The BoxCast Blog

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

The Best Battery Pack for Mobile Live Streaming

This post talks about the XTPower XT-20000 External Battery Pack, our favorite power source for mobile broadcasting. It's part of our series on live...

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How to Replace Your Archived Broadcast With a Locally Recorded Video

This post addresses how to replace a recorded live broadcast with a post-produced copy of the same event. It's part of our series on BoxCast Features.

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How to Add Live Stream Production Elements Without a Video Switcher

In this post we will cover how to add basic production elements like a second camera, a presentation, or graphic overlays without a video switcher....

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How to Turn a Live Stream into a Podcast

If your organization is looking to start podcasting, repurpose the content you're already live streaming is an easy way to start. This post outlines...

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How to Bulk Schedule Live Streams in Advance

This post outlines how to schedule both recurring and irregular live streams in advance on various platforms. It's part of our series on BoxCast...

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How To Monitor and Troubleshoot Your Live Stream

This post addresses potential obstacles you might encounter as a broadcaster and a route to avoiding them with active monitoring, stream diagnostics,...

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Live Streaming Spotlight: Wycliffe Bible Translators

Customer: Wycliffe Bible Translators

What they Stream: Internal meetings, weekly chapel sessions, organizational events

The Setup: Three cameras...

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Conferencing and Meeting Video vs Live Video Streaming

This post covers the differences between live video streaming tools like BoxCast and live video meeting (or conferencing) tools like Webex, join.me,...

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What Can Your Church Do to Attract Young Adults?

This post covers some of the best ways to reach out to young adults adults and engage them in your ministry and community. It's part of our series on

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Live Streaming Spotlight: Kent State University

Customer: Kent State University

What they Stream: Division 1 sports, school events

The Setup: Multiple setups and workflows depending on event to...

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How to Get Live DVR for Your Live Stream

This post covers how to allow viewers to DVR your live stream so that they can jump to different sections of the stream while it's live. It's part of...

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HEVC (H.265): Impact on Live Streaming

It wasn’t long ago that the discussion of 4K capture and delivery seemed like an elusive hypothetical. Debates abounded regarding the need for 4K...

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Live Streaming Spotlight: U21 Deaf World Basketball

Customer: USA Deaf Basketball Federation

What they Stream: 10-day basketball tournament

Live Streaming Goals: Broadcasting the world championships...

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