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#SMWKND Live Streaming Video
Mo Krochmal@krochmal
Editor, Social Media News NYJournalism Trainer/Educator
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Mobile Journalism
10 Basics for Using Your Phone to Stream
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First 5 Things
1.Who am I?
2.What is Live Streaming?
3.Data
4.Storage
5.Power
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Next 5 Things
6.Connectivity
7.Apps
8.Ethics
9.Technology
10.Social
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No. 1
MoKrochmal:Live StreamingSince2008
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My Base
YouTube.com
465 videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/mmkrochmal
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See Sree Share
@Sree's last lecture at Columbia
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No. 2
Why is live streaming video important? Eyewitness to news More than just sharing the moment
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Livestreaming is not new
How it began ... Radio, TV are live-streamed technologies So is/was elevator music, closed captioning,
tickertape
We aren't here for that ...
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What is the new live streaming? Live streaming video via mobile networks in real
time Social media gives access to millions
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The Technology
Simply: MP3 audio plus H.264 encoded video
in an MP4 shell, transported over the Internet and distributed by a service provider. Software: the app you download Hardware: your smartphone Sound: the mic on your phone Pictures: the camera on your phone Network: 3G or 4G/LTE
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First Live Stream
Meet “Severe Tire Damage”
https://vimeo.com/56349011
PerformanceAt XeroxPARC
StreamedLive In 1993Over the Internet
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Free advice
You are the product. Consider the long term for your work.
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No. 3
Data Consider your data budget (400MB/0.5 hour). You have to maintain a stream long enough to
draw an audience, and that uses data. Who is paying?
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No. 4
In-Phone Storage Rule of thumb – have 1 GB available Optimize in settings Use the cloud Upload to YouTube, iPhoto
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No. 5
Juice ABC – Always Be Charging Temperature extremes kill battery life Dimming the screen helps Turn off notifications, location by apps
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No. 6
Connectivity
4G/LGE optimal, but expensive WiFi, when available
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No. 8
Ethics Copyright, protected events Exposing sources Privacy
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No. 9
Gearing up Accessories
Tripod with phone grip Microphone Lights Extra batteries
Second phone? Ipad?
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No. 10
Social Ease of connecting to social graph has opened
a new tool in a journalist's toolkit. Two-way conversation
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First 5 Things
1.Who am I?
2.What is Live Streaming?
3.Data
4.Storage
5.Power
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Next 5 Things
6.Connectivity
7.Apps
8.Ethics
9.Technology
10.Social
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Following Up
Slides available: Link will be tweeted krochmal.tumblr.com LinkedIn
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There's More
Read more on my Flip mags! https://flipboard.com/@krochmal
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Case Study
#charlestonshooting
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Lets Stream!
Fire up your new app and
see who says hello!