LIVE STREAMING SETUP FOR SMALL CHURCHES 

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Video starts at 4:00

Does ecamm live auto sync between mixer audio and camera audio? In the video Jake's PTZ camera was at a different speed than his audio, but when he replayed his recording on youtube the audio synced properly. Did you Jake have to configure that or did the program automatically do that?

The fact that the PTZ camera comes with USB output it's great, so the HDMI, POE and SDI video output. The problem is most of the churches will use more than one of these and they will be pretty far from the computer so you won't be able to use the USB or HDMI video output since these will only work with short distance cables. So HDMI and USB video output will be useless, the only remaining option for long distance video connection is the 3g-SDi and POE and you will need a 3g-SDi to USB adaptor or I guess POE to USB

HELP! we are using a M32 to OBS for live stream. But what I’m hoping to do is bring the signal from the M32 house mix into Ableton so I can have my own separate mix. Currently I have to keep telling the person running house sound to give me a little more for the guitar, bass, piano or hey let’s add more reverb/delay to the lead vocal for an example. So what I would like to have is where I can add and do what I want in Ableton. I’ve heard of other churches doing this but can’t seem to get how they do it. So far I got all signals coming into Ableton and going into OBS using blackhole, I can add effects and hear them in my headphone, but the live stream still comes out dry. I can’t get the effects into the stream. Help please 😅 🙏🏽

I came across this at a very good time. Because of this CoVid-19, our church is looking into live streaming our services. I seemed to notice a lag between the audio and video in the live example but didn't notice it on the playback? Is this correct?

Hey Jake, 11:57 yes, my church has been living under a rock. the rock of Christ :D

Wow thanks I can use your help I will reach out when I’m ready thanks for an informative video

Am I the only one who noticed the friends on the computer in the background of the intro

I think we maybe are a bit overkill then. Our church is a bit more than 50 members, and around 250 at conferences. And we have 2 BMD studio cameras HD, 1 BMD TV studio HD, teradek cube and BMD TalkBack system. Bit frustrating that it is possible to do it for so little when we spend so much on it. Edit: Phrasing

Hey Jake! I know your new to this, but we currently use the NDI Plugin with OBS to overlay our ProPresenter in our live stream. Do you know if the software you mentioned has similar features? Here is a link to a picture of what I'm referring too, tinypic.com/r/20jpkpw/9 Thanks for all the amazing content!!!

Great video. I'm a believer in OBS and it's various variants because they work well and are free (and regularly developed since open source). I would encourage you to check out Streamlabs OBS variant as it's much more polished than OBS studio. It can get some pretty professional results with little effort. Pair that with a service like restream.io and you can stream to lots of platforms simultaneously. It works amazingly for gamers, so I'm sure it would work well for churches, as well. All that to say, I think you gave a lot of good info for folks looking to start expanding their Church outreach for whatever reason. Any way to get the Gospel out there is better than not, right? 😊

Low key watching friends in the background

Loving the friends in the background!!!

Hi! Thank you so much for this video! I have a question, can you stream to both Facebook and RU-vid at the same time with the software that you recommended?

What camera are you using for the parts of this video when you are directly facing the camera?

Can you livestream on both Facebook and RU-vid on Ecamm at the same time?

HELP!!! Can you use Ecamm Live with pro-presenter to put song lyrics on your livestream so people can sing along?

I’m a Mac guy. Yes, I understand PC seems to work better with livestream. We have a Mac running Propresenter for our worship. Newbie question here. Should the live computer be able to work with Propresenter computer? If I’m using Mac for Propresenter should I just stay with Mac for the livestream. Awesome vid, yep I’m here to cause of the COVID-19. :)

who else is here because of COVID-19?

