SpotMe Studio is packed with powerful improvements and exciting features to elevate your live virtual and hybrid events.
What is SpotMe Studio?
SpotMe Studio is an all-in-one tool for streaming your live sessions directly to your audience, through Backstage.
With Studio as your streaming provider in your virtual or hybrid live session, you can invite speakers and moderators to the discussion, share content, use polls and Q&A, and much more.
Studio supports up to 10 speakers/moderators in the green room simultaneously, with one host and two screen shares, and up to 10 people live on stage simultaneously, host included. More details
Studio is installed by default on your workspace. You can select SpotMe Studio as the streaming provider when you create live sessions, when you select Virtual or Hybrid as the session type.
For more technical details on how Studio works, you can also read our SpotMe Studio architecture article.
What can you expect from the new version of SpotMe Studio?
A robust WebRTC foundation: powered by AWS Chime
Studio uses the AWS Chime infrastructure, a proven and reliable solution that provides:
- Improved stability and reliability for your live sessions.
- Enhanced video and audio quality for a seamless event experience.
- Reduced network complexity, making it easier to run SpotMe Studio in corporate IT environments with restricted settings.
Streamlined connectivity testing
Studio includes a connectivity test as a mandatory step for speakers when entering Studio, ensuring all critical requirements are met, including:
- Webcam functionality.
- Microphone functionality.
- Network readiness (firewalls, proxies, and other restrictions) for real-time WebRTC communication.
- Audio playback.
Real-time network quality indicator
A real-time network quality indicator is includes in the user interface. It provides continuous feedback on your connection status, ensuring you’re always informed during live sessions.
Camera blurred background and noise cancelling
Camera blurred backgrounds are also available, allowing your speakers to hide their background for added privacy.
Speakers can benefit from a background noise removal option, that filters out environmental noise, ensuring crystal-clear audio delivery during your session.
Network requirements for SpotMe Studio
To use the new SpotMe Studio in a corporate IT network, please ensure that the following network configurations are in place.
You can use either domain allow-lists OR non-domain allow-lists, as follows:
For domain allow-lists:
| Domain | Ports | Purpose |
| *.chime.aws | TCP:443 | For signaling |
| UDP:3478 |
For video and audio data |
For non-domain allow-lists:
| IP range | Ports | Purpose |
|
99.77.128.0/18 |
TCP:443 | For signaling |
| UDP:3478 | For video and audio data |
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SpotMe Studio looks like a really robust tool for running virtual and hybrid events. I appreciate the real-time network quality indicator and the connectivity test for speakers. These features seem very useful for ensuring smooth live sessions. The camera blur and noise-cancelling options are also a nice touch for a professional presentation.
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