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

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Why Does My Video Have 2 Black Bars on the Sides? [Aspect Ratio]

This post talks about aspect ratio of your video and explains why there are black bars on the sides of some videos. It's part of our series on HD...

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How to Fix the Buzzing Noise on Your Live Stream

Buzzing or audio noise on a live stream can come from a lot of things — like cables, an audio mixer, or directly from the source audio, such as a...

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How to Add Captions to Your Recorded Live Stream

This post explores the wider range of options for adding captions to your live stream. It's part of our series on BoxCast Features.

Captioning your...

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Alternatives to Mobile Hotspots: Live Broadcasting on the Go

This post looks at alternatives for getting an internet connection that meets the necessary speeds for a reliable live stream without the use of...

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The Best Software for Live Streaming (and How to Use Them)

This post talks about the best software encoders for live streaming. It also addresses how to create an ideal workflow with these tools. It's part of...

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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 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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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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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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Stream from Wirecast to BoxCast

This post looks at how to stream from Wirecast to BoxCast. It covers the advantages of the Wirecast and BoxCast integration, and how to stream from...

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How to Add Video Markers to Recorded Live Streams

This post looks at how to index recorded live streams to mark significant moments in a video. It’s part of our series on BoxCast Features.

At...

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