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≡ User Guide – Webcam

 

Welcome broadcasters! Using the Internet to broadcast your own material is a point-and-click process. Make sure you have a high speed Internet connection and a computer with enough processing power. For a PDF version, please contact us at [email protected].

 

Things You’ll Need:

 

  • High Speed Internet
  • Laptop Computer with at least a 1GB megahertz processor and 1 GB random access memory
  • Video Source (Webcam or Video camera)
  • Video Broadcasting Platform (ex. Watershed)
  • Cables
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    INSTALL OR UPDATE YOUR FLASH PLAYER TO THE LATEST VERSION BEFORE YOU BEGIN. Go to: Adobe Flash Player Downloads.

     

    How to Broadcast with a Webcam

     

    Step 1: Go to WATERSHED (UStream private label platform) at: https://watershed.ustream.tv/.

  • Click on Login.
  • Enter “lonyla” in the username field.
  • Enter the password (LoNyLa artists, please contact LoNyLa administrators for password) in the password field.
  • Click on login to the right of the password field, which will allow you into the site.
  • Watershed Welcome Screen

    Watershed Welcome Screen

    Step 2: Arrive at the Dashboard which summarizes key performance metrics.

  • Click on Brands from the header menu.
  • Watershed Dashboard

    Watershed Dashboard

    Step 3: Arrive at the Brands screen, which displays the “lonyla” brand.

  • Click on Channels from the left-side menu.
  • Watershed "Brands" Screen

    Watershed Brands Screen

    Step 4: Arrive at the Channels screen, which displays the different channels under the LoNyLa brand.

  • LoNyLa Administrator will assign you a channel.
  • Click on Launch Broadcast.
  • The broadcaster will pop up.
  • Watershed "Channels" Screen

    Watershed Channels Screen

    Step 5: Arrive at the password-protected Broadcaster.

  • You will need a password to start broadcasting.
  • Please ask a LoNyLa Administrator for the password.
  • Password-Protected Broadcaster

    Password-Protected Broadcaster

    Step 6: Once you’ve enabled the Broadcaster, click Allow.

  • The broadcaster will automatically locate your webcamera, which appears as a “Video Source” in the bottom panel. Your audio source should be the same as your video source. In this example, the Broadcaster has located a Logitech Webcam Pro.
  • Broadcaster - Allow Camera Pop-up Panel

    Broadcaster - Allow Camera Pop-up Panel

    Step 7: Click on Start Broadcast to begin a live broadcast of your event. You are now broadcasting over the Internet depending on where your VIEWER is located.

  • LoNyLa will provide you with a webpage and a URL with a VIEWER and a chat board for your audience to interact with your event (if desired).
  • Broadcaster - Start Broadcast

    Broadcaster - Start Broadcast

    Step 8: Click on Start Record if you want a video recording of your event.

  • A panel will appear that walks you through naming and saving your recording.
  • Broadcaster - Start Record

    Broadcaster - Start Record

    You can review the recording. Save it or delete it according to your preferences.

    Broadcaster - Preview Recording - Save or Delete

    Broadcaster - Preview Recording - Save or Delete

    Broadcaster - Save Recording

    Broadcaster - Save Recording

    Step 9: Locate your video recording by clicking on Video from the top menu. You will arrive at a library of recorded videos under the LoNyLa brand.

  • Identify your video recording by name, date and time recorded.
  • In order to view the recording at a later date over the Internet, you will need to create a webpage and use the EMBED CODE (widgetizes the video recording and allows you to put it into your own web page code) for the video recording. (Think YouTube videos.)
  • Video Recording Library

    Video Recording Library