A great alternative to jump into the new wave
I am a newbie - I just took a course that emphasized the importance of positioning yourself on youtube and facebook going live. I missed out on the onestream lifetime deal and was hoping to see another offer. Videolinq is my promising second chance.
On my first impression - setting up a livestream is very easy. A simple 3 step process.
Pros.
Reach of 25 outputs on every plan.
Simple 3 step process
Ticke response was very fast
Cons.
Their web is a little confusing. You need to enter one url for your account and billing information - and anotherone for your video dashboard. So I needed to go back and forth to my email to find. I would prefer that they simply put both on the hamburger menu.
I am a wordpress techie, however regarding live streaming I admit I am a Novice (soon to be player). As such I have difficulty understanding some of the terms RMTP Source, file storage, etc. So it is yet unclear for me if I will be charged for uploading an mp3 file to their server, when there is a charge or consumption of the GB, if I can store my videos on another service ie Amazon S3, or Vimeo and transmit. I guess what I am trying to say is that I would really appreciate someone holding my hand via a youtube channel and clear instructions.
Conclusion:
I give full 5 tacos becaause the platform promises to give me all that I need, and I am confident that once I run my first couple of streams, I will have the tech issues all ironed out.