Comments on: Live Video Streaming Guide – Part 2 : Hardware

By: steveonjava

steveonjava — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:18:05 +0000

If you are getting a new laptop, your best bet is probably to take advantage of USB 3.0 (which most newer windows laptops come with) or ThunderBolt (for Mac-tops). BlackMagic has a new Intensity Shuttle product that comes with your choice of one of these interfaces and will stream over HDMI.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:12:54 +0000

Hey Steve! Thanks for all your help. I have a website I do live broadcast on since 2008 and have made great strides in the quality using some of the equipment you suggested but I still want to keep improving it. Right now I use a Canon HV40 connected to my Dell Studio and a USB mixer with XLR mics for audio and a Ravelli tripod as you suggested. I want to stream using the HDMI on the HV40 and have been looking around and saw most of these capture devices are for Mac or a desktop. Do you have any ideas on how to make this work? My computer also does not have USB 3.0. I am looking to get an i7 laptop and know most do not have firewire so going HDMI will be important I think. Thanks for the help.

By: JustAnotherDevel

JustAnotherDevel — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:33:01 +0000

Hello,
I was wondering if you know a way to publish a live stream from a linux server witha blackmagic card in it. I would really love to find a live encoder for linux which would work with black magic (i’m trying to avoid the vlc compiled with the decklink sdk option since vlc isn’t the most awesome thing when it comes to publishing live streams) so I won’t have to go into developing my own encoder since c++ isn’t something I would love getting into.

By: steveonjava

steveonjava — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:13:00 +0000

If you have limited internet connectivity, you should look into a streamed 3/4G setup like the Teradek bond (http://teradek.com/bond.html). It allows you to split a stream over multiple antennas to allow high enough bandwidth over a mobile connection to stream high quality video/audio.

Of course, the whole setup (teradek cube/bond/etc.) is not going to be cheap, so only go this route if you have a few grand to throw at this.

By: steveonjava

steveonjava — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:09:45 +0000

Yeah, that setup should work fine.

By: Start Making Money

Start Making Money — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:09:55 +0000

Hi Steve, thanks a lot for your guide, really hepful, i was wondering, do you know if it’s possible to use a Core i7 Laptop with USB 3.0 and the new Intensity Shuttle? That would be awesome since i have to buy a laptop for this project.
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By: ButchReyes

ButchReyes — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:38:46 +0000

Hello Steve,
I am very new to this stuff but here is what I wanted to do in a layman’s term;
1. I need to shot a fast action game like cockfighting in a cockpit arena (indoor) and basketball
2. I need to use three cameras/camcorder to shoot the action
3. This will be broadcast live over the internet.
4. There are people who will handle the live broadcasting in a different country
5. On my side I have to set-up, cameras, hook to internet, laptops
6. What I want to accomplish is broadcast and throw the live streaming to the broadcasters abroad.
7. at the same time record it
8. At least provide a quality shot over the internet with split screen, capability or PIP
9. with voice
The area where I am going to shoot this may have a limited internet capacity and may not as fast as the DSL internet connection.

I do not know where to start with the camcorder, compatible hardware and equipment since most of the write ups are very new to me and I noticed most of them are selling the wares. I feel you are the only who can help me.

Thanks

By: steveonjava

steveonjava — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:01:03 +0000

The mini displayport to hdmi adapter is for output only, so that will work great for watching videos (on your TV), but not streaming them.

Your options on the 13″ model are pretty limited. If you have one of the new Thunderbolt models there are some things you can do (see the other replies related to this). If you are pre-Thunderbolt (and without PCI express or Firewire), then you don’t have a port with enough speed to do HD streaming.

There may be some USB 2.0 options that allow you to capture SD streams, although I haven’t gone this route and can’t recommend anything in particular. If you are looking for something along these lines, make sure the device is designed for real-time streaming (UVC compliant), and not just recording for later playback.

By: Thompson

Thompson — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:34:14 +0000

Hi i wanted to live stream I am using a canon hf s21 camcorder and I am using a 13 inch mac book pro. I brought a mini to mac hmdi adptor but that is not reading on the macbook .what else should I do or what else can i do?

By: steveonjava

steveonjava — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:37:25 +0000

Professional video mixer? meh! Remember, this is the frugal guide to everything video streaming.

You can do it for free if you are clever with some of the online streaming services. For example, we use ustream and setup two shows (one for each camera) and use the overlay feature to combine streams (you get a little resizable picture-in-a-picture window).

Another option is to use a software package like Wirecast. It lets you do professional video mixing from your computer at a reasonable cost, and can record and push the stream to your service of choice.