[chbot] Live video stream
Chris Hellyar
chris at trash.co.nz
Thu Dec 3 08:51:30 GMT 2015
I've used it a few times just messing about, works really well.
Not sure what the requirements are but I do have a 170k views and a
couple of hundred subscribers...
Historically I think you had to have a much larger channel/following but
I'm pretty sure it's available even to new channels now...
Cheers, Chris H.
On 02/12/15 21:57, M Holland wrote:
> After a cruise around Youtube for a bit. It looks like they have
> opened streaming up to everyone.
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz
> <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>> wrote:
>
> Can you keep us updated on progress please.
>
> I thought that youtube required 5k subscribers to a channel before
> they would consider broadcasting as you are doing
>
> Will be most happy if I have this wrong, because this could be a V
> useful service...
>
> -mark
>
>
>
> On 2/12/2015 11:56 a.m., Stephen Irons wrote:
>> It took 30 minutes to
>>
>> * read the youtube help on live streaming
>> * create a stream event on youtube
>> * download and install OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) on my PC
>> * configure OBS to capture video and audio and send it to youtube
>> * watch the event using a different web browser (but on the
>> same PC)
>>
>> Have to do some Real Work now, but it looks promising, provided
>> that I can satisfy myself that:
>>
>> * the event can be relatively private (invitation only, or at
>> not advertised and unlisted)
>> * the event can be completely free of adverts; I suspect this
>> will be a pay-for privilege
>>
>> Other factors
>>
>> * 3 hours at 1.5 MBits/sec is 2 Gbytes. Allowing for 25%
>> streaming overhead gives 2.5 GBytes. Have to get a data
>> addon: 2 degrees charges 50c per MB for casual data usage
>> (for a total of $1200!), but offer a 3 GB data addon for $50,
>> or about 1.7c / MB
>> * you standard USB data modem advertises 21 Mbits per sec,
>> which should be enough to carry 2--2.5 Mbits per sec for the
>> media stream
>>
>> OBS knows how to stream to other broadcasting services, so now I
>> have a few other alternative to investigate:
>>
>> * Twitch (apparently popular with gamers: rather than playing,
>> you can watch others play)
>> * hitbox.tv <http://hitbox.tv>
>> * beam.pro <http://beam.pro>
>> * DailyMotion
>> * Livecoding.tv
>>
>> Thank you for the pointer to broadcast services: I thought there
>> must be some available, but was obviously searching for the wrong
>> thing.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1 December 2015 at 23:30, Spencer Travers
>> <spencer.travers at gmail.com <mailto:spencer.travers at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Have you looked at YouTube live streaming? I'm not sure about
>> being able to restrict it to just your family viewing, but it
>> would take care of a lot of the back end for you.
>>
>> Spencer
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Stephen Irons
>> <stephen.irons at clear.net.nz
>> <mailto:stephen.irons at clear.net.nz>> wrote:
>>
>> We have a family celebration coming up in January, and
>> want to be able to provide a live audio and video stream
>> from the event for people who cannot be there.
>>
>> I have the following available:
>>
>> * Video camera with microphone input, microphone, and
>> AV capture device that are compatible with V4L2
>> * Laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 desktop
>> * Mobile data modem
>> * Low-spec VPS (2 core, 4G RAM, 1 Gbps network
>> connection, 5 TB bandwidth per month) running Ubuntu
>> 10.04 server
>>
>> The plan would be for the laptop to capture the audio and
>> video which will send it to the server. Absent family and
>> friends can then connect to the server, preferably using
>> a web browser, to watch the proceedings. There will
>> probably be 4 or 5 families watching from around the world.
>>
>> Some rationale:
>>
>> * I prefer the video camera, microphone and capture
>> device to a web cam because it should give more
>> control over the picture and sound quality.
>> * I prefer the video camera, microphone and capture
>> device to an IP cam because I don't want to spend the
>> money.
>> * I don't want all of the guests connecting directly to
>> the laptop, as all their traffic goes via the mobile
>> data modem -- I suspect costs will mount up quickly,
>> though I should estimate what it will cost.
>>
>> Now, VLC can capture the video and stream it to another
>> instance of VLC using a few different protocols. I have
>> not had success with the audio yet, but it might just
>> need to swear at it a bit more.
>>
>> Motion and ZoneMinder might be appropriate, but
>> ZoneMinder does not support audio.
>>
>> Can anyone offer any advice, before I spend days playing
>> with things: what software to use, what to avoid, what
>> have I not thought of, will my low-spec VPS be adequate
>> to server 5 streams, any other thoughts?
>>
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