Create Your Own Webcast

Have you ever wanted to make your own live TV show? More and more people watch their shows online, so you can join the trend and broadcast your own low budget show online with the help of video stream software. Whether you are editing your programming first, or streaming live, you can share your webcasts straight from your PC with BroadCam Streaming Video Server.

With Broadcam installed you can set up either a live input or select your finished videos under settings, which is the easy part. What is a little more technical is setting up your computer's connection to the outside world so that viewers can access the video, but don't let that scare you away. To help guide you we have a BroadCam video tutorial available with includes instructions for configuring your router and firewalls for internet video streaming and more. For most people this will cover everything you need, but there is also a more detailed series on making your computer accessible from the public internet with information on port forwarding to allow connections to your computer for streaming and more.

Once you have the routing taken care of you can click "Connect" on main interface and a web page will open with the links you can then use to post your video streams on your website. Then all that is left for you to do is get some friends to test the connection from another location and start streaming.

V is for Video

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Video is all around us. From the big blockbuster movies to YouTube, from video surveillance cameras in retail stores, to parents recording their kids first steps, and that is just the beginning, so it should come as no surprise we chose Video for 'V.' Plus like all of our software programs they our Video software is designed to be easy to use, so if want to record your screen or edit together a highlights reel of the tee-ball season, we have the video software you need to get the job done:

• VideoPad video editing software
  
• Prism video converting software
  
• Debut video capture software
  
• PhotoStage slideshow creator
  
• BroadCam streaming video server
  
• GoldenVideos VHS to DVD converter
  
• Eyeline video surveillance software
  
• FlashLynx YouTube video downloader
  

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L is for Live

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Broadcast Live Audio

Use BroadWave audio streaming software for broadcasting online radio, or airing live concerts, podcasts and events. You can stream content coming from any audio input connected to your computer and the streamed audio can be played in all popular web browsers.

Broadcast Live Video

For streaming video or motion jpegs BroadCam video streaming software allows you to set up live video streams from sources such as a webcam or network IP camera. All viewers need to tune in is a flash plugin installed on their web browser or Windows Media Player. This makes BroadCam an ideal solution for broadcasting video announcements, lectures, events and more.

Both of these streaming programs can also be used to host and stream finished and edited recordings, but don't forget that broadcasting live is also an option. When you have a message or event you want to get out immediately, without the delay recording, editing or uploading your audio or video content, BroadCam and BroadWave can make it happen.

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How Many People Can You Stream Media To?

If you have music, audio files or videos that you want to share with your friends or put on a business website, you have a lot of options including posting on Facebook, YouTube, web servers and more. BroadWave streaming audio software and BroadCam streaming video software are a wonderful choice for hosting and sharing files with people directly from your computer, making it easy to put content up, take content down, invite specific people to listen or view, or even stream live content in addition to pre-recorded content.

But then the question becomes how many people can listen or view your content at once? To figure out how large an audience you can handle, you need to know two things. What the outgoing bandwidth is on your internet connection, and the bitrate of the file or stream that you are broadcasting. For example, if you have a podcast streaming at 128 kbps and you have 1536 kbps of upload bandwidth, you can support 1536/128 = 12 simultaneous listeners.

To help you make the calculations for your computer, here is a Streaming Bandwidth Calculator and an Internet Speed Test that can tell you what your download and upload speeds are.