How To Set Up an iTV-Studio for Live Streaming
What Goes in the iTV-Studio Case (we may need an accessory bag?)
Setting Up the ASUS Laptop
  1. Name the laptop, e.g., iTV-0005-1
  2. Decline Microsoft account.
  3. User name and password, e.g., iTV Studio, blank (no) password
  4. Run Windows Update
  5. Download and install ATEM software (also installs the Switcher Operations Manual).
  6. Download and install DisplayLink Driver (for the AOC USB monitor).
  7. Install a VNC Server for remote maintenance?
Setting Up the Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio
  1. Connect 3' USB cable from Studio to Laptop
  2. Connect 3' Ethernet cable from Studio to Laptop
  3. Connect 3' HDMI cable from Studio (Input 4) to Laptop (for Media Server and Skype Remote)
  4. Power up the iTV-Studio (plug in AC power 110-240V)
  5. The Switcher Panel software should appear on the laptop screen.
  6. If you get the message "No Switcher Connected," you must use ATEM Setup Utility to assign IP 192.168.10.50 (or use 240, the default?) to the ATEM (via USB)
  7. Check in ATEM preferences that switcher has IP 192.168.10.50 or 240 (via Ethernet).
  8. Test that you have control by switching between inputs.
  9. Update the ATEM software (if necessary).
Setting Up the TRENDnet Wireless Router
See TRENDnet Wireless Router Tutorial - YouTube
  1. Browse to 192.168.10.1
  2. Log into TRENDnet, with admin and the router's web password, which is on the label inside your case
  3. Set a new TRENDnet password, iTV8765678
  4. Go to Wireless
  5. Set WPA type to WPA2
  6. Set WPA name (SSID), e.g., iTV-XXXX (This becomes the iTV-Studio's WiFi name)
  7. Go to Wireless > Security
  8. Set the WPA PassPhrase - iTVWAP77 (the same for all iTV Studios)
  9. If you cannot log in to the router, you may have to press its reset button and start over
Setting Up the VidiU

See VidiU - YouTube Live Setup : Teradek Help Center

  1. Be sure the VidiU is powered on (switch on left)
  2. Install the VidiU App from the iPhone App store (it is easier to use the App than the VidiU buttons and joystick controls)
  3. Update ATEM software (if necessary).
Setting Up YouTube Live on a VidiU - for prototypes iTV0003 and above

See VidiU YouTube Live Setup

  1. We must authorize/authenticate the VidiU for our iTV Studio account, for Live Events enabled under our channel settings. (Again, it is easier to use the iPhone VidiU (Teradek Central) App than the VidiU buttons and joystick controls.)
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Select Broadcast
  4. Select Platform
  5. Change the Platform to YouTube Live
  6. Click Authorize Your VidiU
  7. VidiU generates an Authentication User Code
  8. Copy the Authentication User Code
  9. Browse to www.google.com/device
  10. YouTube asks you to choose an Account to authorize
  11. Paste the Authentication User Code displayed by the VidiU and Click Continue
  12. On the next page, Click Allow Access
  13. Back on the VidiU, you will see the Authentication approved
  14. You will only have to repeat the above steps if you change to another YouTube account
  15. If you have already created events, they will appear on the YouTube page.
  16. If not, Click Create New Live Event and follow the steps above.

Going Live

  1. Use the VidiU app or the joysticks.
  2. Go to Broadcast Settings.
  3. If any stream is being encoded, stop it.
  4. Select platform: YouTubeLive
  5. Choose Event: Existing
  6. Choose the event you just created on YouTube
  7. Press the red start button and choose Live
  8. Refresh Your Live Control Room. Then you should be receiving data along with a quality report.
  9. If the health of the stream is BAD, you must lower your bitrate in the ingestion settings
  10. Once this is complete, select preview. This will create a preview window that you can examine the Stream. (Note: this may take a moment)
  11. Once that finishes loading, you can Click Go live. and congrats your stream is live.

Creating A Live Event On YouTube;

See YouTube's Live Streaming Guide.

