Category Archives: Live Broadcast

5. Panopto for Mac LIve Webcast

Panopto has the ability to webcast all recordings live over your network or the Internet. If you are not familiar with Panopto for Mac, check out our Panopto for Mac Basic Recording documentation first!

How to Live Webcast

From Panopto for Mac, be sure to select an online folder, then check “Webcast”.

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Record and Stop

To start the broadcast simply click the RECORD button. To end the live broadcast, simply click the  STOP button. Your recording will then complete and upload to the server.

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A viewer URL is generated after your webcast starts. This URL can shared through the web user interface by clicking “Share”. Clicking “Copy” will copy the URL to your clipboard.

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Users may login to the Panopto website to view any live broadcasts that may be available at that time.

To do this, simply go to your Panopto server’s website, and click the live session that you would like to watch.  If access to the content is restricted to certain viewers, they will have to login with their credentials.

You can determine which sessions are broadcasting live because the icon will look like the following:

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The viewer can click on the session and a viewer window will open just as it would if the lecture had been previously recorded.

Pause, rewind and go live feature

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Buttons for pausing and rewinding are pictured above on the left. You can easily seek through a live broadcast to any time by dragging the slider circled above, even if you join late. To catch up and watch the broadcast live, just click the “LIVE” button as seen above. You may also continue to watch the live broadcast even after it has ended.

Questions, Comments, and Notes

During the live broadcast, viewers who are logged in and viewing the live broadcast can ask questions and make comments via the viewer window. The questions and comments have been merged into a “Discussion” section in the viewer. Furthermore, viewers can also take public or private notes during the broadcast to refer back to at a later time. Questions, comments, and notes are stored by the server for review at a later time, even after the broadcast has ended.

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You can also turn off discussions for any or all webcasts and recordings by going to the Panopto web administration pages under System> Settings and changing the Discussion Enabled setting to False.

4. Smooth Stream Capture/broadcast – BETA

InformationSmooth Stream allows you to create multiple bitrate files (standard, high, and ultra) on the client machine during recording (.isma/.ismv files as opposed to .wmv).

Smooth Stream also allows you to webcast over port 80 (where .wmv uses 8080 for webcast) and provides advanced capabilities for broadcasts (viewers can pause and rewind live recordings).

To enable this in your Panopto Windows Recorder

Note: This feature is currently in BETA

Click the Settings tab – Advanced Settings

Check box for “Use Adaptive Streaming capture format (BETA)”

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Click Create New Recording to create a session using Smooth Stream.

To see the resolutions and bitrates that Smooth Stream captures at, see our documentation here.

 

2. Determining What Quality to Live Broadcast

InformationThis Quickguide will help you determine the best setting for broadcasting live.

How to find your upload speed

Go to speedtest.net

Click Begin Test this will capture your download and upload speeds as seen in the red box below.

Armed with this information you can determine what quality your bandwidth can stream. Panopto allows you to choose from a variety of quality to meet your bandwidth requirements.

For broadcasting we are concerned with the upload speed. With the example above it would be 8.43 Mbps.

Quality and Stream Settings

The quality and amount of streams that you record will determine the amount of bandwidth required to stream a session.

Standard Quality:
Audio Only – 48 kbps
Video and Audio – 298 kbps
Video, Audio, and Secondary Video – 548 kbps

High Quality:
Audio Only – 128 kbps
Video and Audio – 1128 kbps
Video, Audio, and Secondary Video – 2196 kbps

Ultra Quality:
Audio Only – 128 kbps
Video and Audio – 1628 kbps
Video, Audio, and Secondary Video – 2628

The use of Smooth Stream will also allow you to stream adatively, meaning that the bitrate of the file depends on the users connection to the server. For example, a High quality recording with Video, Audio, and Secondary Video will stream anywhere from 264 kbps to 2064kbps. For a more in depth explaination of Smooth Stream click here.

How to change Recording quality

To record in SmoothStream(BETA) go to settings in the recorder.

Disclaimer: SmoothStream is currently in the BETA stage and is not fully supported.

To choose the quality of the primary stream click the Create New Recording tab then select the radio button shown below.

To choose the settings of the secondary stream you can adjust the sliders shown in the red box below.

Please note: If using a capture card to record output from a camera source, it is recommended to use at least 44.1 kHz sampling rate output on the recording device to ensure maximum quality and compatibility.

 

1. How to Live Broadcasting

InformationPanopto has the ability to broadcast all recordings live over your network or the Internet.

Panopto has the ability to webcast all recordings live over your network or the Internet.

How to Live Webcast

From the Panopto Recorder, be sure to select an online folder, then check “Webcast”.

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Record and Stop

To start the broadcast simply click the RECORD button. To end the live broadcast, simply click the  STOP button. Your recording will then complete and upload to the server.

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Viewing

A viewer URL is generated after your broadcast starts. This URL can shared through the web user interface by clicking “Share”. Clicking “Copy” will copy the URL to your Windows clipboard.

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Users may login to the Panopto website to view any live broadcasts that may be available at that time.

To do this, simply go to your Panopto server’s website, and click the live session that you would like to watch.  If access to the content is restricted to certain viewers, they will have to login with their credentials.

You can determine which sessions are broadcasting live because the icon will look like the following:

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The viewer can click on the session and a viewer window will open just as it would if the lecture had been previously recorded.

Pause, rewind and go live feature

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Buttons for pausing and rewinding are pictured above on the left. You can easily seek through a live broadcast to any time by dragging the slider circled above, even if you join late. To catch up and watch the broadcast live, just click the “LIVE” button as seen above. You may also continue to watch the live broadcast even after it has ended.

Questions, Comments, and Notes

During the live broadcast, viewers who are logged in and viewing the live broadcast can ask questions and make comments via the viewer window. The questions and comments have been merged into a “Discussion” section in the viewer. Furthermore, viewers can also take public or private notes during the broadcast to refer back to at a later time. Questions, comments, and notes are stored by the server for review at a later time, even after the broadcast has ended.

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The viewer’s discussion questions pop up and notify the Creator in the lower right hand corner of their display. Clicking on the notification will launch the recorder. To disable this notification, from the recorder – go to Settings – Basic Settings – Uncheck “Notify me when a viewer asks a question”.

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Creators can either respond verbally at the time of the question or review the questions after the recording is complete.

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You can also turn off discussions for any or all webcasts and recordings by going to the Panopto web administration pages under System> Settings and changing the Discussion Enabled setting to False. Ratings can also be disabled separately by changing the Ratings Enabled setting to False.

3. Creating a Broadcast URL in Advance

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Generating a Webcast URL in advance is easy and only requires a few steps to complete.

Creating a Webcast URL in Advance

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Step 1.) Log into your Panopto site.

Step 2.) Click the green Create button and choose the Webcast option

Step 3.) Choose your session name, select a folder, then check “Create.”

 

Step 4.) After you click “Create” this page will display your new session information.

 

Note the “Viewer Link” area: This is the broadcast URL that you have generated in advance that you may send to potential viewers. Feel free to copy and paste this link as needed.

Please be advised that this link will not work until you have started recording to the session in the Windows Recorder.

Recording to Session

When you are ready to record your live session open your Pantopo Recorder and login

Click the arrow to select the session you’ve setup to broadcast:

Locate your session and click “Record to this Session”

You will be brought back to the main recorder screen. Click Record when you are ready to Broadcast and viewers using your URL from above will be able to view your session Live.