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One of the key features of YoloBox is the ability to stream to multiple locations- or CDNs at once. This includes Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and more.

YoloBox also has the capability to monitor the comments or discussion section of each CDN, meaning that a stream can now be completely managed on the tablet itself!

Check out this video review of YoloBox for streaming to Facebook and YouTube from Ballast Media to learn more.

“In this video I’m going to show you one of the easiest ways to stream to multiple destinations like Youtube, Facebook and even a custom RTMP destination all at the same time. Not only that but you can do it all in one device with a multi-camera live stream.”

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STREAM DIRECTLY TO FACEBOOK FROM THE CAMERA

In this episode of Back to Basics we demonstrate how to live stream directly to Facebook using a PTZOptics camera. You can now live stream to multiple destinations inside of Facebook including: your personal page, a page you manage a Facebook group or an event. So you have quite a few options for live streaming to Facebook and any of these destinations are reachable via a custom RTMP streaming key given from Facebook. The basics of live streaming to Facebook with a PTZOptics camera involves entering the Facebook RTMP streaming key into your PTZOptics IP camera interface.

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This testing feature will allow you to broadcast to ONLY page admins so you can rest assured your stream is working properly!

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1. Embed your video in multiple places
2. Tweet your videos
3. Post you video to Facebook
4. Syndicate to YouTube
5. Create highlights for long-form content
6. Publish to a channel page
7. Add content to playlists

Please note, this article approaches this topic from a syndication angle. This means getting your content published and discoverable in places that will result in more views. It assumes that your content is already widely accessible regardless of the viewer’s device or connection speed.

1. Embed your video in multiple places

Have a key video that you want to promote? Most services give you an embed code to share that content on your own site, IBM Watson Media included. The common approach can be to embed this on a single web page, usually built to house that content. This is not a bad strategy, with the idea that this page could be built for SEO (search engine optimization) around that video content. With raw text offering context, which will in turn improve its chances to rank higher in search results.

That said, another technique is to broaden where the content can be viewed. So rather than just embedding it on this isolated page, broadcasters can also post it to another page as well. While the site’s home page is one such location, another could be at the front of a directory. For example, a site might archive town halls, and at the front of this archive the most current video or live stream could be shared.

2. Tweet your videos

A great method to help your video content go viral is to bring it to social networks. Ideally, the content should play inline, being watchable directly from the social network. A great social network to utilize this approach on is Twitter. Normal Twitter best practices apply here, from being mindful of the limited characters to utilizing hashtags when sharing your videos.

Once on the network, a successful Tweet can benefit from retweets to spread the word, having your followers share the content for others to see and, hopefully, retweet as well. As a result, popular videos can spur advocates willing to share that content with followers.

3. Post you video to Facebook

Much like sharing on Twitter, content owners will also want to distribute their content via Facebook as well. This covers another huge potential audience to watch your content. In addition it packs with it the same social network benefits, with friends being able to like, comment and share the content. This in turn allows their followers and friends to also be exposed to the content, giving it a greater chance of going viral.

Note that right now Facebook only allows outside video to be shared on the network via Flash. Support for Adobe’s flash will end in 2020, so this will likely not be the case long term. That said, IBM Watson Media will utilize a Flash based version of the player so that audiences can still watch and engage with video on Facebook.

4. Syndicate to YouTube

YouTube has tremendous reach, getting 30 million visitors a day. Consequently, posting content to YouTube can be another way to bolster your audience. As a result, IBM Watson Media allows you to connect your YouTube account to your IBM Watson Media account, making syndication of your videos on YouTube a simple process.

This is done though going to “Integration & Apps” and then navigating to “Connections”. This includes the ability to sync up an account with Slack, Facebook (faster login), Twitter (lets followers know when you are live streaming) and YouTube. Once your YouTube account is connected to your IBM Watson Media account, you can syndicate videos to your YouTube presence. This can include, for example, auto archives of live streams so that viewers there can watch it too.

5. Create highlights for long-form content

Live streams can be long running broadcasts. In fact, as covered in our Video Trends to Look for in 2017 webinar, the average VOD (video on-demand) length on the IBM Watson Media platform grew from 42 minutes in 2015 to 62 minutes in 2016. That’s a 48% increase, attributed to auto archives of live broadcasts.

A great strategy to promote this content is to create highlights. This can be a highly energetic segment during a sports game, to just a very insightful comment during a presentation. These clips, which can be shared on social networks or syndicated to YouTube, should ideally direct viewers to watch the full content.

6. Publish to a channel page

Another method to distribute your videos is to publish them directly to your IBM Watson Media channel pages. These channel pages, which are customizable, gives your audience another way to discover your content. This is because viewers can explore the IBM Watson Media site for content they are interested in by clicking “Watch“. Viewers can then subscribe to your channel to see the latest, while enjoying built-in features like chat, Q&A or the ability to search for relevant content.

7. Add content to playlists

Content owners can increase views for videos by adding them to playlists. This can be done either to simulate a live broadcast, where it’s auto-looping and scheduled, or provided as a collection. In the event of the latter, this can be a way for viewers to find content they are interested in through association. For example, if you are creating a training series and a viewer finds one interesting, they might find additional videos in that series interesting. They can also bookmark this playlist as well, making sure they catch the latest video in the series as new entries come out.

