Use an External Camera to Live Stream on Facebook or Youtube, PC or MAC - OBS Walkthrough
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.พ. 2018
- Use an external camera to live stream on Facebook Live or TH-cam. This setup will work on a PC or MAC, and works with just about any camera. A lot of new technology has come along since my last video about how to live stream with an external camera. In this video I will show you my recommended setup for live streaming!
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Choosing a camera for live streaming
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Great Content.I will appreciate if you can answer this question ..Which Best or recommended Computer or Laptop for Church Live Multi-Streaming. Considering we want to stream at 1080 @60p (High Quality)
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Steven, you are a gem! We have been streaming our church service for the last few months thanks to your help. We started on the fly with me taping my cell phone to a 10 gallon drink cooler because there was an immediate need. It worked, but wasn't pretty or high quality. Thanks to you, we have a setup that we were able to afford and the quality is great I have shared your videos with several other churches that had a need. Thank you for blessing us. Much love to you and your family from South Carolina.
Thank you so much for your helpful video. You helped me graduate from an aspirational and hopeful live-streamer to an actual producer of on-line content with our local cricket grand final in Australia. The AJA U-tap arrived from the US in four days and made all the difference. I now hope to live-stream much more in the future. Thanks heaps!!!
Thank you so much! I'm very much a beginner but now I'm just excited to get started on my TH-cam projects. Great information and easy to understand. Thanks again from Australia :)
Eye opening!! As we all figure out how to proceed in this quarantine, I feel better about how to approach my online education biz. Many thx 🙏🙏🙏
Echoing the comment from the Ausi. Thank you very much for a none techno explanation of this device and others. I bought the BM UltraStudio MIni w/thunderbolt port. Spent a couple of days trying to figure out configuration. All the downloading, setup, blah, blah, blah. Needless to say, wasn't working. Came across your how to set up BM UltraStudio and learned I have the wrong unit for PC. Found your BM H.264 video which lead me here. This has got me excited about the project I'm working on again. Looks like the price has gotten a lot closer to BM products over the past year or so. Thanks again..
Thanks for the great, easy step by step video. This will help get our Sunday services online live. Your tutorials will help churches get more Services live online. With so many more churches live online, we can help make the world a better place for everyone.
Particularly appreciate the advice on SDI. I was going to use HDMI, but my Canon X35 has SDI so that's what we'll use.
This upload was my subscriber, easily followed honest presentation even my go to when watching one of your latest uploads talking about black magic and you said this was your best livestream method, bang I’d seen enough and back to your older upload, thanks great work.
If you are only seeing the top or bottom half of your video signal when using the U-tap SDI from an ATEM device. The ATEM is seeing the U-tap as a dual link SDI (SDI level B) connection, and you need to change it to single link (SDI level A). In the settings of the ATEM on the General Tab, under Video Standard there is a "Set 3G SDI output to:" setting that you need to toggle to A.
Or if you are using a BMD mini-converter there is a setup utility that you can run on your computer through the USB of the converter and toggle it's settings as well.
Yes, but the ATEM will not use level A at frame sizes below 1080. So, it seems that the UTap is not completely compatible. What was the box you didn’t like? Other suggestions?
Thank you for this video. I'm a newbie at live streaming and trying to use it to improve our company's marketing tools. Keep them coming.
Too many naration rather than concretely explaned
I love the way you clearly explain with all details.Keep it up.Thanks
Wow, I finally found someone who actually knows what he is talking about. I've been working with pro video since 1978, home video since 1983 and have been live streaming board meetings an an annual convention on TH-cam since 2015. Currently have 2 pro cameras (Canon XF-205 and recently added a Canon SA-15) and several Logitech webcams. Instead of a switcher, I use 2 U-Tap SDI to USB adapters for the pro cameras, with some 84 foot amplified USB extension cords for the webcams and everything plugs into the OBS computer. Works very well and have had few problems.
You have been a great help to our church. May god bless you
Mr. Ballast this was an excellent illustration and demonstration! Thank you!
Thank you for your clear, concise and expert knowledge. following what you are doing is so easy and no distractions. Please, do a series on vmix.
