companies during the last few years is the management of …
Converting 29.97i for OTT is Often More Difficult Than Expected
Guest post written by Ernie Sanchez, VP & COO, Cinnafilm 29.97i is a wonderful container for broadcast television because it works even though it allows …
Migration Challenges for Media Organizations
For any organization with a media library, migrations are an unwelcome but necessary task. They are periodically required to ensure that your content is on …
Live streaming just got easier with Wirecast 14.3
Wirecast 14.3 is here, with some exciting new features and improvements. We’re especially excited about our newAnimated Title Library, for adding customizable, dynamic lower thirds graphics to …
How to Connect to a MEVO Camera with Wirecast via RTMP MiniServer/NDI
Most live event producers these days have several cameras they use to produce a high quality live stream. One camera gaining in popularity is the Mevo ($399), …
How to add a MEVO Start camera into Wirecast live streaming software using NDI
Most live event producers these days have several cameras they use to produce a high quality live stream. One camera gaining in popularity is the …
Surround Sound Audio Diagnostics with the PRISM Waveform Monitor Platform
Surround sound is continually developing and the more channels you must incorporate the more difficult it becomes. To make this management and diagnostic process easier the PRISM Waveform Monitor Platform can optionally include a visual Surround Sound display where you can monitor the overall shape of your surround sound image.
Enabling Remote Working for Broadcast Workflows
The Reality of Remote Working Remote working is now a reality, even for the Media & Entertainment industry. In the short term, we know that …
Load Testing Origin Servers: a Stream Monitor Application
Written by Ken Haren, Director of Product Management for Cloud Monitoring Services Background In the past we’ve talked about how we’re entering the next phase …
Color Grading In A Wide Gamut Environment Using The PRISM Waveform Monitor
Simply put, you cannot identify an individual color that is outside of a specific gamut by eye. Fortunately, you can do it with an instrument like Telestream’s PRISM Waveform Monitor.
Broken Cadence: when 29.97i is actually something else, and it has to be fixed
Guest post written by Ernie Sanchez, VP & COO, Cinnafilm Content that originated at filmic rates of 23.976/24 FPS has been seen in broadcast for …
Broadcast-Grade Media Processing in the Cloud
Written by Reuben Cohn, Cloud Transcoding Product Manager Many factors today are disrupting the status quo when it comes to doing business in general, and …
Wirecast 14.2 is here!
Wirecast 14.2 is here and it has some new features and improvements that make it our most user-friendly version yet. With new templates and placeholders to save time setting up documents, …
Dynamic Ad-Insertion Monitoring for OTT
Unlocking the True Potential of OTT Starts With Assuring Advertising Revenue Consumer adoption of over-the-top streaming services grew dramatically in 2020, largely fueled by the …
How to Automate HDR Quality Control (QC)
In the past we’ve gone over why you should automate your quality control. Now, with HDR becoming more prominent, we need to automate HDR quality …
Comprehensive Audio Measurements in Your Waveform Monitor
By: Steve Bilow, Product Marketing Manager If you’ve ever tried to set up a home theater system with 5 or 7 speakers and a subwoofer by ear, without …
Telestream Cloud and Skyline Communications
Automating your entire media eco-system can get a bit tricky. We have partnered with Skyline Communications to introduce a simple way to achieve your automation …
Wirecast 14 Live Streaming Software Review
We’re always excited when someone writes a review about Wirecast live streaming software. Our friend Kevin P. McAuliffe over at ProVideoCoalition has spent some time …
High School Band Video Production
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Recently I was asked to produce a production for our local high school band for “band …
How to Live Stream Successfully- A Checklist
When it comes to live streaming, anything can and probably will go wrong. So, having a checklist to assist with making sure you have all the gear, …
Live Streaming Toolkits
Congratulations on taking the first step to streaming your live stream. Where to begin? In this section we are going to go over beginner, intermediate, and advanced …
We’re on the verge of a virtual video headend revolution
What will that mean for video quality? Video delivery is very difficult. It takes high-performance headends to encode and compress video streams, combined with zero-loss, …
Plan and Prepare for the Remote Future
With anything, it’s important to have a plan. The COVID health crisis has brought forth a lot of last-minute grasps on how to set up …
4 Essential Tips for Live Streaming Your Classroom Online
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Livestreaming classrooms requires a bit of a learning curve but by following these four tips, you’ll …
Why Wirecast is the Best Software for Both PC and Mac Users
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Wirecast is a robust video switching software capable of producing professional, live broadcasts on the web. …
How to Set-Up Your Office for Live Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. The last couple of months have been a little chaotic in terms of working from home …
Technology insights: Charlie Dunn looks under the hood of Telestream’s strategic Waveform Monitor development
June sees Telestream announce major new functionality and software-based feature sets for its PRISM waveform monitor. The company has developed its market-leading PRISM Waveform Monitor …
Live Streaming Basics for Churches
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. In this unpredictable time in history, when things are staying closed due to health concerns, churches …
How to Keep your Audience Engaged
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Keeping your audience engaged means you have to actively give people a reason to interact with …
Why a Live Streaming Strategy is a Must
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. This blog was originally published on livestream.com and can be found here- https://livestream.com/blog/live-video-strategy-marketing-statistics Live streaming for …
Why Wirecast for Houses of Worship?
