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Use Streaming Online Video/Live As Source In OBS Studio

This would be possible using OBS's BrowserSource. First, find the embed code for the stream (in YouTube you can click "Share" and then "Embed"). Find the src="" and copy the URL that's inside the ...
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ffmpeg - live stream into a browser video tag (localhost only)

I think that the issue is the video tag. The video tag does not support live streaming directly, see this question on SO. Specifically: A. This answer for a technical description of what you want ...
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How does media manage to co-host a show from two continents without latency?

There are two key ways to deal with the inevitable latency of live video from the other side of the world: Ignore the video, at least for talent or guest queuing purposes. The person is fed mix-minus ...
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Trim a segment of live, still-encoding H.264/FLV with ffmpeg

Keep FLV but trim using demuxer seek and duration. ffmpeg -ss 00:00:03.000 -t 00:00:01.000 -i output.flv -c copy output2.mp4 Also, skip -ss if it's 0 i.e. stream start.
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Http Live Streaming for beginners

I would suggest you research a bit further and then refine your question. To me it seems that there is a bit of confusion in terms of the software components needed for creating a livestream. First ...
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Camcorders that can stream directly to YouTube

The "JVC GY-HM200SPU 4KCAM Compact Handheld Streaming Camcorder" claims... "When equipped with an optional Wi-Fi or 4G LTE high-speed broadband modem, the camcorder can deliver a live video stream ...
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Canon 800d/T7i clean-hdmi?

Download Sparkocam and your problem will go away. I am using a T3i and a T6i for the same live steam. Your other option is remove autofocus from the lens and switch it to manual
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Use Streaming Online Video/Live As Source In OBS Studio

A better way to do this is to make a .html file with this content: <iframe width="1920" height="1080"src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/[VIDEO ID]?&autoplay=1"...
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DASH Live vs OnDemand profiles

I know this is an old topic but wanted to answer in case someone else is having the same question. In general, you can use both the Live and On-Demand DASH profiles for VoD content, for live content ...
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Live Video object tracking

OpenCV is a good repository of computer vision resources. An example of how to select and track a region of interest is given here: https://docs.opencv.org/3.4.0/d2/d0a/...
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Canon 800d/T7i clean-hdmi?

I have been looking foe the same answer for the US version Rebel T7i. Unfortunately only the Pro versions of Canon have the true Mirroring or Clean HDMI out feature BUT by using Cannon Utilities and ...
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Camcorders that can stream directly to YouTube

You don't necessarily need a camcorder with the built-in ability to stream to YouTube, but rather, a camcorder (or any camera, really) that you can use as an input device to a computer. If you can use ...
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Why is Audio and Video out of Sync during recording?

The quick answer that worked for me: do NOT save your captured video to a drive on the computer, save it to an external drive that runs at 7200 RPM (many are 5400). This problem was driving me ...
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One long continuous shot, sped-up until it becomes "live"

The answer above answers half of your question, and yes, it is trivial for anybody who has used a non-linear editor (NLE) such as Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Resolve, etc., to do speed ramp effects. The ...
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If the environment being captured on a video stream becomes less complicated, does the bit rate and latency decrease?

Like much with technology (and life), it depends. You didn't specify what software, protocol, or codec you are streaming with, so there are quite a few variables. Will the bit rate drop? If you are ...
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If the environment being captured on a video stream becomes less complicated, does the bit rate and latency decrease?

so all that is captured in the live video stream is a red light bulb and a black background No. You can't get black background. You will get any possible type of noises, many shadows and all kinds ...
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How can I mark or tag spots in a video clip during a live recording

The answer to this largely depends on your budget and use case. If you are a TV network, especially a sports-centric network, many media asset management (MAM) systems add the logging capability on ...
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Use A6000 as webcam type camera

For real time output you only have hdmi (the USB is for file transfer) so all you need is an hdmi input card for your PC. Then you can grab that input as a source for applications.
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Send webcam feed to server for buffer

Here's something I saw at github might answer your question. This example demonstrate how to encode set of buffered images obtained from Webcam instance, transcode into h.264 stream and send to ...
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Multi-source, picture-in-picture live stream

Like @screaming-drills say's: this can be done with softwares like Wirecast and OBS. You could also get very expensive hardware to do the same eg. from Blackmagic Design, I would however look at the ...
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Multi-source, picture-in-picture live stream

Investigate some of the software switcher products such as "V-Mix". Or some of the computer-based integrated products like NewTek "TriCaster". They will handle many more inputs than even the large (...
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FFMPEG RTSP -> MPEG-DASH Stops on Long Streams

Recently I've had the chance to research a bit in this area, and I've come across some rumors that ffmpeg's support for RTSP is somewhat buggy, i.e. it stops suddenly or yields mangled frames. If you ...
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Wirecast to wirecast

I would use skype from the remote location into the local computer running wirecast then use their screen capturing option to capture the skype video. The pro version of wirecast allows and input to ...
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Resize a live stream and overlay over another live stream for broadcasting

You can do this with OBS. I do it all the time. The Mac, can with OBS take the feed(s) and arrange/resize them and then stream it to Wirecast(?, but not necessary) or directly to Youtube. OBS ...
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Resize a live stream and overlay over another live stream for broadcasting

How are you routing to Wirecast? SDI/HDMI to thunderbolt? An easy solution is to get a micro/mini recorder from blackmagic and pull in that second feed directly to Wirecast through thunderbolt. Then ...
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What software is used to add animated characters to live TV?

It seems like they added this in post with a program like after effects(but this is simple enough that they could have even used a video editor). The cartoon was made in a program like after effects, ...
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Dash live streaming

I'm in a similar position to you and I suspect part of the problem is that my CPU can't transcode the stream fast enough, especially when running a player on the same machine. Check your CPU usage, ...
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starting new need help

For gear, I like this list: http://www.desktop-documentaries.com/cinematic-documentary-gear-package.html For software (I assume for editing), Premiere Pro is very capable and easygoing on beginners. ...
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Live streaming to a disk

If you’re up for building your own server, and have some coding skill, then you could look at setting up a nginx server running the RTMP extension that can capture an re-stream live or on demand video....
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Live streaming an event

Yes, you will need an HDMI capture card. If you have a modern Mac, you can make do with this $145 device that plugs into its Thunderbolt port: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/...
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