Great video Stephen! Very helpful.
Thank you for sharing
Are there any other video interfaces you recommend that would work well also besides AJA.?
Just wanted to know
Thank you and God bless
GREAT VIDEO! This saved me so much time and money.
Thanks y really enjoy learning from this video and i will be see more to keep learning
Great information. Your videos are quite a ministry brother.
Really great sir if you uploaded not a video a great concept and helpful concept Tqs a lot of u sir and to continue like this all the beat
Great info, thanks for the update.
Thank you for your helpful video!
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Great information!!! Thanks!!!
Thank you so much! This is great information~
thank you Mr. Ballast! I'm researching on how I can begin to live broadcast on youtube and facebook. it seems that you recommend at computer with 16GB RAM but the Amazon link to PC for streaming that you posted has 8GB. My 2014 MacBook Pro has 8GB RAM.. do you think it will work well for me? I just ordered the U-TAP. thanks again for your valuable time and advice!
This is great! Thank you for making the information so user friendly! Our church is just getting started in the live streaming field. Can you suggest a microphone that can be added to the Canon Camera(s) to pick up audio from the sermons? Or alternatively, if we get a switch, is there a way to use the wireless microphone that the minister already wears to get direct audio onto our feeds?
Thanks for the video, it's good to see an update.
But for those who think this it too expensive, can I suggest they look at Epiphan X2, which is amazing for the price, and we have just started streaming using one.
If it works for you, that's great! I used to really like standalone devices like that, but I've leaned towards steering clear of them because when things stop working it's harder to troubleshoot. I started streaming video with a device like that and it eventually caused a lot of issues.
I regret I didn't see this video until after implementing our church live streaming system. This would have saved me a lot of time looking for all the vital bits of information required to put a system together from end to end! Nowhere else have I found the information so succinctly presented than in this video, thank you Stephen!
Hi Steven Ballast, do you think it's possible to connect DSLR camera straight into laptop and use in OBS? What issues will this cause? If one could not afford a $300 U-TAP device, how can they achieve this? I've seen people suggest using Canon EOS Utility live preview capture as a screen in OBS, it seemed to work fine for them. Why would you not recommend that?
Hi and thanks for another great video. I have a question - With TH-cam can you lock the stream key on OBS? Do you always need a new key?
The U-TAP and OBS solved a lot of problems for me. Thanks for the video
Very help, thanks.
How to add graphics and text on live stream?
Great video. Great info and very helpfull. I must admit. that I found the background music very annoying. But that's just me. Keep it up.
Thanks for this. Are you saying you can livestream on FB and TH-cam at the same time?
Thanks for sharing. Wonderful info. I've almost saved enough to get one. God will provide.
Thank you so much!!!
Great, thanks! What you got for 06/2020?
Wish I'd found this a month ago! Thanks for the vid :)
I have found your video extremely helpful. At my church we are just getting started with streaming, using just one camera right now so I plan on using the U-Tap HDMI. Can you recommend a computer (processor, amount of ram) that we could go with? Budget is small right now. Thanks!
Great, thanks! What software do you use for this?
Thanks for this video
Thanks so much for your video, this is super helpful. We are all set up at our church with the exception of a minor audio issue. We followed the set up that you presented on this video (purchased the equipment and set up to live stream in FB) (not using OBS software but straight to FB). Our only problem is that the audio keeps having some drops, (hiccups, cuts). We are inputting the audio from a Mixer (allen & heath QU-24) using the alt out directly to the camera. I have additionally tried the audio directly into the audio port of the macbook pro, I have also use the headphone port of the mixer to the camera/computer but we still get the drops on the sound. We are using a Macbook pro 2014 with i5 processor, with 2.0 USB ports. I have also tried on a PC with i5 vpro 8th gen processor and 3.0 usb ports but nothing is helping. could you please provide any guidance here in what we are doing incorrectly or what to do to solve this audio issue?
