![]() Stop your recording and click on the “Properties” button that is located at the top of the main WM Encoder window. You might have to modify the video processing options. My video has both high frame rate and bandwidth settings, but is still not of sufficient quality. This is done by going into the router’s control panel and forwarding the HTTP port provided in step 4 to your machine. If you are on a home/business network and want to broadcast to the Internet or outside of your LAN, then you must setup port forwarding to your computer on the router. I gave the address to my viewers but they still cannot access the broadcast.Īre you behind a local firewall, switch or router? Disable any firewalls that might be blocking the communication between you and the client machine. Your viewers can find your webcast by going to the address that was provided for you in step 4. ![]() That’s it! You have now configured your first Windows Media Encoder VGA or DVI broadcast! Click on “Finish” to complete the wizard. Your viewers will be able to see this information as it will appear if they click on “file properties” from their media player.Ĩ. Here, you may put some details and copyright information about your broadcast. That way, you may access it (and even re-broadcast it) at any time after the original broadcast has been made.ħ. In the Archive File step, you may select a location on your local hard drive to save the broadcast to. This depends on how much of your internet connection you want to consume for the webcast, but 700Kbps+ seems to be the norm these days for average quality video.Ħ. Now you need to select the bandwidth/quality for your webcast. You will need them later in order to give to your viewers so that they can access the webcast.ĥ. VERY IMPORTANT: Write down the 2 URLs that are given to you in this step. If you are not sure which ports are free on your computer, simply click on “Find Free Port”. You must now select the network port that your broadcast is going to be sent through. Thus, “pull from encoder” must be selected.Ĥ. For simplicity, we will use our own computer. In the Broadcast Method step, you must indicate whether you are planning to use an external Windows Media Server to broadcast your video, or if you want to simply use your computer. Now that you’ve configured which devices you’d like to capture from, the network and connection settings must be selected. If the frame grabber is connected but not appearing in “video” list of devices, it may be because it does not support 3 rd party software or the drivers are not installed properly.ģ. In this example, we will record just the video output from the Epiphan Systems VGA2USB, which is a low-cost external USB frame grabber. You will now be brought to a screen within which you can select whether you would like to record video and/or audio, and from which devices. If you would to record without broadcasting, select “Capture video or audio”. ![]() If you would like to broadcast AND record/archive at the same time or just broadcast the VGA or DVI output, select “Broadcast a live event”. The new session wizard should immediately appear. In this article, a simple VGA frame grabber, the VGA2USB, will be used to broadcast and record the screen of another computer.Ĭonfiguring Windows Media Encoder (WM Encoder) for VGA or DVI Broadcast and Recordingġ. The software may be used with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. Windows Media Encoder may be downloaded free of charge at the following address. Do you want to use your frame grabber, screen grabber or webcam with Windows Media Encoder to record or broadcast video? If yes, then this article will help you understand the ins and outs of working with Windows Media Encoder 9 Series and get the most out of this valuable tool. ![]()
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