Coming Soon:

Originally shared by Terry Leigh Britton

Coming Soon:
An Experiment in Open Mic Night style Music Performances
Using YouTube Live Events and Multiple Cameras!

I host a show called "The Blue Juice Jamboree Variety Show" on Sunday Nights. I am using YT Live because the audio AND video quality are far superior to hangouts even when hangouts are behaving.

YT Live Events are amazingly stable. I think "Open Mic" nights deserve that kind of stability. AND I do not like the Studio Mode codec that much, even when it works! Though Phil Aston did figure out how to tame it for his wife Sue Aston 's wonderful live violin shows (taming the upper-frequency stridency that Studio Mode has and controlling the peaks to be no higher than -12db), it still suffers the usual Hangout problems with video stability, and getting the voice right!

(Not to mention Studio Mode hangouts-on-air spontaneously dropping OUT of Studio Mode and back into Voice Mode, seemingly on a whim; and Voice Mode is amazingly bad sounding with music!)

One has FULL CONTROL over the sound quality using YouTube Live Events instead. To me, it is worth the extra effort required to have that quality and consistency. Unfortunately, Hangouts are still providing only an unstable and inconsistent hobbyists' tool, while YT Live Events provide us with professional tools.

Enter http://obsproject.com, a free encoding software for sending one's mic and webcam/video camera up to YouTube Live!

I'm making a video showing a minimum-installation of OBS that would enable an Open Mic night kind of event using multiple cameras feeding the same event.  

YT-Live allows up to six simultaneous cameras to stream in, which the audience can select between during the show! 

For the test shows, I'll schedule performers to follow each other, perhaps, but it is conceivable they could all play at once without having to wait their turn, and the audience could switch among them, and rewind to see each person in the order they want to! 

(That is, though we are used to a linear presentation, a non-linear format is possible. One could even have six simultaneous linear programs still giving the audience a non-linear way to experience it!)

More info to come soon! :-)

I need some musicians who want to play with this to come forward! 

I have also figured out a way to keep the social element flying, and have an audience included.

Pings out to Aaron Young Chris Sutton Hangout Records  Christine DeGraff C Bret Campbell Eddie Conlon Cecilee Linke The Dead Shed Rayne Dowell Kathleen Bradshaw (Please ping others!) 
http://obsproject.com

Here is a playlist of helpful OBS videos I and others have made

Here is a playlist of helpful OBS videos I and others have made
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADO0ZcWBBb62Fn-ExV1PwiAliCA-j7Rw
Note: since the removal of the Desktop Audio option allowing inputs to be used (rather than the default outputs) one will have to adjust by using the microphone inputs with Voicemeeter, for instance. Voicemeeter can also be the output for Desktop audio by using a virtual cable as an A1 or A2 output. Let me know if you spot other issues with these, made several months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADO0ZcWBBb62Fn-ExV1PwiAliCA-j7Rw

Voicemeeter is a versatile "virtual audio mixer" software for Windows*.

Voicemeeter is a versatile "virtual audio mixer" software for Windows*. This is a one-hour webinar covering everything in the Voicemeeter software's manual, for those who would rather watch a video!
*XP, Vista, 7 and 8, both 32 and 64-bit.

Voicemeeter allows two hardware inputs (or more in some cases) to be mixed with system sounds with slider control over each level, and some strip-based processing as well. Output to monitoring devices AND broadcast or recording software can be controlled for each input. I know of no other software offering this much flexibility, and it is free to use, being monetized as donationware - pay what you can according to your means. 

Download the PDF of the manual here, then follow along!
http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/Voicemeeter_UserManual.pdf

Voicemeeter: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/

VB-Audio Virtual Cable: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/index.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb7JtF8E85U

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.

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.

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