Doug Daulton

Tag: Live

  • Two Wireless Webcams for Live Streams

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    Reading Time: 1 minuteIn my daily work, I do a lot of live streaming, Skype and Google Hangouts. Creating interesting camera angles with webcams has always been a challenge. The straight on, built-in webcam common in laptops and mobile devices presents all sorts of issues: boring camera angles; tethered to the laptop/device; odd light &…

  • Mobile Streaming Kit (MSK)

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    Reading Time: 1 minuteA lot of folks have asked for more details about the Mobile Streaming Kit (MSK) that we used at NAB 2010 and on the set of Marty Rosenberg’s film. In the most recent episode of Gear Media Tech, Alex breaks it all down for you in under five minutes. And, you get…

  • Whirlwinds move slower …

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesSo, I made the long drive up from Vegas to San Francisco ten days ago. Aside from the spring snowstorm in the Bear Mountains outside of Bakersfield, the drive was uneventful. I got into my hotel around 1AM and started at the Pixel Corps the next morning at 9AM. From there, my…

  • NAB in the Rearview Mirror

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe last week has been an exhausting sprint, beginning with the arrival of the LiveU box on my doorstep last Friday and ending with the Pixel Corps Q&A stream this evening. Along the way, both LiveU and uStream have been very supportive partners in the process. The “live” team is off for…

  • Behind the scenes at NAB

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    Reading Time: 1 minuteFolks have been asking about the rig we are shooting with. Here it is, top to bottom. Litepanels LP Micro Compact LED Camera Light Universal Cold Shoe Adapter Sennheiser ew 135-p G3 Handheld Wireless Microphone System Apple Earbuds (Audio Monitor) Canon VIXIA HV30 MiniDV High Definition Camcorder BeachTek DXA-6vu Dual XLR Adapter…

  • Comfortable Shoes and Other Lessons

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWe wrapped Day 2 of NAB shooting and I thought I’d share some lessons already learned from the experience. These are presented in no particular order. Redundancy is your friend. Always assume some important part of your kit will fail. Have a back up ready to go. We did not experience any…