Epiphan Video, prominent in video capture, streaming and recording solutions, announced Epiphan Connect for Zoom. Per the company, this is the latest expansion of their cloud-based tool that makes broadcast-quality livestreaming more accessible.
Here, Epiphan Connect leverages the simplicity and convenience of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. It thus enables better hybrid productions and remote contributions through a cloud-based workflow. All guests have to do is join a Zoom Meeting or Zoom webinar. The producer can extract signals to deliver broadcast-quality productions, easily and efficiently.
“We saw an opportunity to expand broadcast-quality production to a wider audience,” says Nic Milani, Epiphan’s VP of marketing and business development. “With its robust platform and millions of users; Zoom is the perfect fit for Epiphan Connect. We’re excited for this opportunity to collaborate with Zoom and deliver on a shared vision of video for all.”
Main Features
Through a refined and intuitive interface, Epiphan Connect lets users extract as many as nine 1080p ISO video feeds (at up to 30 frames per second) from Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars. This includes both participants and screen shares, and isolated participant audio. It also delivers the highest quality image consistently. Epiphan Connect achieves this by communicating directly with Zoom infrastructure to send these feeds to any production tool, whether edge or cloud-based. It then leverages the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) protocol for end-to-end security. Via Epiphan Cloud, it also supports a direct integration with Pearl hardware. Thus, it allows sending of ISO feeds directly from Epiphan Connect.
“Zoom is excited to welcome Epiphan to our developer ecosystem! Epiphan Connect is a powerful integration of our Meeting SDK technology to deliver value to the broadcast market and enterprise media at large,” says Andy Carluccio, events engineering manager at Zoom. “Epiphan Connect weaves together Zoom’s robust AV technology and user experience with emergent cloud workflows and versatile edge hardware; making this solution attractive for both virtual and hybrid productions.”
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Expanding Accessibility
“We’re all aware of the critical role video plays. And there’s a growing understanding that quality matters more than ever to drive engagement,” says Julian Fernandez, Epiphan’s director of product marketing. “We’ve heard from more and more organizations searching for Zoom functionality within Epiphan Connect. And we’re proud to announce this expanded capability.”
Epiphan notes its continued innovation in this area and delivery of a toolset that enables anyone to create a broadcast-quality production from anywhere. The company adds that Epiphan Cloud works in conjunction with Epiphan Pearl hardware. With this, it helps create an ecosystem of production capabilities that can work with existing gear and workflows to make any space a studio. Whether users are looking to produce a webinar with remote participants completely in the cloud or bringing in a remote contributor to an on-site all hands; the toolset allows customers to step in and make any video an experience.
