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With make.tv tools you can enhance and simplify your live show production significantly. Let´s go for it!
The make.tv Live-Encoder makes it possible to transmit every video or audio signal of your computer or flash-compatible mobile into the make.tv network and use these signals in any application (like the make.tv studio). The entire tool is flash based; no software installation is necessary. The Live-Encoder Front-End enables the individual adjustment of signal resolution, frame and data rate. With only one mouse click (stream to studio), the desired signal becomes available for all make.tv applications (like the make.tv Studio or the Simple-Show-Control).
The make.tv Simple-Show-Control enables the production of a show without entering the make.tv studio. This might be a good solution, if you want to produce your entire program on-site and simply transmit the complete video (including the Video-Monitor control) to your viewers. All video input signals of the attached encoders are accessible via the make.tv Simple-Show-Control. After the selection of a signal source the image of the attached encoder becomes visible immediately filling the whole scene. Additional buttons allow you to control the aspect ratio of the video content. Using the control-buttons, your live show and recording can be started and stopped; viewer numbers and viewed minutes are displayed in the make.tv Simple-Show-Control.
Version 1.02 of our make.tv mobile broadcaster for Android smart phones is available for free in the android market. The make.tv mobile broadcaster enables you to send live-streams from your mobile phone to the make.tv studio as a video input or even as a live show "ON AIR".
After log-in, a well arranged menue is at the users disposal. Adjustments like bandwidth, framerate, etc can be made. Additionally, make.tv whitelabel customers can choose, which channel shall be used for broadcasting. Another flag, "live" yes of no, decides if your signal is immediately broadcasted or if the stream is only broadcasted to the studio for a decentralized production.
If you choose the "LIVE"-option you can give your show a name and a short description and then it's show time - your live. The live signal from your mobile can now be seen on the make.tv Channel at http://make.tv/your_channelname as well as on all embed players (Facebook, Myspace, Blog, etc...). If you have chosen the option "record show", an archive of your show is available shortly after the end of your show.
Without the live flag or during a running live show the transmitted live signal of your mobile is immediately available at the usable inputs in your make.tv studio and can be used like any other video source, e.g. for a picture in picture composition of studio image and on site reporter.
Another great feature of the make.tv mobile broadcaster is that even during live broadcasting you can still make phone calls. This was, the producer in the studio can give directions to his mobile camera man, which motives should be captured.
Visit Android market now to download the App.
The free Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder (FME) allows you to broadcast video inputs in higher resolution than choosing your video input directly in the make.tv-Studio. You can use other Video-Codecs (H264 or VP6) and broadcast your audio in stereo quality.
Capture your screen in full resolution and broadcast it in the make.tv-Studio to create workshops, presentations or to simply show your audience something you find in the web.
This software by Telestream offers you the highest convenience and the highest quality.
Like the make.tv studio, Wirecast allows you to prepare and design scenes ("shots") with pictures, videos and, of course, camera signals. You have a lot of preset effects like picture, masks or aperture with which you can design your show. One click and the selected "shot" will go live the way you want it.
Additionally, Wirecast transcodes (H.264 Codec) your video signal with the solution and bit rate determined by you, and will stream it into the make.tv studio via the rtmp-link, similar like the Adobe Live Encoder.
Configuration:
More information: http://www.telestream.net/wire-cast/overview.htm
"VjDirector" allows you to connect up to five camera- and audio sources to your computer, mix them beforehand offline, and broadcast them live with make.tv. "VJDirector" especially makes sense, if your internet connection is too slow for different streams running simultaneously. Every camera stream takes up at least 600 kbit/s. (500 kbit/s for the video + 48 kbit/s for the audio + media conversion puffer). With VJDirector you mix down one video stream out of up to five.
In addition, "VJDirector" offers you a large number of 2D and 3D cross-fade effects and fine tuning like color adjustment for the cameras.
Simply click on the little triangle below the screen and select your camera- and audio sources.
If you use VJDirector directly with make.tv, without using the Adobe Live Encoder, you have to change the solution rate to 320x240 in the output settings, so the stream will be correctly displayed in the make.tv studio. If you use the Adobe Live Encoder, you can broadcast in Pal (720x576) as usual.
Click on the large "Output" button above the aperture control pad and select "virtual device", so the video signal from the make.tv studio or the Adobe Media Encoder can be recognized. Now you can choose the stream "VJDirector" under "Inputs" in the make.tv studio or under "Devices" in the Adobe Media Encoder.
Download here the VJDirector testversion: http://www.nagashare.com/vjdirector.html
Compatible: Windows
With the DVI or VGA2USB converter you can stream your screen content into the make.tv studio in full solution.
The device is of great advantage if you want to broadcast several speakers and thus from several computers on a single occasion.
You don't need a driver to catch the DVI/VGA signal from the presenter's computer. Simply split the signal, put one cable in the beamer and one in the DVI/VGA2USB coverter, which will then convert the signal into a video signal. Now you can connect (USB) converter to the computer that is to broadcast the signal.
The computer broadcasting the video signal need a driver. The driver will allow the make.tv studio and other streaming software like he Adobe Live Encoder to recognize the signal immediately.
