Stream live events

[Vade]

hiya,

i wonder if anyone can help me work this out..

i want to live broadcast some events like surf comps accross the net to my website.

this is what i have:

A windows 2000 dedicated Web server with Windows media services installed and running.

A laptop with windows media encoder running,

A Camera which connects to said laptop.


At the moment i can get the camera to connect to the media encoder on the laptop, then i can get the server to connect to the laptops media encoder, and here is where i hit a snag.

on the webserver i have 2 ips both point to my web folder ( i am not to clued up on this...)

i create a publishing point within media services, which connects fine to the laptop. then i use the buildin wizard to create the annouce or something, but even if i point it to a shared web folder ( within my website space) i can not connect to the stream using my webbrowser.

can anyone give me some step by step instructions? or know of a better program to broadcast live remote media?

thanks alot in advance

Vade

[Eye for Video]

I've never worked with with the server side of live streaming so I'm interested in your project. What kind of Internet connection do you have to serve out the stream? How many concurrent viewers do you expect to handle?
Since hosting is so expensive for streaming video, perhaps setting up your own is the way to go. I'll keep and eye on this project and see if you get any answers.
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com

[Vade]

heya,

well the server is on a tier 1 network ( yea i have no idea what that means :p )

this is the jargon from the hosting website:

Unusually within the SME hosting market, WebFusion has access to a Tier 1 network with 50,000Mbit connectivity.

With over 100 Points of Presence (PoPs) nationwide and 40 private spectrum point-to-multi-point radio PoPs, our network is based on proven technologies such as ATM and MPLS. It is fully engineered to provide Virtual Private Networking (VPN) as well as Internet connectivity.

still havent gotten anywhere with it, like i said i can connect to the server using media encoder/services its just then branching it out from there, i am starting to wonder if its because the server is a webserver aswell and i need another box which is purely a media server....

any clues anyone? :)

oh and its windows 2003 not 2000 my bad

Vade

[Eye for Video]

So you are using a Web hosting service and not setting up the server yourself? Or are you renting a box from them and setting up the server yourself?
Not that I could be much help there, but I do a fair amount of live Web streaming, but I use a host which set up the server for me:
http://www.upstreamnetworks.com/home.php?page=windows-live-streaming
So I'll set my Windows Media Encoder to "Push" to the server. Then I'll code the <object> on my html page using the url and publishing point provided by the host. For Example:
<object classid="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" width="320" height="310" id="WindowsMediaPlayer1">
<param name="URL" value="http://live.upstreamnetworks.com/your_publishing_point">
<param name="autoStart" value="1">
<param name="uiMode" value="full">
<embed src="http://live.upstreamnetworks.com/your_publishing_point" width="320" rate="1" uimode="full">
</embed>
</object>
If you are installing and setting up your own server... good luck... that can be a little tricky...
If the hosting company is installing your server, they should be able to provide the info shown above.
Best of luck,
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com

[Vade]

hiya.

yeah i am sort of trying to set it up myself i wondering if having both this and IIS on the same server is causing a problem??

i tried a few things today including trying to push from the encoder, used the ipaddress of the server with the port that i have had to put as 80 is used by iis
but i get an error saying cant connect to the server....

this is a nightmare :P

Vade

[Vade]

heya,

Just a quick update.

I sorted it, i have no idea how but i have it working fine.

after i went through the motions of setting up the push from the encoder again and put the new port in the address, it this time came up with a login user/pass for the media server, i used one of the accounts that i have on that server and it logged in fine :)

and now i have a perfect streaming solution for my live events :D

now just one thing remains, how to stream my existing surf web cams

cheers

Vade

[Eye for Video]

Well that's good news! I'd be interested to see your finished product. How about posting a note when you get it all up and running?
EfV