Buy any camcorder for 200.00 + a capture device and you are good to go. : )

Your video is very helpful especially for a small church. When you mentioned an xlr out of the m32r into the Behringer for a unique mix, what if you still use an analog board? Trying to understand how you can mix multiple channels with just one xlr out and if you use headphones to mix won't that effect the house mix? We technically right now don't want to do the live stream part but record to post later, but want to plan for the live stream part in the future so this is good info. Goal is to figure out the best way on a small church budget to get a good video recording with a decent audio mix. We already record using a 2 channel maudio that captures the full house mix out of our board, which isn't bad most times but as you said isn't always ideal.

Great video, follow you👍

Hi! I've enjoyed this video, however the camera you are reviewing at 6:30secs, the quality is actually a lesser video quality that whatever you are using for this video. Can you share the camera you are using for this actual video? Thanks

Great video, very informative

I Have.. Blue Herron Musikworks.. This is the future..This video was simple and most instructive

Thanks for video

I use the EVGA XR1 lite instead of the AJA U-Tamp. It is 1/4 the price and has worked very well for me so far. We are getting to the point where a lot of the no-name cheaper ones on Amazon are decent as well, but they are hard to recommend since they change so much. I gave a $20 no-name unit to a nephew for Switch streaming, and it just worked. The main thing to look for in those is UVC support.

Hi, will this MSI GF63 THIN 9SCX-005 w/16g ram be power enough for streaming in a small church with obs and one PZT camera??? Thank you

Thanks for the info! We have a webcam on OBS up and working, with the sync fixed. I already have a USB audio interface and Canon camcorder. It looks like we only will need the usb streamer, and they are either expensive or sold out right now. I did light up on your Tele, because it looks like one that my son built. It was his high school cutting board shop project. Check out the cutting board on Easter, April 12th, at 55" in...stpaulmuskego.org/past-messages/the-bridge-live-stream/?jwsource=cl

Thank you for your very helpful video. This is the first time we are doing services by youtube, but we are recording and then uploading them. Thanks again

thanks great video and the camera seems pretty good, great sound here - is that a Shure SM57 you're using? thanks

What about getting rights for music?

Jake!!! I’m having trouble finding the camera you suggest in the video. I can find the 12x in stock but hardly any of the 20x ones around! I bought the wrong one that didn’t have the usb 3.0 on it! Had to send it back. HELP!! Would a 12x work??

I have a big question. I'm trying to help my inlaws set up their church live stream and this video has been amazing. The only question is when it's time for worship the music quality is super distorted and I was hoping you would have some advise to fix the sound quality for worship?

A SUPER THAN YOU Jake! Pastor here, I don't think you realize how valuable your information is to us. The amount of time and peace you've given us!

Oh wow! Thank you for sharing this information with us. May many blessings rain down on you and your church ⛪️.

Hello and thank you for your VERY HELPFUL VIDEO!! I have a quick question. We would only be live streaming audio at this time and from our Wordpress.com based website, so would the set up be the same as you explain only without a camera in the mix? Would that work? We know of another church who runs audio only for one of their service offerings so we have seen this work. Thanks again!

Do you have an intro to vMix video? We’re thinking about purchasing it but wanted to see how hard it would be to set up. Thanks.

Can u go live on RU-vid and Facebook at the same time?

Can ecamm live broadcast to both youtube and Facebook simultaneously?

Hello im so very blessed to know these info from you. Im so encouraged to do the same here in our church, but lack of equipments. Hope and pray to have more info and later we can purchased it in our church.

I actually preferred OBS over VMix. I guess preference is a factor here, but VMIX had difficulty locating the equipment we had- a lot of people on a budget might have that issue especially since you would also need a capture card for just a camera.

Hi Jake, Now that about three years have passed do you still recommend the same equipment? Is there anything you would do differently. We are a church in southern New England and are about to embark on live streaming system.

Too bad ecamm live charges monthly/annually now instead of the one time fee like before. Are there any other platforms that only do a one time fee...?

