What is Transcoding? Why is it Important?
There are a plethora of technical terms thrown around in the video industry. Two of the most common terms are ‘transcoding’ and ‘encoding’. Whilst you can probably get away not knowing most of the technical details behind these terms, it’s good to have a basic …
Wirecast Beginners Guide
In case you missed it we’ve recently published a beginners guides on Wirecast. You can check out the guides we’ve created so far below. Wirecast Beginners Guide Home Looping a Video Adding a Webcam Creating a Picture-in-Picture Effect Cropping a Layer Setting an Audio Delay …
Product Update: Improvements to the DVR & Permalink Workflow
DVR Workflow Update Please note this update only applies to customers using Streaming Events with the DVR feature enabled. This update will only apply to events created after August 13th 2018. DVR enabled events which have been moved to the ‘Post Event’ phase, will now …
VideoJS-VR Is Now An Official Video.js Plugin
As some of you may know we’ve been developing an open source 360º video plugin for Video.js. We’re pleased to announce that our VideoJS-VR plugin has been appointed the official Video.js 360º plugin and has migrated to the official VIdeoJS organisation and repositories. History of …
Orah 4i Review – Live Streaming 360-degree Camera
We first encountered the Orah 4i last year at NAB 2016. Our initial interest was piqued by the promise of 4K real-time stitching, in a relatively small form factor. Currently our standard live 360 rig is a 6x GoPro mounted camera, connected to a desktop …
The Birth and Death of Flash
With browser support for Flash being steadily decreased and the likelihood of 2017 being the final year of Flash, I grew curious about the origins of Flash and how it got to the point of deprecation. Brief History of Flash Flash started its life in …
How To Live Stream Mixed Reality
Introduction With virtual reality rapidly gaining popularity, it’s becoming a great medium for generating live stream content. However, it can be hard translating the experience to an external viewer if you’re purely capturing the first person view. The solution to this problem is Mixed Reality. …
How To Stop Your Live Stream From Buffering
One of the most common issues encountered during live streams is video buffering. It’s an issue which can be extremely frustrating for the viewer and in some cases the solution can be quite simple. In this article we will offer solutions for both the live stream …
Software vs Hardware Encoders: The Most Portable Solutions
In this post, we’ll examine the two most portable Software and Hardware Encoders for live streaming. As with any streaming event, you need to examine your requirements in order to work out the best camera setup. For the purpose of our post, we limited our …
StreamShark Announced as Facebook Live Launch Partner
We’re pleased to announce that StreamShark is one of the official Facebook Live launch partners. We are now offering native integration with the FB Live platform. This integration allows you to: Stream to your own website, and any Facebook page or profile simultaneously. Stream to multiple Facebook pages or …
