Palo Alto, CA, April 18, 2017 – Today at the annual F8 developer conference, Facebook announced new partnerships and integrations for Workplace, its collaboration platform, to help organizations simplify day-to-day workflows and enable richer collaboration with Live video. Epiphan Video, a leader in professional audiovisual capture, recording, and streaming systems, is proud to announce integration of our video capture and streaming products with Workplace. Whether companies want to stream a professional camera, a device screen, or a fully switched live program, Epiphan Video has the perfect solution for streaming high quality Live video on Workplace.

Mike Sandler, CEO Epiphan Video, talks about the synergies Epiphan’s products bring to Workplace: “Live streamed video is quickly becoming an integral part of corporate communication systems. Epiphan is excited that companies can leverage our easy-to-use video capture and streaming systems to make professional quality live video streams”.

Using either Windows or Mac OS, desktop users can use Epiphan’s AV.io family of portable capture cards to share any camera or device to their Workplace Timeline, Groups, or Work Chat. Just as easy to use as a webcam, AV.io HD™, AV.io 4K™, and AV.io SDI™ let users live stream audio and video from another computer, a tablet screen, or even an HD video camera for professional quality live collaboration with others.

Also, dedicated encoders like Epiphan’s Pearl-2™, Webcaster X1 for Facebook Live™, and upcoming Webcaster X2™, empower companies to create rich video streams to share with their colleagues without third party software. Webcaster X1 and Webcaster X2 make professional quality live streaming to Facebook Live as easy as pushing a button – and this same functionality can also be expected soon with Workplace.

With picture-in-picture support and live video switching, Epiphan’s all-in-one live production system, Pearl-2, offers the most complete and powerful live streaming option for Workplace. Companies using Pearl-2 can mix and switch multiple video and audio sources into a professional, dynamic live stream perfect for sharing a vision or making the sale.

Whether it’s the CEO addressing the company or a sales team pitching their products, Workplace users get amazing results with Pearl-2. “I’m most excited to see how companies will use Pearl-2 to bring fully produced live video to Workplace,” says Sandler. “With this tool in their box, the possibilities for live video collaboration are endless.”

For more information on the integration of Epiphan’s products with Workplace by Facebook, see https://www.epiphan.com/workplace. To schedule a demo, go to https://www.epiphan.com/demo.

About Workplace

Workplace is a collaboration platform that helps organizations get more done. Since its launch in Fall 2016, Workplace has transformed how organizations and teams work together. This integral part of people’s day-to-day workflows brings the familiar and easy to use Facebook platform to organizations across multiple industries. Workplace is used in 77 languages by organizations on every single continent, including Antarctica.

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Learn how to live stream to YouTube with ease using Epiphan’s Webcaster X1

Social Media Streaming Devices
Two New Video Encoders for Facebook Live & YouTube Live

Webcaster X1 for Facebook Live $299.95 MSRP

Webcaster X1 for Facebook Live
Stream your camera in HD to Facebook Live 

Stream any HDMI video source to Facebook Live. Stunning HD at 30 fps! Very easy to setup – just connect your camera or mixer to Webcaster X1, and enter the Facebook device code from the LCD into Facebook and you’re streaming! 

• Encode high quality audio video sources and stream to Facebook Live audiences
• Stream audio and video from cameras, mixers, displays, switchers to Facebook Live
• Stream to choice of Facebook Timeline, Events, Groups or Pages
• Encodes single live events and continuous streams
• Easy setup with device pairing code

 

Webcaster X1 for YouTube Live $299.95 MSRP

 

Webcaster X1 for YouTube Live
Stream your camera in HD to YouTube Live 

Stream any HDMI video source to YouTube. Stunning Full HD at 30 fps! Very easy to setup – just connect your camera or mixer to Webcaster X1, and enter the YouTube pairing code from the LCD into YouTube and you’re streaming!

• Encode high quality audio video sources and stream to YouTube audiences
• Stream audio and video from cameras, mixers, displays, switchers to YouTube
• Easy setup with device pairing code

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What a show! We’re happy to report that the Epiphan booth was bustling with activity on November 9th and 10th at the InfoComm Connections show in New York (known as ICC NY 2016), with many attendees eager to see our latest Pro-AV products in action.

Aimed at tech managers and in-house AV professionals, ICC NY 2016 (co-located with NAB Show NY) is designed to bridge the gap between AV enthusiasts and industry leaders in a condensed two-day version of the annual, and significantly larger, InfoComm show.

Throughout this two-day event, our Epiphan booth drew a constant stream of visitors who came from all kinds of different Pro-AV backgrounds. Some were looking for broadcasting solutions in the education field, others for streaming live events, while others had more of an interest in sports, business conferencing and more. The specialties were diverse among booth visitors, but no matter the use case, our versatile and powerful Epiphan products proved they could not only meet but exceed expectations when it came to capturing, encoding, streaming and recording.

