How a Videographer Successfully Live streamed 50 Graduations Solo

Livestreaming 50 graduations solo sounds like an impossible feat — but with a YoloBox, David Medzorian made it a reality.

Meet David Medzorian

David Medzorian is a Boston-area event videographer and livestreaming specialist. Based in Massachusetts, he covers a wide range of live events — graduation ceremonies, cultural forums, community presentations, and memorial programs — serving both on-site audiences and remote viewers who tune in via YouTube and Zoom.

He’s also a long-standing Top Contributor in the YoloLiv User Group, where he’s been sharing his real-world experiences, asking sharp technical questions, and helping other users troubleshoot since 2022.

David works solo. No crew, no co-producer, no technical director standing by. Just him, his cameras, and his YoloBox. Even so, he delivered nearly 50 flawless graduation livestreams — without dropping a single frame.

The Challenge: Professional Event Livestreaming as a One-Person Operation

Solo event videographers face a paradox: clients expect broadcast-quality production, but the economics of small-scale work rarely support a full crew or expensive hardware stack.

For David, every event carries real stakes. When a student walks across the stage at graduation, grandparents watching on Zoom from another state get one shot at that moment. A dropped stream, a glitchy switch, or a missed lower-third isn’t a technical inconvenience — it’s a memory that didn’t make it through.

At the same time, David needed a workflow he could actually manage alone. That meant a single device that could ingest multiple cameras, handle live switching, display graphics and lower-thirds, encode the stream, and send it to two platforms at once — all without a laptop running OBS, a dedicated encoder, or a second pair of hands.

The gear also had to travel. Church sanctuaries, school auditoriums, outdoor plazas, and the middle of Times Square all required the same reliable output.

The Solution: YoloBox Pro, Ultra and Extreme as the Central Hub

David started with the YoloBox Pro and found it fit his workflow almost immediately. The all-in-one form factor — touchscreen interface, multi-source input, built-in encoder, and simultaneous streaming — collapsed what would otherwise be a multi-device setup into a single unit he could operate with one hand while managing cameras with the other.

As his business grew and his jobs became more demanding, he upgraded to the YoloBox Ultra, and later added the YoloDeck for camera switching and the YoloBox Extreme as a backup. Each upgrade extended what he could offer clients without adding complexity to how he worked on-site.

The throughline across every device: reliability. In post after post in the YoloLiv User Group, David’s verdict is consistent — “flawless.”

David’s Event Livestreaming Setup

David’s kit reflects years of refinement for professional event work:

For most events, David arrives with this kit, sets up alone, and runs the full production from a single position — switching cameras, monitoring levels, and managing graphics, all from the YoloBox’s touchscreen interface.

Why YoloBox Works for High-Stakes Live Events

Three qualities show up repeatedly across David’s posts: reliability, flexibility, and financial return.

Reliability under pressure. David’s most demanding test came in May 2025, when he livestreamed a three-hour outdoor program from Times Square in New York City — a memorial for the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Three cameras, a bonded Verizon 5G hotspot and SIM card, 1080p at 30fps, bitrate at 6000. Over three hours, he did not drop a single frame. “I could not have been more pleased,” he wrote afterward.

Flexibility across venues. David has run the YoloBox in Boston-area churches, school auditoriums, conference rooms, and open-air public spaces. Wired Ethernet when available, hotspot and SIM when not. The device adapts to whatever infrastructure — or lack of it — the venue provides.

A full production toolkit in one unit. For graduation ceremonies, David creates custom lower-thirds for each school, complete with logos. He runs Picture-in-Picture to show both a speaker and their PowerPoint presentation simultaneously. He streams to YouTube and Zoom at the same time. All of this happens without a laptop running OBS or a separate graphics system.

Financial viability. This is perhaps the most practical point David makes. He returns to it regularly: his YoloLiv devices “pay for themselves every time” he uses them. The combination of professional output and solo operability means he can take on jobs that generate real revenue without the overhead of a larger crew or equipment rental.

“Earning a living while using the Ultra is both financially rewarding and fun.”
— David Medzorian, October 2024

The Results: 50+ Events, From Boston Churches to Times Square

Since 2022, David has used YoloLiv devices across dozens of productions spanning multiple event types and locations:

• Nearly 50 graduation ceremonies streamed in a single spring season (early May through June 18, 2024), every one with at least three cameras, custom school branding on lower-thirds, and flawless delivery
• A two-camera political forum in Belmont, Massachusetts covering the future of the Republic of Armenia — his first major field validation of the YoloBox Pro
• An outdoor memorial in Times Square, New York — three hours, three cameras, zero dropped frames
• Ongoing community and cultural presentations across greater Boston, including a live-and-recorded lecture on ancient Armenian archaeological discoveries
• Private school graduations in Weston, Massachusetts, with bonded internet (wired school connection + SIM card + Verizon hotspot) for absolute connectivity redundancy

Each event has been streamed to YouTube, Zoom, or both — often simultaneously.

What Event Videographers Can Learn from David’s Workflow

David’s approach offers a practical blueprint for solo operators looking to build a sustainable livestreaming business:

Redundancy is not paranoia — it’s professionalism. David never relies on a single internet source. Wired Ethernet is the foundation; SIM card and hotspot are always ready. For a Times Square production with no venue Ethernet, he bonded two wireless sources and delivered a three-hour stream without issue.

Invest in connectivity as seriously as cameras. A beautiful multi-camera production means nothing if the stream drops. David treats network stability as a first-class concern, equal to camera placement and audio quality.

Custom graphics make clients feel served. Adding a school’s logo to every lower-third on a graduation stream isn’t technically complex, but it signals professionalism and care. It’s the kind of detail that turns a one-time booking into a recurring client.

Upgrade incrementally, but upgrade with purpose. David moved from YoloBox Pro to Ultra as his productions grew in scale and complexity. He added the YoloDeck when dedicated switching became valuable. Each addition solved a specific need rather than simply adding capability for its own sake.

Let the device do the work. The YoloBox’s all-in-one design means David can focus on the event rather than managing multiple systems. That cognitive simplicity isn’t a luxury — for a solo operator, it’s what makes complex productions achievable at all.

Start Your Own Livestreaming Business with YoloLiv

David Medzorian’s story is a practical demonstration of what’s possible when the right tool meets a committed professional. He started with a single device, built a repeatable workflow, and grew it into a business that funds itself event by event.

Whether you’re covering graduations, corporate presentations, community events, or live performances, the YoloBox gives you the multi-camera switching, live graphics, simultaneous streaming, and connectivity flexibility to deliver broadcast-quality results — alone, on location, every time.

👉 Learn more about the YoloBox at yololiv.com

YoloLiv Customer Stories showcase real users and real productions. All quotes are drawn directly from David Medzorian’s posts in the YoloLiv User Group on Facebook.

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Lynn Jia

a Marketing Specialist at YoloLiv，passionate about creating content that helps users explore the full potential of live streaming.