Re: Vimeo now has a 'live' streaming service
 

I only did a small event & used Dacast since all the others required annual fees/monthly billing. I think their minimum buy was only $200 or $250 & the TB lasts for a year, so I can do another with whats leftover if needed.

$900/year seems like a good rate, offhand do you know the restrictions on bandwidth or streaming hours?

I called Livestream about it last year, they were too big, but they do have 'resellers' who seem authorized & they recommended. TBH tho even they seemed to want pretty locked in rates & usage, not a one-off. Just seemed like marketing guys trying to make a buck. Essentially, they buy the minimum, the sell the minutes or whatever here & there to other people.

Re: Vimeo now has a 'live' streaming service
 

I went ahead and jumped in with an annual Premium account on Vimeo. I already use Vimeo for client reviews and archives, as well as a second account to power one of our TV apps. So, consolidating and gettin more features made sense.

Here's what I found out since signing up last week:

- For $900 a year you get three upstreams and UNLIMITED streaming (unlimited viewers, unlimited bandwidth.) The only restriction is you are capped at a MAXIMUM stream time of 12 hours per day.

- It includes decent syndication tools, allowing to distribute the same stream to Facebook, YouTube (not at the same time as FB), Twitch, Periscope and any other RTMP destination.

- You can use the Livestream Stream Studio Application for both Mac or PC. A license is included at the Vimeo Premium tier. I've played with it a bunch this week (I also have a Wirecast Pro account.) And though it is VERY different from Wirecast, being more like a tradition broadcast workflow, it is excellent for the 5 broadcasts I've done with it. Current version on mac is more efficient than Wirecast in CPU use for similar layouts and camera feeds. I was also able to map hotkeys through my Stream Deck making single user operation pretty easy. Its also very configurable in terms of SDI In/Out and recorder configs. Has social widgets for all majors built-in too. Of course, Vimeo will also work with Wirecast, OBS, etc.

- Livestream.com is now officially Vimeo. You can no longer buy a Livestream.com account even if you wanted to. Also, the more minimal Vimeo Pro Live account on Vimeo is also no longer available to buy. There are only two live stream options from the new Vimeo Livestream and thats Premium (which is that $900 option) and Enterprise. Enterprise is a "call us and well tell you the price" level. But it also includes caching appliances, micro sites and other things that are truly specific to Enterprise clients.

- I love that I can embed a chat widget along with the video player on whatever site I want. Also, they now have both single use players, as well as reusable ones.

Ryan

Re: Vimeo now has a 'live' streaming service
 

does anyone else have experience with Vimeo streaming? and for the price point what are the alternatives? looking for a service for embeds on a web site.

Re: Vimeo now has a 'live' streaming service
 

I looked into alot of this earlier this year and would just point out, almost all streaming providers are 'Monthly' recurring billing' for 12 months (ie. $99/month for 1 year)

Except Dacast. They offered an 'Event' option where you only pay for TB at a reasonable rate (I tried doing the math, its complicated but might've come out to $.07/hour per person). Anyway, the minimum buy was $200 or $250, far more than I needed or used but it was reasonable. Sales was great & helpful to speak with, and chat support sufficient. Plus you can practice beforehand for little bandwidth cost. Just enter your server into Wirecast or OBS or whatever, and they do offer embed code <script> tag & <iframe> plus FB share code and you can upload a thumbnail for the standby screen.

Anyway, it was great. If you have any questions feel free to ask or pm me.