DIY Multi-video Skype webcast/podcast setup (aka a half-Skypeasaurus)

http://provideoschool.com - Figuring out how to video conference in multiple parties via Skype for a video podcast was not as straight forward as I originally thought. Here I'm being interviewed about my setup for doing live webcast/netcast/podcasts using multiple video skype participants. If you need help with doing a similar setup for yourself I will gladly help. I used Leo Laporte's TWIT video podcast as a template for what I wanted to accomplish.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• skype
• skypeasaurus
• netcast
• video
• multi
• podcast
• webcast
• leo laporte
• twit
• paul escandon
• provideoschool

[Modview]

Have you tried Camtwist? It's a must-have from ustream broadcasters...

[provideoschool]

@Modview Yes! CamTwist is what I use to get the live output from BoinxTV out to Ustream. It's a very useful little utility.

[bwilleb]

I don't think you'd actually need all that. I think you could do it all on one computer. You'd just need software like VMWare (not free) or VirtualBox (free) to run virtual operating systems within your operating system. Now I think you can run multiple VMs (Virtual Machines) at a time, but if not you could run a second VM within the first VM and so on. If this works then that would mean running all the simultaneous Skype videos your computer can handle all on 1 computer and 1 audio source.

[provideoschool]

@bwilleb it doesn't work like you think it should. sure you can do a second VM session, but the live switching software that I've grown to rely on takes a lot of processing resources so the addition of a new VM session puts a drag on it and makes it unreliable. In addition to this - you still have audio issues - you can no longer use a mixer to filter our the self-echo that the participants would hear back.

[provideoschool]

@bwilleb in theory - yeah it's a good idea but when you actually hook it up and try to make it work it's clear that it's a sloppy hack that just doesn't cut it.

[iMike360]

What was the software?

[provideoschool]

@iMike360 it's BoinxTV

[alawr]

XSPLIT....the new skype has more than one call in live. all free

[buggg1969]

Where did you get your light?

[ValeCabron]

wow!! Nice man I like that Computer Desk where did you buy it?

[50red510]

or oovoo



[poprocz]

Good God man, please don't knock that coffee over, scary. lol

Very nice set-up.

Btw, your buddy is funny.

[gigasnail]

You can get some Stellar (thats the company name) LED lights just like those for $90 now.

[3lectronicMan21]

Skype Beta that's out really works for 5 cams at once, only problem its only for windows at the time

[tboardtom]

I'm trying to make a similar system, what do you use for capturing the VGA from laptops?