Bambuser tutorial (ENG)


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Mini tutorial

This is a small manual on how to use the Bambuser.

 

1 - Register as a user in the program. (The ideal is that you put something about related to the event or collective)

2 - Complete the data that you believe are appropriate for your profile. It is important to link the program to twitter or facebook, at least one (The twitter is very simple to locate you while you're recording live, even more if you use the hashtag of your event).

3 - Download the application or program to your cell phone or/and computer.

4 - Modify the options: The user name and password. The title of the recording (which will appear in twitter)

5 - Press the red button and you're broadcasting live from your goal!

 

Remember to look for good connection!

 

 

 

More info:

 

Before livestreaming:

 

During the livestreaming: 

 

 

 

In the following video you can find more information about streaming strategies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6QvNgofx56chttp://www.witness.org/es/training/how-to-videos

 

 

 

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What is Bambuser?

 

Bambuser (http://bambuser.com/) is a live streaming service online. Its advantages over other similar systems are the following:

 

Here are some of the disadvantages:

 

 

How do I use it?

 

1. Create an account

If you already have an account Bambuser and you want to know how it works, go to the next section.

 

To create an account we must turn to the option of "Sing Up" on their website (http://bambuser.com/signup). There you can fill the form with the required data (do not ask personal information), taking into account that it does not require email confirmation, but it may be useful put your mail to recover the password.

 

Once your account is created we will choose whether we want to connect it to Facebook or Twitter accounts, you can also skip this step and proceed to the next.

In the next step is a tutorial for using the mobile application or the computer's webcam, you can ignore and go directly to the "dashboard" (next section).

 

2. My "dashboard"

It is the original home on the web when you have an account on Bambuser (http://bambuser.com/dashboard).

 

 

3. Application smartphone

It can be downloaded from the respective "Market" for each smartphone operating system, also from the website Bambuser (http://bambuser.com/phones).

This application can only be seen with the screen on landscape position (horizontal).

 

 

Video Title

To edit the title we must click on the phrase that appears at the top of the screen.

The title of the video is important when describing briefly what is your transmission. This title is what will people see when coming into your channel and it will also be the title appearing on social networks you've connected.

There are some things to consider:

- It should be brief and descriptive at the same time time.

- If you are on twitter it should contain hashtags or mentions related to the subjsubject. For more details, learn about Twitter.

- The title can be changed while transmiting, but this will be published in the following video that you'll make.

 

Configuration

This button has a "gear" shape and is situated at the bottom right of the screen.

It is important that the settings are correct to maintain the balance between transmission speed, transmission quality and stability. Although this last one depends mostly on the internet conexion.

Basic options to consider:

        This option lets you choose the resolution, which can be understood     as the number of fragments (pixels) that make up the image. It is defined as follows: A x B, where A is the pixels of width and B the height.

 

   

 

Other interesting options:

 

 

Recording / broadcast / stop

This button is the red one, located on the right side of the screen, when activated: the video recording starts and so its direct transmission over the Internet.

Before activating it, it is advisable to seek a stable internet connection, otherwise the video will be cut or will accumulate frames in the phone. It is also recommended to have configured the program, especially the video resolution.

 

Attention! Sometimes, if we are using an internet connection underpowered and resolution is set above the minimum of the camera, a message appears with two options: to apply the minimum of the camera or ignore. Despite the usefulness of this option, because applying the minimum will help improve the transmission, the minimum tends to capture a completely unapreciable image. Thus, it is recommended to ignore this message (button "skip") and above all have previously configured the most appropriate resolution according to the criteria described in the configuration section.

 

 

Furthermore, when this button is pushed  a link to the video is also automatically published in some social networks . For more manual publications a "social network button" appears just after starting the transmission.

 

Once transmitting is on this button will become "stop", in the shape of a square. Pressing it now to stop the transmission and the video will close.

 

 

Social Networking

This button appears when the transmission has started and stabilized.

Watch out! In this application, especially in the version for Android, it is often just below the title and is difficult to click on. Try to touch it at one of its corners.

When we open this button, appears a list of social networks that we have available and others can be added depending on the configuration we have given our Site Dashboard.

When clicking on items in the list, each social network will have a number of different functionalities:

 

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