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. For years, our world has been trending more and more to complete virtual presences. So, the …
3 Things to Consider Before you Start Live Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Are you thinking of starting a live stream? Before you take a deep dive into available …
How Long Should your Streams Be?
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. The snarky answer is however long they need to be. But to give a guideline normally …
Live Streaming Set-ups for Churches on a Small Budget
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. With the shape the world is in right now, there is no telling when “normal” will …
A Checklist Before you Start Church Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. As stated in other posts, streaming your church services can be overwhelming or downright scary. Not …
5 Ways Wirecast Makes Education Streaming Better
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Live video in education is an indispensable tool, whether it’s the main tool for sharing lectures, …
5 Reasons Your Church Should be Live Streaming
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. I’m sure the question has crossed your mind. Why would a church need to live stream? …
Ripping up the Rule Book for Live Capture
This article was originally published in TVB Europe and can be found here:In the current pandemic live streaming is becoming a much more influential communication …
Life after Coronavirus: we will thrive and survive!
We live in extraordinary times. Apart from a very small group of macro economists, nobody will have foreseen COVID-19. At Telestream, we have a robust …
Bringing order to broadcast operations with Vantage and MAM systems
By Scott Matics, senior director of product management at Telestream Once a broadcaster or facility deploys shared storage, the organization of media can take on …
How to host a Virtual Graduation with Wirecast, Zoom and NewBlue Titler Live
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Graduations are a time for families and schools to come together and celebrate the achievements of …
How To Affordably Add Cameras To Wirecast
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. So you purchased Wirecast and the first question comes to your mind, “Now what?” You know …
Best Practices for Shot Composition
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Shot composition is often overlooked and one of the easiest ways to make your production look …
Building Your Own Wirecast Machine
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. So you want to take on the challenge and build your own Wirecast machine, but you’re …
Wirecast Now and Later
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Right now, the need for live streaming and the ability to be able to meet remotely …
Is High-Value Content Streaming and Playing Properly?
By Dan Murray, Director of Marketing at Telestream – When OTT services were first launched several years ago, the quality of consumer experience was not …
A High-Level Overview of SRT
The purpose of this article is to provide a high-level overview of the SRT open source technology for video streaming. For those seeking more in-depth …
The Next Phase of OTT Monitoring
OTT streaming has been with us for several years now, but only recently, have companies begun to research what makes one service better than the …
Building Your Own Streaming Computer
To learn more about Telestream desktop products, click here. Professional Streaming Productions Require Computer Hardware That’s Up to the task. We take a look under …
Wirecast and Zoom Integrations
Learn how to use Wirecast Screen Capture to bring a Zoom meeting into Wirecast and learn how to use the Wirecast Using Screen Capture to …
Wirecast Shot Properties Panel
In Wirecast, the shot layers properties are a menu system that allows for manipulation of the sources added to a project. The menu system is …
3 Tips for Using Transitions Wisely in ScreenFlow
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the importance of transitions, and how we can use them to enhance our ScreenFlows. Most ScreenFlows, after all, are ‘stories’. …
Speed Testing on the Streaming Super Highway
Streams fall apartYou’re all setup ready to start streaming. Wirecast Preview looks excellent. Everything’s behaving as it should. You’ve even done a quick test recording …
Finding Chroma Key Backgrounds for Wirecast
The Chroma Key (Green Screen) functions in Wirecast are a great way to enhance your broadcast. They allow you to insert an image or video …
Best Practices for Setting up Shot Layers in Wirecast
One of the most powerful features of Wirecast is the ability to composite very complex shots using different layers. For example – you might want …
What Camera do you Use to Stream?
When setting up a live stream there are innumerable variables that need to be considered. Am I exceeding my bandwidth? Is my lighting setup dialed …