Thank you for your videos they are a blessing. wanted to ask you, I have the same problem you show here when I connect my camera I can only get audio when I set up a MIC/AUX channel but I can not get video when I go through the camera. You know if there is a reason why this happens? Thank you
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You are awesome! Great info! Do you have a video for using a camcorder and an iPad to do Facebook Live?
Hi i was wondering does the r800 provides a clean HDMI while recording on a sd card?
thanks for information. i'm from Indonesia.. like your channel.
Your videos are outstanding! Please keep up the great work!
PS, I need a simple way to add text banners, names and subject being covered live, on the "fly."
Thanks Again! ☺👍
Depending on how sophisticated you want to make it, you can do this in OBS, either bringing in another source to overlay from a CG machine, or just overlaying graphics in OBS.
Hi from Australia can you tell me what internet speeds you need to be able to live-streams to Facebook and TH-cam
Thanks for your great uploads
Can you so a setup how I can stream with a ip cam directly to TH-cam?
Very nice sir, I wanna give live stream from different places by use two or more devices, ex I am sitting in my studio and some of my friends are shooting some events from different places,, so how can I mix that in OBS and give live stream in TH-cam? If it's not possible from two different places, can I use at least one place ( event recording different place) from that can I give live stream from my studio..
hello ballast media thanks for your videos. we have the video part going with this setup need help with audio. we have three musician organ, bass and drums the drummer has the Yamaha EAD10, choir members 30 with a $2500.00 budget can this be done to get a great sound.
Thanks so much for posting this video as well as all the others on your channel! They’ve been super helpful.
Do you think a device like the Blackmagic web presenter is worth investing in? Or would you just go straight from the switcher to your AJA converter to the PC? I guess the web presenter helps with any scaling but I’m not really sure. I’m pretty new to all this.
Thanks!
Film Photography Club The only advantage the web presenter gives is that it has XLR audio inputs and both SDI and HDMI inputs. If you have a switcher (which should have XLR inputs) and plan accordingly I'd save the money and get the U-tap.
Ballast Media wow! Great news. Thanks again!
Hi, when I connect my Mac to the external camera though Blackmagic Mini Recorder, I am getting a black screen on OBS. Obs is detecting the Blackmagic device but not the camera. It's just a black screen. I have been trying to connect to both HDMI and SDI outputs. Can you help, please?
What video format does your camera output? (What camera is it?) The Mini Recorder does not support 1080p60.
Hey! Thanks a lot for your videos. We have a Nikon d810 DSLR, Roland XS-1HD, Samsung Monitor, Ultrastudio mini recorder and a macbook pro with OBS software. Everything seems to work, i can plug my camera to Xs1 and get picture out to my monitor. I can also plug the camera straight to mini recorder and get picture to OBS. But when i plug the camera to Xs1 and then try to output it to mini recorder nothing comes through. I can see my mini recorder software reacting (changing some hdmi values when i switch camera on and off) but cannot get the picture even though at the same time it comes out from another XS1 output to my monitor. Any idea how to fix this?
We set up with a Canon XA11, Blackmagic HDMI to SDI, and the Aja utap SDI then to the computer to use OBS. Now we are trying to add another camera and would like to add a second distribution route (we use youtube through OBS and would like to add facebook live). Do you have recommendations?
Thank you Ballast Media, so helpful! Can I use my Nikon d 610 as the camera?
Filip Hegedűs I'm not as familiar with the Nikon cameras as Canon. Can you clear all the display from the HDMI output? Does the video image on HDMI output fill the screen?
Hello, please would u recommend I purchase a AJA- Utap over Black Magic H.264 Pro Recorder
CHURCH OF GOD PATASI Yes, if your computer has USB3.
Hi thanks for the video it was very helpful, I wanted to know if there was another way to do it without using the u-Tap? For example an IRig?
There are lots of ways to stream - just depends what you are trying to accomplish. An iRig would just let you get audio in to a phone.
Hello sir, thank God for finding this wonderful video of yours. I just ask help if you will pls. I saw in your playback that there is a lyrics at the bottom end of the video, how can i manage to that pls.. thanks and God bless you
How do you convert a camera to SDI. I have my Dad’s old Panasonic AG-HVX200, it has FireWire 4pin, Component D, S-Video 4pin and Composite video RCA. Thanks!
