Case Study: Celebrating Christmas Live in Belgian Church with AREC

Dear ADENA Partners, we have a Christmas-themed case study for you this time, coming from the Parish Church of Our Lady of Consolation in Leuven, Belgium. Accomplished with our official distributor SANEL and integrator “JORIS & CO”, this case highlights the practicality and convenience of using AREC Media Capture Solution as an upgrade of existing media systems in houses of worship.

The parish, known in Dutch as O.L.V. van Troost Heverlee, previously relied on handheld camcorders to reach their online audience. Masses, prayers, and other ceremonies had to be first recorded, edited and uploaded online before parishioners could see them. That process took a considerable amount of time from start to finish, and even then, the resulting video had a shaking image and a distant, echoing sound. Already concerned about these two major inconveniences, and with upcoming Christmas events, the parish decided to look for alternative solutions that could save them time and improve recording and streaming quality and found them in AREC.

Thanks to the efforts of our partners, the Parish Church of Our Lady of Consolation was outfitted with AREC LS-200 Media Station and two AREC CI-21H PTZ Network Cameras. The parish quickly settled in with the new system that allowed them to automatically record and stream ceremonies live to multiple platforms in a layout of their choosing. Firstly, using CI-21H cameras made it easy for the parish to focus on the altar and invited speakers and to create stable, high-quality imagery. Secondly, the fact that LS-200 combines the video output of the cameras and mixes it with the microphone system itself not only improved the quality of the sound recording but also helped the parish save time.

With the AREC system in place, the Parish Church of Our Lady of Consolation is fully prepared for Christmas celebrations. Is your organization ready? Contact us at www.a-dena.com and we will help you find the right solution.

ADENA Hack: How to mount your AREC station in a rack

All LS stations can be mounted or placed in a rack. Rack helps you to secure the devices and protect them from tampering. For LS-2 and LS-200, we provide special ear mounts that should be used for this purpose. It is important to note that LS stations must be mounted via screws provided in the ear mount packages on the sides of the stations, and not with the screws they came with originally.

As for LS-300 and LS-400, these stations come with their own ear mounts by default, making installation simpler. For KL-series, these stations are designed for user interaction and normally would be placed close to the user, e.g. a table, podium, or other working surface. However, if you need to place the station in a rack, it is advised to place it only on rack trays. If you would like to know more about how you can use AREC devices in your project or business, please contact us at www.a-dena.com, and we will gladly assist you.

Case Study: Stay-in-Class as usual with AREC Lecture Capture

Dear ADENA partners, the case study we bring to your attention today truly highlights the importance of e-learning solutions these days. Accomplished together with Sanel NV (official AREC Distributor) and Videocenter (Professional AV SI), PXL University project involved the creation of safe distance learning rooms, observation classrooms, and an impressive conference room to top it all off.

PXL University is a very diverse organization - in its educational branch, it offers courses in Business, Healthcare, IT, Technology, and many other disciplines. In terms of other branches, PXL Congress particularly stands out for its events. Overall, PXL offers services to more than 10000 students and more than 100000 annual conference participants. With such a significant audience restricted by the quarantine, the university looked at options that would allow students to continue learning remotely, as well as host conferences at a safe distance. Out of all solutions, AREC proved to be the easiest and most flexible for PXL to use, and was immediately approved for university-wide rollout.

AREC’s all-in-one nature allows it to be employed in different scenarios, which was quite handy for PXL. For example, one application is teacher education courses. PXL uses AREC LS-400 4-channel Media Station with 4 AREC CI-21H Network Cameras. The devices are positioned in paired rooms for observation and practice - in the practice room, teachers hold classes with young children, and in the observation room, students are observing this process and learn how to deal with different situations that can occur. All sessions are recorded for further evaluation and post-class discussion. 

For PXL Congress, a solution made of LS-200 Media Station and CI-21H Network Camera enables robust live streaming and recording of events to reach viewers from all over the world. At the same time, in keeping with the safety guidelines, installation of AREC DS-X01 Media Decoder in other PXL auditoriums allows the university to create a safe distance between the audience and the lecturers. DS-X01 can tune to any Media Station, Network Camera, or other RTSP/RTP network stream and display it on a local projector or display. These abilities, coupled with the university’s spacious auditoriums, created a perfect scenario for using the AREC solution.

Text: Anastasia Yakimenko