add live streaming audio & video to your videoconferencing system & web site. . . interface with Skype

How to add live web broadcasting . . . VSS-1

Using your existing AV cameras and sound system . . . or your Group Videoconferencing system
. . . for live web streaming . . . and interfacing with Skype.

reduced price and more features for VSS-1.

Click on the links below for sample live video broadcasts - direct from Newport Beach CA: from the local ISP
live broadcast - directly in Windows Media Player	live broadcast - in a sample custom web page

: :	Our Video Streaming Solution VSS-1(tm), includes: a configured, tested, dedicated PC with the AV integration hardware and software. The VSS-1 is an encoder that uses your existing videoconferencing system, or your cameras and AV system, to support live web audiences directly (for up to 50 clients). It can work with your conference room videoconferencing system - including HD, H.323 and ISDN systems. It produces live and stored video in the popular Window Media Format for web streaming - no extra client software is required. It also includes a Skype interface so you can use your existing camera and AV system for Skype video and audio conferencing. It can stream out live sales or training presentations from PowerPoint slides (or record them for later editing and viewing). It supports multiple camera sources. It has remote management to allow control from any browser. It includes links to optional extras including: VSS-ISP1- one year of hosting, web page setup, and 1500 GB of online video file storage, 15000 GB for bandwidth (for streaming) per month (costing less than $100 per year), and VSS-ISP2 - a global broadcast network suitable for unlimited audiences (various cost packages are available depending on the audience size, bandwidth, etc.).
	With our live broadcast Video Streaming Solution VSS-1 you get these types of features and benefits: simple production and distribution of live broadcast and stored streaming video improve the usage & value from your existing cameras, sound systems and video conferencing systems extend the reach of your live event, videoconference or presentation to the entire world, company or to a select department or group. improve & speed up communications with your staff, customers and partners. reduce time & cost spent for travel for people coming in person to see live events. For Executive Announcements. Watch from your own PC . . . live or later on-demand. For Virtual Meetings. You can attend the meeting live, or watch it on-demand later. For Distance Learning. Turn any training session into a live web-class or on-demand lesson. Replay the sessions as many times as you need.
	To get these benefits, your existing cameras, sound systems, or videoconferencing system needs to add the following: our live broadcast Video Streaming Solution VSS-1 hardware, software & services. The live broadcast Video Streaming Solution includes the hardware, service, support, installation & training to unsure smooth operations of the system - for streaming and producing live and recorded video streams . . . plus an optional year of streaming hosting, monthly bandwidth and web site setup. It's a very affordable and good quality solution. It includes the encoding and distribution of the live sessions. Most people (administrators, product managers, executives, teachers, trainers and operations people) can use the system without having to rely on busy technical staff. We have set up this VSS-1 system to make it easy to broadcast your live event and save it for later viewing.
	With VSS-1, you also get an interface to Skype. It allows you to use your existing cameras and audio equipment to link to other users via the free Skype audio and videoconferencing network. It's a good way for you to use your existing AV system (cameras and audio), or your Group H.323 or ISDN videoconferencing system, as an end-point in a Skype videoconferencing call.

Here's more detail on the Video Streaming Solution VSS, it's requirements and pricing:

1. high speed internet access with fast upload capacity.

Any broadcast streaming system requires good upload speed and quality -

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384K would be a minimum upload speed for this type of application. Some legacy videoconferencing systems have ISDN capability only. Internet access to the room will have to be added for streaming from the IP or ISDN based systems.

2. the appropriate hardware & software setup in your conference room.

The VSS-1 system adds streaming media capabilities to any NTSC based camera systems such as the Sony EVI-D30, EVI-D70 or EVI-D100 . . .or any camcorder with s-Video/RCA video. . . or to your existing videoconferencing system of any type, including Polycom, Sony, Tandberg, LifeSize and most other similar videoconferencing system.

It allows you to use your existing cameras and audio equipment to link to other users via the free Skype audio and videoconferencing network

Encoder: The VSS system includes a dedicated PC encoder with the hardware and software pre-configured to make setup and operation of system as easy as possible.

Local ISP Service for Small Groups (up to 50 viewers): The VSS system has an optional link to an ISP service that includes 1,500 GB of online file storage for saved video streams, and 15,000 GB of transfer bandwidth per month.

(Bandwidth usage is generally 300k per viewer over the internet . . . and it can be up to 2 MB per minute per person depending on the encoding. For typical video streaming at 300K bandwidth usage, 8 hours of streaming is 1 GB approx).

This setup gives you the high quality Internet Service Provider you need for serving and storing the video & audio on the web. This local ISP provides your own account and control. It does require a credit card to cover any excess charges for bandwidth, storage etc.

The local ISP also gives many other optional features. . . . but of course you can use your own ISP, rather than this optional ISP.

Global ISP Service for Unlimited Broadcasts: We also offer optional link to higher capacity broadcast sessions - accommodating hundreds or thousands of people at the same time. This account can be added for extra costs.

Click here to request a bandwidth and cost calculator spreadsheet to help you calculate projected costs for different audience sizes and hours of usage per month.

The VSS system can record and broadcast high quality video at a resolution of 720 by 480 pixels at 30 frames per second. Prior versions had a maximum resolutions of 320 by 240 pixels at 30 frames per second.

3. good service, support, installation & training to unsure smooth operations of the system

To get full use from your live Video Streaming System VSS system, you need installation, plus great service, support and training. This is particularly important for the mission critical live streaming sessions.

Installation of the Video Streaming Solution VSS.

Installation of the VSS-1 system involves the simple connection of the VSS-1 PC to the web and connection of the video and audio source to the system. The installation support will be handled remotely with via phone, fax, web and email . . . and with the help of the IP videoconferencing system itself if available.

The Video Streaming Solution VSS-1 includes:

a configured PC with the AV integration hardware and software, plus

remote installation support. monitoring and management of the system, and

optional one year of hosting, web page setup, and streaming bandwidth per month, and online storage.

optional remote training in the use and production of the live and recorded video streaming sessions.

(Item ID Number: VSS-1).

Frequently Asked Questions: including answers to the following questions . . .

Doesn't the Polycom videoconferencing line . . . and LifeSize, Tandberg and Sony . . . already support streaming? No - not over the web . . . only over your local area network.

Can this system work with any type of s-video or RCA based system - e.g. the low cost ViewStation H.323 systems? Yes . .

Can the live video be saved for later playback locally and playback over the web? Yes . .

What does each person need to see the live stream? . . .

05/27/2010