How to setup and broadcast Wirecast presentations HARDWARE 1) Dedicated Computer

2) Black Magic Design Intensity Extreme

3) Thunderbolt cable

4) Canon Vixia HF S21

5) Hdmi/mini-hdmi cable

6) Ethernet cable

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7) Intensity Extreme Breakout Cable* (*Only if you wish to get your sound from an audio console or external audio source different the build-in microphone of the Vixia Camera.) SOFTWARE • Operating System Lion 10.7.4,

• Software Wirecast 4.2

• U-stream account or Livestream account (To open a Ustream account go to: http://www.ustream.tv/login-signup To open a Livestream account go to: https://secure.livestream.com/myaccount/launchchannel)

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SETUP

Switch your computer on.

Connect the ethernet cable to the computer.

Connect the Intensity Extreme device to the computer with the thunderbolt cable.

Connect the hdmi/mini hdmi cable to the hdmi input on the back of the Intensity Extreme device and to mini-hdmi out port on the right side of the Canon Vixia HF S21.

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In the Apple System Preferences> Other> Blackmagic Design> Settings

Set your Output to "HDMI & Component” and your Input to "HDMI Video & HDMI

Audio."

Use video setup in NTSC at 7.5 IRE for use in the USA.

Set default video standard as HD 1080i 59.94

Also make sure that your Select Input Processing and Select Output Processing

are both set to OFF.

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* NOTE - If you want to stream audio coming from a analog audio equipment (and not from the camera built-in microphone): 1) In the Apple System Preferences> Other> Blackmagic Design> Settings

Set your Output to "HDMI & Component” and your Input to "HDMI Video & RCA

Audio."

2) Connect the breakout cable to the intensity extreme device and the RCA

connector to the audio console or other external audio source.

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VIXIA HF21 - SETTINGS

Turn on the Vixia HF S21 camera.

Press

Set frame rate to 60i and simultaneous recording to 1920x1080

LIVE FEED SOURCES (WIRECAST SETTINGS) Open the Wirecast application on the computer from the dock.

Click the Movie Camera button (on the left bottom side of main window) and select

Intensity Extreme_1 Shot from the drop-down menu.

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Click the Movie Camera button one more time and select the “Show Source

Settings”.

In the Source Settings Panel select “Intensity Extreme_1” and make sure that the

Video Format is set to HD 1080i 59.94

Click apply to save the settings and close the Source Settings window.

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WEB VIDEO BROADCAST SETTINGS (WIRECAST SETTINGS) (For streaming to services such as Ustream, Livestream, Justin TV)

To display the Broadcast Settings window, select Broadcast Settings from the

Broadcast menu.

1) For streaming to USTREAM

• Select the broadcast settings and set the encoder preset. In this case we

selected Flash 720p (1280x720).

• Set the destination to Ustream.

• Add your account information and press Authenticate.

• Insert the password of your Ustream account.

• Select a channel that you would like to use for your broadcast and save.

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2) For streaming to LIVESTREAM

• Select the broadcast settings and set the encoder preset. In this case we

selected Flash 720p (1280x720).

• Set the destination to Original Livestream.

• Add your account information (channel, username and password)

• Save

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RECORDING TO DISK – WIRECAST SETTINGS If you want to record to disk while broadcasting your presentation on Ustream

and/ or Livestream you can add new broadcast settings to the list by clicking the

plus (+) button.

• Set the encoder presets menu to Flash 480p

• In DESTINATION, select the last option “Record to disk”

• In FILE, you can rename your file by typing the preferred name (the default

name is MyStream)

• In TYPE, select MPEG-4 from the drop-down menu

• Save your broadcasting settings.

File Sizes when recording to disk

mpeg-4 1280x720 è one hour approx 1000 MB

mpeg-4 854x480 è one hour approx 560 MB

mpeg-4 640x360 è one hour approx 420MB

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BROADCASTING You are now ready to broadcast your presentation.

Wirecast has two main display areas: Live Broadcast and Shot List. The Live

Broadcast is the large area in the upper portion of the window displaying what

Wirecast broadcasts to your viewers (or record to disk). The Shot List, in the lower

half of the window, displays the shots available for broadcast.

You can click on the broadcast icon if you want to start broadcasting and on the

Record Icon if you want to start recording to disk

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Watch the Wirecast Tutorial to learn the basics of Broadcasting with Wirecast. The

tutorial can be found in Help> Open Tutorial HTML

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NOTE: ERROR -4024 when streaming with USTREAM

In case of ERROR -4024

From Telestream Desktop Support (Telestream Support Case 1-224275):

Error -4024 is a known issue in Wirecast when connecting to Ustream streaming servers.

When the XML is generated by Ustream it sometimes leave "offair" in the channel key.

To solve this issue:

3) Download the Flash Media Encoder XML file to the computer from your account on Ustream.

Go to the advanced setting of your Ustream Channel and download the XLM file from the remote page as in the screenshots below.

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• Launch Wirecast.

• In Wirecast, select Broadcast > Broadcast Settings. Set the destination to

RTMP Flash Server. Click the “Open FMLE XML File” button and upload

the XLM file downloaded from your Ustream account and save.

• Select Broadcast > Start/Stop Broadcasting