Unsolved analog video stream
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So after a few more hours working with OBS, I discovered that you can output to a second screen. You have to right click on the source window, and choose "Full Screen Projector Preview" and then select the right output depending on your system such as "Display 1"
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I also discovered that to get a full screen output of a IP cam (in my case an old Foscam) you have to find the right URL from the manufacture. In my case it ended up being:
http://username:[email protected]/videostream.cgi?&resolution=32&rate=0even though the documentation from Foscam said to use:
http://192.168.0.37/videostream.cgi?user=username&pwd=password&resolution=32&rate=0 -
@Mike-Davis said in analog video stream:
So after a few more hours working with OBS, I discovered that you can output to a second screen. You have to right click on the source window, and choose "Full Screen Projector Preview" and then select the right output depending on your system such as "Display 1"
So is that the direction that you are going now? How is it working? Are you doing long run HDMI for this?
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@scottalanmiller said in analog video stream:
@Mike-Davis said in analog video stream:
So after a few more hours working with OBS, I discovered that you can output to a second screen. You have to right click on the source window, and choose "Full Screen Projector Preview" and then select the right output depending on your system such as "Display 1"
So is that the direction that you are going now? How is it working? Are you doing long run HDMI for this?
I hope it is not. The time wasted doing all of this testing with old gear is crazy.
I mean, OBS sounds like good technology, but who is paying him to do all this work?
The simple solution is a camera (used or new GoPro) and direct HDMI with a splitter. HDMI extender if needed.
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When I laid out the options, they started to have second thoughts about being able to record, create streams, etc. Basically I told them that if they weren't sure which way they were going to go to run all the cables back to the sound booth so that for today we could put in a simple HDMI splitter , but tomorrow we could feed the camera(s) in to a capture card on the computer along with an output from the sound board and take it from there. I tested OBS and I was able to use a feed from a webcam, a feed from a firewire (IEEE 1394) camera, an IP camera feed, and display the desktop. If they get a HDMI camera today and then upgrade to IP cameras tomorrow, they HDMI camera can be used to get another angle.
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@Mike-Davis so the current plan is to use OBS and any number of cameras to create a stream, and watch that stream in preview mode on the TVs?
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@DustinB3403 They are weighing out the options. I suspect they will go with a single HDMI camera and splitter for today, but I don't know. If they go the computer route, they will still need the splitter to send the signal to the TVs, so nothing is wasted.
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@Mike-Davis said in analog video stream:
When I laid out the options, they started to have second thoughts about being able to record, create streams, etc.
I called it. That's why you generally avoid legacy deployments in any arena. Customers always commit verbally to hard limits that they will "never need to exceed" that makes the project seem easy. And the moment that it's too late, they want those features. In this day and age, it's so obvious that being able to record, stream online or whatever should "just be available" that often people will commit to not being able to do things assuming that they really are not committing to those things or that they are trivial to add, no matter what you tell them.
Same thing with VoIP. People commit to the limits of legacy phones all the time and are shocked when all modern features are unavailable to them because they just assumed, as VoIP is everywhere, that they would magically get that stuff too.
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Any update to this topic?
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@DustinB3403 said in analog video stream:
Any update to this topic?
This is for a church, they are likely discussing today before/after services.
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Okay it's Tuesday, any updates?
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@DustinB3403 I'd be surprised if they escape the 'weighing options' loop. Few do.
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@wirestyle22 said in analog video stream:
@DustinB3403 I'd be surprised if they escape the 'weighing options' loop. Few do.
So the response to the inquiry should've immediately been; "You have to stream it, using CCTV is not an option".
Is that what I'm getting from you @wirestyle22 ?
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@DustinB3403 Nah. I just mean every time I hear 'we are weighing our options' I never hear back.
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@wirestyle22 said in analog video stream:
@DustinB3403 Nah. I just mean every time I hear 'we are weighing our options' I never hear back.
That or they come back three months later and go "Here's the stuff, make it work" -- and nothing you asked for is on the list.
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@dafyre said in analog video stream:
@wirestyle22 said in analog video stream:
@DustinB3403 Nah. I just mean every time I hear 'we are weighing our options' I never hear back.
That or they come back three months later and go "Here's the stuff, make it work" -- and nothing you asked for is on the list.
That too
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I'm not worried about it. It's probably going to cost them much more than they originally thought, and no matter who the client is, that usually means it's going to take more time.
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What's the latest?
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@scottalanmiller said in analog video stream:
What's the latest?
I figured this project was dead in the water from the last update. . .
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They just told me that they don't want to stream online, but they are willing to spend what they need to for a PTZ camera that they can mount in the back of the room and then zoom in and move around and capture the front of the room.
Since it will need to be controlled by a computer for the PTZ, an IP camera makes sense. It's about 70' from the back of the room to the front, so the zoom is more important than the wide angle lens most conferencing cameras have. Any recommendations?
