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Setting up your Qik phone

You can stream live from your mobile phone. Everything you record can be immediately transmitted to your Livestream channel without the need to log in to the Livestream Studio.

Set up your Qik phone in four easy steps:

1. First, you will need a Qik compatible phone. Click here [1] for the list of phones currently supported by Qik (if your phone isn't listed check back as they continue to add support for new devices).

2. Next, make sure that you have a 3G data plan. Mobile phone streaming does work using Edge/GPRS, but is of lower quality and less reliable.

3. You then need to get a Qik invite so that you can install the Qik software. If you have a Nokia Symbian OS phone or other supported device you can sign up for an invitation through the Qik website.

4. Once you are set up with your phone and Qik account, log in to the Qik.com website and select “Edit Profile”.

Click on "Networks", and then next to Livestream "edit your account." You will be able to fill in fields about your Livestream channel, username and password.

• Everything is recorded on Qik.com

- If you select "Auto go-live", it will stream directly into the channel, and record everything on both Livestream.com and Qik.com.

- If you do not select "Auto go-live" and you want to record your broadcast, you will have to press "record" before you cue the Qik camera.

That’s it - you can now go live on your Livestream channel from your Qik enabled phone.

Benefits

The Qik application allows you to see the online chat in real time, making it a truly interactive experience.

By bringing Livestream and Qik together, you can enable multiple presenters/producers anywhere in the world to contribute live in a single continuous internet television channel. Just like a real TV station, but without the multi-million dollar broadcast trucks and staff.

The first demonstration of this capability was done for the US Election coverage by the Livestream channel The Uptake (http://www.livestream.com/theuptake) and Steve Garfield (http://www.livestream.com/stevegarfield).

Setting up Flash Media Encoder with Livestream

1. Download Flash Media Encoder from Adobe's website

([http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder/])

2. Open the application.

3. Configure 'FMS URL':

• rtmp://fme.mogulus.com/mogulus/[channel_name_here]/username=[your_username]/password=[your_password]/isAutoLive=[true|false]

• Replace (remove the brackets):

[channel_name_here] with your channel name [your_username] with your username [your_password] with your password

NOTE: The FMS URL is case sensitive your password may not contain special characters. Only letters and numbers are allowed.

• Set isAutoLive=true if you want the feed to go live on your channel immediately or isAutoLive=false if you simply want the feed to appear as a camera in your Mogulus studio and manually control when you cue it and go live from the studio.

• Configure 'Stream' : Pick any name without a space or special character. If you are sending multiple feeds to your camera make sure you name them differently.

4. Customize the Bit Rate (optional)

• If you would like to specify your own bit rate, please make sure the total bit rate is below 500kbps (for Livestream Free Channels). If your Flash Media Encoder bit rate is above 500kbps, your stream will not be present within your Livestream Channel. Livestream Premium Channels are exempt from this limitation.

5. Press Start

That's it - you are now streaming live on your Livestream Channel!

Setting up On2 Flix Live

1. First download On2 Flix Live (demo or full version from ([http://www.on2.com/index.php?391])

2. Open the application.

3. Configure 'Send to Server':

rtmp://fme.mogulus.com/mogulus/[channel_name_here]/username=[your_username] /password=[your_password]/isAutoLive=[true|false]

4. Replace (remove the brackets) : [channel_name_here] with your channel name [your_username] with your username [your_password] with your password

5. Set isAutoLive=true if you want the feed to go live on your channel immediatly or isAutoLive=false if you simply want the feed to appear as a camera in your Mogulus studio and manually control when you cue it and go live from the studio.

6. Configure 'Stream' : Pick any name without space or special character. If you are sending multiple feeds to your camera make sure you name them differently.

7. Press Start

That's it - you are now streaming live on your Livestream Channel !

Setting up Adobe Visual Communicator with Livestream

You can now use Adobe Visual Communicator to stream directly to Livestream. Visual Communicator allows you to create customizable graphics, switch between multiple cameras from and offers the ability to insert music clips, transitions and special effects into your broadcasts. The program is free to try for 30 days, the full version costs $399.

Adobe Visual Communicator includes built in Flash Media Encoder support allowing you to use it to stream directly to your Livestream channel. The setup is as follows:

1. Adobe Visual Communicator is available for download from Adobe here. It is free to try but you will need to purchase if you decide to keep using it.

2. Open the application and select the Publish option.

3. From the Director tab click on "Settings" and then the "Configure" button.

• Enter the Media Server URL using the same Format as you would with Flash Media Encoder:

    rtmp://fme.mogulus.com/mogulus/[channel_name_here]/username=[your_username]   
    /password=[your_password]/isAutoLive=[true|false] 

• Enter a stream name, it should contain only letters and numbers.

• Because the username and password are included in the URL you can leave those blank.

• Set the video bitrate and other encoding settings to your preference based on your connection speed. **Note: this will need to be set below 500Kbps unless you have a Livestream Premium channel and set the bitrate to 700Kbps or 1700Kbps.

• Add any of the following parameters at the end of your RTMP URL :

• /autoVOD=true - This automatically adds the recording to the top of the Video on Demand list
• /autoAutopilot=true - This automatically adds the recording to the top of the auto-pilot playlist

• Aspect Ratio Conversion support :

o /aspectWidth=[number] - If your input camera/feed is not 4/3 - for example 16/9 - set this parameter to 16

o /aspectHeight=[number] - If your input camera/feed is not 4/3 - for example 16/9 - set this parametre to 9

o If your channel is configured to be 4/3 aspect ratio, it would letter box your 16/9 feed and display it correctly. If you did you not set the aspect ratio properties and your feed was 16/9 - Livestream would assume it was a 4/3 feed and display it as 4/3 - which would be incorect for a 16/9 feed.

• /bufferTime=[x sec] Allows you to set the buffer time of the live streaming in the player. By default this is very low (0.5 seconds) Increase if you use a unreliable connection during a live Flash Media Encoder broadcast.

4. Once the encoder settings have been entered, press OK and you will return to an overview of the settings. You may want to use the "Save as" feature to save this profile so you don't need to configure the settings each time.

5. Click on "Connect" to connect to the server and then "Start" to begin streaming.

That's it, you're now ready to go live on your Livestream channel!

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