Desktop Presenter Helps Provide Live Streaming with PowerPoint

Many might not know it but Telestream's Desktop Presenter helps provide Live Streaming video with PowerPoint. The tool works with the popular Wirecast Live Encoding tool from Telestream. Wirecast is available for both PC and Mac users. With Desktop Presenter you can display screen activity, powerpoints and .PDFs from your desktop So, if you need to show a PowerPoint Presentation during your live streaming event, install Desktop Presenter on the workstation that you will be presenting from. If the workstation is on the same network as your Wirecast Live Encoder you can pull the Desktop Presenter application up from the computer it's running on. It will have an IP Address assigned to the Desktop Presenter. Once you see the Desktop Presenter application running inside you Wirecast Live Encoder, you can put the source in preview and call it up as a source. You can then switch back and forth from your Powerpoint to the Presenter giving the presentation.

Wirecast Training Available at Freeman Compression Inc.

Wirecast Training is Available at Freeman Compression Inc. Live Streaming with Wirecast is important for those streaming to Content Delivery Networks, In-house Streaming Servers and Dedicated Streaming Servers. The training is a 1-Day course and covers the following topics:

How to set up Live streaming to Wowza Media Server Pro

How to set up Live streaming to QuickTime Streaming Server

How to set up Live streaming to Windows Media Streaming Server (PC class only)

How to set up Live streaming to Content Delivery Networks, Ustream and Mogulus

How to Delivery Live Streaming with PowerPoint or Keynote presentations

How to set-up Publishing Points

How to set-up Live streaming using RTSP, MMS and RTMP Protocols

How to perform Live encoding from video files

The training is available on-site or on-line. Call Instructor Derrick Freeman at 407.477.5837 for more information about this training class or email him at derrick217@gmail.com

1-Day Wirecast Live Streaming Training

Class Summary:

Our Wirecast Live Streaming training will get you familiar with Live streaming for Flash, Windows Media and QuickTime. This class will have you up and running with Wirecast quickly. This training is great for non-technical professionals as well as video editors, web developers, producers and other media professionals. Whether you're using a a Wowza Streaming Server, QuickTime Streaming Server or Windows Media Streaming Server this class will benefit you. Our class will also get you familiar with Wirecast live streaming to the Top Content Delivery Networks as well as Ustream and Mogulus . This class is amazing and you'll gain all kinds of ideas for delivering your live streaming events.

Students will learn the following in this training:

• How to set up Live streaming to Wowza Media Server 2 (Flash Streaming Server)
• How to set up Live streaming to QuickTime Streaming Server
• How to set up Live streaming to Windows Media Streaming Server (PC class only)
• How to set up Live streaming to Content Delivery Networks, Ustream and Livestream
• How to Archive Webcasts to a Video File
• How to set-up Publishing Points
• How to set-up Live streaming using RTSP, MMS and RTMP Protocols
• How to perform Live encoding from video files
• How to include PowerPoint, Keynote and .PDF presentations in your Webcasts
• How to include Picture-N-Picture in your Webcasts
• How to create and use Lower Thirds during your Webcasts

Software Featured in the class:

• Wirecast
• Wowza Media Server 2
• QuickTime Streaming Server
• Windows Media Streaming Server

Class Overview

1. Live Streaming to Wowza Media Server Pro

This section of the training will cover the procedure for setting up Flash Live streaming to Wowza Media Server Pro. Students will learn all of the necessary Wirecast configurations to stream live to the streaming server. This portion of the class will show students the items that need to be set-up on the Wowza streaming server for live streaming to work properly.

2. Live Streaming to QuickTime Streaming Server

This training module will cover the procedure for setting up Live streaming to QuickTime Streaming Server. Students will learn all of the necessary Wirecast configurations to stream live to the streaming server. This portion of the class will show students the items that need to be set-up on the QuickTime Streaming Server for live streaming to work properly.

3. Live Streaming to Windows Media Streaming Server

This section of the training will cover the procedure for setting up Windows Media Live streaming to Windows Media Streaming Server. Students will learn all of the necessary Wirecast configurations to stream live to the streaming server. This portion of the class will show students the items that need to be set-up on the Windows Media Streaming Server for live streaming to work properly.

4. Live streaming to Content Delivery Networks, Ustream and Mogulus

Learn how to perform live encoding to your Content Delivery Network. You'll see first hand the available options and settings for use with the Top CDNs and what items need to be placed into Wirecast. This portion of the class will also show you how to set-up live streaming using popular services such as Ustream and Mogulus.

5. Live Streaming with PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF files

This part of the training class is one of the coolest as you learn how to set up Live streaming along with PowerPoint, Keynote or PDFs. One of the most beneficial items to include during your live streaming event is presentation slides and this class will teach you how. You'll learn how to include your slides as Picture-N-Picture or as full screens.

6. Push Live, Pull Live Encoding and Publishing Points

If you've every wondered what the difference between Push and Pull encoding was, this training module is for you. Your instructor will show you how to set up Push encoding and Pull encoding. Overall you'll gain a better understanding of how these live streaming processes work and when to use each. In this section you'll also learn how to set-up your publishing points

7. Live Streaming using RTSP, MMS and RTMP Protocols

This training will show you how to set-up live streaming using RTSP, MMS and RTMP Protocols and when you'll use each. Also you'll learn which streaming format uses RTSP, MMS and RTMP protocols.

8. Live Encoding from Video Files

One benefit of using Wirecast is its ability to allow you to perform live streaming from video files. You can stream from a single video file or from multiple video files. This portion of the class will show you how and which video formats to use Live streaming.

9. Recording Files to Disk and Streaming to Multiple Servers

This portion of the class teaches students how to record Webcasts to disk for archiving or On-demand. The instructor will also show students how to stream Live video to Multiple Streaming Servers.

Call Freeman Compression at 407.477.5837 for more information about this training class or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com