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Thanks, this video help a lot. I have a Canon XA40. I can get a clear streaming video except for one thing. The record indicator at the top of the screen remains on. Is there any way I can turn that off? Also if I'm not recording, a small white square remains in the place of the red dot.
In the camera menu you need to turn Display text on the HDMI off.
Thanks¡ even the u-tap is your favorite is there other you’ve used that is less expensive?
The Elgato HD60s is decent: amzn.to/3btuWSz
Good day to you Mr. Balast i have a question? I have a iMac 2011 with 2.0 usb ports and I have the blackmagic intensity shuttle. Not working, what should i do? can i get a converter to convert the usb 2.0 to usb 3.o? would that be safe to do. Thanks for any information you have. awesome videos by the way.
Unfortunately no, you need a computer with usb3 to use that device. If you have pcie slots available you can add a usb3 card, but I don't think that Mac can do that.
Is there something cheaper that AJA U-tap but will do the same simple plug-in-play setup?
Do you have a video on wireless transmission? Our church wants to start using handheld Cameras that’ll transmit wirelessly and will connect to our ATEM switcher but we’re not sure how to go about it or what transmitters to
buy. Thanks!
Not yet, I'm actually working on one at the moment, should be out by the end of the month!!
Ballast Media thank you!
@ballast Media Hi Steven, I noticed that the Vixia HF R800 did not look as good as my 2010 Model Vixia (Hf s20). Also, why might the r800 flicker when I shoot my Panasonic VT 30 plasma screen? The portion of the image with the TV will flicker dramatically when streamed with the r800 but not my other camcorders, thoughts about why?
The HF s20 is actually a higher model then the R800, it has a better lens. Most likely the flicker has to do with the shutter speed of the camera. Try turning off auto-exposure and adjusting the shutter speed yourself. Or sometimes just changing to a different "mode" (sports, outdoors, etc.) in the exposure settings can force it to change the shutter speed.
Thank you for sharing you knoledge. I could not find in Europe the canon camera you mentioned, do you know if its only available in USA or is it another format (not PAL)?
The equivalent PAL version is called LEGRIA. (instead of VIXIA)
@@BallastMedia Thank you very much for your quick answer.
Good video!! Will I be able to use Go Pro cameras instead of a Canon sort of camera? Is so, will I be able to receive sound from my mixer to my pc?? how will that work? PLEASE HELP as I am starting to plan everything to livestream my church services.
A gopro in to the u-tap should work fine, just set it to an HD format. You'll need to run sound in to the computer using an external audio device, and then you'll probably need to do some work to get it sync'd in your encoding software (OBS)
THansk for the video, please how do you connect easy worship to the black majic to get the lyrics to output along with the video from the program output.?
I've made a few videos about this. Check this out: th-cam.com/video/Bk-B2hCyqas/w-d-xo.html And then also check out this video if you are using OBS to stream:th-cam.com/video/prYWKrxQ3EM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for sharing all this great information, and God bless your heart. I would like to ask you about live stream on Facebook, you recommend an I7 16 GB
But what if I have an I5 16 GB would that be a good one or to update to i7.. Thanks
Give it a try, if you already have the computer, give it a try and see if it struggle or if it can handle encoding. You can do some things to make the encoding easier for the cpu. Reduce the bitrate and choose a faster cpu preset.
In a previous video who discussed the use of Artcessories clean box stereo converter- how do you utilize this device properly with my canon R800 camcorder?
What are you connecting from? An audio mixer? What outputs does it have?
Hey , how are you? how will you do now Two years Later? I have to go pro think i can make it work?
Steven, Thank you for the great videos. They are the best I found out there. Straight to the point. If you get this message I would appreciate a response. We are a small church. I am new to live streaming. We are using an external low budget camera (Panasonic HC-V785. We are connecting the camera to my Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop via a $17 HDMI video capture device. My question is concerning the sound. The sound is coming out of the sound board. Where do I connect the sound from the sound board? To the laptop mic jack or to the camera mic jack?
