How to let DV camcorder live streaming on PC?
OBS (open broadcaster software) is the best choice.
OBS have MAC version and windows version.
Besides OBS, it still have anther livesteaming software
for exmaple : wirecast, xplit.....
This article is base on OBS livestreaming software.
How to use MAC OBS
The below video use facebook live
| USB2.0 FEBON168HDMI grabber card  | USB3.0 FEBON169 HDMI grabber card  | USB3.0 FEBON179 HDMI grabber card  | |
| VIDEO DEMO | |||
| 1.audio shfit 350-400ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 | 1.audio shfit 250-350ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 | 1. audio shfit 250-350ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 |
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How to use WINDOWS OBS
The below video use facebook live
| USB2.0 FEBON168 HDMI grabber card 1.audio shfit 250-350ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 | USB3.0 FEBON178 HDMI grabber card  1.audio shfit 150-250ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 | USB3.0 FEBON169 HDMI grabber card 1.audio shfit 150-250ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 | USB3.0 FEBON179 HDMI grabber card 1.audio shfit 150-250ms 2.APPLE hardware compression 3.resolution 1280x720 | |
HDMI output of DV camcorder input PC.
and then use OBS to process the video and then...... live upload into facebook / Youtube
diagram:
We can divided many things to discuss.
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Internet connecting
Internet is the basic problem.
if your video performance is better but internet is not good, the livesstreaming will be bad
internet is the basic issue!!
Usually, we can see the internet speed on the end of OBS software
For example:
you can see the internet upload speed is 2726
if the number is below. 1000, the internet is bad!
it will occur the interrupt livesteaming!
W suggest that you can use the wire internet.
For MAC use, you can add the " RJ45 to USB adapter"
internet main chip is AX88772A
This chip AX88772A is dirverless for MAC OSX
DV camcorder:
We always use HDMI output of camcorder as the video source
But, Not all of camorder have live hdmi output.
Although you can see the hdmi connector on the Camcorder, it just for play back not live video
For examle:
Panasonic GF3 GF4 .
its hdmi output just for play back only
By the way, some camera hdmi output is just video only and no audio
For example: Canon DSLR (500d, 450d....7d......)
I DO NOT recommend that you use Canon as the video source.
reason:
1. no audio
2. video is just 1920x1080i output.
For USB2.0 FEOBN168 UVC HDMI grabber card, it will have a little up and down.
I suggest that you can use SONY DV camcorder as video / audio source
