How to Live Stream with a Video Camera on Reliable Internet
A live streaming camera needs a stable internet connection with a steady upload, even on the move. Speedify is an app that combines Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite internet connections into one faster, more reliable connection, including several 4G/5G cellular connections on different SIMs, and it keeps the stream running if one connection drops. With a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot make that connection’s upload faster.
Choppy video and dropped streams on the go are common, so you are not the only one. Here is why they happen and how to get a stable internet connection for your live streaming video camera with Speedify.
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Why Live Streaming Video Cameras Lose Connection on the Go
Long gone are the days when live streams came only from a studio or a fixed location such as an events venue or your home. Today people live stream while traveling or from the street.
Almost every live streamer runs into slow Internet and disconnects at some point. Being on the move, on the street, bus or train, makes it harder, because your device may be connected to a bad or spotty Wi-Fi hotspot. Phones and live streaming cameras prefer Wi-Fi over 4G/5G cellular, so they stay stuck on a hotspot that barely works even when 4G/5G cellular would be better in that spot.
In crowded places such as a stadium, a concert or a party, the available bandwidth may not be enough for everyone.
Here’s what usually happens, from a more technical perspective:
- There’s not enough bandwidth available for your video camera to live stream, so either the quality drops (jittery / choppy video) or you see disconnects
- Spotty Wi-Fi coverage leads to disconnects
- The Wi-Fi hotspot has no internet, but your device stays connected to it because it cannot tell the hotspot doesn’t work. Instead of switching to 4G/5G cellular to keep the stream going, the device drops the stream.
Speedify Fixes Live Streaming Video Camera Internet Issues by Using Multiple Connections
If a slow or unsteady connection breaks up your live video, you need more upload bandwidth, preferably from more than one internet connection.
With Speedify, you use multiple Internet connections at the same time, so a live streaming camera gets more upload bandwidth on the go, plus an automatic failover mechanism that keeps the stream going if one of your connections drops.
How Speedify Works to Solve Live Streaming Video Camera Problems
To combine 2 or more Internet connections at the same time, Speedify uses its own technology for combining internet connections, which splits your traffic per packet across all of them. Speedify runs on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux, so it works on a desktop or laptop computer, a smartphone or a tablet.
If one of your connections fails, Speedify automatically reroutes all the traffic through your other available connection(s). This happens in the background without you having to do anything. When the dropped connection is back online, Speedify will pick it up and start using it again.
Speedify runs on the device that sends the stream, not on the camera itself. Connect your camera to a Windows or macOS computer that runs Speedify, or stream from an iPhone or Android phone with Speedify installed. To live stream over cellular, tether one or more phones over USB (on a Mac, iPhones) or plug in a USB 4G/5G adapter, and Speedify combines them with any Wi-Fi in range.
For professional live streamers, such as reporters, the most important thing is a steady stream in which every bit reaches the Internet. For this, Speedify has a Redundant Mode that sends a copy of your stream’s data over each available connection, so data lost on one connection still arrives over another.
Speedify Works for Occasional Live Streamers and Professional Broadcasters
Speedify has a simple interface and runs in the background, so it suits occasional live streamers on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch as well as professional broadcasters such as vloggers, gamers and reporters in the field.
Speedify suits live streaming video cameras on the go, because its mobile VPN core moves the stream to the remaining connections when one fails. An Individual plan costs $89.99 per year, a fraction of what dedicated hardware for combining connections costs, and you carry no extra equipment.
Get started with Speedify today for free: download it for Windows and macOS from speedify.com, or from the App Store or Google Play. The free tier includes 5 GB per month with a free account.
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