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Can you recommend a program to record audio and video from the internet?
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Post 1 made on Friday March 27, 2020 at 20:54
Ernie Gilman
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We've been gearing up to stream our church services and Coronavirus hit.

This shifts things a bit. This may be a bad solution in search of a method, but... can you recommend software that can be used to remotely record video and audio live streaming from another location? Free, of course, or low-priced with a good trial period.

The equipment for accomplishing this will be PCs, not Apple products.

Thank you.

I've been trying lately to limit the length of my posts, because, as we know, I can go on. If you can answer this request, we can keep things short. If, on the other hand, you want to suggest some approach other than recording a program that's on the internet, well, we can take off.
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Post 2 made on Friday March 27, 2020 at 22:10
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remotely record? you want the software not on premise? that makes no sense at all. what are you trying to record and how are you going to stream it off premise?

EDIT:

I guess you could just use a phone and facebook live? that "remotely records" it to facebook with an insane amount of compression.
Post 3 made on Friday March 27, 2020 at 23:24
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What is your ultimate goal here?

Is your church gearing up to produce and broadcast sermons? If so, are they asking you where to start?

Wouldn’t it be possible to record the sermon on the YouTube app and then post it on a channel for the church? (Btw, live streaming on YT, or any other service, is not great with poor connection, like LTE.)

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Post 4 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 03:40
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OP | Post 5 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 12:40
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On March 27, 2020 at 22:10, Impaqt said...
remotely record? you want the software not on premise?

I'm a complete amateur at this and I am probably having difficulty knowing what terms to use or exactly what you mean by certain terms.

This week we will be using Facebook Live to stream a church service attended by people who are social distancing. I'm social distancing some twenty miles away and I want to record the service.

So the software won't be on the same premises as the service but it will be on the same premise as the recording device, which I assume is a PC.

that makes no sense at all. what are you trying to record and how are you going to stream it off premise?

I am trying to record the audio and video that is going to be live streamed. That, as a thing to want to do, makes sense to me. What about this doesn't make sense?

You ask how I am going to stream it off premise? By connecting to the internet. Aren't most live streams streamed off premise? What would be the need for live streaming AT one premise NOT to an off premise location?
EDIT:

I guess you could just use a phone and facebook live? that "remotely records" it to facebook with an insane amount of compression.

Are you saying that the facebook live streaming process inherently creates a file consisting of the audio and video that was streamed (ignoring compression for the moment)?

Until we get some actual good quality video worked out, this might be enough. I want to do this tomorrow and I have not seen any of the process myself, so it might not even be possible.
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Post 6 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 14:33
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Full disclosure: I have never attempted this sort of endevor.

Have the services been routinely recorded in the past? If so, the file could be uploaded to your favorite platform, such as Facebook or YouTube.

There are costs involved but conferencing services such as GoToMeeting could be used for this. I have been a participant and had access to recorded meetings.

I see two components of your project. Getting something operating by tomorrow and a long term solution. OK, a third component is what sort of solutions can your users tolerate?
Post 7 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 15:05
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No experience with it, but is something like this any use? [Link: bandicam.com]
Post 8 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 18:14
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On March 28, 2020 at 12:40, Ernie Gilman said...

Are you saying that the facebook live streaming process inherently creates a file consisting of the audio and video that was streamed (ignoring compression for the moment)?

Until we get some actual good quality video worked out, this might be enough. I want to do this tomorrow and I have not seen any of the process myself, so it might not even be possible.

Yes, Facebook live and Youtube live will save the video when you finish.
Post 9 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 19:26
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Assuming the only option is to record that Facebook Live stream, I think the only choice actually under your control would be to use a screen recorder program, like Bandicam mentioned already. It would appear that Facebook encrypts its live streams, so you can't rip the raw data stream.

Anything else would require using something other than Facebook live. For example, I believe Zoom allows participants to easily record what's being streamed right from the software (assuming the host hasn't forbidden it).
OP | Post 10 made on Saturday March 28, 2020 at 21:39
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On March 27, 2020 at 23:24, King of typos said...
What is your ultimate goal here?

To have at least the last few (say, ten, services available for streaming.
Is your church gearing up to produce and broadcast sermons? If so, are they asking you where to start?

Yes, and the start is zero. We had nothing for this two months ago, so that's the start.

Last week the first live stream was done on Facebook by a member and her grandson who just decided to do it. Meanwhile, I'm out of the loop due to age and coronavirus.
Wouldn’t it be possible to record the sermon on the YouTube app and then post it on a channel for the church? (Btw, live streaming on YT, or any other service, is not great with poor connection, like LTE.)

I'm totally at the beginning so I can't answer what is or is not possible.


On March 28, 2020 at 15:05, tobe said...
No experience with it, but is something like this any use? [Link: bandicam.com]

This looks good, but on the way to the first trial I ran into the old problem where step by step instructions are given and steps are missing. The How-To tells you to select a rectangle area of the screen to record, then it skips the step of how to decide on the pixel count you want and how to choose it.

I'll figure it out but not for tomorrow.

OBS is the next one I'll look at.
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Post 11 made on Monday March 30, 2020 at 09:57
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Ernie

If you are looking for a solution, the folks at Vaddio make high quality ptz cameras and interface boxes that will all the church to stream to Youtube. My favorite supplier can assist with that, if you are looking for a polished product...
On the West Coast of Wisconsin
Post 12 made on Monday March 30, 2020 at 15:36
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Hi Ernie,
I bought a TV FMUSER FBE200 High derfinition Streaming IPTV encoder from a supplier to put into a business conference room. It never materialized.
[Link: fmuser.net]

I have not used it. Your purpose seems very similar to what I was trying to do.
I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.


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