On-Demand (or Archive) Webcast—Create a Living Library

On-Demand or Archive Webcast is much like a taped television program, something that can be seen over and over again. While live audio and video webcasts offer immediacy to Internet visitors, saving your content in the form of archived files provides permanency. With archived content, prerecorded events are digitized and then stored for viewing over the Internet in an on demand capacity.

WebcastCenter provides On-Demand webcasting in Windows Media, Real and QuickTime formats. In all cases the media file is "streamed" to the player, thus eliminating the need to download large size audio/video files. The content usually starts playing within a few seconds and it is continuously streamed from the media servers to the players.

On-Demand content can range from simple audio files to high quality broadband video files. Based on the receiving computer's Internet connection rate, the quality of the audio and video of the clip is constantly monitored by the streaming media server and delivered accordingly.

Please visit our On-Demand Showcase for examples of On-Demand webcasting, in Windows Media, Real or QuickTime formats.

Interested?

WebcastCenter recommends that if you are new into streaming media, you start with simple On-Demand clips to test the waters. Please call us at 814.342.3303 or send e-mail to sales@webcastcenter.com for pricing details. We will make it very simple and exciting for you.

What's the Process?

After you have consulted with one of our experienced Account Managers, you simply send us the media to convert into streaming media format. You can choose between Windows Media, Real or QuickTime, or any combination. We will encode the clip, put it on our streaming media server and send you the link with detailed instructions. Once you link to the media file from your website, visitors to your site will be able to see/hear the content without ever leaving your website—it's that simple.

What's the Cost?

The cost is very much dependent on the length of the clip as well as the quality of the output file. For example: a 30 minute audio tape encoded at 16Kbps will be a lot cheaper than a 30 minute video encoded at 300Kbps (broadband). Also, if you choose more than one format (Windows Media, Real and QuickTime), the cost would be higher.

There are many ways we can customize the pricing for you, so please contact us. We will determine your needs, consider your budget and then give you the best prices in the industry.

There are two common pricing structures:

For the Starters: This is where you pay WebcastCenter to do all the work for you, from digitizing to hosting the streaming media content. This option is good for an organization who's new into streaming media and does not want to heavily invest in manpower and equipment.

For the Professionals: Under this option you basically create your own content and place it on WebcastCenter's streaming media servers. The payment is based on how much usage the media files generate. We provide free usage analysis on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Media Types:

WebcastCenter can convert your content into streaming media format from these sources: VHS, SVHS, BetacamSP, Mini DV, DVD, Audio Tape, Audio CD, 8mm Video, AVI files, and some International formats such as VHS PAL.