Moving to video from guests

Tonight will be episode 10 of the podcast I run On The Radar. The show does pretty well like anyware from 20-40 viewers which is a good size for me. I would like to start pulling in guests vidoes and im not sure how to go about it. i have the bandwith and a PC with power to get them into the show but then I feel I will be limiting the guests I can have on. I do a lot gaming on my live stream so we will be talking to a person befor the show and then decide hey why dont you join us for On The Radar. But moving to video it wont be that easy I will have to screen my guests to make sure they have the camera and bandwith to be in a video call for an hour during the show. Im not sure if I should make the switch or not. What do you guys think some pros and cons of switching would be?

Thanks

There are a few ways to do this.
The simples (for me) is to use either Skype Group Video (about $5/mo) for up to 10 simultaneous guests (5 max recommended but it depends on bandwidth)
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/feat...p-video-calls/

or Google Hangouts which is free.
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Another method would be ooVoo which allows up to 12 and, they keep changing their pricing, apparently now allows this for free but with ads (don't know how intrusive they are).
http://www.oovoo.com/howtooovooitem....oVooGroupVideo

I use Wirecast (Mac or Windows) with Desktop Presenter which brings in both audio and video and then I just edit the shots so each guest has a solo shot. I can also create two shots. Desktop Presenter also works over LAN if you need to use another computer for Skype, Google Hangout, ooVoo. Again Video and Audio is sent over LAN (wire gigabit ethernet preferred) so no other cabling is needed.

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Originally Posted by cseeman

There are a few ways to do this.
The simples (for me) is to use either Skype Group Video (about $5/mo) for up to 10 simultaneous guests (5 max recommended but it depends on bandwidth)
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/feat...p-video-calls/

or Google Hangouts which is free.
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Another method would be ooVoo which allows up to 12 and, they keep changing their pricing, apparently now allows this for free but with ads (don't know how intrusive they are).
http://www.oovoo.com/howtooovooitem....oVooGroupVideo

I use Wirecast (Mac or Windows) with Desktop Presenter which brings in both audio and video and then I just edit the shots so each guest has a solo shot. I can also create two shots. Desktop Presenter also works over LAN if you need to use another computer for Skype, Google Hangout, ooVoo. Again Video and Audio is sent over LAN (wire gigabit ethernet preferred) so no other cabling is needed.

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The issue isnt what i need to use to get people on its will moving to video limit guest I can have on or what I can do on the show.

Skype and ooVoo handle audio only without issue. I've even had a mix of people with and without video with Skype. Some don't have webcams or have poor bandwidth. ooVoo allows browser based calls as well although I haven't tried it. Of course there are some people that want to call an old fashioned phone number. Skype allows you to make calls to a phone number (it's a paid feature) or buy a phone number so they can call on a standard telephone. I know of one person that uses BlogTalk Radio (which allows phone calls) and I believe they bring in the audio to mix with a video stream using Desktop Presenter.

Another option would be to use google hangouts to get everyones video in. Google hangouts has a great feature where it allows you to have lower thirds for each guest on the show. Might be a good start

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Another option would be to use google hangouts to get everyones video in. Google hangouts has a great feature where it allows you to have lower thirds for each guest on the show. Might be a good start

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Isn't his issue is the potential limits with audio only callers? Have you tried Google Hangouts with some audio only sources?
It would be interesting if there were Google Voice integration so someone could call in on a standard telephone if that's all they had.

The software I found is called ecamm it is a Skype video recorder: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/ it is amazing!