Workflow Tour: Livestream Studio on the Studio HD51
This tutorial provides a quick overview of how to mix multiple cameras, graphic overlays, and other media in the new version of Livestream Studio, as well as how to record isolated video program feeds, and configure your stream and send it out via Livestream or other RTMP-compatible streaming providers.
Streaming Your Program
When you're ready to start streaming, you can stream top both "new" and "original" Livestream accounts (Figure 14, below). Or you can click "Use a different streaming provider" and choose another provider in the next dialog to export your live stream to any RMTP-compatible streaming provider (Figure 15, below Figure 14), with presets for YouTube Live and Ustream.
Figure 14. Log in to Livestream or choose a different provider to start streaming.
Figure 15. Choosing another RTMP-compatible provider.
A new feature in this version of Livestream Studio is the ability to send adaptive streams to a CDN (Figure 16, below) and to export XML files to Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) to set specific configuration and connection options.
Figure 16. Configuring the stream.
Once you've configured your streams to your liking, close the dialog to return to the main UI, and click STREAM in the upper-left corner (Figure 17, below) to start streaming.
Figure 17. Click here to start streaming.
That's the overview; check out my review of Livestream Studio HD51 to read a lot more about the new features in Livestream Studio.
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