Connect, Record, Share

Available in both rackmount and mobile configurations, Mediasite debuted in 2002 as the industry's first highly automated real-time rich media presentation system and has quickly become a "must-have" appliance for presentation rooms in education, corporate, healthcare, and government facilities.

The Mediasite presentation recorder is trusted by Fortune 500 companies, education institutions, healthcare organizations, and government agencies for a variety of critical communication needs, including online training, corporate communications, rich media publishing, webcasting, product marketing, and Web-based distance education. Sonic Foundry’s secret to success is that it approaches the content creation challenges of rich media communications from the non-technical presenter’s point of view, creating a presenter-friendly system that simplifies the recording process while providing complete flexibility to handle any type of complex presentation.

Mediasite is primarily differentiated in six ways:
-Unmatched Graphics Capabilities—Only Mediasite has the exclusive VersaVisual™ channel for capturing, synchronizing, and processing any type of graphic input along with audio/video content— all in real time. This virtually eliminates the special production requirements to handle complex engineering diagrams, detailed medical imagery, intricate drawings, and other applications where visual clarity is critical.
-Ease of Use—It is simple to use and designed to fit the work practices and preferences of non-technical presenters/users. A ‘single button’ user interface gives presenters one-touch recording capabilities without interfering with their presentation style or content.
-Speed—Mediasite provides real-time capture and delivery of presentations, thereby eliminating all the pre- and post-production requirements of competing systems. In many cases, the rich media file is created up to 10 times faster than conventional Web presentation approaches allow.
-Versatility—Unlike competing systems that limit presenters to PowerPoint® slides, Mediasite is a fully integrated hardware and software system that provides the flexibility to capture on-the-fly virtually any kind of data output from any presentation device and instantly turn it into a Web-based interactive rich media file for live and on-demand access.
-Economics—The fastest ROI and lowest cost of ownership. By eliminating production and authoring, Mediasite significantly reduces the time and cost of creating rich content. In addition, because there are no seat- or stream-licensing fees users can communicate with large groups as often as needed without racking up huge expenses.
-End-user Experience—A browser and a media player are all that’s needed to view a high-quality presentation. There’s no proprietary software or plug-ins to download. Audience interactivity is available via polling and Q&A. For on-demand users, Mediasite’s navigation capabilities allow users to preview thumbnails of a presentation, then by clicking on the desired thumbnail slide, the audio, video and accompanying graphics are quickly synchronized to exactly that portion of the presentation.