Streaming videos are becoming the go-to way of consuming content, and the Mevo Start is a device designed to ride this wave. It’s a compact live streaming video camera that fits right in your hand. While smartphones are getting better at video, having a device dedicated to streaming video is a smart move in today’s digital world. This is particularly true when the device is as feature-packed as the Mevo Start.
The Mevo Start is a great tool for small business owners looking to boost their digital presence with video. It’s an all-in-one tool that makes recording, editing, and streaming video easy. Max Haot, the founder and CEO of Mevo, believes it will make live streaming accessible to everyone, regardless of their experience with video.
Video is growing rapidly, driven by the internet, smartphones, drones, and affordable digital cameras. People are watching videos at home, at work, and anywhere they can get an internet connection. This has led to the internet video market growing at double-digit rates for several years. According to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index, this growth is set to quadruple by 2022. The index also predicts that smartphones will account for 44% of total IP traffic by 2022, and that 82% of all IP traffic will be video. Live internet video is expected to account for 17% of Internet video traffic, a 15-fold increase from 2017 to 2022.
The good news for small businesses is that there are plenty of solutions available for creating professional-grade videos easily. The Mevo Start is one of these solutions. It’s an all-in-one camera and app designed for consumers and social media influencers of all experience levels. It integrates with your smartphone, allowing you to start streaming directly to your favorite platform. Out of the box, you can stream on Facebook, Periscope, Twitter, Vimeo, and YouTube. You can also use any custom Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) destination, such as Twitch, UStream, Brightcove, and others.
In addition to streaming, the Mevo Start allows you to record the event. If you want to save the video while it’s streaming, there’s a MicroSD slot that lets you record simultaneously. This feature allows you to edit the video later or use parts of it for marketing or other publicity.
The Mevo app makes it easy to connect and stream from your phone with just a tap. You can stream over Wi-Fi, LTE, or Ethernet. The HD video will start streaming your event at 1080p with three multi-directional digital MEMS mics with a high signal-to-noise ratio. The unit uses the Fraunhofer upHear Spatial Microphone Processing to optimize the sound and automatically sync it for mixing through the Mevo app. The app also includes advanced tools for fine-tuning your video with filters, EV correction, image flip, sharpness, and more.
The Mevo Start offers over 4 hours of streaming/recording, 1080p encoding in HEVC or H.264, 802.11ac MIMO Wi-Fi + dual antennas, a wide-angle low distortion lens, 3 MEMS mics with spatial processing, a built-in thread for a mic/tripod stand, a Micro SD Slot, a USB-C, and a 3.5MM Jack. It’s now available for pre-order for $299 and is expected to ship on or before April 30, 2020.
