@hoosier with version 1.201+ you have feedback about the current bitrate and connection quality, check the status indicator**; red = something not optimal (most likely slow Wi-Fi or 4G LTE). As a backup it’s always a good idea to save your broadcast (Record to iPhone)
@acpregion5 can you embed a sample video please, with iOS you can record the screen while streaming.
1. Prepare, you will need:
2. Connect:
3. Access Setup: the Dahua cameras are preset with fixed IP addresses: 192.168.1.108 and they will not automatically get an IP address from the DHCP server (e.g. the router). You will need to do is temporarily set your Mac to use an IP on the same subnet as the camera (for example, 192.168.1.109 - the first three numbers have to be the same and the fourth different), and then you will be able to access the camera at 192.168.1.108 using a web browser. You then set the camera to use an IP address on the same subnet as your network, reset your Mac's IP settings, and then the camera is visible to your network. This is described in our setup instructions for network cameras. While the camera is on a different subnet, you will be able to detect it via its Bonjour address, however all attempts at accessing it will fail.
1. Prepare, you will need:
2. Connect:
3. Access Setup:
1. Prepare, you will need:
2. Connect:
3. Access Setup:
Foscam IP Camera Tool: https://codepen.io/_yatko/pen/EbZYga
You will need:
- Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager)
- Gulp
- spycam.io IP Camera Tool
to install Node, visit nodejs.org and click the "Install" button to download the installer for your OS. Follow the instructions and after finished, you should have Node and npm (Node Package Manager) installed. To ensure that Node is properly installed type into the terminal:
node -v
npm -v
you should get a response with the version number of Node
get version number of npm
Navigate to your project directory e.g.:
cd /Documents/Project/my-project
the ls command will list the contents of a directory and helps finding your way around, cd will change the directory, use the [Tab] key to auto-complete long directory-names. Once you made it to your project directory, use npm to initialize your package.json file:
npm init
will create the package.json file in your root directory which will provide information about your project and help manage dependencies
sudo npm install -g gulp
gulp -v
grant you administrator access (sudo), install package globally (-g)
should return the Gulp version number
Also install gulp locally, using the --save-dev flag to add the dependency to your devDependencies list in package.json
npm install --save-dev gulp
npm install gulp-jshint gulp-sass gulp-concat gulp-uglify gulp-rename --save-dev
*for spycam.io 0.2.2 use:
npm install gulp-browserify gulp-connect gulp-plumber gulp-sass gulp-util plumber reactify require-dir vinyl-buffer vinyl-source-stream watchify --save-dev
prepend with sudo e.g. sudo npm install gulp-sass --save-dev if you are getting permissions errors, also read this great article to find out more about these plugins also to learn more about how to use your command-line interface
Download the spycam.io IP Camera Tool source code and extract it to your project folder and run Gulp:
gulp
this will call gulp and run everything needed to start spycam.io
How to resolve "Cannot find module" error?
While still in your project folder, run npm install {module-name} more info here e.g. require-dir
How to stream live from GoPro HERO and other GoPro models
You'll need a GoPro HERO camera and a MAC or PC for transcoding the live stream with both wired and wireless connections (read below why)
For sending a live video stream from your GoPro HERO to Facebook Live, YouTube Live or any other media server, you will need internet connection. Since your computer's Wi-Fi will be used for connecting to your GoPro camera, a second (most likely) wired Ethernet connection is required that will provide the internet access. Note: this is only needed if you are using the GoPro's live video stream, meant for the GoPro App video preview. GoPro HERO3 - HERO4+ cameras produce HLS streams which are used by control apps and monitors. It's possible to take this stream and rebroadcast over RTMP. This is a low-quality stream that can be easily accessed via WiFi, when the camera is in App & RC mode. There are better methods for obtaining a HD livestream using a HDMI cable and an external device with http://cameleon.live.
Get HLS stream from your GoPro, please view images below and follow these quick steps:
Test: if you did everything as demoed trough the screenshots above AND you're connected to your GoPro's Wi-Fi, this link should work: http://10.5.5.9:8080
GoPro HERO4 and GoPro HERO4 Session
vlc udp://@:8554 --sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264}:rtp{dst=127.0.0.1,port=4444,sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:8080/live.sdp}" --verbose=3 --logmode=text --file-logging
GoPro HERO3 and GoPro HERO3+
vlc http://10.5.5.9:8080/live/amba.m3u8 --sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264}:rtp{dst=127.0.0.1,port=4444,sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:8080/live.sdp}" --verbose=3 --logmode=text --file-logging
Error: Running VLC from the terminal gives error: -bash: vlc: command not found (read section below)
VLC terminal error: -bash: vlc: command not found
You can run VLC on Mac OS X using terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) with the following command:
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC http://10.5.5.9:8080/live/amba.m3u8 --sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264}:rtp{dst=127.0.0.1,port=4444,sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:8080/live.sdp}" --verbose=3 --logmode=text --file-loggingYou can also set an alias to just vlc with the following command:
alias vlc='/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC'
- this can be helpful to add this command to your shell setup file (this option can also be activated from the "VLC" menu).
Note:
- You may need to modify the VLC media player configuration to MPEG streaming by changing the VLC stream transport protocol (read section below). This will open a RTSP port 8080 on your computer and if your firewall is allowing traffic on port 8080, you're ready to go. Your RTSP path will be rtsp://{YOUR_COMPUTERS_IP_ADDRESS}:8080/live.sdp (copy this URL)
- Command line examples, VLC Streaming Wizard
Switching VLC from HTTP streaming to RTP/RTSP streaming
- Open VLC > Preferences..., select Input / Codecs tab and check the box next to "Use RTP over RTSP (TCP)". Save.
Let's try something else, Download FFmpeg (here) or follow instructions for Installing FFmpeg for macOS / Windows (read section below)
Install FFmpeg for macOS
- The easiest way to install FFmpeg on macOS (Mac OS X ) is using Homebrew and Xcode Command Line Tools. Install Xcode from the Mac App Store (update to the latest version if necessary). Xcode may prompt you to install command line developer tools or you can install it by typing the following command into the terminal:
xcode-select --install
- Installing Homebrew is quite simple as well, type the following command into the terminal:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL >>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"* after successful installation you should execute: '$ brew doctor' -to check if your Homebrew >>installation was successful
- Install FFmpeg - install by typing the following command into the terminal:
brew install ffmpeg --with-ffplay
ffplay -an -fflags nobuffer -f:v mpegts -probesize 8192 rtp://10.5.5.9:8554
http://10.5.5.9/gp/gpControl/execute?p1=gpStream&c1=restart
Note: GoPro live stream will stop unless a "keep alive packet" is maintained (power-saving), run a script e.g.: hero4-udp-keep-alive-send.py in parallel with FFplay to keep the camera live
Test: GoPro live stream should appear in your FFplay media player. Remove the '-an' flag to receive audio from your GoPro
ffmpeg -thread_queue_size 512 -f:v mpegts -probesize 8192 -i rtp://10.5.5.9:8554 -c:v libx264 -b:v 1M -vf scale=-1:720 -r 25 -c:a aac -ar 44100 -b:a 128k -tune zerolatency -preset ultrafast -flags +global_header -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"
Error: YouTube Streaming API error: User is not enabled for live streaming (click to fix)
We decided to move our groups and discussions off the Facebook platform. While the flexibility and ease-of use offered by Facebook was great and convenient, we learned the hard way about their methods. Still not sure if their attack was on purpose or simple ignorance but was a red flag ;)