Yes. Thanks. Trying to figure out a sensible solution to remote broadcasts
that can also be live on tv and utilize the technology we have without
sinking $100,000 in additional equipment. Or even a 1/10th of that.
We’re running lean since Covid. No ad revenue and paying out electric bills
every month.
Sports is the main thing but am also trying to sell businesses on a live
shot that would air on tv and on the radio at the same time.
Thanks so much for your collective wisdom.
Becky
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 8:31 PM Jon C. Moon <jonmoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Recently there was some discussion here about how different stations are
able to send live feeds through the public internet to their stations,
whether for sports, news or special event programming.
Now, here's an idea that might be helpful:
There's a free little command line program called "StreamLink" which can
be used to receive live streams from a number of popular streaming
services. The program then "pipes" the stream data over to your default
media player for playout. In particular, the program works directly with
live streams on YouTube, which is great because live streaming on YouTube
is pretty easy to do and, best of all, is absolutely FREE!
While you could just use a typical computer and web browser to play out a
live You Tube feed, that can be problematic...some computers don't have
HDMI output, ads, notifications and popups can show up, etc.
Here's a potentially better (and probably cheaper) solution:
StreamLink will run on the Raspberry, Pi, a tiny, little credit card-sized
computer that costs about $40 and has excellent video decoding and output
through HDMI. After typing in the URL (web address) of the live stream,
the stream is sent to VLC player, where it can be automatically output
fullscreen through the Raspberry Pi's HDMI connector - no menu, controls,
etc.
I've tried this method with a few of the live streams at YouTube - ABC
News and NASA, for example - and it worked really well. If you're familiar
with scripting, I imagine this probably could be automated to run at
certain times.
Jon C. Moon
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