There is a RainmeterTV demonstration channel already set up on Livestream you can use to see the capabilities of this theme.
You need at least ONE camera, video source or camera emulator.
Any of the following will act as a camera or desktop capture camera emulator:
- a webcam
- a desktop capture webcam emulator (Superwebcam) or (ManyCam) *1
- a camcorder with a Firewire output and a Firewire input on your PC
- a camcorder or other video connected through a USB capture device (Dazzle)
- a video card that supports windows direct show and has video inputs (ATI All-in-wonder)
*1 Note: with a camera emulator, you can capture an area of the desktop, or show a video you recorded and loaded on your PC.
REQUIRED SOFTWARE
In addition to a camera or camera emulator, you WILL need to install the following software,
- RainMeter from www.rainmeter.net.
- You must have Flash installed. If you can view videos on YouTube, then you have Flash.
Some features require Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3. (FMLE3) installed. You can get it for free here.
You can still broadcast on the channel using Webcaster or Studio from Livestream without installing FMLE3, but not all features of studio will work.
OPTIONAL
If you use multiple computers for your shows, you can coordinate operations of the cameras over the web. This requires dropbox, available here:
With any of the above, Studio1 works on XP, Vista and Windows 7
Simply click the button next to "START webcam-LIVE-demo" and your video will show up for everyone to see.
To encode the video you need Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3. (FMLE3) installed. You can get it for free here.
The video is embedded above this manual.
Rifght out of the box, you can view what and a fan site where you can view the channel here
; #CAM#
; EXAMPLE: webcam
; Can be anything used to identify which camera you will use.
; Other sugested cameras are: SonyCamcorder, ScreenCapture, CAMERA-1, Host, Visitor, Closeup
; For a single computer with more than one camera, !!! EACH CAMERA MUST HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME !!!
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; #SHOW#
; EXAMPLE: demo
; A show name helps to identify the exact configuration of the stream.
; You can use anything to identify the show,
; Other sugested show names are; Studio (a FMLE profile with a quality stream used where there is plent of bandwidth.)
; Simulcast (a FMLE profile that streams to two Livestream channels at the same time.)
; SportEvent (a FMLE profile that streams at a better frame rate, but lower quality.)
; Remote ( a FMLE profile that uses a lower quality and frame rate in order to use a G3 card.)
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; #TYPE#
; EXAMPLE: LIVE
; The type must equal "LIVE", "SIMULCAST", "CUE" or "RECORD".
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; #CHANNEL#
; EXAMPLE: RainmeterTV
; The name of the channel you set up at www.Livestream.com.
;
; #USER#
; EXAMPLE: RainmeterGuest
; This is the livestream user name for a guest camera operator. You must have a user accout at livestream with this name.
; ... and, this user name must be either the owner of the channel, or, a camera operator of the channel.
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; #PSW#
; EXAMPLE: retemniaR
; This must be the password for the Livestream user, (It does NOT have to be the password for channel OWNER.
; A channel has one OWNER and as many MEMBERS as needed.
; Each owner, and member, has a user name and password.
; The channel owner can add members, and then restrict some users so that they can not start or stop a live broadcast. Restricted users are called Camera operators, not show producers.
; All members set up their own user accounts and passwords. The channel owner can then add them and decide if they are show producers on the channel or just camera operators.
; NOTE: Channel Owners manage the channel members by going to www.livestream.com/studio, loging in with the channel Owner User ID and password then clicking the Configuration-manage team tabs.
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