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Once you have forwarded the port(s) you are intending to use for your streaming camera and programmed your firewall and anti-virus software to allow access to these ports you are ready to stream from your webcam. This site provides detailed help for many different types of router. Check out http://www.portforward.com You can stream to an embedded windows media player on your website directly using Window Media Encoder available free from Microsoft . This will encode the video stream from your Webcam or other video device and stream it off site....when asked, by the remote player, using the port you set up for access in the router. See "making your camera visible on the internet" if you have not already done this. You can then access your video stream remotely by typing in the address so media player can start and view the stream or by embedding a media player on your web page so it automatically starts the stream when the page is accessed. Registered users can access free code examples to incorporate into your own website. To access media encoder from the internet using media player you could for example do this: If your IP address is 82.636.251.50 and the port you forwarded to the machine with media encoder on was 5555, you would simply type in mms://82.636.251.5:5555 in your internet browser and media player would automatically start and access the stream. The new Camsecure ViewStream Streaming software package uses its own windows media type encoder and comes with comprehensive instructions on how to stream video to your site. Windows Media Encoder Version 9 Run the encoder, select 'Broadcast a live event', Click OK Select the devices (webcams etc) you want to use in the next screen, click Next Select 'Pull from the encoder', click Next Enter port number you have already forwarded e.g. 5555, click Next Keep the first two settings as 'Multiple bit rates video' Scroll down in the 'Bit rate' box to the one marked '148kbps, 15, 320x240', uncheck any others and check this one, press Next 'Archive a copy...' leave unchecked, click Next Select 'No,...', click Next Give your stream some info if you want, this will be displayed with your stream - if not just leave blank, click Next Click Finish Give the encoder a few seconds to sort itself out, then click 'Properties' Click the 'Compression' Tab, Click 'Edit...' Under 'Target Bit Rates', select your 148Kbps stream and click 'Edit' In 'Audio Format', pull down "10kbps, 16Khz, Mono CBR" Change 'Frame rate' to 20fps Change 'Video Bit rate' to 48K (including the 'K'), click OK Go to the File menu, and select 'Save As' - call the file a name (e.g. broadcast.wme) and save it to your Desktop. In the future you can launch the encoder with this settings file by double-clicking it, so you do not have to set it up every single time. Click 'Start Encoding' to start your broadcast. NOTE: Start your broadcast means the encoder is encoding the signal but it is not sending anything and will not untill it has been contacted by the recipient e.g. your web page with embedded player. |
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Windows Media Encoder Version 7.1 Select 'Broadcast, capture, or convert a file using the New Session Wizard', click 'OK' Select 'Broadcast a live event from the attached devices or computer screen', click Next Choose your audio/video devices if you need to, click Next Enter Port number you have already forwarded e.g. 5555 into HTTP port: box, click Next Pull down 'VIdeo for single-channel ISDN (64kbps)' and click Next Leave the 'Archive...' box unchecked, click Next Keep the 'No, I want to broadcast from my selected devices only' option, click Next Give your stream some details if you like - this will be displayed with your stream, click Next Click Finish. Go to the 'Session' menu, click 'Properties' Click the 'Profile' tab, next to Attributes and Output Click 'Manage...' Click 'New...' Fill in name of profile as 'stream' or whatever you like, click Next Click 'New...' , give the Audience a name e.g. 'my viewers' and fill in the 'Maximum bit rate' field as 64K (including the 'K'), click OK Make sure all other boxes in the window are unchecked and that your new 'my viewers" one is checked, click Next Under 'Format', pull down '10kbps, 11khz, mono (A/V) CBR' Under 'Video Size', pull down '320 x 240', click Next Enter '20' in the 'Frame rate' box, click Next Click 'Finish', then 'Close', then OK. You should now be back to the Encoder interface. Go to the 'Session' menu, and click 'Save As...', give the file a name (e.g. broadcast_v7.wme) and place it on your Desktop. Use this file in the future to run your encoder with (by double-clicking it) so you do not have to set the Encoder up every time. When you are ready, click the Start button (bottom right of the encoder) to start broadcasting. NOTE: Start your broadcast means the encoder is encoding the signal but it is not sending anything and will not untill it has been contacted by the recipient e.g. your web page with embedded player. Windows Media Encoder Version 4.1 Select 'Custom Settings', click OK Select 'Live Source', click Next Choose the Audio/Video devices you will be using, click Next Select 'Use single bit rate video', click Next Select 'Custom (bps)' and enter 64000 in the box, click Next Under 'Format', pull down '10kbps, 11kHz, mono', click Next Select 'To Windows Media Server(s) over a network', click Next Make sure the HTTP box is checked. Enter port number you have already forwarded e.g. 5555 in the box and click Finish. Go to 'File' then 'Save As...' and give the file a name (e.g. broadcast_v4.asd) and place it on your Desktop. Use this file in the future to start your Encoder (by double-clicking it) in the future so you don't have to do the above every time! Click the button that looks like a Play button to start encoding. You can then view your video preview by pressing the button third in from the right which looks like a TV! |