Hello, are you using OBS to live stream? You'll probably get the best results using an external USB audio device (amzn.to/3HkMFPc) connected to the computer, and then connecting your sound board to that. In OBS you'll need to add that as the sound source in your scene with the camera capture device (and mute the camera audio). You may also need to sync the audio and video together - I have another video about that. th-cam.com/video/UCmr0KwbXxA/w-d-xo.html
Great video, but what kind of cables to use for long distance
SDI. If your camera only has HDMI out, convert to SDI and then at the destination back to HDMI if needed. (amzn.to/3aqkxXl)
Hi, I'm new trying to stream for my church. I'm using a Canon xf100 connect to the blackmagic web presenter then OBS. I'm having problem with audio echo because I'm playing worship music through the pc output to one of the input in the zoom F4 mixer. One of the output from F4 is connected as line audio into the Canon xf100. This is where the audio is captured as mic input in obs allowing me to listen to the mic inputs connected to the F4 as well. However, this causes echo on the stream whether zoom or youtube. If I choose monitor off only the stream gets the audio but no audio output to local house speakers. Choosing monitor only or monitor & output will causes the echo to be output by OBS. is my connection somehow causing the loop? Much appreciated as I am trying to get up to speed with this... thank you
Hi Stephen, I know you speak highly of the U-Tap, however, it is a little more expensive than what my church can afford right now. so I'm wondering; would a normal (less expensive) HDMI to USB adapter work, instead of the U-Tap?
I've heard good things about the elgato HD60s. Haven't used it myself, but I know some people are using it successfully. amzn.to/2SyVAjQ
What HDMI audio inserter do you recommend if my camera can not accept external audio?
If you are using a computer for streaming, I'd just get a usb audio interface and bring audio in to the computer that way. In OBS in your scene, add both the video source and the audio source.
Hi! How can i share my iMac screen (2560x1440) and sound with ZOOM application across ATEM Mini Pro. Can i do that?
Awesome video. Can I get good results using my Nikon D5300 HDMI Output and this u-Tap interface? The point is I want to make streamings with real body moviments, like the example you used in this video!
Yes, that camera will work. You'll need to put it in to live view output on your HDMI and clear any display text. I often use the Atomos site to check if a camera will work for live streaming, because they have cataloged a lot of cameras that have clean HDMI outputs to work with their recorders. www.atomos.com/cameras/nikon-d5300
Great video, just a question, it seems to me my quality when I live stream to Facebook is not HD.
I the camera and Utap you reccommend with HDMI. Is it just the way it is or do I have a setting not in place
Two questions, are you sure you have the u-tap connected to a USB3 port? (Is it blue and have SS, etc.) Second, in OBS, what are your canvas and output resolution (on the settings, video page) set to and are you scaling the output in the encoder (output page)? If you're stream is being sent in HD, eg full 720p, then on the facebook connect page it should show an "HD" blue icon over the settings "gear" button.
on your updated for 2018 video for live stream you changed to the Atap do you still suggest one purchase the ART cleanbox pro still as well? Or does the ATAP work fine. Thanks for your help and info
Yes and no. Try without it and if you have audio issues you may need to add it. (Buzzing from a ground loop, or levels really mismatched)
thank you
Hi, I just found your channel. I’m wondering if I can use multiple video capture cards instead of a video switcher with one video capture card. Or which one is better. Thanks for these videos!
Mitchell Boekhoudt using a hardware switcher is always going to be more reliable then trying to do it in software on the computer. There are some programs that will do it, like vmix, but you need a really powerful computer. It also doesn't scale very well.
wow great video
I don't have USB 3,0 on my macbook pro 2013 is there a way to still connect to the U-tap?
Hello There! I just got the Blackmagic utrastudio minirecorder to add my DSLR to my live streams. Facebok see the Blackmagic but does not show the live image, a black screen instead or nothing. I do see the image in quicktime... I am not using OBS or any encoding software could this be why? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Juan
The Mini Recorder requires drivers - so the software that uses it has to use those drivers, it doesn't show up as a webcam. So, if you use it through OBS you should be able to go to Facebook with it, but it won't work directly in the browser.
