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CreatinglivebroadcastwithKaltura

Completeguide

May09,2010

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1. Changehistory........................................................................................................................3

2. Overview.................................................................................................................................3

3. Clientsideintegration.............................................................................................................4

3.1. Internetconnection.......................................................................................................4

3.2. Broadcastingmachine....................................................................................................4

3.3. FlashMediaEncoder(FME)...........................................................................................5

4. KalturaManagementConsole(KMC).....................................................................................6

4.1. Livepointcreation.........................................................................................................6

4.2. PreparingtheFMEforlive.............................................................................................9

4.3. LogintoCDNservers....................................................................................................11

5. Startbroadcasting................................................................................................................13

5.1. FlashMediaEncoder(FME).........................................................................................13

5.2. KalturaManagementConsole(KMC)...........................................................................15

6. Morefeatures......................................................................................................................16

6.1. Createyourownplayer................................................................................................16

6.2. Saveyourlivefeedtoafile..........................................................................................16

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1.ChangehistoryDate Version Owner ChangeHistory

09/05/10 1.0 Nir Firstdraft

2.OverviewKalturahavetheabilitytohelpyoucreatealivebroadcastwitheasytounderstandsteps.

Here,welllayoutallthatisneededinordertohelpyoucreateyourownlivebroadcastwitha

feweasysteps.

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3.ClientsideintegrationTheclientsideintegrationiswhatyouneedtodobeforesettingthelivebroadcastand

actuallygoOn-Air.

Thefollowingstepsareneededforeachlivefeedyouwishtobroadcast.

3.1.InternetconnectionInternetconnectionmustbesetupbeforeyougoonline.

Howdoyouchooseyouinternetconnection?Bythebandwidthofthefeedyouwishto

broadcast.

Forexample,fora600kbpsbroadcastyoullneedatleast1Mbps upstreamguaranteed.

Also,youllneedafixedIPforeachbroadcastingpoint/location.

3.2.BroadcastingmachineTheactualcomputer/machinefromwhichyoullbebroadcastingfrom.

Themachineshouldhavethefollowingsetup:

CapturecardtogettheAudio/Videofeed FlashMediaEncoder(FME)Applicationinstallationcanbefoundhere:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder/

InternetconnectionsetupintheLocalareaconnectionmanagementscreenasfollows:

CreateanewconnectionintheNetworkconnectionsfolder.

OnthenewLocalareaconnectioncreated,clickontherightmousebuttonand

chooseProperties.

Onthenewwindowopened,selectInternetProtocol(TCP/IP)fromthelistand

clickthePropertiesbutton,asshowninfigure1(ThatinformationshouldbeprovidedbyyourInternetServiceProvider):

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Figure1

Onthenewwindowopenedfillinthefollowingfields(seefigure2):

CheckUsethefollowingIPaddressandfill:v IPAddressv Subnetmaskv Defaultgateway

CheckUsethefollowingDNSserveraddressesandfillv PreferredDNSserverv

AlternateDNSserver

Figure2

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3.3.FlashMediaEncoder(FME)InstalltheFMEyouvedownloadedinsection3.2

RuntheFMEandverifythatyoureceiveanAudio/Videofeed(seefigure3)

Figure3

Fillinthefollowingfields:

ChecktheVideocheckboxv DeviceSelectavideodevicefromthedevicedropdownlistv FormatSelectH.264v FrameRateSelect25.00fpsv InputSizeSelecttheinputsizeaccordingtoyourvideodeviceandcheck

theMaintainAspectRatiocheckbox

v BitRateIfyouwishtocreateasinglebitratebroadcast,checkthefirstcheckboxandfillinthedesiredvideobitrateandtheoutputframesize.If

youwish,youcancreateamultiplebitratebroadcast.Justfollowthatstep

foreachvideostream.

ChecktheAudiocheckboxv DeviceSelectanaudiodevicefromthedevicedropdownlistv FormatSelectMP3v ChannelSelectStereo

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v SampleRateSelect44100Hzv BitRateSelect96kbpsv VolumeChoosethedesiredvolumeforoutput.

Takealookatthelinesbelow:TotalVideo+AudioBitRateandTotalbandwidthrequired

tostream.Those2linesindicatestheamountofupstreamyoullneedtobroadcast.

LeavetheFMEopenandnowmovetotheKalturaManagementconsole(KMC)inorderto

createalivepoint.

4.KalturaManagementConsole(KMC)4.1.Livepointcreation

LoginintoyouraccountintheKMCatthefollowinglink: http://www.kaltura.com/kmcOnceloggedin,gototheContenttab.

ThereclickonNewLiveStreambuttononthebottomrighthandofthepage(asshownin

figure4).

