Last week's webcast

The webcast on Friday went really well. We were in a new location so there were new setup issues to consider such as the source of the internet connection, availability of cables, etc etc, but Conor at the Radisson was really helpful and provided us with any extras we needed.

Using Telestream Desktop Presenter was much better to update the bids live than to simply input the information into Wirecast. We set up Presenter on two different computers (one that already had Wirecast, and a spare laptop). From Wirecast, I created a Presenter scene, and connected to the other machine via the network, where I had created an editable file with bidding information. I updated this file as the auction went on, thus not overloading Wirecast with information.

In the top right corner, the banner with the price is not actually part of Wirecast, but an external Google Docs presentation from another computer.

It was great experience to be able to manage the project myself, although I had great help from Andrew and Trevor. Andrew mostly took care of the camera. Overall it was a very interesting day and a useful experience.