Something great has been brought to the Mac and PC users alike! You can now use Wirecast to stream to your Justin.tv channel. Wirecast is a live production tool that allows everyone to easily broadcast live events and create professional webcasts from any location – all you need is a computer and an Internet connection. It also lets you stream multiple live cameras while dynamically mixing in other media such as movies, images, sounds, etc. Features including Chroma Key (blue/green screen), transitions and built-in titles allow you to create beautiful, professional broadcast productions for live or on-demand distribution on the web.
Wirecast is great for professional quality streams for live events and business presentations. The only thing you need to do is go here to download a trial copy. And follow the instructions below for setting up your stream:
1. Download your Flash Media Encoder configuration file, here (Or click on the Broadcast button, select More, click Flash Media Encoder, and right click over the configuration file to download it to your desktop
2. Load Wirecast, if it's your first time just Click the broadcast button in the upper right hand, or you can go into the Broadcast settings. Click "Encoder Preset" and select Flash Medium/High/HD Bandwidth. Make sure RTMP Flash Server is selected and Click "Open Flash Media Encoder Configuration File" (this is the file that you had saved in the previous menu)
Additional: If you wish to broadcast in H.264 you can instead select the encoder preset as "Edit"
Once you have clicked "Edit", select the output format to give ou the option seen below, click to enable video and select your encoder for h.264
Wirecast contains a complete tutorial to help get you started and to purchase a license, open Wirecast, select Preferences > Register > Purchase Now and follow the online instructions. You can also purchase Wirecast from their Secure Online Store.
We hope you enjoy this program and we can't wait to see the production quality of broadcasts supported with Wirecast!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wirecast Now Supported on Justin.tv
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
JTV Anniversary Bash Wrap up!
The 2nd year anniversary party was a hit! Tons of people from the SF bay area joined us and seemed to have a great time. We got to see lots of familiar faces from our broadcasters, new people as well and tons of fun was had.
I want to write up a special thanks to two people who helped me coordinate this party: Krystyl, one of our long time JTV broadcasters and Brandon Baker of the Otis Lounge in SF who helped us get the event catered. Brandon does business development and event planning in San Francisco.
Also special thanks to Otis for hosting us and most importantly thanks to those of you who showed up and watched us live while we broadcasted the event. We were proud to celebrate two years of Justin.tv!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Got questions for the cast of Monsters vs Aliens?
LIVE this Sunday at the premiere of Monsters vs. Aliens!
Check out Stylit.tv's original blog post, here, for full details about this incredible event!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Multiplayer Gaming Marathon For Charity
The Multiplayer Marathon is an effort of the gaming community on Justin.tv, hosted to raise awareness and funds for the noble Child's Play Charity, which works to provide toys, games, books and cash for sick children in hospitals across the world.
The first event which raised over $2,300 took place over 36 hours on November 8th and 9th, 2008. Over 20 channels in the gaming community participated with many of them participating the full 36 hours. Donations were made directly to the paypal account of Child's Play using a chipin.com widget. Check out the original JTV headlines for this event: Intro Headline for MM I and Conclusion headline for MM I .
This next Multiplayer Marathon will begin on the night of March 13th (9 pm EST), and take place for 48 hours. The main focus and charity remain the same, with Justin.tv Gamers playing multiplayer games with the viewers for 48 hours straight to raise funds for Child's Play.
Also, this time around though, there will be a local gaming event occurring simultaneously for a portion of the event in Colorado. Participants in the live event will be staff and students from Chingy1337's school (one of the organizers of the marathon). In addition to the live portion of the event, there will be one main channel the event will be taking place in, http://justin.tv/multiplayermarathon. Many other channels participating in the event, and they will be listed as official participants on the informational website, but the focus will be on the single channel, which will have guests coming on via Skype. The guests will include viewers, the other participating channels, and if possible high profile guests from outside the community.
Justin.tv Anniversary Bash!
Justin.tv is turning 2-years-old! We're holding a special anniversary party on March 19th in San Francisco at Otis (Get Directions) from 9pm to 2am, we hope to have you to join us! We've grown to over 4.7 million registered users and here on Justin.tv, you watch 6,083 years of video every month!
So come down, have a drink with us and meet some of the team! We're excited to celebrate our growth and the best Online Community!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Xbox 360 Give-a-Way Contest!
TheStream.TV has been broadcasting with us for quite some time now, and we've been delighted at their show! If you haven't had a chance to check out TheStream.TV, they broadcast live interactive programming that involves you, the viewers, directly into their daily shows.
TheStream.TV announces that it will be giving away an Xbox360 gaming console each month during Season 2 of "The Game Show," a live, interactive show about video games. "The Game Show" airs Tuesday nights on theStream.tv at 10pm PST (1am EST). You can watch the show here, on Justin.tv at their channel: http://www.justin.tv/thestreamdottv.
HOW TO WIN:
Watch "The Game Show" on Tuesday nights at their Justin.tv channel and wait for a segment called "Pacmobelia." Clues will be given so viewers can guess a certain piece of Pac-Man memorabilia. Answers must be submitted via an @reply to theStreamdotTV on Twitter.com. You can follow theStream.tv on twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/thestreamdottv.
A token to win the Xbox 360 will be given to the first five people to guess the item correctly. Viewers may win additional tokens each week, even if they previously won a token. There will be a grand prize drawing at the end of the month to announce the winner of the Xbox 360 console.
Here is an example of what your Twitter guess may look like:
@thestreamdottv A Pac-Man Rain Coat!
Guess wisely though! Only the first guess from each viewer will be accepted to avoid spamming. Additional tokens will also be awarded during other shows that air live on theSteam.tv. Please make sure to check out other shows from theSteam.tv!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
DNS Performance Improvements
We recently moved to a new DNS system in order to improve page load times. As a consequence, some of you may have had trouble accessing Justin.tv today. I apologize for the inconvenience, and service should be fully restored shortly.
JTV ADDICTS: You may be able to access Justin.tv sooner if you reboot your computer in order to clear the DNS cache.
Congrats to our JTV Addicts Anonymous Contest Winner!
If you recall earlier last month, we announced in the blog the JTV Addicts Anonymous Contest. This is a little belated, but we're happy to announce the winner of a new Nintendo Wii, as selected by you, the community. I'd like to Congratulate ClovisEskimo, our JTV Addicts Anonymous winner! After entering the contest, ClovisEskimo decided that she would use the Wii as a Raffle Prize for Charity. You can check out ClovisEkismo's entry, here.
I want to thank all of you who participated! It was great to read through the submissions!
Friday, March 06, 2009
Broadcast and Watch in Widescreen
If you'll notice on all channels you can now watch broadcasts in widescreen. If you look below the video window you'll see the link for "Wide". You can also, through FME, change the size of your video to broadcast in wide screen.
For example, instead of the standard 320 x 240 you could broadcast in 800x450 and your video can be watched in widescreen. If you want to check out a channel that has been making use of our new widescreen capabilities, take a look at Dead Pirates Studios. These guys have a great feed and always push the boundries of broadcasting capabilities.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Keke Palmer Fanchat!
Tomorrow at 4pm/pst we're thrilled to have Keke Palmer, American SAG Award-nominated NAACP Image Award-winning actress and singer. She is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee and playing the title character in the hit Nickelodeon show, True Jackson, VP.
She'll be doing a live fanchat tomorrow March 3rd at 4pm/pst, here on her Justin.tv channel. Keke is looking forward to be talking about her upcoming project Oreo, in which she'll be producing and staring in it! She's also taking questions and talking about her show True Jackson VP.We hope to see you there!
Join Keke Palmer on her Justin.tv Channel!
