Ustreaming on a Mac

Sun, 2010-04-11 02:56 — plato

From: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AUgSQbWL6re2ZGZyamRieGtfMWY5N3N0ZmZi&hl=en

The following
instructions will guide you through the process of setting up your
computer as well as streaming an audio production using Ustream or
other streaming media site. InstallCamtwist, Linein and Soundflower and
the Voice over the Internet Program (VOIP) Skype. All
these programs are available for free on the Internet. The next step is
to setup the preferences for your computer for each of these 4
applications.

After
you install all the required applications, start setting up your Sound
Preferences using system preferences.

Click
the Apple icon to activate system preferences

Set
your input device to Soundflower (2ch)

Set
you output device to Soundflower (2ch)

Set
up your Skype Audio Preferences

Set
the audio input and output as Soundflower(2ch) You can leave the
ringing setup as the default setting.

Disable
your web camera in the Skype Video setting

Disable
(uncheck) the
camera in your Skype preferences. The camera may be used for
broadcasting in Ustream.

Set
up Linein Settings

Set
your input to Headset and output to Soundflower (2ch)

Take
note of the Pass Thru setting

You
will be activating this button to channel your audio through your
headset and to the Broadcast. When it is unselected you will not be
able to hear anything. It is a common mistake to forget to activate
Linein by not selecting the Pass Thru button.

Set
up Soundflower. Click the black flower on your menu bar to activate the
drop down menu

Select
your Audio device for Soundflower (2ch). In this case, it is the
Logitech USB Headset. Make sure to set the buffer for soundflower (2ch)
to 64 not 512

Open
the "Broadcast Now " window.

If
you have not set up an account with ustream, do so now. Type
the name of your show into the "Create New Show" box and click
"Create". Once the information is entered, click "Broadcast Now" to
start broadcasting.

Allow
access to your microphone and camera

A
broadcast window will appear and request permission to detect your
webcam or camera.

Select
your audio and video settings

Video
source is set as your web camera. In this case with the USB built in
iSight the source is USB video, Audio Source is Soundflower 2(ch)

Select
your web camera as the video device as your web camera driver and
soundflower (2ch) for your audio device

Initiate
a Skype call

Make
sure that the Linein setting for Pass thru is activated

Start
the Broadcast Start the Recording

Stop
the Recording

When you click
on stop the recording, you will be given the option to play delete or
save your recording. To save your recording, click on save.

Save
the recording

Be
sure to complete all the fields including the tags or the recording
will not be saved.

If
you want to go beyond talking heads on Ustream, Camtwist allows you to
change the virtual video device so that you can broadcast parts of your
screen, or broadcast videos previously saved to your computer. This is
a great tool that has a lot of potential for conferencing sessions. To
play the audio of a movie, playing iTunes or recorded mp3 audio while
streaming, use Camtwist and set the "General" preferences as
Soundflower (2ch) For more information go to this tutorial.

Ustreaming on a Mac

After
you install all the required applications, start setting up your Sound
Preferences using system preferences.

Set
your input device to Soundflower (2ch)