Summary

Content owners have a number of methods at their disposal to boost audience sizes for their video content. Most of these video promotion strategies require a low amount of extra effort as well. That said, even small tasks can add up in time depending on how much content someone is generating. If you or your organization finds yourself strapped for time, an abridged strategy can be to focus on sharing over social networks while also using playlists for the embeds. The latter is nice as it keeps the content grouped together for relevance, while locations where the content is embed will automatically update as new content is added, without having to replace those embed codes.

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While Facebook has been fine tuning its Oculus Headset into a more affordable virtual reality option, the one thing missing from the equation has been content creation. While the company closed its VR studio back in 2017, it’s now looking to create a virtual reality camera, and is joining forces with RED to do it. Could this the next module for the Hydrogen holographic mobile phone?

“We’ve been on a quest to build immersive capture technology for years,” said Facebook director of engineering Brian Cabral in an interview with Variety.

Outside of sheer speculation, that’s all we have at the moment. There’s no details other than what Facebook announced this week at the annual f8 Developer Conference. The prototype was showcased back in 2016, and a second generation highlighted at the conference last year. At that time, Facebook told developers that it was looking to partner with several hardware manufacturers to produce them. Now it looks like they’ve found a major provider that not only can produce the VR cameras, but take it to a level unseen until now.

“Depth reconstruction is only as good as the image data that you can capture,” said Cabral this week. “The pixel quality matters a lot (and RED) is a partner that has on-set experience….read more

3. A sound relationship

Audio is a critical factor that, unbelievably, can be neglected by many filmmakers. Simply getting a left and right is not going to cut it, as you have to be able to monitor and adjust during the event, even between songs and sets. For the Paris event, we patched the audio into one of our Blackmagic Studio Cameras that was stationed front of house next to the switcher. This meant I could hear the audio without having to move from the mixing position and work closely with the sound engineer next to me to make sure everything was balanced.

Whether you decide to have your own sound engineer or simply station yourself next to the main sound desk, make sure you are friends with the audio guys! It can instantly elevate your production levels and they can jump in to assist if things do prove problematic during the event.

4. Record everything!

Paradoxically, having a comprehensive recording of not only your final program mix, but also of all of your camera streams, can be the most beneficial part of a livestreaming project. Clients can often make last minute requests for additional footage such as highlights videos or promo material after the event – particularly if a livestream is very successful! So if you make sure that you’re recording in-camera, or to a dedicated external deck, as well as recording the final program mix, you will have a much bigger pool to choose from in post. Each of my cameras at the Tinie Tempah event – an URSA Mini Pro, two Studio Cameras and a Micro Studio Camera – had their own HyperDeck Mini capturing their feeds.

5. Expect the unexpected

Even after all these years of live production, I still have a very healthy paranoia before and during every livestream. Literally anything can happen, and whilst no system is 100% infallible, preparing as much as you can, and accepting that you will often need to find solutions on the fly will mean that you don’t freeze at the critical moment. My advice would be to double up and back up your system as much as you can within your space. Have stills and videos preloaded and ready to go, if there’s a break in feed, and think about having a secondary streaming channel available. I always carry a second laptop, and I’ve even been known to have a spare switcher – the ATEM Television Studio HD, Web Presenter and HyperDeck Minis can all fit into a small rucksack, so now I can have spares of everything to hand, without having to lug a huge amount of gear to each project!

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Nobody wants to live stream video using flaky equipment.

We stream the Live @ Epiphan show from our studio each week covering topics related to live streaming. Being able to eliminate our video production equipment as a source of failure during our weekly live show is huge.

Many topics on the show are technical and we often change our studio setup to demonstrate how to live stream video – and change means risk. Apart from testing our setup before each show, we rely on professional grade, reliable equipment to help manage that risk. It’s really important to know that our equipment isn’t at fault when “stuff” happens.

As one of the show’s producers, my goal is a trouble-free live stream. It’s crucial to eliminate our production equipment as a point of failure. We rely on Pearl-2 to stream our live show to both YouTube and Facebook simultaneously. It really is the production backbone of the show. In a single box, we have a rock-solid video encoder, switcher, and recorder. Plus there are plenty of video inputs to handle the demands of a weekly show, including: multiple HDMI cameras and laptops, USB and SDI inputs, chroma key, pro-level external audio sources, and more.

Pearl-2 really helps us reduce the risk for potential mishaps when we live stream video. We share our studio space with other productions and demo teams. Using Pearl-2, I can save the configuration setup I’ve made for the live show. That way I don’t have to worry if someone else uses the studio and changes the setup on Pearl-2. I simply apply the configuration setup I saved and we’re ready to go!

When you’re producing a live 15-20 minute show every week, anywhere you can save some time is a good thing. Having pre-configuration setups helps streamline the workflow. I have a basic configuration setup that I apply as a starting point. From there, I make adjustments for that week’s show and save the new setup. When it’s show time, I can quickly apply the configuration setup I want.

We also record separate ISOs of our YouTube and Facebook Live streaming channels right on Pearl-2, which we download after the show in case we want to investigate an incident. We can compare the recordings with the VODs of the live streams on YouTube and Facebook. Human error or a glitch on either the uplink network or the streaming endpoint (YouTube or Facebook) are usual suspects. We can easily figure that out and apply what we learn to the next week’s show.

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