Patent ID: 9226038
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable system for distributing an audio/visual feed of a live event, comprising: a first ambient microphone positioned at a first position relative to the live event; a second ambient microphone positioned at a second position relative to the live event; a sound mixer, wherein the sound mixer receives and mixes together (i) a first ambient audio signal from the first ambient microphone, (ii) a second ambient audio signal from the second ambient microphone, and (iii) a sound board feed from a public address system associated with the live event, thereby forming a mixed audio signal; a plurality of video cameras positioned and to record the live event; a video board comprising a plurality of video inputs, each respective video input in the plurality of video inputs receiving a video input signal from a corresponding video camera in the plurality of video cameras, the video board further comprising a selection mechanism for selecting the video input signal received by a video input in the plurality of video inputs as a video output from the video board; a recorder, wherein the recorder comprises (i) an audio input for receiving the mixed audio signal from the sound mixer and (ii) a video input for receiving the video output from the video board, and wherein the recorder combines the mixed audio signal with the video output from the video board, thereby producing an audio/visual signal and wherein the recorder outputs the audio/visual signal as a composite serial digital interface signal; an encoder having an input port for receiving the composite serial digital interface signal, the encoder encoding the composite serial digital interface signal using (i) a first video codec at each of a first plurality of bitrates and (ii) a first audio codec, thereby forming a first plurality of bitrate streams, each respective bitrate stream in the first plurality of bitrate streams comprising the video portion of the composite serial digital interface signal encoded at a corresponding bitrate in the first plurality of bitrates by the first video codec; and a satellite uplink router that: