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Post by leviw on Jan 6, 2017 11:24:49 GMT -7
This weekend we started figuring out live streaming but hit some road bumps. I'd like to find out what other teams are doing and hear about any successes (or failures) you've had. I was trying to use the streaming features in VLC to convert the RTSP stream into RTMP, and forward it to either stream.live or youtube live, but I didn't get it working. I think the problem was that VLC can output RTP / Media which I initially thought was the same as RTMP, but I don't think that's the case. So I hit the ebooks and waaaaay back in EARS #4 I saw a reference to the MSU faq and this pdf, which suggests using Open Broadcaster Software to stream to youtube. I see that youtube live and stream.live both give you an RTMP address and authorization key, so I'm guessing what works for one would work for the other. Is that still the best way to get streaming working? Anyone have any tips on what has or has not worked? I'd like to try some practice streams and get a feel for the bandwidth requirements. |
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Post by Wesley on Jan 7, 2017 16:52:29 GMT -7
OBS is what we used for our test flight in August. Your right about using RTMP or RTSP for YouTube and Stre.am. As for what software we will use, I don't think that has been determined yet.
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Post by Skylar MSGC on Jan 13, 2017 15:59:47 GMT -7
At MSU we are currently in contact with Stre.am trying to figure out a process to stream to the internet. Currently we are making steps to use a pipeline process called ffmpeg. When we have something that we can package up and have people run out of the box we will update the groups. Before this we have used OBS with VLC as well as using VLC to stream to a website by itself. OBS takes care of video codec problems that VLC runs into down the line.
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Post by parkerswanson on Apr 9, 2017 15:16:05 GMT -7
I'm trying to do a "Reality Check": Our location will be right at the place where the eclipse touches the continent, i.e. at the Oregon coast near Newport. Our "host" there states that they have Verizon Internet, which I assume is carried by the Verizon cell network. Our "host" assumes that we will be able to use that Internet connection to carry our video stream during the ecllipse.
I'm skeptical[!]. I've heard and read that we should assume that cell phone networks will be overloaded and pretty much unusable, especially for broadband connections such as the approximately 1 Mbps needed for our video.
So - what do you all think? Is our "host" too optimistic?
Thanks *very* much in advance for weighing in with your judgments!
Parker (Linn-Benton Community College team)
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Post by David MSGC on Apr 10, 2017 16:13:41 GMT -7
We have heard from many sources that we should not rely on cellular phone service for internet and Stre.am suggests we have at least a 3Mbps upload.
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Post by parkerswanson on Apr 10, 2017 18:10:37 GMT -7
We have heard from many sources that we should not rely on cellular phone service for internet and Stre.am suggests we have at least a 3Mbps upload. Hi David, Thanks for the message! It confirms what we've heard from others. Parker |
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Post by Manu on Jun 21, 2017 9:42:50 GMT -7
Hi,
We tried a tethered flight yesterday and tried to stream the video but we kept loosing connection after a while. We had to restart our ground station laptop to get the output on vlc. And then we lost it again after a while.
What might be the problem?
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Post by psuteam on Jul 4, 2017 11:25:01 GMT -7
I'm also concerned about the internet situation. Wifi from nearby buildings and mobile hotspots both seem to be too weak to handle the video streaming. Our video has been extremely choppy and will cut out and need to be restarted about every 15 minutes.
Has anyone found a way to have adequate internet connection for high quality video streaming?
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