Streaming live audio or video

To stream live audio or video:

1 Connect the audio or video equipment to the computer you're using to capture and encode the signal.
2 Set up your broadcast software following the instructions that came with it.
3 Use your broadcast software to create a Session Description Protocol (SDP) file on the computer you use to capture and encode the live signal (see the instructions that came with your broadcast software).
4 Copy the SDP file to your streaming server computer (be sure to copy the file into the media folder you're using for streaming).
5 If you want the streamed media to show on a Web page, set up the Web page.
6 Make sure the streaming server is running.
7 Start the broadcast software following the instructions that came with it.
8 Tell users how to view the streamed media.