Broadcasting - MPG/AVI/Others...

[doZer24]

Hey all,
I realize that to broadcast ANY movie file with SHOUTcast it has to be converted to NSV. My question is how? And once the video IS done and converted, what do I use to broadcast it?

Doing live stuff is easy. I can do anything live via TV card, but MPG/AVI and other movie downloads and such are a mystery to me...

thanks much
doZ
www.doZRacing.com/doZtv :up:

[joshie]

Using the NSVTools from www.nullsoft.com/nsv and assuming your OS is Windows:

nsvenc is used for encoding files to NSV. nsvenc /config will give you a similar popup window to that of NSVCap's configuration.

nsvscsrc can be used to broadcast to a ShoutCAST server. This program's parameters are found in the sticky threads somewhere.

[sankt]

Information on command line use of nsvscsrc

Command line encoding
www.scvi.net/cmd_enc.htm

Command line streaming
www.scvi.net/cmd_str.htm

[doZer24]

Ok. How would someone who is kind of really rusty on command prompt?

Running Windows XP Pro

NSVTools is just used for broadcast live is it not?

tia
doZ

[sankt]

You can use the NSV gui to easily convert the video to NSV.
www.scvi.net/gui.htm

You can use the command prompt to source the movies to a Shoutcast / Icecast server.

References for command prompt
www.scvi.net/ref.htm

[rockouthippie]

There is a graphical interface "NSVate" which is a "Front end" for the nsv encoder.

[sns2015]

And as for streaming you may want to use Kens software as it doesn't use the command line at all. You can get NSVGUI+ or NSVGUI Classic at http://nsv.no-ip.com/

[doZer24]

I downloaded NNVGUI+. How does it work? I go to click on SHOUTcast and it won't let me click anything... Also, when I go to File_New, it's looking for an .xml session file... What does this file consist of adn what do I have to do to get it to work?

thanks
doZ

[Jeeper One]

Hi everyone:

With NSVGUI+ you need to CREATE a new session, which is saved as an XML file. You do this by selecting NEW SESSION (or is it FILE > NEW SESSION I forget now).

Anyhow, once you have PROPERLY configured your SHOUTcast server (assuming it's not remotely hosted someplace where you don't have that kind of control) and enter your station name, genre and so forth (make sure the PUBLIC box is CHECKED if you want to be listed in the Winamp Media Library), you then need to load your videos.

Loading your videos can be a tedious and frustrating process if you have tons of videos like me as you have to load them ONE AT A TIME (I wish you'd include a BATCH loading system in your GUIs Ken, but that's a tangent for another thread :D ).

Once you've done that, then all you need to do is click the START BROADCAST button and YOU ARE ON THE AIR. :)

Hope this helps :)

Cheers for now :)

Pat (a.k.a. Jeeper One)

[doZer24]

DUHH!!! Stupid me didn't see that it was a SAVE button and not and OPEN button when you hit New...srry bout that going to try it now...lol

thanks
doZ

[doZer24]

OK! I'm getting there. I understand how NSVGUI+ works, and by the looks of it it is working. Except for one thing. When I hit Start Stream, SHOUTcast picks it up and adds the stream, but NSVGUI+ freezes after that... If there some kind of other config I have to do with the program itself or some kind of other fix?

thanks again for the help
doZ

[Jeeper One]

Hi everyone:

What do you mean when you say it "freezes"? Do you mean you can't minimize it 'cause it's not responsive or what?

Please clarify...

Cheers for now :)

Pat

[doZer24]

Right, can't minimize, can't click, and eventually comes up 'Not Responding'

thanks
doZ

[rockouthippie]

The encoder can be picky about the input format, but usually crashes and lockups are from misconfigured encoder settings. Often that's lame (the mp3 encoder).....

Make sure the bitrate for audio is a multiple of 32... to start....

[doZer24]

Bitrate is set to 128... And I'm not finding anything resembling any encoder settings

[sns2015]

rockouthippie, he is having problems with NSVGUI+ and not the NSV encoder. Perhaps you should try nsvgui classic as it uses the same technology but different gui setup, perhaps that one will work. I don't know why NSVGUI+ isnt working...

[doZer24]

all right ill try classic tonight after work...thanks for the help:up:

[the_dragon_lord]

Hello, I know you covered this in here ..but I kind of got lost along the way...let me please start in the begining..

I am wanting to broadcast video's via my shoutcast thru my winamp...I know you mentioned about downloading Ken'sGUI.. I went to that site and see all these links (do I need all these)?
Parent Directory 22-Nov-2005 23:50 -
NSVD.zip 18-Mar-2005 18:06 137k
NSVtools.exe 31-Dec-2004 14:53 1.1M
NSVx-SRC.zip 28-Jun-2005 10:06 58k
NSVx.zip 16-Feb-2005 18:31 85k
NowPlay.zip 21-Jul-2005 10:14 81k
VP6.zip 04-Mar-2005 14:04 1.5M
nsvcoder.zip 01-Jan-2005 09:37 187k
nsvgui+.zip 22-Mar-2005 15:31 962k
nsvgui613.zip 21-Apr-2005 11:27 2.2M
nsvgui7.zip 24-May-2005 18:52 1.7M
nsvguiclassic.rar 20-Oct-2005 19:02 126k
vp6resizer.zip 30-Oct-2005 16:59 159k

So at the risk of sounding like a total idiot ..could you please tell me exactly how I would go about broadcasting videos & Movies...step by step ..and if it's here already ..could you PLEASE difecrt me there...I'm not stupid but I do find it easier if I have a step by step instructions ... Thank you ...Dragon

[slavas]

>via my shoutcast thru my winamp
nope, winamp only for watching, you cant stream with winamp
>I'm not stupid
so take a look www.scvi.net should be pretty easy

[the_dragon_lord]

OKAY ...so maybe I am stupid then ..because I have been to thoses sites and downloaded what I thought I was supossed too but I have got NO further then when I started ..I guess I need to be told like a child ..step by step...any suggestions please ??? All I want to do is be able to broadcast videos etc. to my listeners..

[slavas]

OKAY.. i wasn't trying to say u r stupid.. (english is my 2nd foreign language)

just follow http://www.scvi.net/check.htm

although that site is lame as packs unrelated information too... if you find words like "dirac" or "theora" dont take them in mind they have nothing to do with nsv

[the_dragon_lord]

Thank you.........I'll get it sooner or later....while I'm here I have a question ..I keep getting a nessage now to upgrade to 5.13..(I'm on 5.12 now) if I click YES on the upgrade button ..will it keep ALL of my files that I have loaded in my winamp...because I have 1000's of songs and videos in there ?..Thanks ..Dragon

[sankt]

When you upgrade, you keep all the settings, plugins and any media files you have downloaded.

[the_dragon_lord]

Thank You very much !!