LiveU Solo Streaming Encoder

Traveling Show

Doing monitored human subject research on the road presents a myriad of challenges, not least of which is the actual monitoring. Who is going to be watching from where? How is that going to be set up in a place that is not designed with one-way mirrors and the other niceties of a purpose-built focus group facility.

Our standard package includes a closed circuit feed from the research room to large format monitors in a second room in the same building. But what if your clients can’t get to that building in the first place? Things like travel difficulties, scheduling difficulties or budgets mean that not everyone who should be watching the interactions can get to the site. That’s where some of our more specialized equipment, like the LiveU Solo, come into play.

Where do you want the client room?

With the LiveU Solo encoder, we can stream the sessions from wherever they are taking place to wherever you and your clients need to be. Are they sitting in an airport waiting for a delayed flight? They can watch it on their smartphone. Are they tied to their desk? They can watch it on the office PC. Of course, if they are there on site, then they can watch it on the screens we provide. This streaming service is something we offer on top of our standard package.

The streaming is done via YouTube. While the LiveU Solo offers other platforms, we’ve found that a password locked stream from YouTube provides a great combination of security and user friendliness. The stream itself only exists during the event. Afterwards, we offer our recordings, but the stream itself is shut down. We do this to ensure that no one who is not supposed to can watch the event after the fact. Of course, we have our several redundant recordings which you will be able to share with your clients as you see fit.

One of the other reasons that we like this piece is its network flexibility. Not only can it be connected to an onsite network, either wired or wireless, but it can also use USB cellular modems in case the facility network is not the greatest. It helps us to maintain the redundancy the we strive for.

Client Options

The LiveU Solo is only one of the streaming options that we have at our disposal. We’ll be talking about some of the others during the coming weeks and then recap all of them with pros and cons. But all of them allow you to offer your clients more options. Sure, having us stream the event costs more (if you are interested, reach out on our contact page), but that cost is usually much less than a single person’s travel to the event.

Let your clients know that together, you and Record My Research, can offer them options that let them get the input that they want, when and where they need to be.