There are some shareware products available on the Web and we offer other products from our RealStore site. The RealProducer G2 does not allow the creation of custom encoding templates. The new encoding matrix offered in the RealProducer G2 creates optimal encoding combinations. If, however, you need to use a special combination of encoding options, command line encoding is still available. Live encoding and live broadcasting are two methods used by the RealProducer G2 to encode from a live source.
Live encoding occurs when encoding is from a live source to a static file.
The inputs into your sound card and video capture device can be a microphone, CD, tape recorder or other media device such as a video camera, DVD or laserdisc. Live Broadcasting occurs when encoding is from a live source and the encoded stream is being broadcast over the internet live at the time of encoding. A RealServer is required for live broadcasting with RealProducer G2. The RealProducer G2 can be used for live broadcasting so long as the hardware and drivers on the system support live broadcast encoding. If the system components do not support live broadcast encoding, there may not be an error message, but the live broadcast will not successfully occur.