Streaming that doesn't look thrown together.
Multiple cameras, switched between, with audio pulled from the actual house mix — not a tinny mic on the camera. We design permanent streaming systems for churches, schools, and venues so a volunteer can run a stream without becoming a part-time video engineer.
What we install
- Cameras — pan-tilt-zoom cameras that hold fixed angles (platform, congregation, podium), plus operator-driven cameras when the budget supports it. See video cameras for the camera detail.
- A switcher — the box (or software) that picks which camera is on screen, like a small TV control room. We use hardware for higher-stakes setups and software when an operator can run the system from a laptop.
- The audio feed — pulled from the main sound mixer, not from a microphone on the camera. Synced so what you hear matches what you see.
- Sending the stream out — to YouTube, Facebook Live, Vimeo, a private destination, or all of them at once. The small box that does this sits in your AV rack.
- Operator station — designed so one person, often a volunteer, can run the whole thing during a service or event.
What people get wrong
- A phone on a tripod. Works for two weeks. The audio is bad, you can’t see the platform, and the comments under the stream tell you exactly how it looks.
- Two cameras and a laptop. Better, but nobody trained the operator and the audio still comes from the wrong place.
- A full broadcast setup nobody can run when the regular volunteer is out.
The sweet spot is two or three cameras, a switcher with preset shots, audio from the mixer, and a one-page run sheet. Most of what we install lives in that range.
Why streaming crosses into the rest of it
The audio comes from your live sound system. The cameras share infrastructure with your video cameras . The hardware that sends the stream out lives on your network and needs the right upload speed to do the job. We design the whole chain, not just the streaming box.
Talk to us
Tell us the room, what you stream now (if anything), and where you want the stream to land. We can usually scope a starting range from there.