Noobie looking for help

[Soorma]

Hi Guy's,

I want to setup a Video Streaming Server to broadcast live video of event's in our temple. I have a Dell's Dual Xeon Server with T1 Setup. can someone please point me to where should i get started? i allready went thro "readme" and didn't get much out of it. If some1 help me setup the server i would also pay that person for his services / time.

please pm me if you can help

Thanks
Soorma

[Jkey]

depending on how many people you would like to stream video too you may need more upstream bandwidth as the t1 line at your temple may not be enough.

In these cases it is wise to use a dedicated stream host to provide SHOUTcast dnas server hosting to meet your needs.

As for video streaming itself other than the provided docs i surgest you try http://www.scvi.net.
That is a great resource for shoutcast tv and provides many step by step tutorials.

[Soorma]

I think we will hit around 500+ people that day .. there will be Lan Wireless and we will have around 100+ people connected and Wan side we might have 400+ people connected. i have already bought the 320kbps 500 listeners for $1,500 MO. Just need help setting up video from my camera to desktop and desktop to hosting company

Thanks for help
Soorma

[sankt]

What kind of setup do you have at your desktop and what kind of video equipment do you have ?

[Soorma]

I have Diamond All-In-Wonder HD Premium Video Card, TV Tuner and Video Capture I/O .. video will be coming from my Sharp Video Camera thro S Video output .. i have Dual Xeon 3.2ghz Server with 4gb ram.

Thanks
Soorma

[sankt]

Install the nsv software with the update, and make sure that the nsv software recognizes the video capture card.
www.scvi.net/liveenc.htm

You will use the VP3 and MP3 audio / video codecs. You can find out more information about configuring the VP3 codec here : www.scvi.net/vpguide.htm

configuring shoutcast server : www.scvi.net/shoutcast.htm

[Soorma]

Thanks alot for your help sankt,

i will try this and post back ..

Thanks again
TaNk

[Soorma]

i got nsvcap working on my desktop ... i can see the video coming thro from my camera. after then setup when i hit capture and try to see the video in my winamp player on my laptop and point the url to http://127.0.0.1:8000 i get error "icy 401 no source" if i do http://127.0.0.1 (without port #) i get error " Error Syncing to stream"

any idea?

Thanks

[sankt]

What port are you streaming with - using the DNAS server ?

[Soorma]

Port 8000 yes using the DNAS Server but when it start's i get fatel error

[Soorma]

Ok now i got DNAS server working fine ..

*******************************************************************************
** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
** Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
*******************************************************************************

Event log:
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/win32 v1.9.8 (Feb 28 2007) starting up...
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] loaded config from C:\Program Files\SHOUTcast\sc_serv
.ini
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] initializing (usermax:10 portbase:6666)...
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] opening source socket
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] source thread starting
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] opening client socket
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [source] listening for connection on port 6667
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] Client Stream thread [0] starting
<02/04/09@16:00:47> [main] client main thread starting
<02/04/09@16:01:46> [source] connected from 10.10.2.8
<02/04/09@16:01:46> [source] icy-name:My NSV Stream ; icy-genre:Video
<02/04/09@16:01:46> [source] icy-pub:0 ; icy-br:128 ; icy-url:http://www.shoutca
st.com
<02/04/09@16:01:46> [source] icy-irc:#chan ; icy-icq:1234567 ; icy-aim:SomeUser
<02/04/09@16:02:32> [dest: 10.10.2.8] starting stream (UID: 0)[L: 1]{A: WinampMP
EG/5.54}(P: 0)
<02/04/09@16:03:28> [source] source dropped connection. disconnecting.
<02/04/09@16:04:11> [source] connected from 10.10.2.8
<02/04/09@16:04:11> [dest: 10.10.2.8] connection closed (100 seconds) (UID: 0)[L
: 0]{Bytes: 1500662}(P: 0)
<02/04/09@16:04:12> [source] icy-name:My NSV Stream ; icy-genre:Video
<02/04/09@16:04:12> [source] icy-pub:0 ; icy-br:128 ; icy-url:http://www.shoutca
st.com
<02/04/09@16:04:12> [source] icy-irc:#chan ; icy-icq:1234567 ; icy-aim:SomeUser
<02/04/09@16:06:58> [active] 0 listeners (0 unique)

but i still get error when i try to view stream on my laptop via //10.10.2.8:6666 error syncicng to stream"

[sankt]

you need to enter this into winamp

ip address : port address /, stream name . nsv

[Soorma]

how can i find out stream name?

[Soorma]

sankt ..don't know if this right but can you please help me via AIM or MSN / Yahoo Messanger? if i have to i will pay for your time / services. i need this runing asap as this event it few days away ...

Please reach me @
Yahoo:- stylinjattz (stylinjattz@yahoo.com)
AIM:- Crzyjattsoorma

Thanks

[Soorma]

Hey Guy's

First i would like to thanks everyone who helped me ... thanks alot sankt for all your time again.

i got everything working .. i can view the streams from other pc now .. but only one thing is wired that it's buffering alot on local network ... every 10-15 sec it start to buffer... is there anyway i can fix this? i have Giggabit switch's / wires / network cards .. but dono why it's still doing this..


please help

[sankt]

What are you streaming the video at ?

Try lowering the encoding speed.

[Soorma]

I was streaming @ 250 to 300kbps ..lower then that picture dosn't come out right

[sankt]

What do you mean the picture doesn't come out right ?

If you stream is buffering, then your network can't support the encoding speed.