Hi, do you have an updated recommendation for the tripod? Your link takes me to the a listing for the GH03 head & GH10 & GH15 heads. is the GH03 sufficient?
Here is the GH06 tripod. amzn.to/2VZutSw
Do you still need the Clean Box Pro for the sound? How does the quality sound component fit with this new system?
A lot will depend on what camera you have and it's audio inputs. If you are going in to the microphone input of a camera from a mixer (and it doesn't allow you to switch to "line" level input) a better solution I think is to use pair (L&R) of line attenuators, like the Shure A15LA (amzn.to/2NeuqvP) and possibly a hum eliminator (amzn.to/2BH8VT3) if you are getting ground loop buzz. I describe that setup a little more in my video on mixing from an aux: th-cam.com/video/SBpx3cBn5U0/w-d-xo.html
What is the best way to get audio to the camera from a behringer x32 compact console? Having some issues with this, but playing music from my phone via an aux cable directly from phone to camera works great. I have the Canon Vixia HF R800, going into U-TAP HDMI, going into pc with i-7 and 32GB ram, all managed by OBS Studio. Just want to know if the XLR outputs are better on the x32, and if i got a cable that goes from 2 xlr (left and right) to a single stereo 1/8th inch plug, is that the best? Or am i missing something?
You need would need to convert from line to mic level for the camera, not just an XLR to 1/8" cable. But, I've started recommending people just use a simple audio interface for the computer and running audio directly to the computer. The focusrite 2i2 is great, but even the Behringer UM2 will sound better then the camera's preamps.
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What is your recommendation for using long cables to connect the audio from the mixer to the video camera and from the video camera to the video interface? For example, the video camera would be up front near the podium at my church, and the mixer and video interface would be in the back at the sound booth.
For audio over long distances, just run balanced audio lines. (XLR). For video, convert HDMI to SDI (amzn.to/381IrIr) and run SDI cable and then convert back to HDMI at the destination if you need to.
Ballast Media so in order to do this will I need two video interfaces?
Hi can you please let me know what that blue chord from the utap to the laptop is called?
It's just the USB cable that came with the u-tap.
@ballast Media, Hi Steven, do you know if any of the other Vixia cameras will output via HDMI at 24 or 23.98 or 30 or 29.97 FPS? The R800 only does 1080p/60 (or 59.94).
As far as I know, all the vixia cameras only output 1080p60. Usually you have to go to a professional level camera before you can change the output on the HDMI interface.
Super helpful video and love that you're responsive. I'm assuming you're ranting about the Blackmagic Ultrastudio Mini Recorder but the AJA is a harder sell when it's price is nearly twice that of the Blackmagic. If budget is an issue, would you still recommend the Blackmagic Recorder at all? Is/isn't thunderbolt better than USB 3 for Mac? And has Blackmagic made a list of which cameras that do/do not work with the Mini Recorder?
Oki! The limitation of the MIni Recorder is that it doesn't support 1080p60. As long as your camera can output a different video standard then that, it will work fine. I wouldn't say thunderbolt is better for Mac then USB. What apple calls thunderbolt 3 is actually usb3 on a usb-c connector. It's not backwards compatible, so if you get the Mini Recorder and have a new mac with only usb-c connector, just be aware that you'll need a $50 dongle to convert that to thunderbolt.
Gotcha. If I'm streaming I don't think I'd go 1080p60 so that's good to know. And never knew that about Thunderbolt. Really appreciate the response! Miiiight still go Blackmagic for now just because of price but will def upgrade to AJA when the time comes!
Thanks for the older but relevant information as it seems that technology changes overnight. Look for a video that you made to live stream with one camera but to add slides at the appropriate time. I know that a switcher would be a quick fix but will the OBS or other software let you do this?
You mean something like this? th-cam.com/video/zGPYC7gnd2A/w-d-xo.html
thanks. would i have to purchase the 2 cords seperate?
The u-tap comes with usb cable, you just need the HDMI cable.