Tips for Livestreaming Sports

Today on Videoguys Live, Jim talks about all that goes into creating a sports production and great tips to improve your productions.

Why Livestream Sports Now?
-Professional sports are getting going and are underway​
-Baseball is in playoffs​
-Hockey and Basketball seasons are beginning preseason now, with full season coming soon​
-Football is in their season now​
-School sports are back in session with fall sports, and winter sports are just around the corner

What Do You Need for Your Live Sports Production?​
-The most basic need is to stream and record games​
-Capture more action with multiple camera angles​
-Add branding and graphics​
-Add scoreboard​
-Add instant replay

Smaller Productions May Have Just a Single Person to Broadcast the Game. Possible Solutions:
-1 Camera + LiveU Solo to broadcast both home and away games
-Multiple Cameras (PTZ Cameras) to a switcher like Roland V-1HD, to network or LiveU Solo
-Multiple cameras to YoloBox Pro

Roland V-1HD 🞂 https://videoguys.com/products/roland...
The V-1HD is a compact and portable four channel video switcher with both hardware and connected PC / iPad control that supports four HDMI inputs at resolutions of up to 1080p along with a 12 channel audio mixer with audio embedding and de-embedding from HDMI

LiveU Solo 🞂 https://videoguys.com/pages/liveu-sol...
LiveU Solo is available in 2 models (HDMI or SDI and HDMI) to accept all of your video sources. Just connect your camera, switcher or live production system to the LiveU Solo and get ready to stream from anywhere!

YoloLiv YoloBox Pro 🞂 https://videoguys.com/collections/yol...
YoloBox Pro is a video switcher, encoder/streamer, monitor, recorder and audio mixer all in one. With built-in restreaming service, native support integrates directly with YouTube/Facebook/Twitch, adding graphic overlays and featuring comments to the stream, Side-By-Side, Split-View and much more.

PTZ Cameras 🞂 https://videoguys.com/collections/ptz...
PTZ Cameras are great way to capture the action with multiple cameras located around the court with the ability to follow the action

NDI Technology 🞂 https://videoguys.com/collections/ndi...
-NDI Technology is a great way to get your cameras back to the studio
-More and more schools and athletic centers are being wired with robust networks​
-A single Cat6 cable can provide, power, control and AV back to your production room with NDI​

Turnkey Production Systems
-Full featured production systems have the hardware and software you need for the complete production​
-1 centralized unit allows you to follow the action by easily switching cameras, serve your graphics, integrate your scoreboard and more

NewTek TriCaster Mini X 🞂 https://videoguys.com/products/newtek...
TriCaster® Mini X gives producers at any level the freedom to create and share video wherever and whenever they want using anything from a smartphone to a 4K camera – truly demonstrating the power of software defined visual storytelling.

Telestream Wirecast Gear 3 🞂 https://videoguys.com/collections/tel...
Wirecast Gear gives you an easy to use, fully configured live video streaming production system. Start streaming in minutes with an end-to-end system configured specifically for your needs.

Epiphan Pearl Family 🞂 https://videoguys.com/collections/epi...
Epiphan Systems Inc. builds some of the world’s most reliable audio visual communication solutions for education, healthcare, live event production, manufacturing, security and transportation.

Add Instant Replay to Your Sports Productions
Roland P-20HD Video Instant Replayer 🞂 https://videoguys.com/products/roland...
Slow-motion instant replay and variable speed playback. Intuitive controls for single-operator sports production. Simultaneous recording and playback. Clip playlist builder for creating highlight reels.

NewTek 3Play 3P1 Replay System 🞂 https://videoguys.com/products/newtek...
NewTek 3Play 3P1 is the premier video solution for live game coverage, replay, training, and analysis, with the most complete set of real-time capabilities for modern sports production ever integrated into a single turnkey system, including native IP workflow integration and telestration.

Chapters:
00:00 Why Livestream Sports Now?
01:07 What Do You Need For Your Live Sports Production?
01:45 Stream and Record Games
05:22 Multi Camera Workflows
11:07 PTZ Cameras
13:06 NDI Technology
14:42 Turnkey Production Systems
17:34 Scoreboard Hack
19:33 Add Instant Replay
21:09 Videoguys Tech Tips
24:25 Wrap Up

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