With conventional tools only simple live streaming of video has been possible, the addition of extra information such as graphics, slides, images, text, hyperlinks and chat/voting areas has been very difficult to do. However, this is now possible without any HTML or specialist knowledge using LiVE-CONTROL from IMS.

Rich Media goes LIVE!

Using LiVE-CONTROL, powerful live rich media broadcasts can be made by simply dragging and dropping the desired slide, graphic, animation or text onto the timeline and clicking the 'stream' button at the required time. This action provides perfect synchronisation with the video stream. Thus, the web page is dynamic and offers, at the appropriate time, the viewer with additional information and services, such as relevant images, slides, chat/voting areas or buttons/links for on-line purchases.

LiVE-CONTROL's easy to use interface considerably reduces errors as there is no need to type in a URL to 'slot' in a graphic or slide. Rapid changes to the programme can easily be made as new items can be placed on the time line in their native format, LiVE-CONTROL automatically scales and converts the item into a web-compliant format. LiVE-CONTROL support over 60 different file types and new ones are being added as needed.

Useful features like 'clickable' PowerPoint images, autoplay of bulletins, banners or logos during the live broadcast and the ability to record the presentation, maintaining all Rich Media synchronisations, for viewing later as an on-demand presentation make this the leading product for LiVE Rich Media presentations.

There are many applications for live broadcasts integrated with rich media delivered over the Internet. Such as, press and budgetary conferences, interviews, concerts and events, chats and live coaching in the educational sector as well as TV for trade fairs and businesses.

The following Rich Media Presentation, covering the Tutorial of LiVE-CONTROL, took us less than an hour to produce from the required rich media components. Although we had the basic format completed in less than 15 minutes, the remainder of the time was spent in 'fine-tuning' the slide synchronisations to get the desired slide changes within 1/100 of a second. Once we were happy with the finished presentation, we exported it sumultaneously in both REAL and Windows Media formats. We only exported them to a single bandwidth speed but they could have been exported to multiple bandwidth settings for each media presentation format just as easily.

To get the full benefit of the presentation you will need to have a connection speed of 128Kb or better. If you have a slower connection, you should still be able to hear the presentations and see the slides, but the video may be a bit slow. If you want to use these products for your own applications, the presentations can be set to use slower connection speeds and correspondingly smaller video windows.

To see the LiVE-CONTROL tutorial (Rich Media Presentation) Click the links below:

Windows Media Player

Real Player

To produce Rich Media web presentations for on-demand presentations, with no HTML programming knowledge, a range of products is available from EDAS.

	i-CONTROL - For On-Demand Rich Media Encoding Software
	Winnov Encoding Appliances

Other Rich Media Sections

	Authoring and Design
	Delivery and Publishing