Streaming Video INSTRUCTIONS FOR STREAMING LIVE VIDEO:

The Wintv PCI board can be used to stream live video over the internet with the appropriate 3rd party streaming software.

Installing Microsoft's Media tools, will also install the Windows media encoder software. To stream live video over a network or the internet, open the Windows Media Encoder program. This will stream live video, in real time, using the MPEG-4 compression format.

Go to start-Programs-Windows Media, and open Windows Media Encoder.
Choose "Quickstart" from the Welcome window, for the easiest/quickest setup.

In the Quickstart menu, choose the Template you want your video stream to be sent as, depending on the type of modem/internet connection speed that is being used. (250 Video works fine in house here with a LAN)

Click the Video capture settings button (the video camera icon) to change the video source to composite or Tuner.

click the start button, and the "on air" will light green. This indicates that the live video stream has begun.

Click View-Preview video to preview the video image that you are streaming.

The connection information will indicate the stream reference:
msbd://xxxx:7007
or
http://xxxx:80

These are the addresses that are used to allow others to connect to the live video stream.

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