Thank you Jake. Truly a good video and may the good Lord bless you abundantly. And I cannot believe 86 people have unliked your video.. Hmmm... what can I say. Anyway... I can only praise God for your service. Be blessed...!

at my church we have a camcorder mounted to the wall running HDMI into the epiphan video webcaster x2 then USB out into our stream pc then using the epiphan video app we can easily live stream to Facebook (or youtube) with a click of a button and monitor the video live and see comments we also run audio out of our board into a USB audio interface then into our PC.

Thanks for this - we are Ecamm users now and it is working like a charm. An important note about the PTZOptics cam though, especially if you're going to mount it in your church: the remote that comes with the camera is essentially USELESS. It is, believe it or not, infrared, like the old TV remotes, not RF. That means in order to get it to work, you have to stand in front of the camera and point it at the sensor. I guess the manufacturers didn't consider the fact that if you're standing in front of the camera, you're ON camera. Unless you're okay with sitting next to the minister onstage and on camera while they're speaking so you can zoom, tilt, and pan, you'll have to create an ethernet network and connect to the camera from your computer that way (PC folk have an rs232 option as well-we're mac folks.) We made the mistake of hiring a contractor to mount the camera on the ceiling of our church and run hdmi cable from the camera to our booth-and now, though our camera is only 35 feet away, we can't control it. We have to call our contractor back now and have him drag ethernet cable through the ceiling instead (read time delay and added expense.) I didn't see the necessity of creating a network for just one computer and one camera-don't make the same mistake!

At the 13:00 mark, when you go live with streaming, there is a lagg time between video and audio using Ecam Live. Does Vmix have this problem also?

I’m using OBS for my church and I love it. It didn’t take any time at all to set up. I got the software from Canon’s website to use my M50 and capture audio with a simple wireless lapel mic. Keep it simple!

this aged well.

No small church should be spending $1800 for a camera when a simple $70 one works as well

No OPEN BROADCASTS SERVICES (OBS) and what's more theirs something called SLOBS (Stream Labs OBS) which is something that does alot of that "Difficult stuff your talking about" soon as you download it, it ask you "Do you want OBS [or they both ask 'you" the user this during install] SLOBS Wizard to run self setup for you? Yes/No, simply select [YES] and itll set up your rendering server and set up your download ingestion server, your relays it set it up and with just a little gear that can be made or bought for cheaper this is a little got me feeling mixed vibes but Ones man business is his own thing, I'm not gonna knock your methods because more than half your intentions are very justifiable and then theirs the other half that's also reasonable because Bill's dont pay themselves. But theirs a tiny bit of like 4% of just wanting some sweet hardware to toy with and use as well as the amount of work that you save I'm doing it your way. But In my mind I can completely shatter those prices and products and install and have made to be plug and play not only that but with private servers that literally 200$ is perfect for a decent backup of all feed to last for years to come. I'm not though because I'm just gonna borrow this here idea or thing your doing and do a version for my church which I havent gone to in years. None the less that's why I'm doing this as a way to try to bring myself back to church. This is just me. Sorry I'm far from perfect but I know may know more than a huge amount of people online, so it's only natural given my tech knowledge background to feel as such, plus I vent and rage alot so my apologies in advance. Seriously. But thank you for the help. Good day

What’s your connection from PTZ to computer...USB 2.0 or USB 3.0. Our new windows 10 computer is not recognizing that there’s a connected camera and I’m using USB 2.0 cable.

What cables should we purchase? Thank you so much! We're buying the white camera and getting the mixer.

Hello, I have question. What cable do I need to control camera and to record a video, can it be done via HDMI only? Or I need more cables? Right now I have plugged in Power supply and HDMI, and I have software from PTZ Optics website, and when I open that software, I don’t see anything, no computer can auto detect camera.

It’s like you predicted the future! Covid forced many churches to start live streaming.

You’ve grown me so much in my media ministry, man. Thank you.

we don't even have a brick and mortar church, we are on Discord! La Familia House .... lots of christians but it's an eclectic mix of people from different backgrounds. i think we need more Hindus and Muslims, agnostics, etc, to keep our wits sharp - speak the truth in love, yeah? God bless and thank you for the video

does the Midas 32r have capability to mix both live sound and sound to audio interface for live stream?

