Streaming Services.

May 2022. V.3.1

Hey there. Here’s what you need to know to get streaming services. Any questions, do get in touch with Glyn.

 Put out the cameras:

  1. Locate camera poles (stored behind the streaming desk at the back of church) and sandbags (stored next to the streaming desk). Position the poles according to the diagram on the right. Put three sandbags on the bases of the poles for cameras 1 and 2 and one sandbag on the base of the pole for camera 3. (If you need to set out the lights near the front pillars, it’s best to place the sandbags on the inner struts of the tripods as shown in the photograph below.)

  2. Unlock and remove the front door of the streaming rack, then unlock camera drawer and pull out. Be careful to handle cameras by their bases only. Mount each camera on its pole by placing the threaded top of the camera pole into the hole in the base of the camera and then rotating the camera until it is secure. This is fiddly, so ask a bystander to hold the camera pole steady if necessary. Camera 4 is fixed - no set up is required for this camera. 

  3. Turn on the streaming desk at the plug on the wall next to the desk. Power up the streaming desk PC by pressing its power button.

 

 

Connect the cameras

  1. For camera 3, the instructions are as follows:

    1. Unhook the coiled cables in their sleeve from the flowers on the adjacent column. Wind the cable once round the pillar to take up some slack 

    2. Plug the ethernet cable into the left port of the camera, labelled ‘LINK ACT’ (shown in purple on the photograph opposite)

    3. Plug the SDI cable into the SDI port of the camera (not shown in the photo opposite!).

  2. For cameras 1 and 2 (at the back) follow the same instructions using the wires that are tucked by the sound desk. Please take extra care to keep these cables neat to avoid trip hazards.  

  3. The cameras should all now have orange lights on the front which means they are on standby. 

For each Livestream

Setting up the live stream:

  1. Turn on the cameras using the camera controller pictured below.

    1. The AV desk needs to be turned on at the mains before camera 4 will power on, so check this is the case.

    2. Press the menu button (labelled yellow), then press number 8 (the camera menu button – labelled orange). To navigate the camera menu you will need to use the F1 and F2 dials (labelled green, with F1 above and F2 below). By rotating F1 you will scroll through the top row of the screen, pressing it down means you select that and enter the secondary menu. By rotating F2 you will change the bottom row, pressing it down means that you enact the action. We promise this sounds more complicated than it really is! 
      The top row needs to read POWER (you may need to rotate through this menu by using the F1 dial) and then press in the F1 dial – it should now read CAM POWER. Then make sure the bottom row reads GROUP ON (you may need to rotate through this menu by using the F2 dial). Press the F2 dial in to turn the cameras on.

    3. There will be a delay where the cameras turn on - the lights on the camera controller will turn green, as will the lights on the cameras.

    4. Check the cameras are displaying correctly on the multiview monitor (above the streaming rack). If not, power them off and back on again.

  2. Log into the PC using the given name and password.

  3. Check that the song words and AV PC appear correctly. If not, follow these steps in the tech notes.

  4. Now follow the detailed instructions below to start the stream. 

Start the stream

We go live 5 minutes before the service, when the countdown appears on the screens in the building. To get ready for this, follow the instructions below ahead of time. Please talk with the AV volunteer to ensure little delay in going live.

  1. Ensure the red “STREAM” light is lit up on the encoder (the top unit in the rack).

2. On the streaming PC, open up Google Chrome by double-clicking its icon. The click on the YouTube icon shown below.

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3. Click on “Your videos” on the left of the YouTube page. (Warning: if you make the Chrome window too narrow, the menu on the left disappears.)

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4. Click on the “Live” tab to see streams planned for the future.

5. Sort the live streams by date, by clicking on “Date” at the top of the date column. This should bring the service you are about to stream to the top of the list.

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6. Hover the mouse over the stream of the upcoming service and click on the icon entitled “View in Live Control Room”.

  • If you can’t see the upcoming service in the list, there may be more services than will fit on a single page and you’ll need to move to another page (using the page controls under the last item of the list on the right, starting with “Rows per page:“).

  • If the “View in Live Control Room“ icon is not present, check that the stream is “scheduled” (in the date column). If the stream is “streamed”, you won’t be able to stream it again and a new stream will need to be scheduled.

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7. You should now see the current live stream in the preview window. At 5 minutes to the hour, click “GO LIVE”. (If you don’t see the current live stream, check the encoder “streaming” red light is lit up, as described above.)

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8. Start the Slack application and go to the #streamops channel. Use this to chat with whoever is hosting the service. (At the time of writing, there is a host only for the 11am service.) Introduce yourselves and keep an eye on the channel, especially during the early part of the service, in case there are issues with the live stream.

Stop the stream

At the end of the service, use the ATEM switcher to select the AV desk which should be displaying a slide saying “Christ Church Winchester. Thank you for joining us, see you next week”. After a few seconds, go to the YouTube tab of Chrome on the streaming PC and click “Stop streaming”.

 Set down

  1. Turn off the cameras first (as above).

  2. Shut down the streaming PC (select the “Start” button, select the power button icon, and then select “Shut down“).

  3. Turn off the rack at the wall.

  4. Unplug the cables from the cameras.

  5. Unscrew the cameras from the stands, use both hands and a bystander if necessary. Place the cameras back in the drawer in the rack. Remember to handle only the bases of the cameras. Put the cameras in their bags and then back in the draw in the streaming rack.

  6. Unplug and coil the cables for camera 3 and hang it securely, and out of harm’s way, from the flowers on the adjacent pillar.

  7. Coil the cables for cameras 1 and 2 and put these back where you found them next to the AV desk.

  8. Replace and lock the front door of the streaming rack. 

  9. Congratulate yourself. You’ve done brilliantly.

 

Live Streaming Notes

As live streaming here at Christ Church is a work in progress, we are capturing extra stuff we’re learning along the way. Click the button below to read some notes. These are extra details and you don’t need to know them to stream a service here, but they contain useful reference information such as helpful tips and problem solutions.


Any questions?
If you have any questions please contact Glyn at glyn.normington@gmail.com.