Need help with live switching for event/live streaming

kinkersnick

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I’m trying to put together a solution for something, and definitely need some help and advice if anyone can offer it!

What I need to do is take feeds from four HD cameras, run them through a live switcher, with one output going straight to a live screen, another output going into a computer so it can be both recorded to the hard disk and also streamed live to the web.
Here’s what I’m imagining so far: the cameras are something like the Sony HDR-CX550VE, with component cables running into an Edirol 440 HD Live Video Switcher, which has two outputs. One will go to a live video screen – which seems simple enough. Getting the other output into the computer is where I start becoming a little confused – the output of the Edirol is component/RGB, so would need to be converted to HDMI perhaps and taken into a Mac Pro through a Black Magic Intensity card. Once it’s in the computer, I don’t yet know how the stream would be recorded and simultaneously streamed over the web – does anyone have any ideas?
The first part seems simple enough – four cameras into a switcher going out to a live screen – I’m just at a loss, even after some hours of research, exactly how it will work after that.
Any help/suggestions appreciated so much!
Feel free to tell me I'm going completely down the wrong track here...

Regards,
Steve
 
Rather than into a Mac, you might want to look at going into a dedicated streaming/recording appliance. One that I've looked at is the EZ Caster, but that doesn't do HD so it might not work for you. Then again, is streaming HD really viable?
 
Hey Steve, This is VjKg from the Modul8 website. I think you found the correct site to post your questions.

When you say "record" does it have to be a high quality HD version? Also during the live stream is it required that you not have any advertisements? Justin.tv and Ustream.tv offer some nice options. If no ads is a requirement it gets pricy but Watershed is nice. If you just need an archive version all these option allow for that, if you need a master then you need to split the signal somewhere and record one and stream the other.
 
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