HD Streaming

[Ben Holcomb]

So I've spent quite a bit of time and effort on the Tornado Class by Rich Thompson and wanted to share my findings in case anyone else was looking to either stream HD or at least bring HD inputs into their computer for chase season. As you know, I pretty much cannot stand streaming from chasing anymore, but I know a lot of you still do.

I tried the Hauppauge HD PVR 2 but was quite unsuccessful with it. It's not what you'd want to use for streaming. What I found, however, that works well is the Black Magic intensity shuttle. With it, I am able to take the HDMI output (mini HDMI) from my video camera/dash camera and pipe it into a USB 3.0 slot and use it as a regular video input in any streaming software. The Black Magic Intensity Shuttle runs approximately $200 but works well in Windows 8.1.

Wirecast is great software for streaming to youtube or any other medium. Just about everything can be controlled from inputs to sound to bitrate. It should be compatible with ChaserTV as well.

I have not done a lot of testing using 4G LTE networks, but you could theoretically sustain quite the bit rate, especially in town. Maybe not so much with the towers being full of chasers.

Hoping this information is useful to someone.

 

[Andy Wycislo]

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure yet if I'm streaming this year or not, but part of my problem was that I hate running two cameras. My actual camcorder for good video (but I can't stream from) and a webcam for streaming (which I can't record good video from). I'll probably only stream again if I can run a one-camera solution. I will certainly look into this.

 

[Ben Holcomb]

The downside is that it does take a bit of CPU horsepower, but not a ton.

 

[Bryan Draper]

I Just purchased a new Canon Vixia HF R52 and have hopes of using this for live streaming for the news station here. Does that Black Magic Intensity do well with HD video?

 

[nmoore125]

I purchased a magewell Dongle that I use with a Panny 550 and it does amazing.. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I16VQOY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 is the link.. This little guy takes all the pressure off your computer and does everything in the little box.. Takes 5 minutes to hook up with OBS. If you want to see a test here is the link.. http://youtu.be/r7HA0hciDUk now this video was a quick test on no tripod with this panny right out of the box with no settings touched.. This is on OBS live streaming with my MIFI at dusk..

 

[Andy Wycislo]

The downside is that it does take a bit of CPU horsepower, but not a ton.

Can't be much worse than FME, can it?

I run a Mac and see there's one with a Thunderbolt option, which is exciting. Do you know if it works with OBS? I'm sure Wirecast is great, but at $495...

 

[Ben Holcomb]

Yeah, wirecast is a little pricey. For the youtube only version, it's $199 which is what we did.

 

[James Langford]

Good info, thanks. I gave up on streaming a few years back as it took too much time and effort to keep it up and running while trying to focus on a chase. I find it much more enjoyable to not mess with it.

 

[Ben Holcomb]

I'm with you James. I think Moore or shortly after was my last stream. I don't really plan on streaming again unless someone offers me a boat load of cash to do so.

 

[Tom Stolze]

I purchased an Elgato Capture device this Winter in hopes of using a higher quality camera for streaming, either while chasing or other events I stream throughout the year. So far it has worked as expected using the HDMI input, I am going to have to look at Wirecast for the other events I have been streaming, currently using OBS.

 

[Matt Salo]

I still stream using a Microsoft LifeCam Studio HD connected to my laptop. Though I stream, it tends to be low priority. Safety, and seeing the tornado/storm are above streaming, so it's more of a set it and forget it type of thing. If it lags out, or drops. I don't mess with it unless I have idle time between storms.

-m@

 

[Larry Bell]

So I've spent quite a bit of time and effort on the Tornado Class by Rich Thompson and wanted to share my findings in case anyone else was looking to either stream HD or at least bring HD inputs into their computer for chase season. As you know, I pretty much cannot stand streaming from chasing anymore, but I know a lot of you still do.

I tried the Hauppauge HD PVR 2 but was quite unsuccessful with it. It's not what you'd want to use for streaming. What I found, however, that works well is the Black Magic intensity shuttle. With it, I am able to take the HDMI output (mini HDMI) from my video camera/dash camera and pipe it into a USB 3.0 slot and use it as a regular video input in any streaming software. The Black Magic Intensity Shuttle runs approximately $200 but works well in Windows 8.1.

Wirecast is great software for streaming to youtube or any other medium. Just about everything can be controlled from inputs to sound to bitrate. It should be compatible with ChaserTV as well.

I have not done a lot of testing using 4G LTE networks, but you could theoretically sustain quite the bit rate, especially in town. Maybe not so much with the towers being full of chasers.

Hoping this information is useful to someone.

Don't you have to have an Intel i7 processor laptop for the Black Magic Intensity Shuttle to work?

 

[Larry Bell]

I still stream using a Microsoft LifeCam Studio HD connected to my laptop. Though I stream, it tends to be low priority. Safety, and seeing the tornado/storm are above streaming, so it's more of a set it and forget it type of thing. If it lags out, or drops. I don't mess with it unless I have idle time between storms.

-m@

How do you like your Microsoft LifeCam Studio HD? I just ordered one today off Amazon to use as my in-dash camera (and to stream live, IF the cell signal in the area is any good)

 

[Matt Salo]

How do you like your Microsoft LifeCam Studio HD? I just ordered one today off Amazon to use as my in-dash camera (and to stream live, IF the cell signal in the area is any good)

It's nothing fancy, but it works. I'm happy with it. Seriously...we're talking about a 360p to 480p stream most likely, so why spend a ton of money on a stream camera right?