Daily Live JH School Broadcast

MAErickson

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Hi - first time poster and not an OBS expert. Several years ago, I moved into our school's library/tv production position. We broadcast two live shows each day. Our IT Dept. set up the OBS at the beginning of my tenure, and they will update it and tweak it as needed, but one thing has plagued all year. Our designated Camera 2 loses its signal at least once a week during one of the broadcasts. Our student staff has learned how to transition to one camera mid-show when this happens, but would love for this to be remedied. Most of the time, once the computer is restarted, the Camera 2 signal will return immediately or the next day.

I know you are going to need more information (please know I will probably be lost on very technical jargon), but for now, we use two Canon Vixia HFG50 cameras to live stream. We also record both shows because one them is used each day for the lower grade to view during homeroom. IT initially thought it was the camera, so we replaced it several months ago, but it still kept happening, and we also replaced the cables.

Then it was thought that the cables had microtears or the connectors were bad. So, we bought a third set of new cables with adapters that now let us angle our cables better to avoid microtears. This did not remedy it. We still lose the signal at least once a week, twice this week.

We have a 2-year old Dell tower, and we keep the OBS updated.

I've perused the forum a bit, but I haven't found anything related to our issue.

Any assistance would be valued. I don't have a log file because we had to restart to get ready for the next live show, but I will post one the next time it happens. But, any general thoughts?

Thank you!
 

SuperiorBuds

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Try telling your IT team to move the devices onto separate internal USB controllers. You might be running into a USB bandwidth issue.

 

MAErickson

New Member
Try telling your IT team to move the devices onto separate internal USB controllers. You might be running into a USB bandwidth issue.

Thank you!
 

MAErickson

New Member
Hi - first time poster and not an OBS expert. Several years ago, I moved into our school's library/tv production position. We broadcast two live shows each day. Our IT Dept. set up the OBS at the beginning of my tenure, and they will update it and tweak it as needed, but one thing has plagued all year. Our designated Camera 2 loses its signal at least once a week during one of the broadcasts. Our student staff has learned how to transition to one camera mid-show when this happens, but would love for this to be remedied. Most of the time, once the computer is restarted, the Camera 2 signal will return immediately or the next day.

I know you are going to need more information (please know I will probably be lost on very technical jargon), but for now, we use two Canon Vixia HFG50 cameras to live stream. We also record both shows because one them is used each day for the lower grade to view during homeroom. IT initially thought it was the camera, so we replaced it several months ago, but it still kept happening, and we also replaced the cables.

Then it was thought that the cables had microtears or the connectors were bad. So, we bought a third set of new cables with adapters that now let us angle our cables better to avoid microtears. This did not remedy it. We still lose the signal at least once a week, twice this week.

We have a 2-year old Dell tower, and we keep the OBS updated.

I've perused the forum a bit, but I haven't found anything related to our issue.

Any assistance would be valued. I don't have a log file because we had to restart to get ready for the next live show, but I will post one the next time it happens. But, any general thoughts?

Thank you!
Also, does anyone have a suggestion on tutorials or a course for live streaming a school broadcast? Most of the stuff I find is specific to gaming or YouTube. Thank you! I'd like to become more proficient in troubleshooting and problem solving.
 
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