Vimeo Wins the Contest For Now. Working on Ways To Broadcast and Save the Video - Greek To Me

  

I am up, drinking coffee, and looking at Vimeo.

Here is a Vimeo information link. 

Vimeo will allow us to live stream (the most complicated and expensive part with other sites)

 - record and archive those recordings. That parallels what we were were doing with IBM/Ustream until they dropped support of the original software from Ustream.

The plan is - start at the usual time today Sunday, 10 AM Central Daylight Time, with the vimeo link larger and the older IBM/Ustream link smaller, top of the page. The plan will be free at first, $900 a year normal price. No extra equipment is needed.

Compare and contrast Vimeo and YouTube here.

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Looking around - IBM, who took over Ustream, suggests Telestream Wirecast, which seems to have a $600 price. It sounds promising for live and saved programs. We have the money for that.

http://www.telestream.net/wirecast/store.asp

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My tentative move was to use YouTube. I am trying to set that up for the Reformation service live. If not, I hope to have it saved on my YouTube channel. 

I am a total innocent in these matters, so it is difficult to navigate. IBM directed us to open source, so I have OBS loaded.

https://obsproject.com/welcome

In addition to the Web Broadcaster, you can also stream to IBM Watson Media using a variety of third-party encoding products. This compatibility with most encoding products on the market offers you an excellent number of choices for streaming, from free and easy-to-use, to robust and configurable encoders that offer enterprise-grade professional features.

If you're new to the world of encoding, we recommend that you are familiar with IBM Watson Media's recommended encoding specs. And don't forget to read the manual for whatever product you buy! By learning your encoder's settings and following recommended encoding settings, you can combine the power of industry-leading hardware and software with the industry-leading streaming platform.

Note on plugins: Many third party encoders have built in plugins that allow a user to enter their login using their IBM Watson Media(or other service) credentials to access their endpoints for streaming.  We have discovered that connecting via the  old Ustream plugin, or logging in with your IBM Watson Media credentials, can cause broadcasting issues.  To avoid this, please connect via manual RTMP configuration as opposed to using IBM Watson Media or the older Ustream login credentials and select a channel.

You can find instructions for streaming to IBM Watson Media for some of the most popular encoders here, or follow the instructions below to obtain the RTMP server address and the stream name for your IBM Watson Media channel and consult your encoder's manual for how to send RTMP streams.

• Open Broadcast Software (OBS)

Obtaining the RTMP Address and stream name for your channel

 

Choose the channel you wish to broadcast to within the dashboard.

Click on Channel>Broadcast Settings or Broadcast settings in the overview section