How to Live Stream Your Worship Services on a Small Budget

How to Stream Your Church Services, Live on a shoe-string budget.\r
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Are you looking for a way to Live Stream your Worship Services on a very low budget?\r
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This will be a step by step videoon how to stream your worship services live.\r
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What you need. \r
1. A decent computer\r
2. A camera\r
3. A program to send & record your video\r
4. A decent internet connection\r
5. A way for viewers to watch your live stream\r
6. A streaming license \r
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 Computer – if you are only going stream standard definition quality then you will need at least an i5 with 12 gig of Ram. For HD you will want at least an i7 with 12 – 16 gig of ram and a decent video card, that accommodates your cameras inputs. \r
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 Video mixer – software Vmix can be used for free if your need is for only 2 inputs. \r
Just download the software and after trial use the free version.\r
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Vmix has the best pricing for the money you can bump it up, as your budget allows.\r
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 Camera - If you can get a nice video camera with good lenses that is great, but if you dont have a lot of money the logetic c920s are a great little high def camera.\r
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You can find them for $60.00 to $75.00 and they are best if you can keep them closer to your subject. \r
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 Camera – Computer usb - input if your using a video camera otherwise the web cams are already usb. \r
I use an Easy Cap for my video cameras. The cost is about $15.00\r
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 You need a good internet connection. You will also want to connect to your router via a Cat 5e or Cat 6 Ethernet cable. You want to avoid wireless as it affects your streaming speed and quality.\r
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 A CDN (Content Delivery Network) - Our church has a web site and we have embedded our streaming view window on it. But, you can send your stream to FB or Youtube and other sources for viewers.\r
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o Another part of the CDN - If you want to have recorded copies available for later (Video On Demand) you will need a place to store those files. I use YouTube but cut out any music to avoid copyright issues.\r
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o Part of the CDN is a streaming service provider. We use DaCast which cost us $20.00 a month. But, you have to pay for it for a whole year to get this price, otherwise it is $25.00 per month. \r
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 You can store your videos on your computer, but I recommend getting a usb drive to store them on. \r
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 Usb extension cables for your web cams. 32ft with repeater for $19.95 \r
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 A Streaming license our cost us $60.00 annually and it is based on the size of your congregation. \r
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