kudos1111

Roger that! Waiting on the tax check to hit the bank now, lol.

Thank you for your insight

Thank you, was thinking this way as well concerning the chip anyway, really do appreciate all the help.

Thank you kindly for your time and response.

Thank you for your very detailed answer, it truly helps. I have been racking my brain for a while trying to work out what's best. much appreciated!

Before I begin I just want to say thank you for any and all inputs! I am currently looking to build/purchase a portable system that would be cost effective but do the job. I currently have wirecast pro 7 on my laptop which is dated with windows 7 pro. No USB 3.0 or anything to help with my desired goal. This is why I am looking to start from scratch and open to any ideas for computer and equipment purchases and or build. i am purchasing 2 USB/LAN ptz cameras and I have a canon vixia g30 camcorder as well as a few others I may or may not use including my canon dsl camera. i would like to build a portable system that would bring in my feeds at least 4 for now with the ability to expand to 8. in that build I would like to be able to record all my feeds (ISO) for additional editing down the line. I would also like to be able to use this system for on site editing if needed for photography and video. i use magix/xara pro for almost everything but I have hitfilm pro 2017, cyberlink suite and Corel pro x as well as wirecast pro 7 as stated previously. As that wasn't enough, I would also like to be able to create a private network via LAN and wifi to connect everything together and stream to ensure I am not getting interrupted with service and possibly make connecting to cameras easier. This one I'm not sure if it's needed or a different configuration would be better. so those are my thoughts and ideas. I am open to any thoughts or ideas even if it goes outside of my own. simply put, if there is a better way to do this and not cost me as much then I am game. again, thank you for your time, thoughts and insights!! sincerely, kudos1111 budget - best bang for the buck but I would rather spend a couple hundred dollars more to save me headaches down the road. under 2,000 us would be great. i have multiple monitors but would only use two at an event. all my software is pc based so as much as I love mac it's just not within my ability to start over completely in that factor.

Before I begin I just want to say thank you for any and all inputs! I am currently looking to build a portable system that would be cost effective but do the job. I currently have wirecast pro 7 on my laptop which is dated with windows 7 pro and 32ram. Pc is a Acer I purchased in 2012? i am purchasing 2 USB ptz cameras and I have a canon vixia g30 camcorder as well as a few others I may or may not use including my canon dsl camera. i would like to build a portable system that would bring in my feeds at least 4 for now with the ability to expand to 8. in that build I would like to be able to record all my feeds (ISO) for additional editing down the line. I would also like to be able to use this system for on site editing if needed for photography and video. i use magix pro for almost everything but I have hitfilm pro 2017, cyberlink suite and Corel pro x as well. As that wasn't enough, I would also like to be able to create a private network via LAN and wifi to connect everything together and stream to ensure I am not getting interrupted with service and possibly make connecting to cameras easier. This one I'm not sure if it's needed or a different configuration would be better. so those are my thoughts and ideas. I am open to any thoughts or ideas even if it goes outside of my own. simply put, if there is a better way to do this and not cost me as much then I am game. again, thank you for your time, thoughts and insights!! sincerely, kudos1111