Compatible: Windows and Mac
More information: http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/
Download driver: http://www.epiphan.com/downloads/
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Mobile Broadcaster
After log-in, a well arranged menue is at the users disposal. Adjustments like bandwidth, framerate, etc can be made. Additionally, make.tv whitelabel customers can choose, which channel shall be used for broadcasting. Another flag, "live" yes of no, decides if your signal is immediately broadcasted or if the stream is only broadcasted to the studio for a decentralized production.
If you choose the "LIVE"-option you can give your show a name and a short description and then it's show time - your live. The live signal from your mobile can now be seen on the make.tv Channel at http://make.tv/your_channelname as well as on all embed players (Facebook, Myspace, Blog, etc...). If you have chosen the option "record show", an archive of your show is available shortly after the end of your show.
Without the live flag or during a running live show the transmitted live signal of your mobile is immediately available at the usable inputs in your make.tv studio and can be used like any other video source, e.g. for a picture in picture composition of studio image and on site reporter.
Another great feature of the make.tv mobile broadcaster is that even during live broadcasting you can still make phone calls. This was, the producer in the studio can give directions to his mobile camera man, which motives should be captured.
Visit Android market now to download the App.
Adobe Flash Media Encoder
- Download the Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder here and run the installation or double click the program icon.
- To connect the application with your make.tv-Studio, just copy and paste the following address to the "FMS URL" field:
- Name your stream and choose your video settings according to your needs. When you enter the make.tv-Studio, this input will appear in the input row and you can use it in you show.
- Please DO NOT USE the "degrade quality" feature under advanced settings in FME. That can effect problems with the recoding of your stream on the Server!!! Please use the "Drop Frames" Option instead.
- You can also use your channelname, email-address and password to connect. Just replace everything after ".../stream/" with your channel-name, email-address an password, so it looks like this:
.../stream/channel_name/my@email.com/mypassword
- If you want to broadcast from a location where a firewall blocks all outgoing traffic to the destination port 1935, you can change the protocoll in the url from "rtmp://" to "rtmpt://" and manually select the destination port 80 by adding ":80" after the top-level-domain. Your url should then look like this:
rtmpt://encoding0X.make.tv:80/...
- If you want to duplicate your stream server-side and stream it to additional channels, simply add "/COPY/[HASH-STRING-FROM-OTHER-CHANNEL]" to the URL above. Your URL should then look like this:
rtmp://encoding0X.make.tv/stream/[FIRST-HASH-STRING]/COPY/[SECOND-HASH-STRING](/COPY/[OTHER-HASH-STRING])
You can duplicate your stream to all channels, you have access to.
Screengrabber
- Download the Screen Grabber and run the installation or double click the program icon.
- After the successful installation of make.tv screengrabber on your system you can start the application under Start / Programs / make.tv Screengrabber or in your Tool-Dock (Mac). After a short performance test of you system (to determinate the maximum possible framerate) a surface appears where you can login with your make.tv user account (email + password).
After the successful login you can choose to which of your channels you want to broadcast you screen. Additionally you can select the bitrate and framerate of your screencast as well as choose a name for the stream.
With clicking the "Start Stream" button you start your broadcast to the make.tv network. Now you can select your screencast stream in the studio live inputs or in the simple show control and use it in your show.
Wirecast
Like the make.tv studio, Wirecast allows you to prepare and design scenes ("shots") with pictures, videos and, of course, camera signals. You have a lot of preset effects like picture, masks or aperture with which you can design your show. One click and the selected "shot" will go live the way you want it.
Additionally, Wirecast transcodes (H.264 Codec) your video signal with the solution and bit rate determined by you, and will stream it into the make.tv studio via the rtmp-link, similar like the Adobe Live Encoder.
Configuration:
- Encoder Preset: Flash
- Destination: RTMP Flash Server
- Adress: To use this feature please log in
More information: http://www.telestream.net/wire-cast/overview.htm
VJ Director
In addition, "VJDirector" offers you a large number of 2D and 3D cross-fade effects and fine tuning like color adjustment for the cameras.
Simply click on the little triangle below the screen and select your camera- and audio sources.
If you use VJDirector directly with make.tv, without using the Adobe Live Encoder, you have to change the solution rate to 320x240 in the output settings, so the stream will be correctly displayed in the make.tv studio. If you use the Adobe Live Encoder, you can broadcast in Pal (720x576) as usual.
Click on the large "Output" button above the aperture control pad and select "virtual device", so the video signal from the make.tv studio or the Adobe Media Encoder can be recognized. Now you can choose the stream "VJDirector" under "Inputs" in the make.tv studio or under "Devices" in the Adobe Media Encoder.
Download here the VJDirector testversion: http://www.nagashare.com/vjdirector.html
Compatible: Windows
DVI2USB/ VGA2USB
The device is of great advantage if you want to broadcast several speakers and thus from several computers on a single occasion.
You don't need a driver to catch the DVI/VGA signal from the presenter's computer. Simply split the signal, put one cable in the beamer and one in the DVI/VGA2USB coverter, which will then convert the signal into a video signal. Now you can connect (USB) converter to the computer that is to broadcast the signal.
The computer broadcasting the video signal need a driver. The driver will allow the make.tv studio and other streaming software like he Adobe Live Encoder to recognize the signal immediately.
Compatible: Windows and Mac
More information: http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/
Download driver: http://www.epiphan.com/downloads/
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