Mobile streaming to youtube

[Simon Denny]

Nice rig mate.

[Tony McGuire]

I have single camera setup and I use it with the liveshell and a huawie E5770 modem as it has a cat5 socket in and I use it with my encoder. I have velcro on the top of the encoder for the modem which make it very easy to remove and use for other things. I have also linked the modem to my Roland video switcher for multi camreas been live steamed.

[Chris Harding]

Nice Tony

I have a "u" shaped aluminium bracket so I can mount my Netgear Nighthawk router on top of the Encoder which has a cold shoe fitting so it just slides onto the cold shoe at the back of the camera. Just a short Cat5e cable links the router and encoder and then an HDMI cable from the camera to the encoder. .. Because we do a fair amount of single camera wedding ceremonies, I have an active 2 channel mixer than sits under the camera and mount the wireless receivers on each side.

Most of the time everything is on a 3 wheel dolly with a tripod on top but on the beach it's just a tripod ..I can hand hold too if I need to. We did have an issue yesterday on the beach with 4G coverage so I put the router on top of a 20' light stand and then ran Cat5e cable from the top back to the camera ...your camera is mostly static in beach sand anyway!!!

Really nice to see what other guys are using and share ideas too!!

[David Barnett]

A bit pricey, but a solid option is Wirecast https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/overview.htm . Hooks up via HDMI to a Magewell capture card to USB.

Doable. You can do alot with Wirecast, make it look professional with graphics etc. Or just a solid cookie cutter stream. I think you can also achieve this using OBS with VLC. Took me a while & seemingly roundabout way to do it, and I feel Wirecast just has more professional, corporate capabilities.

[Chris Harding]

Wirecast is quite pricey but if you don't need software that will work with specialised capture encoders then you can't get much better than OBS which is FREE!! Stream to Facebook and YouTube .. definately worth a try ..they have a very helpful forum too.

We use the Teradek Broadcaster encoders on our remote cameras as well as Livestream for our CDN as we love the event page feature so we are tied to using Livestream Studio software ... the nice thing is it's also FREE if you use their CDN

[Simon Denny]

Hi Chris,

How do the Teradek Broadcaster encoders rate v Livestream encoders.

I know price is different however is the Teradek worth it.

[Chris Harding]

Hi Simon

The Livestream encoders are actually a Teradek Vidiu with specific firmware installed so they only can stream to a Livestream event page. The normal Vidiu unit can of course stream to Facebook and YouTube hence the extra cost. When we do events if suits us better to have a unique event page to stream to with minimal hassles so if clients want it on FB we just post a link. However if you are intending to stream exclusively to YouTube then the Livestream Teradek encoder is not for you so pay the extra and a Teradek Vidiu Pro encoder. Very interesting that the encoder can also receive an HDMI signal from a laptop (all you do is set it up as a 2nd monitor on the laptop) and use switching software on the computer. That way you can use quite a low spec laptop as the encoder does all the hard CPU intensive work ...We stream with 3 cameras and Livestream Studio software on a Duocore i7 laptop which goes out to the Teradek.

[Simon Denny]

Thanks Chris,

So when yoru running three cameras to you use 3 x Teradek Vidiu Pro encoders? into a laptop and then stream out?

[Chris Harding]

Hi Simon

Nope just one encoder to stream! 3 cams into the laptop and then the mixed HDMI output goes out to the encoder so the already mixed signal with graphics and lower thirds are streamed. Because we use Livestream Studio as our switcher two cutaway cams are directly into the laptop on USB and the main camera uses a Livestream Broadcaster Pro encoder (2nd one) to send the camera output to the laptop via wifi or via ethernet cable. The encoders can also act as remote cameras to give you a 5ghz wifi output or a cabled output.

[Simon Denny]

Thanks Chris.

Cheers

[Chris Harding]

Hi Simon

Just to give you an idea I'm doing a memorial service tomorrow so the setup is really simple. tripod on a dolly, single camera with HDMI out to one encoder mounted on the camera with the 4G router mounted on top of it. That's it ... simple but effective and a one man operation! Stream is going direct to Livestream event page and family and friends get the link!

[Simon Denny]

Nice one mate, hope the gig goes well.
Cheers, S

[David Barnett]

How do you all handle internet connection? Just log in to the church/venue wi-fi?

I couldn't imagine relying on or assuming (or taking someones word for it) that they have internet & arriving the day of to find out. From not knowing the PWs, to it not being there, or strong enough to reach the back of the church etc...

Same with sports, a high school might have wifi but would they have it in the gym?

[Chris Harding]

Not in a million years David !! "public" wifi is fine to check your email and most venues here have guest wifi but the uploads are very low indeed. Also most of our venues are outdoor like parks and beaches and today our funeral shoot is a small hall which most definately wouldn't have wifi!

We use 4G with a portable Netgear Nighthawk router and coverage is pretty darn good. I think in our local metro area there are just two places that have no signal at all as they are in deep valleys ...I normally get upload bitrates around 20mbps which is plenty. It's a little pricey in Australia at around $4.50 per gig but most shoots we do are less than an hour.

[Len Imbery]

Why not use a Mevo camera?....It's now owned by Vimeo and made for live-streaming.