Adapting an Existing Multicamera Switching Setup for Streaming
The shift from live-switching to live-switched streaming since the pandemic started has required me to adjust my workflow to meet my clients' current demands in the most cost-efficient manner possible. In this tutorial, I'll discuss the adjustments I've made, explaining how to adapt the gear you have—with one additional minor purchase—rather than having to invest in a whole new streaming switcher.
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If you’re like many people in the live audiovisual field who have lost a lot of jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you are trying to adapt to the playing field and have a lot of expensive equipment sitting around that is not being used much. In a normal year, half of my income comes from producing multicamera, live-switched events produced on location and completed in post. The “new normal” allows only for live-streamed multicamera virtual events. This shift has required me to adjust my workflow to meet my clients’ current demands in the most cost-efficient manner possible. In this tutorial, I’ll discuss the adjustments I’ve made, explaining how to adapt the gear you have—with one additional minor purchase—rather than having to invest in a whole new streaming switcher.