Figure4

Onthenewwindowopened,fillinthefollowingdetails(asshowninfigure5):

NameThenameofthelivepointyouwishtocreate(willbeshownasentrynameintheKMC)

Description(optional)Thedescriptionofthelivepointyouwishtocreate PrimaryencoderIPYourfixedIPsetonthemachineasshownonsection3.2 SecondaryencoderIPIfyouhaveabackupmachineandyouwishtouseitsfixed

IPasbackup,writethatIPinhere,else,copytheprimaryencoderIP.

Broadcastpassword(optional)Ifyourfeedispasswordprotected,writethatpasswordhere.Else,leaveblank.

ClickSave.

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Figure5

Anotificationalertwillpop-up,indicatingyourstreamwillbereadytousewiththeCDNin20

minutes(asshowninfigure6).

ClickOK.

Figure6

YounowseeanewentryaddedtoyourcontentlistintheKMC.

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4.2.PreparingtheFMEforlive

Clickontheentrycreatedholdingthenameofyourlivestreampointyouvecreated.

Onthenewwindowopened(seefigure7),gototheBroadcastingtabontheleft.

Figure7

CopythefollowingfieldsfromtheEditEntrywindowintheKMCandpastetheminthe

relevantfieldsinyourFME(configuredonsection3.3)asfollowed:

KMC FME

PrimaryURLFMSURL BackupURLBackupURL StreamnameStream

Thefinalresultshouldlooklikeshownonfigure8.

ClickConnectbutton.

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Figure8

Now,theFMEistryingtoconnecttoeachlivepointsetabove.

Aloginscreenwillpop-upaskingfortheusernameandpasswordtomaketheconnection

withtheCDNservers.

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4.3.LogintoCDNserversGobacktotheKMCscreenoftheEditEntrywindowandscrolldowntowhereitsays:

Broadcastingcredentials(asshowninfigure9).

Figure9

TherecopytheusernameandpasswordandpasteittotheFMEpop-upscreenopened

requestingloginasfollows:

KMC FME

UserNameUsername PasswordPassword

Thefinalresultshouldlooklikeshownonfigure10.

ClickOKbutton.

*Importantnotice:Repeatthatactionforthesecondpop-upforloginaswellwiththe

sameusernameandpassword.Theloginpop-upisopenedforeachlivepoint PrimaryandBackup.

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Figure10

Iftheloginfails,makesureyouvewaitedthe20minutestimeperiodbeforeyoutriedto

connect.

Ifyoudidwait,makesureyoucopiedtheusernameandpasswordcorrectlyfromtheKMC(Nospacesetc.).

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5.Startbroadcasting

Now,youreFMEisconnectedtotheCDNserversandyourenowreadytobroadcast.

5.1.FlashMediaEncoder(FME)Now,clickontheStartbuttonsituatedonthebottomofyourFMEapplicationscreen(see

figure11).

Figure11

Youllnowbetransferredtoanewwindowindicatingyoubroadcastspeed(bitrate)andwill

showyouwhatiscurrentlybroadcasting(seefigure12).

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Figure12

Now,inordertoseeyoulivefeedgobacktotheKMCandseewhateveryenduserwillsee.

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5.2.KalturaManagementConsole(KMC)ClosetheEditEntrywindow.ClickOKintheDiscardchangespop-upwindow.

Now,ontheentryrowinthecontentlist,clickthePreview&Embedlinkontherighthand

sideoftheentryrow(seefigure13).

Figure13

Onthenewwindowopened,youllseeadefaultplayerwithyourlivefeedbroadcasted

fromyourmachine.

YoullnoticetheOnAirmark,mentioningthatyourecurrentlybroadcasting.

Beneaththeplayeryoullbeabletograbtheembedcodeforthatselectedplayerandpaste

itonyoursite(seefigure14).

Figure14

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6.Morefeatures...6.1.CreateyourownplayerInyourKMCaccountyoucancreateyourowncustomizedplayerwithmanyoptional

features.

LogintoyourKMCaccountat: http://www.kaltura.com/kmc

GototheStudiotabandselectoneoftheoptionstocreateyourowndesignedplayer.

Afteryoudesignyourplayeryoucanthen,inthePreview&Embedlinkonyourlivefeed

entry,selectthatplayer,youvejustdesigned,astheplayertouseinyoursite.

Justselecttheplayerfromthedropdownlistandtakeitsembedcode.

6.2.SaveyourlivefeedtoafileIntheFMEyoucanselectalocationtosaveyourlivefeedtoafiletouseafterwardsasa

VODinyoursite.

BeforehittingtheStartbutton,intheFME,youllseetheSavetofilecheckbox.Checkthatcheckbox,browsetoyourdesiredsavinglocation,byclickingtheBrowse

button,andselectingtheoutputfilenameinthetextbox.

OnceyouclicktheStartbutton,tostartthelive,thefeedwillbenowsavedintothefile

youveselectedbefore.