Tech Jawa is trying to expand, by adding new authors for articles, as well as trying to set up a fully functional live stream of (starting with) video gaming. The issue we face now is how cheap we want to do this, and if it’s even possible.
We are going to make an attempt to get console games streaming for roughly $50, but it’s really a 50/50 chance if it will work or not. Regardless of if it works or not, we need something called an “Intensity Pro” from Blackmagic Design. It’s an HD capture card that will allow us to feed an HDMI signal straight into my PC, to allow high quality, HD streams over the internet.
We all need your help though. Donations are key in this matter, because the Intensity Pro is $200!
Let me just say that the Intensity Pro would be a WORLD of a difference in terms of quality, and viewer satisfaction.
Right now this is the current setup I have PLANNED (the cheap one)… Which will take my HDMI sources, and hopefully downsample them enough to work with cheap hardware. I have my doubts that this process will be enough though, generally you need a very expensive downscaling box that converts the digital HDMI signal to the analog composite signals.
The converter is simply a cable, and is likely our failing point.
There is another option we will try as well, which is using the AV out on the back of my TV, however I’m not sure that the TV will downscale and convert from digital to analog like that. We may have no choice but to go for the Intensity Pro after this.
I also want to point out that Jacob Wolfrum was nice enough to buy us the equipment we will try to start with before the Intensity Pro, but we need everybody’s help to get us the real professional equipment we need to complete this task.
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