Thursday, October 2, 2014

I'm trying to tackle a "show opening" issue.

I'm trying to tackle a "show opening" issue.  I'd like to stack an audio file of 12-13 seconds, over a video intro file of 10 seconds, over a live camera.  
The idea being music starts with video and as video completes and disappears the camera video appears while music fades.  I have had some success with this, upon building it, but subsequent uses of the scene only show the camera.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is occurring?
My sources (all global) are video specifying an MP3 (audio only file), a video specifying a silent MP4 (video only) file, and a live webcam.
Any/all feedback would be appreciated.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Gerwin Sturm impresses the hell out of me.

Gerwin Sturm impresses the hell out of me.  I mentioned that I was having a little difficulty chromakeying comments in his new version of Comment Tracker and he jumped on it, adding a new setting that allows for a slightly bolder font, greatly improving my results. I'll be moving to the new version as it allows me to window capture just the "stream" portion without the extra window real estate.  Dan McDermott , what do you think?
Photo 1 = old version worked fine
Photo 2 = new version prior to new setting can't be read
Photo 3 = the new settings options
Photo 4 = legible (but still not crystal clear) results using the new setting.



Saturday, August 23, 2014

We did a test run of the OBS setup to bring a remote guest speaker into our "live" Tech Tuesday event scheduled for...

We did a test run of the OBS setup to bring a remote guest speaker into our "live" Tech Tuesday event scheduled for next Tuesday.  Any in the community that are interested in broadcasting live events (with or without remote guests) are invited to view the event.  We'll be including selected comments and questions from live steam viewers using Comment Tracker to pull them into OBS.  Should be fun.  

UPDATE: You Tube had some serious issues that evening, and we were compelled to abandon the originally scheduled live event and start a new one.  The program was already in progress in defference to our live in-room audience: Hawaii TechWorks' Tech Tuesday Meetup August 26, 2014

Originally shared by HTW Hilo

Join Hawaii Tech Works' Tech Tuesday Meetup for August, 2014 featuring Ryan Finlay, Founder of ReCraigslist.com and ApplianceSchool.com.  Ryan will come into the room via a video conference call.  Attendees can ask Ryan questions and he'll be able to answer them.  Live streaming viewers (You Tube) will also be able to interact with Ryan via the "Comments" thread.  He'll also be able to answer those questions in close to real time (streaming delay.)  It should be fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hwqcbSgR-8

Here's some recommendations on camera hardware which should work with OBS and other streaming set ups:

Here's some recommendations on camera hardware which should work with OBS and other streaming set ups:

Originally shared by Audio Video Pro

New on Audio Video Pro: which are the best camera options for live streaming?
http://wp.me/p3TK43-Y0

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Another Hawaii Tech Tuesday live event but for the first time, we steamed it at 1080 via You Tube Live Event, using...

Another Hawaii Tech Tuesday live event but for the first time, we steamed it at 1080 via You Tube Live Event, using OBS software to mix three video sources locally and upload to you tube using only 1 machine.  A few glitches but overall we are pleased with the capability.  We used an AverMedia Broadcaster HD to capture VGA video from a pass through connection on the projector in the room.  Our primary (presenter) video was via USB utilizing a Logitech C920.  The in-room Q&A camera was a Canon HV20 video camera capturing images at 1080i which connected to the single host PC via USB3 where an AverMedia ExtremeCap u3 external video capture device completed the video inputs.  Audio captured through our Mackie ProFX 8 mixer which was selected as a mic source within OBS.
Now that we've reduced the number of machines from 3 to 1, our 5 mbps uplink is more than sufficient.  OBS wasn't breathing hard at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRWLNq46ZxM&list=PLEIkq8LUuNWjhImMZOEFIkRBChowGs5r_

Saturday, July 19, 2014

While visiting the OBSProject.com site today, I noticed that the fruit of Jim's hard work on the multiplatform...

While visiting the OBSProject.com site today, I noticed that the fruit of Jim's hard work on the multiplatform version of OBS is "ready for picking!" As of July 14, the Macintosh version of the new OBS is available for download.  Linux version and a new revised Windows version are promised soon.  While I'm jealous, I guess I understand why we Windows guys have to wait a little longer before we can trade in our old OBS for the new version.  Looking forward to exploring the re-written product and playing with any new features that Jim has been able to include.  Looking forward to hearing from the Linux and Mac folks on what they think of OBS!

Friday, July 4, 2014

Lurking in the gamer community lately in search of tips on video capture devices uncovered something interesting...

Lurking in the gamer community lately in search of tips on video capture devices uncovered something interesting that Intel is doing with their newer processors.  The feature is called Quick Sync Video and it is described in the linked video.  My home machine doesn't have a new enough chip, but I'll definitely be trying this out on my next Hawaii TechWorks Tech Tuesday live event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHpz04qPX-U