Oxygen Ads approached us to handle the live streaming broadcast from Roosevelt Hospital in NYC. The topic was Thyroid Nodules: Assessment and Management from Dr. Catherine Sinclair. Here’s how we handled it.
We opted for a single camera at HD going into an imac running Wirecast. We put Desktop presenter on Dr. Sinclair’s laptop and then created a big/little in wirecast.
Big/Little layout for live streaming from NYC
Some of the particular spec we used to stream live from NYC:
- Camera output 780×1220 at 60 f/s via an HDMI cable
- HDMI went to a Blackmagic Mini-UltraStudio Recorder
- The Blackmagic box went into an imac via a Thunderbolt cable
- Wirecast broadcast setting were to stream a 480×585 at about 800 kb/s to Ustream
Hera are some words of advice to people who attempt to do the same thing:
- Show up at location at least a week before hand and test every aspect of the production
- Reboot the desktop presenter application if you can’t see it in Wirecast
- Make sure all shots in Wirecast have the correct audio associated with it
- Make an animated graphic to run prior to the event “starting soon”
- Make sure you ask from questions from the viewers at the beginning, middle, and end of the broadcast.
If you would like to stream video live from NYC area using a simple Wirecast setup, we would love to help you with an estimate for your costs.