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  • Brightcove Mobile Video Upload – iPhone

    clybecker 12:46 pm on December 8, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    In early November brightcove launched a mobile video upload app in the iPhone App Store. Currently you must have an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 to use the app.

    This is a quick tutorial on how to use the Brightcove app to upload video from your iPhone to your stations websites:

    (note you will see 3 apps if you search for ‘Brightcove’ in the app store. You want the app titled ‘Brightcove Mobile Upload’ highlighted above)

    • After you have installed the app you will need to get your Brightcove write API token from your Brightcove account in order to log in from the app. Here is how you grab that:

      • On the left hand side, find API management

    • Now find the write token and click the envelope button to email the write token to an email address that you can check on your iphone (this will make it much easier as you can copy it and paste it into the app)

    • Launch the Brightcove app on your iPhone and paste the write API token into the field and click log in:

    • You can now create new videos or browse your existing videos on your iphone

    • Select a video and hit upload

    • Once the video is done uploading it will appear with the other titles in your brightcove account. You can then log in to your brightcove account and assign it to whatever playlists you or embed it on a page.

    Right now there isn’t a way to browse players and playlists on the iPhone app… but we can post the video directly to a playlist by setting up a smart playlist and using video tags

    • Go to your brightcove account
    • Go to the ‘Media’ section
    • Create a new playlist

    • Make your new playlist a ’smart’ playlist and add a tag to use when uploading from your mobile phone… something like ‘mobilevideo’

    • Assign that playlist to the player on your videos page, or create a new player to put on a page called Mobile Video or however you want to display these videos on your site
    • Now when you upload videos from the app, and tag them with ‘mobilevideo’ they will automatically be added to this playlist and be live as soon as the video is finished processing in brightcove

     

  • New TuneGenie Features

    clybecker 1:24 pm on November 2, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Check out this video demonstrating some new TuneGenie features:

     

  • Internet Image Primer

    clybecker 2:14 pm on May 12, 2010 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    The Internet contains literally millions of images and photographs available for download. With this abundant supply station personnel may be tempted to use these images on their websites. Easy accessibility of these images, however, does not mean that they are in the public domain and available for use. Rather, unless explicitly stated otherwise, these images are protected under U.S. copyright law, and the right to reproduce and control how they are used rests exclusively with the individual creator of the work or a publisher. Unauthorized use of these images could constitute copyright infringement for which the station can be held liable. This applies even where the image is not accompanied by the “©” symbol or other copyright notice. The potential liability for copyright infringement is $150,000 per infringement claim plus attorneys fees.

    One way to obtain images for use on your website (other than by entering into an agreement with AP, Getty or another image licensing service) is to utilize a free Creative Commons license as follows

    ● Visit Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
    ● Click boxes for:
    - Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content
    - Find content to use commercially
    - Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon (if you plan to crop the image, add to a Flipper or header art, etc.)

    ● Once you have selected an image, read the “Additional Information” area to the right for information about the particular Creative Commons license. For an overview of licenses, see:
     http://creativecommons.org/policies#lice...

    ● If the author requires a credit or other type of attribution, you must credit as they desire. (Note: These examples are not always easy to find.) See below for instructions on marking images as CC. Attribution Instructions:
    - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking
    - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking_...

    If you are searching for images that you will want to be able to simply use as-is (in other words, unmodified), follow the directions on this page. These are called “No Derivative” works:
     http://creativecommons.org/license/resul...

    If you are searching for an image that you will want to edit or remix, follow the instructions on this page. These are called “Attribution” licenses.  http://creativecommons.org/license/resul...

    Finally, stations must use care whenever an image contains an identifiable person who is not a public figure (e.g., Madonna / Zac Efron) and/or a trademark. Though Creative Commons is a great licensing tool for the image itself, it does not convey other rights relating to the subject of the image. For example privacy rights are beyond the scope of the license. In other words, an image of a mountain range is not an issue, but an image of a child on a roller coaster (whose faces is clearly identifiable) can subject the station to a claim of invasion of privacy. Similarly, it is also an issue if the image is an image of a copyright image (e.g., a picture of a famous poster).

    For more info about Creative Commons and Creative Commons on Flickr, see:
     http://creativecommons.org/about/
     http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

    If you have any questions, contact Joe Rosenthal or Andrew Sutor.

     

  • Sources for free stock photography

    clybecker 2:09 pm on May 12, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    http://morguefile.com/ (no account needed)
    http://sxc.hu/ (free to set up an account)
    http://freerangestock.com/index.php (Free to sign up, free stock images)
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
    http://www.flickr.com (do advanced search to search for Creative Commons images)
    http://www.everystockphoto.com/ (no account needed – check the license)

     

  • Streaming Live Video Through Brightcove

    clybecker 12:46 pm on March 25, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Live, Stream

    Interested in streaming live video through Brightcove? It’s actually pretty easy! Here is what you need to get started:

    Fill out a support request HERE and note that you would like a live video player set up in your Brightcove account

    Gather the equipment that you will need

    The 3rd item pictured here is a PYRO AV Link external video / audio card. It’s nothing fancy, just something we had in one of our production studios. We use it to send audio from a mixing board, and video from the camera, to the computer via firewire so we can stream it that way.

    Download and install needed software:

    • (PC – Free) Limelight adapter for Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
    • (you need to download and instlall both of these for PC, Adobe first, Limelight second)

    -or-

    • (Mac – Free to try, $449 to buy) WireCast

    In my example I used Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder so here I will give you the settings that I used:

    1. In the Output section on the right, under the check box for Stream to Flash Media Server, use the following for the FMS URL (pick the location that is closest to you):
      • rtmp://fmspush.iad.llnw.net/brightcove/036 (VA – Ashburn)
      • rtmp://fmspush.ord.llnw.net/brightcove/036 (IL – Chicago)
      • rtmp://fmspush.dal.llnw.net/brightcove/036 (TX – Dallas)
      • rtmp://fmspush.lax.llnw.net/brightcove/036 (CA – Los Angeles)
      • rtmp://fmspush.sjc.llnw.net/brightcove/036 (CA – San Jose)
      • rtmp://fmspush.lga.llnw.net/brightcove/036 (NY – New York)
    2. In the Stream field, use the following:
      • (this will be given to you when your support ticket above is filled)
    3. Click on the Connect button.

      • Username: brightcove-036
      • Password: fhrik8
    4. On the left, select your settings for the video and audio encoding.
    5. Click on the green Start button at the bottom.

    Once you click start you will be able to view your live stream (URL will be provided when your support ticket is filled).

    Brightcove does not save a copy of the video that you streamed live! If you want to save a copy make sure to check the box for “Save File” in the encoder. Then when your stream is done you can upload this FLV file to brightcove so you will have an archived copy.

    In brightcove you can treat this like any other video. You can add it to a playlist, put a water mark on it, change the title and description… basically everything you do with your brightcove video already.

    Here is a clip of the Crash Kings from our KNDD live broadcast:

    Here are some additional resources and support items from brightcove:

    Delivery of Live Video
    http://support.brightcove.com/en/docs/delivering-live-video

    Advertising and Live Video
    http://support.brightcove.com/en/docs/advertising-and-live-streams

    Cheers and happy streaming!
    -Charlie

     

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