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author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 22, 2012, 11:31:29 pm
content: REUTERS Release: Thur, 23rd Aug 2012Report by Wun Hung (Asia Pacific Bureau)A leading Engineering Video Blogger, Mr David L. Jones from Sydney Australia, was found dead today after being crushed by mail he solicited from his viewing audience.A first responder reported that it appears as though Mr Jones was crushed when the mail toppled off a pile of cheap Chinese multimeters onto him in his lab.Chris Gammel, Mr Jones's co-host on the Amp Hour radio show said "Well, it was inevitable really. I had warned him previously about serious amounts of mail, and how if he had access to a chip printing machine, he could have just printed his own electronics without having to solicit it. Ironically he had been warning the industry for years about the dangers of these cheap chinese meters."A family spokesperson, Sagan Jones, replied only with a thumbs down gesture.WARNING: graphic image attached

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2012, 11:40:43 pm
content: Maybe time for a daily mailbag feature!

author: Zad
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2012, 11:52:42 pm
content: Live mailbag unboxing! You know it makes sense

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2012, 11:53:44 pm
content: Quote from: Zad on August 22, 2012, 11:52:42 pmThat would at least save the editing time...

author: Mattwarne
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2012, 11:56:26 pm
content: hat Is a Great Idea

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 22, 2012, 11:58:22 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 22, 2012, 11:53:44 pmYeah, but live recorded video quality sucks arse. Ustream or Google Hangout is the same kind of sucky.Would still have to shoot with the proper camera and then render and upload.Dave.

author: rjk5378
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 12:19:05 am
content: Will the mail bag segment be replaced by "body bag" episodes?

author: notsob
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 12:30:56 am
content: Mailbag opening in dive gear - subtitled "Davy Jones Locker"

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 01:05:41 am
content: Death by a thousand paper cuts?

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 02:01:43 am
content: Dave, in case you don't know, you can download a sort of template or configuration file on uStream and load that file into Adobe Live Encoder (here:http://www.adobe.com/products/flash-media-encoder.html) .The file is in Channel > Remote page.From that point, you can tweak some settings to make your video better.By default, uStream puts in template the video to h264 640x360 30fps at 650 kbps at Level 3 complexity, which is sort of a basic complexity, which makes the videos watchable on mobile phones but otherwise the quality is lousy.. The bitrate is also very low... and the video encoder straight from the web page is even worse at both bitrate and quality.You can go in the encoder, click on the little tool icon and adjust to Main profile, Level 4.1 and set a keyframe to 5-10 seconds. 10 seconds is better, gives better quality, but it means if people have some disconnect or issue with the stream, it will take up to 10-15 seconds to view image again. If your computer can't handle the encoding at this profile, lower it to Main 3.2Next, you can set the frps and the resolution of the video - if your camera records at 1280x720 you can record and stream directly in that resolution if your computer can handle the encoding.But the main advantage is you can adjust the bitrate to whatever you want, with some common sense though. Like I said, the default is 650 kbps but you'll see the stream quality goes way high when you set it for something around 2000 for 1280x720. Now of course, it depends on your upload bandwidth - if you use 2000 kbps for video and 128 for audio , that means you must have a steady 2500 kbps (300 KB/s upload) which I doubt it's the case for you in Australia.Another great advantage is that the encoder can save the video at the same time to your hard disk, and it saves it in F4V format (basically MP4 with mp3, easy to edit in your software) and it saves it as it encodes it, fluent, without interruptions and no matter what happens with uStream.So as you can see in the picture:I've configured flash live encoder with my tv tuner, which has the maximum resolution 768x576. Configured to Main/4.1 preset for h264, 25fps and checked Deinterlace because my tv tuner doesn't do deinterlacing by default (your camera probably doesn't need to deinterlace)Then I've set the bitrate to 1000kbps and made sure the output resolution is the same as the capture resolution (but you can do cropping and stuff if you want)The audio I've set to mp3 128 kbpsNext, enter the rtmp url on the right, enter the stream key below... hit connect so that the encoder is ready to upload to ustream when you hit start below.check save to file if you want, I did.Now hit start and the flash live encoder will start compressing and sending the stream to uStream. So now in uStream you just go and hit Go live and the broadcaster should say it detected you're already uploading to them and switch to showing you what you're streaming.Hope it helps.. yeah, i know it's a bit unrelated

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 02:17:44 am
content: That seems complicated.Much easier to just gaffa tape the webcam onto the proper video cameraNone of my cams do PC streaming.Dave.

author: robrenz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 02:22:25 am
content: Now that your dead you don't need to sleep so you should be able to get more reviews done.

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 02:45:53 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 23, 2012, 02:17:44 amThe webcam should be detected automatically when you plug it in a USB port.. the camera itself is a dumb device, it doesn't have to say "pc streaming" on it, it should pop in that menu in the live encoder application once you start it.I probably explained it poorly but it's really very easy, there's even a tutorial about this on ustream's site (only they don't recommend the better quality settings because it costs them more money in bandwidth and don't want to handle support questions if the videos don't work on mobile phones):Here's the official guide/support page for the Flash Live Encoder :http://helpcenter.ustream.tv/category/category/broadcasting-using-adobe-flash-media-encoder-fmle-tricaster-inlet-spinnaker-or-othAnyway... it was just a suggestion.

author: urbanwriter
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 03:47:03 am
content: I thought it only right that I offer to take full and complete responsibility for all your future mail; please have your heirs and assignees forward it to me at their earliest possible convenience.I just can't believe that no one offered their services earlier. Laggards.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 04:01:22 am
content: Quote from: mariush on August 23, 2012, 02:45:53 amNo, my Canon HF G10 and HF M400 cannot be used as webcam or stream video over the USB in any way. You can only access the files like a USB drive.Dave.

author: JoannaK
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 07:19:35 pm
content: Hmm, the next question is..Is he nowA) ZombieB) VampireC) LichD) All of above?

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 07:28:39 pm
content: I thought that it would be a packet-bomb from a fundamentalist viewer, after all.Alexander.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2012, 09:51:57 pm
content: Hey don't give them ideas

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 09:28:51 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on August 23, 2012, 09:51:57 pmAw come on... Spring load a bunch of MELF 0102's to shower all over the bench would be great.An Electronic Geek's version of a Jack in the Box.Hours and hours of fun picking the little buggers up (make it 1% or better to be worth it, or the vacuum cleaner would likely be a more attractive solution instead).

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 25, 2012, 06:16:58 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 23, 2012, 04:01:22 amThe irony being there is more than half a chance there could be a suitable video cam somewhere within that stack of unopened mail.