  1. Login to your YouTube account, e.g., itvstudiocambridge@gmail.com
  2. Click on the blue person icon in upper right and select Creator Studio for your account.
  3. Now click on Video Manager in the left column
  4. If enabled properly, you should see Live Events on the left tool bar,
  5. Clicking on Live Events will bring you to a page that lists events that you have created.
  6. On the top right hand side or on the main content of the page you will find New Live Event, This will open up the Create New Live Event page.
  7. Fill out title of your broadcast, a description, and fill out appropriate tags to help viewers find your broadcast.
  8. Navigate to Advanced Settings and browse any settings you may like to change.
  9. If it is a Test event, click unlisted, otherwise select Public or Private (for invitees only).
  10. When finished, Click Create Event. This should navigate you to Ingestion Settings, where you can upload a Thumbnail and select your bitrate.
  11. When choosing bitrate, you should first check your internet speed using ( http://www.speedtest.net/ ). Then select bitrate which will adjust your resolution accordingly.
  12. After you have selected your desired bitrate, a select encoder window will appear.
  13. Now scroll up to the top of the page and navigate (back) to Live Control Room. You will notice that your Live Control Room is receiving No Data. This is normal and will change once you setup the VidiU (see above

Going Live

  1. Refresh Your Live Control Room. Then you should be receiving data along with a quality report.
  2. If the health of the stream is BAD, you must lower your bitrate in the ingestion settings
  3. Once this is complete, select preview. This will create a preview window that you can examine the Stream. (Note: this may take a moment)
  4. Once that finishes loading, you can Click Go live. and congrats your stream is live.
How to Set Up the Nyrius Aries Pro
  1. Plug in 5V power to the Nyrius transmitter mini-B USB port
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  3. Plug in power to the Nyrius receiver 5V power jack
  4. Connect HDMI video from the receiver to your HDMI monitor< /li>
  5. You should see network lights on both units< /li>
  6. Press and hold the button on the transmitter for 3 to 5 seconds< /li>
  7. The video light should come on and you should see your video on the HDMI monitor< /li>
If there is more than one transmitter/receiver pair, or if you have used a different video source (different transmitter), you may have to use the Nyrius remote control, which communicates with the receiver via an IR link, or a laptop, which communicates by USB through the receiver's mini-USB port
  1. Plug in the IR receiver cable to the receiver's mini-B USB port
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  3. Various commands now appear on the HDMI monitor< /li>
  4. You may now ask the receiver to forget a video source < /li>
  5. And then ask the receiver to select a new video source < /li>
  6. You are asked to register a new source, which means press and hold the button on the transmitter for 3 to 5 seconds < /li>
  7. The video light should come on and you should see your video on the HDMI monitor< /li>
How to Set Up iTV-Studio Sound
There are several ways to get sound into iTV-Studio
  1. The first is to input sound through a camcorder's mini-stereo microphone jack (for low-cost camcorders, currently only available in Canon models
  2. Using a mini-stereo to two mono jacks (tip and ring), you can feed different sound sources into each track,
  3. For example, a shotgun or lav mic on one track and a wireless receiver or surface mic on the other
  4. You may run sound sources into an audio mixer, then feed balanced audio a long distance before converting it to an unbalanced stereo feed, for example with a BeachTek DX4 at the camcorder

You might also record an independent digital track (e.g., with a TASCAM DS10), for backup purposes in post-production.

An SD Card in the camcorder also provides an ISO sound recording from the individual camera's POV.

iTV-Studio MoniCams have a 1/4-20 mounting point for a single microphone. They can be outfitted with a dual shoe mount.

iTV-AV Rigs have two shoe mounts.

iTV-Wireless camcorders send sound in the HDMI signal to the iTV-Studio.

Note:

Livestream does not transcode a single resolution stream. We get 720p max on ASUS laptop, similar to Livestream Broadcaster's red box encoder. YouTube Live takes one high resolution stream (1080p) and generates the adaptive bitrate streams for all devices (see the bitrate table here).

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