There is often a need to send live video from a remote location to some central facility. For example, a news organization wishes to send a live video feed back to the studio; a Public, Education, or Government TV channel wishes to provide coverage of a live council meeting, a community event such as a parade.

Because streaming solutions typically seek to deliver video directly to consumers, remote broadcasting to a studio or other centralized facility has been underserved... until now.

The Discover Video Multimedia Encoder (DVME) sends live video to the Discover Soft Top Box (STB) over virtually any network, so you can receive conventional composite or SVideo video along with CD-quality audio. DVME sends and/or records MPEG-2 broadcast too. See DVME.

Network Options:

Cellular
Cellular modems can give you upload speeds approaching 250 Kbps with 3G service and up to 1 Mbps to 4G service for a modest cost.

Wireless
Getting a Wi-Fi (802.11) connection to your laptop PC has never been more common. Just connect your laptop to the wireless network as you normally would and start streaming.

Wired
Whenever possible, a wired connection is your best choice for dependable high speed networking. Just connect your laptop as you normally would and and start streaming.

Receiving Your Mobile Video
You can broadcast your your mobile video directly to your viewers by simply providing the DVME web viewing page. But you can also receive your video on a Discover Video Soft Top Box (also called DVMD when provided with hardware) which delivers full screen composite, SVideo, and xGA output, along with analog audio.

If you receive your mobile broadcast on a computer, you can connect your computer to a scan converter (like many broadcast stations do to deliver "bulletin boards") to deliver the live mobile video, but you need to use caution to ensure the audio/video is in sync and you will not enjoy the remote control benefits provided by the Soft Top Box.

Remote Control
DVME and STB both provide web remote control (when used with a Discover Video Streaming Account). Web remote control allows you to start, stop, or even schedule your remote DVME, allowing unattended operation. STB also provides remote control, so you can change what is displaying from any web browser.

Recording
When the situation does not call for live broadcast, or as an archive of a live event, DVME will digitally record your video in H.264, Windows Media, or MPEG-2 format (DVME Pro)... and even upload it for on-demand viewing automatically.