I have inquired about web casting for GTR Super Regional this year. These are the specs that I received:
Here are the specs
Your computer should have at least a 2.8Ghz processor, 512 MB Ram or higher, and the higher the front side bus the better. You will also need a video capture device. We use Osprey cards in our encoders. You could probably get away with getting a capture device from your local computer store for a little under 100 dollars. It is usually labeled for receiving a video feed from a VCR or camcorder. If you want better quality and better control over the feed that comes into your computer I would recommend an Osprey card. You can see them here at this website
http://www.viewcast.com/products/osprey.html Actually they have the osprey 50 which could be something you might want to consider as a cheaper solution and it may work better if you are going to use a laptop. We use the Osprey 230, just so you know. You will need the Windows Media Encoder. You can do a search on the Microsoft website and you can download that for free. We have been encoding at 48 and 143 kbps. You can do the same. This will require you to send about 200kbps to us. I would get as big a pipe as you can. We can try a larger stream if you want if you get a bigger pipe. Like we could add a 200kbps stream onto that and you would need 400 or more kbps throughput. To be safe I think you could ask for 768 upload and you should be fine.
This will need approval from FIRST and our area committee. We hope to make it work and give everyone the experience of a Super Regional.