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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 1, 2020 21:43:35 GMT -6
I’m doing my first streaming concert on this Saturday night and began testing my setup today. I had originally planned to stream directly from my iPhone using my simple Yamaha M G10XU live board as a sound card and the zoom iOS app. To do that I picked up an Apple Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter:
Early test recordings through the Apple Video app were promising. It also worked well on a simple Facebook Live stream. The show organizers are using Zoom webinar, so I tested it using Zoom today expecting to tweak some levels and some lighting. I discovered quickly that the Zoom app for iOS does not stream out in stereo. You can only stream out in mono via your iPhone. According to their website you can stream in stereo on their desk top client. There were some instructions and info about it on Zoom's site:
So I immediately start plan B. The onboard camera on my iMac is meh. Doing some research I found some promising info about OBS, a free program that helps with the streaming process and even allows use of your iPhone as a web camera (there is a cost to do that of $15). I had seen the below video before and decided to check out OBS. This video is actually where I discovered the apple lightning to usb3 adapter.
I was able to get the video and audio working. Using my iPhone as a webcam via OBS causes a delay in the video, which I was able to compensate for in the audio settings using a small audio delay. I got it to where I felt it was passable. Using the information in this next video I was able to route the video and audio output of OBS into Zoom.
Then I went to Zoom's site and enabled stereo sound per the instructions in this video:
The only problem is I'm not getting the option on the desk top client. I've logged out and back in per their help articleI'm kind of shaking my head how to make this work now. I can broadcast via Facebook and other clients, but Zoom will not give me a stereo out. Maybe it's cause I'm on a mac? Anyone else doing this kind of thing?
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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 1, 2020 22:40:20 GMT -6
I’d also be curious to hear what platforms everyone is using for this besides Zoom.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 2, 2020 8:42:03 GMT -6
I've done a couple streams with Streamyard now.
The thing to note in Streamyard is that you need to turn OFF audio enhancements. Basically, they will filter your audio to best work with voice and it turns to garbage with music.
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Post by the other mark williams on Nov 2, 2020 9:35:33 GMT -6
I’d also be curious to hear what platforms everyone is using for this besides Zoom. Vincent, it may be helpful to read through the thread we had going for jcoutu1 a few weeks back. We talked about various hardware options (including cameras and hardware streaming encoders). There are obviously a number of places one can livestream, but Facebook Live and YouTube Live are (unsurprisingly) two of the most popular. |
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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 2, 2020 9:38:03 GMT -6
Considering YouTube has been my jam for a while, it's probably where I'll do this kind of thing myself. Can you link to that thread for me?
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Post by jcoutu1 on Nov 2, 2020 9:50:39 GMT -6
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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 2, 2020 15:16:04 GMT -6
Lots of good info there. Reposting my initial post there. |
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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 3, 2020 10:08:18 GMT -6
I think I finally found it buried in a sub menu and not where zoom’s instructions say it should be, or any of the tutorials I’ve seen. I’m at my office now on a PC, but I’ll check and see if I can get it working in my studio on my Mac this evening. I know where this sub menu is now.
For those curious and/or having the same issue; After enabling Stereo Audio in the web client, launch the desktop client, go to Settings, Audio, Advanced Settings, click "Show in-meeting option to "Enable Original Sound" from microphone," click Use Stereo Audio.
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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 4, 2020 9:15:18 GMT -6
Looks like I've got it working now.
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Post by Vincent R. on Nov 7, 2020 17:31:48 GMT -6
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Post by forgotteng on Nov 7, 2020 21:05:03 GMT -6
I've found the audio on zoom is abysmal at the least, (unless I'm missing something) OBS using an interface for audio in, has given me the best success. Youtube and facebook make it easy.
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