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General FAQsWhat is Mediasite?
Mediasite is a powerful [Windows-based] web communications system that allows users to quickly capture, publish and view visually rich presentations. Make a presentation with Mediasite Live and have it automatically turn into interactive rich media while you do it. Your audio, video, and any thing you show are all captured — in real time – and turned into engaging, high quality content.
What is a rich media presentation?
A rich media presentation integrates and synchronizes audio and video to the documents and images you show. The audience gets the full multimedia experience of a presentation delivered to them over the web.
How does Mediasite compare to other Presentation Solutions?
Unlike authoring-software packages that require skilled producers using complex and time-consuming procedures, Mediasite is a fully integrated system that works in the background during live presentations to automatically capture index, and synchronize audio, video and the data output from any presentation device (notebook PC, document camera, smart board, etc.) and instantly turn it into a web-based interactive presentation.
What is the main benefit of using Mediasite for Online presentations?
Mediasite uses a breakthrough approach that compresses the workflow typically associated with creating graphically rich web presentations. This greatly reduces the time, cost and complexity of making and delivering rich presentations and provides corporate, education and government users with the capability to rapidly and economically share information across the enterprise.
What is streaming media?
Streaming media is audio and video content that is digitally encoded and transferred over a computer network or the Internet for viewing on a multimedia-equipped PC. It is not downloaded as a file, but rather is played as it arrives. Streaming media content always resides on a hosted server.
Can Mediasite be used for Live events?
Mediasite can be used to capture and conduct live presentations on the Internet. It provides capabilities to transmit the session live to a worldwide audience. Mediasite is the most versatile web communication system on the market — it can be used for live webcasts as well as to capture content for re-use on demand.
What kind of documents can be incorporated into a rich media presentation?
Any documents that you would normally share or project on-screen during a presentation can be shared using Mediasite. For example, Microsoft Office documents (including PowerPoint slides) can be incorporated, as well as documents captured via a document camera or smart board. Documents shared during a videoconference can also be captured and shared.
