I know this is possible, news stations do it daily, What is the blueprint and what would the field producer need with him. Concerning beeming live video back to the receiving production room. Lets say a one man video guy goes into the mountains running a HVRZ1u and has to travel light. His main concern is sending live video from the mountains via a portable satelite with audio. What hardware would he need to accomplish this. The receiving room would then broadcast it live or with a small delay. What kind of satelite and hardware would the camera guy need in the mountains, what are the choices. Thanks.

Pick up an issue of DV Magazine, and there is a company selling satelite transmission setups with a laptop. It will allow you to capture and broadcast live video over the internet. Is that sort of what you want?

Pick up an issue of DV Magazine, and there is a company selling satelite transmission setups with a laptop. It will allow you to capture and broadcast live video over the internet. Is that sort of what you want?

Keith, I believe he wants to send back video via satellite they way news stations do it.

These days, a lot of remote video coming from freelancers is encoded to MPEG2 at 6 to 8 mbs bandwidth and fed to satellite or if internet is available, via FTP. CNN and TWC take these kinds of feeds.

At Sony's NAB press conference, they demonstrated a live HD feed over a 2.5mbs internet connection being projected on the main presentation screen. It looked awesome! Of course, that requires RT hardware encoding.

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Keith, I believe he wants to send back video via satellite they way news stations do it.

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The setup I was reffering to, I believe runs around $11,000. How much for the setup the stations use? That is microwave, right?

great stuff, could you give away some links to a setup like this. I need to forward some info on prices and setups to the man in charge here. Thanks allot.

Man... Now I have to get up and dig out an old issue... ;) Gee, I had to really dig back a few years, but here's a place to look- www.dvlaptop.com .

I know it was a chore digging up the info but sure do appreciate it. Any other info would also be appreciated at any time, no rush. Thanks.

You know what I know... which doesn't seem like much, does it? Sorry, but at least it's free ;)

You the man, Thanks again

John, I had to remove the other thread you started on this same topic. Please don't cross-post, it's against DVinfo policy. If you want your thread moved to another forum just ask and a moderator will be glad to help. Thanks.

http://www.dvinfo.net/network/policy.php

Cross-posts. Pick the ONE most appropriate forum for your thread and post it there. All other copies will be removed. If you're not sure where your post belongs, put it in the Open DV Discussion forum, and we'll move it appropriately, leaving behind a re-directing link.

Is that what cross posting is? I thought it involved wearing high heels... doh!

Sorry Boyd, my medication is still being adjusted ;)

Sorry about the cross thread, Boyd what Forum do you think this thread should be under, I could'nt relate this 'live video feed' idea to one in particular. Again sorry about that, just trying to gain some knowledge. Won't happen again.

If they have a problem with where it's at, they'll move it, and let you know. These guys are always hard at work.

Sorry about the cross thread, Boyd what Forum do you think this thread should be under, I could'nt relate this 'live video feed' idea to one in particular. Again sorry about that, just trying to gain some knowledge. Won't happen again.

The 'Tools of DV Production' would probably be the best location for an inquiry such as this.

As Boyd said, it's better to have one thread in the wrong forum which we can move, than to have crossposts in several forums.

Why are we opposed to crossposting, you ask?

Because we want folks to be able to search and find information more effectively. That means having all the responses to a given inquiry like yours in one place. It also keeps respondents from feeling like they have to answer the same post in multiple locations.

regards,

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If anyone has any suggestions concerning a hardware and software live, wireless, video package the info would be greatly appreciated. I need to know what is available for the Field guy(transmitting rig). The field guy would be running a Z1 with audio. He would need to transmit video and audio wireless. Sorry I accidentally changed the topic of this thread into a cross threading issue, just trying to get it back to the beginning topic. Thanks

If anyone has any suggestions concerning a hardware and software live, wireless, video package the info would be greatly appreciated. I need to know what is available for the Field guy(transmitting rig). The field guy would be running a Z1 with audio. He would need to transmit video and audio wireless.

Could you help us a little more with what you are trying to do with a live shot?

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What we are wanting to do is a single man shoot from remote locations and transmit the footage wirelessly then podcast that video on a website live or with a small delay. I have heard that Emersat has some sort of small device and saw it at NAB but cant seem to find any info on it.

Just to clarify, you're looking for a battery-operated, man-portable, ground-to-satellite uplink station capable of sending audio and video to a bird that could then be downlinked by a distant fixed-base ground station for rebroadcast?

Steve, yes sir you phrased it perfectly.

Did you check out that DVLaptop place? What did you find there?

Keith, looked like a definite list maker, I am trying to come up with a few more options so we dont overlook something that we wish we would have bought. Just trying to gather as much info as I can and cant think of a better place to find it than here.

Just incase anyone else was pondering the live video feed,I finally found an option, Inmarsat's BGAN is a looks like a great way to get started on the live feed.

Check out what system they were using on the round the World yacht race, I believe that this was live video