With Man圜am I can ingest multiple video and or content sources, switch between them, with transitions, and now one of those sources can be an RTMP stream. If you are not familiar with Man圜am, it is a live software switcher that works as a video source in a Connect Meeting, Seminar Room or Virtual Classroom. This means that a use case that requires an external encoder/switcher (Newtek Tricaster) that can publish an RTMP stream can now work with Adobe Connect. Good news, I recently tested a new version of Man圜am and this version does accept an external RTMP stream. It would allow for more flexibility in the setup for streaming video through Connect and allow for higher production value use cases. For some time I have been advocating for the ability for Adobe Connect to accept an RTMP stream from an external encoder such as a Newtek Tricaster. With that said, what if your external encoder/switcher/etc… could push out an RTMP stream but was not close to a PC with a video capture device. Of course the video capture device has to have the appropriate drivers. In other words if you had a high end camera with an hdmi port or a video conference device with an hdmi port you could use a video capture device such as the Epiphan AVio to bring that video into an Adobe Connect meeting and display that video in the video pod. video conference device or high end camera) until very recently. Capture devices have been the only way to bring video in from an external source (e.g. That includes typical webcams and capture devices such as the Epiphan AVio. Adobe Connect supports nearly any webcam and for that matter nearly any video source as long as the drivers are well written and can be seen by Adobe Connect. If you are not familiar with the difference ways to get live video into Adobe Connect, here is a short refresher. In this scenario a webcam would not be appropriate, typically in these situations you will find that the production team has high end equipment and expects to be able to use it for this event. For instance imagine a meeting where a CEO and his team address partners or customers in a large scale event. Our customers make use of Adobe Connect for many different use cases including training, sales, support, incident response, customer outreach, etc… One of the use cases that has been a problem in the past were meetings where a higher video production value was required.
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