Streaming a live performance to family and friends overseas?

September 10, 2011 11:56 PM

I want to live-stream a performance of mine to various members of family abroad. What are my options?

I'm performing 45 minutes of art song in a venue with Wifi (crappy WiFi, but it's something).

I'm not sure how firewalled up the WiFi is, but I have access to the venue on and off for the next few weeks. (It's a conservatory)

I have a Macbook Pro with built in videocam, a real videocamera (Sanyo Xacti HD1010, but it only records to memory card, as far as I know), and about 3 weeks to ask friends for different equipment. The venue has a hard-wired videocam set up (there are TV monitors outside the hall showing what's going on stage) but I have no details about how that's connected or whether I can have access to it.

My main priority is sound quality, and if there's a crappy video of me with good sound, then great.

What are some options I have here?

posted by sdis to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Skype? You'll probably have an issue in that the sound isn't going to be great.

Livestream? I know nothing about them beyond having seen a few things that use their services, but they seem to have a range of options.
posted by Ahab at 2:39 AM on September 11, 2011

UStream.tv perhaps.
posted by JLovebomb at 5:16 AM on September 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

Justin.tv?
posted by COD at 5:47 AM on September 11, 2011

Yeah, you need a hardwired ethernet connection if you plan to broadcast with any hope of decent sound. Where there is wifi, there is likely ethernet. See if you can get access.
posted by spitbull at 6:39 AM on September 11, 2011