On display, we had the following products available for demo:

Pearl-2

Pearl-2 is our next-generation “all-in-one” live production switcher. Released in September, this portable device is packed with nifty features like custom layouts, live switching and 4K encoding. Users can simultaneously capture, encode, stream and record up to 6 HD channels or a single 4K channel for their audience. Perfect for live event production.

LUMiO 12x

Ideal for live event capture, LUMiO 12xis a flexible PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) camera that captures in resolutions up to Full HD (1080p). Perfect for pairing with Pearl-2 for a full live production solution right out of the box.

What visitors thought:

If there was a single Epiphan product favorite, it was Pearl-2. With its “all-in-one” capabilities and portable form factor, Pearl-2 stole the show and received loads of attention from booth visitors. Many people were intrigued with the product at first glance and became further interested as I began to explain the concept and demonstrate its features. Throughout the explanation, visitors gradually became aware of the possibilities Pearl-2 could bring to their own specific Pro-AV use case and were eager to learn more.

Visitors often compared Pearl-2 to other streaming/recording products, remarking that Pearl-2 was far more versatile and simple to use compared to similar products on the market. I even had several people ask me to repeat my demonstration a second time while filming on their smartphones so they could relay all of Pearl-2’s details to their managers with as much accuracy as possible.

AV.io family of portable video grabbers

Consisting of AV.io HD, AV.io SDI and the newly-added AV.io 4K, these products capture video signals in resolutions up to UHD (i.e. 4K). Best of all, AV.io grabbers are completely driverless, requiring no configuration on behalf of the user.

What visitors thought:

Visitors were impressed with the simplicity offered by AV.io video grabbers and many commented on the rugged exterior product casing. One visitor dropped by the Epiphan booth to and express her satisfaction with an AV.io HD she purchased several months earlier. This particular visitor also extended thanks to the Epiphan Support team for helping her out when she had questions about the product, describing the encounter as “the most courteous and helpful product support she’s had in the industry.” This isn’t an exaggeration on my part—she actually said that. Always nice to hear!

Webcaster X1 family of social media streaming devices

Developed in collaboration with industry leaders Facebook and YouTube, Epiphan Webcaster X1 for Facebook Live and Epiphan Webcaster X1 for YouTube products are designed to simplify the social media streaming process. Simply connect an HD source, enter a unique device code and the stream is live on either Facebook or YouTube, depending on the product model.

What visitors thought:

Our newest product line, Webcaster X1 generated notable interest throughout the show. Several attendees approached me to mention that they heard about Webcaster X1 in one of our recent customer newsletters and were eager to learn more about the product. During my brief product demo, many commented with interest that they hadn’t seen a product like this before and were excited with the relatively low price point of $300. I even had a few different Pro AV followers inform me that they were impressed with the new concept of a simple-to-use social media streaming device and that, in their professional opinion, Epiphan is “nailing it” with Webcaster X1.

Overall, the Epiphan booth was a busy place at ICC NY 2016! So busy in fact, that by the end of the show our large stack of Pearl-2 brochures and our 150+ “freebie” USB keys (each containing all of our Epiphan product literature) were completely gone. Thank you to all who stopped by our booth, we had a great time chatting with everyone! See you next year at ICC 2017!

Epiphan’s new Webcaster X1: Stream to social media platforms with ease

This past week was big for us at Epiphan! On Wednesday October 19, we added an exciting and innovative new product family to the Epiphan line-up—the new Webcaster X1 line of social media streaming devices.

Webcaster X1™ products are exciting because they fully integrate into the live streaming process for social networks, helping content creators streamline and simplify the delivery of live professional-quality video streams to viewers.

More specifically, Webcaster X1 products are small, easy-to-use devices that encode and stream HD sources (i.e. HDMI™ cameras, mixers) directly to YouTube or Facebook Live, depending on the product model.

There’s no special software to install either—simply connect the Webcaster X1 device to your network via Ethernet, connect your source and then pair the device with either Facebook or YouTube (again—depending on the model) using a special device code to begin live streaming. It’s that simple.

Developed in collaboration with live streaming industry leaders YouTube and Facebook, the Webcaster X1 family consists of two distinct products, unique to each streaming platform:

1.Epiphan Webcaster X1 for YouTube™ and
2.Epiphan Webcaster X1 for Facebook Live™.

Webcaster X1 for YouTube

With Webcaster X1 for YouTube, you initiate the stream by entering the generated code (displayed on the front of the Webcaster X1) using a computer or mobile device and then manage the details of your live stream through YouTube’s Live Dashboard. When the stream is ended by pressing the “On/Off” switch on the back of the device, YouTube automatically transcodes your video and saves it as a regular (i.e. non-live) video on your YouTube channel for your subscribers to view at a later time.  [Continue Reading…]