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 T here are primarily two different ways to do adaptive bitrate streaming. One method is called Transcoding and the other method is using Multi bitrate streaming aka MBR. Transcoding is recommended in most cases since it is hassle-free and the conversion to multiple bitrates happens at the server end on the fly as you   stream . Also, it can be turned on with a click of a button for any channel. If your Livebox does not have transcoding enabled, contact the Livebox team to upgrade to a box with transcoding, Also, Check out our other articles about the transcoding to learn more about transcoding. As for  Multi bitrate streaming , it has to be manually streamed in multiple qualities from the encoder, be it a hardware or software encoder. Some encoders support streaming in multiple qualities and some encoders don’t. For some software encoders, you may need to open multiple instances of the encoder on your PC. As for hardware encoders, MBR can be used only if the hardware enc...

T he sub-user created by the Livebox admin can access the Client Portal and  re-stream the live videos  running on the   Livebox   server channel to their desired destinations. The destination could be anywhere, like Facebook, Periscope, YouTube, Twitch, RTMP servers, and other streaming platforms. So, to start re-streaming the Livebox server channel content on Facebook, the sub-user have to log in the Client Portal with the credentials provided by the admin. Enter your username and password and then give Login. You can click the ‘Add Destination’ button located on the right side or the thunder button on the left side to select your destination. A dialog box ‘Share on’ with several destinations shows up. As you wanted to stream live on Facebook, select the Facebook option and then click  Push live stream to Facebook  to get connected to Facebook. Note:   If you select the option  Automatically TURN ON when adding push value , the live stream will ...

To conduct Multi-bitrate streaming using the Livebox Playout and Encoder software, Create your channel in the Livebox streaming server. Go to  Manage Channels  from the navigation menu. Under manage channels, select  Multi-bitrate . In  Multi-bitrate  page, select your channel and turn On multi-bitrate. Once you turn on  Multi-bitrate , the preset options will appear. You can set the required resolution and click “Save”. Note:   You also have an option to edit or set your required preset. Once you click save, RTMP URLs for your resolution gets listed below. Make a note of the required RTMP links and click “Save”. With each URL of definite qualities (resolutions), the player will adjust video quality to that of viewers bandwidth.*The first given URL is the RTMP URL of your channel. The remaining URLs are RTMP URLs with resolutions. Note:   The RTMP URL should be used to initiate the live streaming on your server channel. And the other RTMP URLs of ...

Now you have the option to embed the video conferencing app on your websites/blogs so that your viewers can join you on the video conferencing call with you. To embed the video conferencing app on your website/blogs, Create your conference by installing the video conferencing app from the Livebox  App Store . Near you conference name, click the iFrame icon. A dialog box opens, where you’ll be provided Conference URL and Embed Code. Copy the Embed code and use it on your website to embed the app on your website/blogs. On publishing the embed code, this is how the app gets embedded on your website player. And your viewers can login or sign up to join you on video conferencing right from you website. If your website is of WordPress, then you can embed the app by following the below steps. Login to your  WordPress website . Go to “New Post” page. In the new post page, click the “Add block” menu. A dialog box with options to add block gets listed. Under the formatting menu, se...

The  Livebox Instacast  is a  portable hardware encoder device  that can live stream even with the low-internet connectivity. It is just enough to have this encoder device fixed to the camera to start the live streaming from anywhere. Even in the absence of a camera, live streaming can still be carried out with the help of a USB device. So, to live streaming using this Livebox Instacast encoder device, Note:   To access the Encoder settings page from your browser, you can use the  IP  visible on your  Encoderdevice  along with the port URL ( :3978 ) provided by the IVB7 team. E.g.,  127.0.0.1:3978 Turn on your  Livebox Instacast device . Make sure that you have connected your camera/USB device to the Livebox Instacast encoder. For the  network connectivity , you can use it through the LAN or  Wi-Fi connection . Now login to the Encoder settings page from your browser. In the Encoder settings, select a Preset by clicking th...