sabad66
08-21-2020, 12:22 PM
So i've been tasked with helping my cousin stream his wedding. The idea is to have the stream playing in the basement of the church, a tent outside the church, and then available to a bunch of people at home. I've got a decent wide angle 1080p webcam (Logitech C930e), a tripod, and a laptop that will have the streaming software (Ring Central) so i think i'm good for hardware.
However i'm worried about the internet connection at the church. I know they have streamed masses before so it's probably a decent connection, but i am also aware they have a public wifi that some people have access to and i highly doubt they have any QoS going on and i would rather not touch their internet/router at all to set it up.
Therefore i'm thinking it would be better to have a dedicated connection for the laptop that is handling the streaming, that way we will know for sure we are the only ones using it and have access to the full bandwidth. The two streams playing inside the church basement and outside in the tent can use the church's connection.
Any ideas how we can get a temporary dedicated fast connection set up? Should we go with some sort of LTE mobile hotspot solution or are there other options to get something 'wired' temporarily at a church? Are mobile LTE hotspots reliable? I think we will need a consistent 20Mbps upload speed to support a clear 1080p stream but not 100% sure. Do LTE hotspot devices reliably handle 20Mbps upload? Also not really sure how much data this would use. I'm thinking the ceremony would be about an hour, and then maybe 3 or 4 hours of streaming some of the reception. So basically 5 hours total of full 1080p video. 20GB allowance enough for that?
Anyways if anyone has any ideas on this or can give me some better calculations on requirements for 1080p video for 5 full hours i'm all ears. thx in advance.
However i'm worried about the internet connection at the church. I know they have streamed masses before so it's probably a decent connection, but i am also aware they have a public wifi that some people have access to and i highly doubt they have any QoS going on and i would rather not touch their internet/router at all to set it up.
Therefore i'm thinking it would be better to have a dedicated connection for the laptop that is handling the streaming, that way we will know for sure we are the only ones using it and have access to the full bandwidth. The two streams playing inside the church basement and outside in the tent can use the church's connection.
Any ideas how we can get a temporary dedicated fast connection set up? Should we go with some sort of LTE mobile hotspot solution or are there other options to get something 'wired' temporarily at a church? Are mobile LTE hotspots reliable? I think we will need a consistent 20Mbps upload speed to support a clear 1080p stream but not 100% sure. Do LTE hotspot devices reliably handle 20Mbps upload? Also not really sure how much data this would use. I'm thinking the ceremony would be about an hour, and then maybe 3 or 4 hours of streaming some of the reception. So basically 5 hours total of full 1080p video. 20GB allowance enough for that?
Anyways if anyone has any ideas on this or can give me some better calculations on requirements for 1080p video for 5 full hours i'm all ears. thx in advance.