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Getting into the world of Live Streaming
Here in the UAE, there is a wide market for streaming live events. Having worked at an event company,
I have been asked by a lot of clients to have their events be streamed online so people all over the world,
who could not be present at the event, can watch.
With this in mind, I dove into the process in order to learn how. After a certain amount of market survey,
I noticed that most of the people offering this service do not focus on the quality of the stream.
So I made it a point to ensure high quality video, and to ensure a crisp and un-distorted sound.
My knowledge of audio helped a lot in this process and to ensure high quality sound, I made use of an
audio interface.


In terms of platforms, the most used are YouTube & Facebook as they are the easiest to broadcast to people
and have the most users. Both platforms have very user friendly interfaces and I had no problems figuring
out the process. To stream video to these platforms you would need a streaming software like vMix,
which I use but isn’t free, or OBS, Open Broadcast Software which is very similar and is free to use. To connect your camera to the laptop you will need a capture card to input your HD camera source, be it HDMI or SDI. You can even schedule a live stream days before on both platforms, and share the link pre-hand so that people know the event will be live streamed.

It’s great for me to have this knowledge, and an especially great asset to have since it’s a largely growing
request in the market.
References:
A short guide to live streaming. (2020). Retrieved 15 February 2020, from https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/what-is-live-streaming/
Advantech VEGA Video Solutions - Advantech. (2020). Retrieved 15 February 2020, from https://www.advantech.ru/networks-communications/video/stories/a2a459b2-bde9-4bf2-8195-a81763fb2002

Bhandari, R. (2020). 5 Best Free Tools to Live Stream Your Event. Retrieved 15 February 2020, from https://blog.capterra.com/free-live-stream-tools-event/

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