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Tim Pearce
October 4th, 2008, 05:16 AM
Hi,
I'm just curious if anyone know of any camera or other equipment that can stream live video footage to the internet?

George Kroonder
October 4th, 2008, 09:52 AM
It greatly depends on what you want to be using this for.

If you give us a usage scenario, I'm sure we can point you to some solutions.

George/

P.S. Also search the forums, for example for "streaming" to get info from older posts.

Len Capristo
October 4th, 2008, 09:56 AM
Try the NewTek Tricaster product line. Pretty impressive combination of tools in a small portable box. It's almost like having a full production studio with you.

I've been to their demos and the results are as they describe. The link is below.

http://www.newtek.com/tricaster/

Perrone Ford
October 4th, 2008, 10:16 AM
We do it regularly (1 week per month) at my office, but we use the "free" Microsoft Windows solution. It woks very well and we've used it about 3 years now.

Tim Pearce
October 4th, 2008, 10:21 AM
I'm sorry, I completely forgot the details. I'm planning on using a lipstick cam system that records to SD cards. This would be used in more remote locations so having a computer with internet access would probaly be out of the question. It would be great to have some small device that I could plug the camera into and it be steamed live on the internet. I was briainstorming and I'm thinking that maybe some sort of satellite phone system or some other way to get internet remotely migh be best. It seems like a costly solution and I'm sure that data speeds for phones would be pretty slow. Maybe a device that might work on normal cell phone networks?

George Kroonder
October 4th, 2008, 10:52 AM
How would the lipstick cam give you live footage if it records to SD?

Anyway, I suggest you look into equipment used in surveillance. There are several options there to upload/download/stream footage over the net or via a dial-up/cell-phone module and devces can be small. A wireless transmitter attached to the cam and a receiver plus the connecting equipment may also be an option.

George/

Tim Pearce
October 5th, 2008, 11:19 AM
all good ideas. I'm going to check out a local store that specialises in surveilance equipment and see if they can be of help.

Ervin Farkas
October 6th, 2008, 08:07 AM
It seems like a costly solution and I'm sure that data speeds for phones would be pretty slow. Maybe a device that might work on normal cell phone networks?
Look for a 3G cell phone - can deliver decent video but for now you have to be located pretty much in a big city to have 3G network, in remote locations the old, lower speed all you can get.

If you need full quality DV transmission, you need professional help and $$$, lots of 'em.