Video Webcasting for small centres

Iphone, iPad and Android

An app is available that is free and available for both Iphone/iPad and Android, Larix Broadcaster. To install this app search for “Larix Broadcaster” in App Store or Play Store.

iPhone & iPad

When the App is started you will see a camera view. Press the Settings button to begin the set up.

 

In the Settings screen, press Connections.

 

Add an new connection. The only thing to enter here is the URL. This is the Server and Stream Key appended together.

rtmp://nginxaws.bkwsu.eu/live/<STREAM KEY>

 

Where the stream key will take the form :

<country>_<city>?login=<username>&password=<password>

 

An example URL would look like this:

rtmp://nginxaws.bkwsu.eu/live/uk_london?login=uk&password=someS3cretPassword

 

 

Press Save when finished entering the URL.

In the Capture and Encoding Settings, select Audio.

Select the following options (for speech programmes):

Channel count : Mono

Bitrate : 96 kbps

Sample rate : 44.1 Khz

 

 

Next select the Video options and set/change the following settings.

Resolution : 1280x720

Bitrate : 1500 kbps

Frame rate : 30 fps

Format : H.264

 

Now the app is set up. Just go back to the main screen and press the red button to start webasting.

 

Android

When the App is started you will see a camera view. Press the Settings button to begin the set up.

In the Settings screen, press Connections.

Add an new connection. The only thing to enter here is the URL. This is the Server and Stream Key appended together.

rtmp://nginxaws.bkwsu.eu/live/<STREAM KEY>

 

Where the stream key will take the form :

<country>_<city>?login=<username>&password=<password>

 

An example URL would look like this:

rtmp://nginxaws.bkwsu.eu/live/uk_london?login=uk&password=someS3cretPassword

 

 

Press Save when finished entering the URL.

In the Settings menu, select Audio.

Select the following options (for speech programmes):

Channel count : Mono

Bitrate : 96 kbps

Sample rate : 44.1 Khz

 

In the Settings menu, select Video and set/change the following settings.

Resolution : 1280x720

Bitrate : 1500 kbps

Frame rate : 30 fps

Format : H.264

 
 

Now the app is set up. Just go back to the main screen and press the red button to start webasting.