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How To Stream
DIR By: alexa
Date: November 13, 2013, 9:59 pm
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- Summary
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- LiveStream Account
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- LiveStream Procaster
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- Streaming Video
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- Streaming Audio
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- Scoreboard
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> Summary
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> With the addition of streamers to help generate a more
efficient league stream, several new streamers have expressed
frustration with figuring out the how-to's of streaming.
Hopefully, this video will shed some light on the simpler
aspects of setting up your SPHB stream.
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> LiveStream Account
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> The SPHB streams are run through LiveStream, a free-to-use
service for streaming video. In order to stream, you will need
an account on their website here
HTML https://secure.livestream.com/myaccount/selectwizard
which
again, is free.
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HTML http://i41.tinypic.com/9zneza.png
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> The channel name you create is irrelevant, as you will be
using HNN1-HNN4 to stream, not your own channel. After finishing
account creation, you should contact a League Commissioner so
they can grant you access to stream on the HNN channels.
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> You can see what channels you're able to stream on at this
link.
HTML https://secure.livestream.com/myaccount/channels
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> LiveStream Procaster
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> I highly suggest that you use LiveStream's "Procaster" to
stream video. It's easy and, of course, free. You can find the
download here
HTML http://www.livestream.com/platform/procaster.
The Procaster
supports Mac and PC - this tutorial will use the Mac version,
but to my knowledge, they aren't noticeably different.
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HTML http://i41.tinypic.com/kcadv.png
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> Download your supported version, and run the simple
installation. You should have a program that looks like this:
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HTML http://i43.tinypic.com/34qtnc6.png
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> Enter your login details, and you'll be taken to a screen like
this:
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HTML http://i42.tinypic.com/333e8lv.png
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- Channel selector. Be certain that you have the correct channel
selected before going live. Alpha is typically on channel HNN1,
Omega is on HNN2.
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- Go Live. This button will begin streaming your camera/desktop
to the selected channel.
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- Video source. Be sure that you don't have your webcam
selected, or SPHB will be sure to take pictures and make you
regret it. This should be set to "No Camera," and you will
stream your desktop instead.
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- Quality. If your stream is experiencing bad lag, use this to
lower your video quality. When streaming, you will be given
quality feedback by the Procaster. I'll explain this later.
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> Streaming Video
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> Once you're live, you're going to want to control the video
being streamed. Primarily, this means which portion of your
screen is being streamed - nobody wants to see your entire
desktop.
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> By default, your entire desktop will be screened. You should
see a narrow toolbar at the bottom of your screen called the
Control Bar.
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HTML http://i42.tinypic.com/35lgevb.png
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> As you can see, this tool will give you several useful
feature. From left to right:
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- Stream preview. You will have a thumbnail view of what your
viewers are seeing.
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- Data. This will tell you how long you've been streaming, your
FPS (Frames Per Second), Kbps, CPU usage, as well as the quality
of your stream.
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- Stop Button. This will end your stream.
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- Zoom In/Out. These will adjust the size of your Stream window.
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- Minimize. This will hide the Control Bar
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> To stop streaming your entire desktop, you want to click "Zoom
In" a few times, until you see a green box. That green box will
represent the borders of your stream view.
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HTML http://i39.tinypic.com/2m47kvd.png
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> I'm not sure on SPHB's policy, but I recommend streaming the
game window only (meaning not the chat box). I do this because
the chat is often not something that the viewers need to see.
For example, code word verification, password changes, and
raging. In addition, idiots will be less motivated to flood the
game rooms with idiocy if they don't have an audience.
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> Streaming Audio
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> Audio streaming isn't something I'm very knowledgable of, but
hopefully I can shed some light on the subject. Typically, your
stream will include any audio that is being played by your
computer. If you're listening to music, on a Skype call, or
watching porn, your viewers will probably know about it.
However, if your audio isn't being streamed, this might help.
Keep in mind, I'm showing you on a Mac, but you should be able
to do the equivalent on a PC.
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HTML http://i41.tinypic.com/v3ov7r.png
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HTML http://i40.tinypic.com/10ymdua.png
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> PC users should be able to do the same thing through the
control panel.
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> Keep in mind that after streaming, you may have to go back to
your Sound settings and change it back to your default speaker.
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> Scoreboard
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> The spoiled viewers of SPHB generally expect to see an easy to
understand scoreboard during gameplay. For this, you have two
options.
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> Star Board
HTML http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=205923<br
/>- I cannot supply image help for this because I cannot run it
on
my computer (Parallels won't support it), but it seems pretty
clear cut. If Shawn can do it, so can you. (chew)
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> GeorgeBoner's Board
HTML http://up.ht/xLm8DS
- Hopefully he doesn't mind me sharing this,
but he didn't seem to have any reservations when I asked for it.
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HTML http://i39.tinypic.com/10zuuk1.png
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> Simply drag the red and blue circles to the competing teams
(the white space next to their logo) and click "To Scoreboard!"
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HTML http://i39.tinypic.com/r1woep.png
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> Controls
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- Click the team's logo to play their goalhorn.
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- Click the cactus (boxed in red) to stop the goalhorn.
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- Click above a team's score to increment it by one.
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- Click below a team's score to decrease it by one.
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- Click above or blew the period to increase or decrease it.
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- Click the empty area in the bottom left (boxed in red, click
around to find it) to return to the team selector.
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> All credit for GeorgeBoner's scoreboard obviously goes to
GeorgeBoner himself.
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