Cover Story – Streaming
STREAMING has undoubtedly become the technology requirement for Churches as we navigate our way through these uncertain times. Allowing Churches to keep communicating with their congregation and the wider world is vital and a well-designed system will allow your Church to be ever present where fellowship and togetherness are perhaps more important than ever.
Creative Audio-Visual Solutions are at the forefront of streaming design and are experienced in delivering systems into all types of Church building as well as Christian organisations (for teaching and conferencing) – ensuring that any system communicates in the ideal way but is also usable and accessible at all levels whether it is a system that runs ‘in the background’ or where a dedicated operator is available. There are of course many ways of achieving this, whether hardware or software based and also whether you are outwardly communicating only (via Youtube and Facebook live, for instance) or within a more interactive environment using Zoom (allowing members of the congregation to actively participate within the service). Contacting a specialist company will ensure the system perfectly suits your requirements, is reliable and accessible at all times and proves to be a
good stewardship of valuable resources.
A good example of how advanced video and streaming technology has been utilised successfully within a teaching environment is at Oakhill Bible College. CAVS were tasked to install a flexible Zoom-based system that would allow all students, whether physically present or remotely ‘at home’ to fully interact with each other. The brief was clear that the learning experience needed to be the same for everyone. This involves multiple cameras, both fixed and motorised PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) allowing the main lecturer and class to be seen at all times. Those within the lecture are able to view those at home via a separate LED display with any questions amplified through the room’s audio system. Multiple displays mounted at the lectern allow the lecturer to view the main Zoom call, remote students and of course their projected presentation – all at the same
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time. The system also included new laser projection and over thirty LEDs displays across the campus with matrix-driven visual hardware and upgraded audio systems.
“This brief created some level of complexity with regard to system design and operation, but through the use of a dedicated student control position in each room to manage camera positions and multiple small format screens for the lecturers, we commissioned a system that is both fully functional and discreetly installed. The college is delighted with it” says Rob Alvis, Project Director at CAVS. Another recent system installation at Woking United Reformed Church featured a dual-camera streaming system based around a multi-channel visual mixer desk allowing for creative production whilst ensuring ease-of-use via a tactile hardware-based system design. Additional input from the main projection PC allows
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