Churches can now get 4 weeks of free captioning and translation included with their Zoom setup (after that it's only $8.25/mo). Here's info on how to do that: ​ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4JV5JRSXOeE.html

Thanks dude ! Covid-19 is going to get you a lot of views haha ;)

Will the hdmi capture device still maintain the hdmi signal on a MacBook Pro that only has usb 2.0 ports? I’m having a hard time figuring out how to get hdmi into it because it doesn’t have usb 3.0

Thanks Jake for this Great Video Tutorial. I learned a LOT from you. You are a Good Teacher. God Bless you. Please Keep More Great videos Coming. Looking forward in anticipation. Thanks Again.

Thanks for your tips. What if I want to use 2 caméra and 2 computers, what you will suggest to mix all the equipment?

I am researching streaming, screens etc. for small churches

Streamed for the first time last sunday as a test at my church. Had some A/V sync issues, the video camera we used has a 250 ms delay on the HDMI output. I delayed the audio input from X32 in OBS, but what if we add other cameras in the future that has different latency?

Thank you for including us in this roundup! We really appreciate it.

Great. Not sure my church can afford all these but I am better equipped to advise the church.

3 years ago this was just informational, now it’s vital to our new normal world

Everyone seems to be advertising the $1000+ cameras. Let's not forget the PTX 20X ZCAM. It's not pan/tilt, but still has a great 20x zoom. Search RU-vid for Oakwood Streaming and see it for yourself. B&H Photo price $799.

Nice and simple setup. Also saw your portable recent settup (juy2020) but looked like its high dollar. Can this setup run wirelessly? I have drones to run through ECAMM/VMIX. How could I run the drone cameras video cap device through the RTMP server?

OBS It's FREE and OpenSource For All Platforms!

PTZ's are awesome but super expensive. We have one of the cannons he mentioned, I would not recommend it. It is not very clear and does not do well in low light. Our other camera is a Panasonic v770 and it is much clearer. You can find them for around $100 more than the cannon if you look hard. We use a Blackmagic ATM mini which I highly recommend. It supports up to 4 camera's via HDMI in USB output and it will also support audio in. We route our microphone system right into the ATM Mini and then into OBS. Super simple setup that will run you $600-$800 dollars. Check out some of our live streams and you can see the differences between the 2 cameras.

Thank you Jake, my question is this ; How can i send my streaming on facebook and youtube at the same time?

Thank you for all the helpful information, Jake! BTW... Did anyone else notice that he was watching Friends on the iMac in the background? Lol!

Hello jake Good evening One favor, can I set up a transmission system with 2 PTZ NDI cameras with a controller and be able to transmit from another location, that is, have the equipment in the church but be able to control the system remotely from my office? I appreciate your collaboration what equipment would I need

Our church is new to streaming we have a Canon Legria HF R806 Camcorder with a Elgato HD60S Capture Card. Getting no video on our Vmix have we bought the wrong Camcorder?

There are quite a lot of churches our encoder to stream live video. See camstreamer.com www.axis.com/products/axis-v59-series The advantage of our solution is that you don't need any computer to stream. Everything is running on board of the camera (RTMP streaming, SD card recording,...) You can automate the streaming e.g. based on week schedule or using electrical on/off switch connected to camera IO port. There is 3 months trial for free.

If I have the PreSonus StudioLive 32SX, can I skip using the small interface and go straight from a mix bus to the computer since the StudioLive also works as an interface?

Hi Jake. I'm working to get our church up and running w/ live streaming. Our church uses a Behringer x32 compact. I'm having difficulty figuring out how we can connect and use the mixer as our audio source. Also, if we are able to set up and use the x32, would the Midas M32R and Behringer UM2 be needed)? Any tips would be appreciated greatly!

How can there be 81 dislikes on this? I’m mystified.

Is the any other options to livestream beside youtube and Facebook? What about livestreaming on Rumble? Also, does this software have music presentation capability, and quotes etc.?

