Live streaming of sport event to Youtube

TASK

Setting up live video streaming of World Cup Final 2016 for finswimming to Youtube channel in HD quality.

SOLUTION

Implementation of a system that receives video content from 8 FullHD cameras using IP protocol, overlays infographics and sportcaster's comments and further streams the video content to Youtube channel of Water Sports Center "Zvezdniy".

RESULT

• Uninterrupted real-time broadcasting of all contest sessions in HD quality on Youtube channel
• From 2000 up to 4000 views of each contest session on Youtube
• Saved recordings of the broadcasted video with the possibility to watch it on demand

SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION

Elecard solution is based on the technology of encoding video into AVC/H.264 format and streaming of the media content via IP networks. RTMP filter which was custom-developed for this task, makes it possible to easily set the required broadcasting parameters for the social networks (Facebook and Odnoklassniki) or web sites such as Youtube. Parameters include a broadcasting address and a private key of the webpage where the stream is broadcasted. It enables effective streaming to the specified web-source without any other additional settings.

Feedback

“It was absolutely striking that breakthrough picture quality was achieved with minimum hardware expenses. We enjoyed excellent quality with only 6% of CPU utilization due to using unique encoding algorithms developed by Elecard team. It provided an extra high performance level which can be compared only to the multiple-pass offline algorithms.

Alexey Kolesnikov, member of School of High Sports Mastery in Tomsk region, responsible for event real-time broadcasting.