UPDATE : Justin.tv is no longer online. The solution can still be used to stream to many other online services.
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Low budget video streaming to Justin.TV or anyone else.
I have been working a very long time to build a simple video streaming solution suitable for people that are not so tech-savvy as I am.
Some machines have been installed in churches in the Netherlands, you can find them here :http://www.kerkdienstgemist.nl/browse/video
Techno babble.
The machines until now used an internal frame grabber, a PCI card which converts the analog video signals to lots of bytes representing 25 pictures per second. The internal PCI cards need a real full size PC to fit into, the small boxes just did not work. We do not like large PC boxes anymore right!!
The solution.
I have now created a small and cheap solution based on USB, it works with a simple small PC (dual core) and the Roland V-4 EX (http://www.roland.com/products/en/V-4EX/) which also accepts HDMI, VGA, and S-video inputs.
If you only have one video source, eg. a single camera, you can use a small USB frame grabber which I selected and tested.
Options, not found elsewhere: parallel audio streaming to Icecast2 server, remote control to start/stop transmission with a single switch (so you can install the hardware safely and have a single switch + "On AIR" sign on the desk of the operator)
The total solution (PC+software+USB-grabber) will be available for about 1000,= euro from Schaapsound or you can contact me directly. (Only need to add your own camera and microphone)
The picture shows a screenshot of a live video stream from my basement. Bitrate was set at 500kbps.
Camera used was an 12 year old Sony DCR PC100E. A simple USB video-grabber was used.
You can see some small samples of recorded video here : http://www.justin.tv/oetelaar
Applications: churches, meeting places, democratic meetings, every meeting in town hall should be live and recorded (ieder gemeentehuis, gemeenteraad moet dit hebben !)
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Low budget video streaming to Justin.TV or anyone else.
I have been working a very long time to build a simple video streaming solution suitable for people that are not so tech-savvy as I am.
Some machines have been installed in churches in the Netherlands, you can find them here :http://www.kerkdienstgemist.nl/browse/video
Techno babble.
The machines until now used an internal frame grabber, a PCI card which converts the analog video signals to lots of bytes representing 25 pictures per second. The internal PCI cards need a real full size PC to fit into, the small boxes just did not work. We do not like large PC boxes anymore right!!
The solution.
I have now created a small and cheap solution based on USB, it works with a simple small PC (dual core) and the Roland V-4 EX (http://www.roland.com/products/en/V-4EX/) which also accepts HDMI, VGA, and S-video inputs.
If you only have one video source, eg. a single camera, you can use a small USB frame grabber which I selected and tested.
Options, not found elsewhere: parallel audio streaming to Icecast2 server, remote control to start/stop transmission with a single switch (so you can install the hardware safely and have a single switch + "On AIR" sign on the desk of the operator)
The total solution (PC+software+USB-grabber) will be available for about 1000,= euro from Schaapsound or you can contact me directly. (Only need to add your own camera and microphone)
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The picture shows a screenshot of a live video stream from my basement. Bitrate was set at 500kbps.
Camera used was an 12 year old Sony DCR PC100E. A simple USB video-grabber was used.
You can see some small samples of recorded video here : http://www.justin.tv/oetelaar
Applications: churches, meeting places, democratic meetings, every meeting in town hall should be live and recorded (ieder gemeentehuis, gemeenteraad moet dit hebben !)
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