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Learn along your live streaming journey with posts designed to help you become a better broadcaster.

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How to Add a Pre-Roll Video to Your Live Stream

When it comes to live streaming, adding a pre-roll video can be a great way to engage your audience and set the tone for your broadcast. In this...

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How to Live Stream Outdoor Easter Church Services

Easter is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year. It’s like the Super Bowl of holidays for churches, because Easter is when most churches...

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5 Beginner Mistakes Live Streamers Make + How to Avoid Them

When you’re starting to live stream, it's easy to overlook things that can make your streams look and sound much better. When you’re a one-person...

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What Is Clean HDMI Output + Why You Need It for Live Streaming

Wouldn’t it be great if you could just plug whatever camera you have on hand into your live stream and immediately start broadcasting? Unfortunately,...

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Upload Speeds for 4K Live Streaming

This post covers the factors that influence your ability to broadcast content in 4K and the recommended bandwidth requirements for 4K live streaming....

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How to Produce a Live Multi-Cam Show Using BoxCast

BoxCast videographer and media production entrepreneur Wade Clark has spent years coordinating, streaming, and producing live events for virtual and...

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What’s the Difference Between SDI, Standard, Mini + Micro HDMI Video Cables?

Whether you’re building out your video production setup or just started filming live streams, you’ll need to get very comfortable with a small but...

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HDMI vs. SDI Video Connections: What's the Difference?

When you’re streaming events live, there are a few ways to output video and audio from a video source to a streaming device. Two of the most common...

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Top 5 Reasons Your Church Should Be Live Streaming

Savvy churches know they can’t hope everyone they want to reach just walks in their doors. They have to go where people are: online. A robust digital...

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How This Videographer Live Streams Hybrid Events + Conferences Using BoxCast

Wade Clark is no stranger to streaming events. When the technical challenge arises to coordinate, produce, and stream a live event — all with a...

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Multistreaming: How to Live Stream to Multiple Destinations at Once

Streaming to lots of different platforms and destinations (known in the live streaming industry as simulcasting or multistreaming) can help you reach...

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Stream and Go Live with Prerecorded Videos on Facebook, YouTube, and More — BoxCast Simulated Live

Wouldn’t it be great if you could broadcast a video as if it were live … without it actually being live? If you’re live streaming to Facebook,...

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How to Archive and Store Live Streams

You're a broadcaster who live streams a lot of video content for your viewers. You know streaming live is one of the best ways to increase engagement...

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