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Live events are exciting and compelling. But, there are risks to successfully delivering them. The list includes poor image capture, insufficient sound volume, equipment failure, bandwidth constraints and others. Your company’s reputation is on the line with a live event, with little room for error.  You need to be confident that the equipment you use to capture your event works properly the first time and every time, both to ensure the success of the event and to make the content ready for high quality on-demand playback.

Multicast Live Encoder is a reliable, affordable, touch-screen, plug-and-play encoding appliance that makes it easy to capture and stream professional quality video to the Internet in real-time and to save a copy of your event for on-demand use. With it, and Multicast’s expert professional services, you can be confident that your message will reach your targeted audience and provide a broadcast quality experience that makes you look good. And, because Multicast Live Encoder is closely integrated with Multicast Media Suite, you can easily realize additional value from your media asset after the event by making it available on-demand—automatically.

Any one can use Multicast Live Encoder. It is:

• Self-contained—you don’t need to have a laptop or monitor available to use it.
• Easy to set up—simply plug the video and audio output cables into it.
• Easy-to-operate—you use a clear touch-screen interface and a straightforward, streamlined workflow.
• Portable—making it ideal for streaming live events from a series of locations. Or, it can be rack mounted.

With Multicast Live Encoder, you have flexibility and control via features such as:

• Adjustable audio and video source levels
• Support for standard definition, serial digital and high definition sources
• Profiles that enable you to preset cropping and include logos or watermarks
• The ability to see the presentation as it streams
• Outputting up to five versions of the audio and video from a single input source
• Delivery in both Windows Media and Adobe Flash formats
• Archiving of captured content on the appliance to establish high quality source files for later on-demand use and to eliminate the risks associated with transmission failures
• Automatic uploads of archived content to Multicast Media Suite or push delivery to any site where you have FTP credentials

Multicast offers a full menu of related professional services, including:

• Installation and on-site testing
• Remote starting and stopping of capture
• Expert on-site engineering support that includes production advice as well as troubleshooting
• 24 x 365 monitoring and support by broadcast engineers in our Atlanta, Georgia headquarters

With Multicast Live Encoder you can capture live events quickly, easily and affordably. And, when your event is done, you can send the finished content to Multicast Media Suite automatically and do even more to get your message out by taking advantage of its market-leading on-demand capabilities.

To learn more about Multicast Live Encoder contact Multicast at +1 (877) 664-6137.