Don't make a big production out of it. You're glorifying yourself, not God. :30 in and I was done. And what's with the commercials? Greed is one of the 7 deadly sins, you know.

No offense intended but a $1700 camera for small churches? Yikes! I am willing to accept lesser quality at a lower cost? Any suggestions there?

Thanks for the helpful content. I've been trying to route our Behringer digital mixer to use the card out USB to go into the computer, so that we can use that as a direct audio into OBS or Zoom, etc. With all the different tutorials and tips/tricks videos, I can't seem to get it to route/work properly. Do you have any references or advice to help with this process? We want to be able to simply take a mix from the board, and use that as our sound for streaming and conferencing... Thanks.

What??? What!!! Did Jake just say that having a PC is better for something?!?!?! Hahahaha As for capture devices, I've always liked BlackMagic Design myself. They're professional grade (several of the latest movies you've watched were probably filmed with their gear) , and surprisingly, their entry level models are fairly inexpensive. IMHO perfect for churches. For those that are using a desktop to stream instead of a laptop, you can get a BlackMagic Design capture card at Amazon for $199. This card can capture at up to 4k and includes an output for an HDMI capture monitor - www.amazon.com/dp/B00U3QNP7Q BlackMagic Design also makes an external interface for laptops, which records at 1080p FHD for $145. But this interface is Thunderbolt ONLY. Better throughput for less skipped frames, but just make sure you've got the right input. www.amazon.com/dp/B009D91314/ And as for audio out... You don't necessarily need an audio capture device if you choose to use a camcorder with a capture device. We just take the output from our X32 video mix into the camcorder's Mic-In port. Oh... and you know the tech guy does use OBS... 😁

This is a great, simple, and inexpensive way for small churches to live stream their services. I love and will recommend it to other church leaders. Thanks, Jake! This is good stuff. The Lord bless you brother.

I am live-streaming from home. I am new to the space and I am trying to build this system for the house. What camera, and microphone do you recommend? Thank you for this video. it is awesome information.

What Macbook pro do you recommend for this set up and future use of propresenter? I need a new computer to begin. I am part of the worship ministry school and understand that mac mini is the next step but need a laptop (need portability) right now. Have a windows OS now but want to upgrade computers to Mac. Just not sure which way to go.

Do you have a latency with you audio and video... just curious. I'm a New Live Streamer...

I bought this whole set up for our church and it is not that easy to hook up and run. I have been trying for a month to hook up just like the video shows and my laptop does not recognize the camera. I have downloaded so many things to get this camera to run and nothing yet. Trying to get through to the company and nothing from them. Right now I think this is a rip off. I bought the PTZOptics 20x camera as you suggested and it turns on and that is it,. tried usb to usb, cat 5 to cat 5 and HDMI plug in and nothing. new laptops do not have a 9 pin connection.

Thank you for sharing! Is it possible to record the video through OBS or would it best to just stream to RU-vid/FB and download the copy from there?

I bought a 12.9 inch iPad Pro three years ago and that’s all I use to capture and live stream over facebook. We are looking to add a PTZ camera. Can I run it thru hdmi into the tablet?

Thank you for your info, but much better with demonstration video for a better studies. God bless. great help for our church here in the Philippines.

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Now do you connect only the usb cable straight to the computer like a webcam? And do you connect rhe LAN cable to it or that LAN cable only connect it to the laptop or pc or mac? Sorry just my first time doing this and trying to help my Church

I don't really have a reference point for 20x zoom. Will that camera work well shooting the stage from 60ft away?

i recently became the tech/media head at my ministry. thanks alot. subscribed.

Haha, Jake, do you know what an overhead projector is? 😂 Seriously though this is so helpful, thank you so much. There are so many of us out here who are needing to set stuff up, whether for small church or simply, as we are this morning, just a home church of 6-12 folk. And many of us are just waking up to all the stuff we can use. I have a question but I'll post it on another comment. Thanks again, great jobs!