Quicktime Broadcaster - getting it online

I'm trying to work out how to stream my webcam live onto my website.
I have installed QTSS and Quicktime Broadcaster, and managed to set it up so it can be viewed around my home, but I have no idea how to get it out and onto the internet or embed it into my site (after a LOT of searching Google).
Can anyone explain?

We were using two Canopus ADVC110 Video converters as I have medical use which is allowed for these devices. This is also the reason I cannot use other video converters at the moment. We were streaming H.264 only as plain MPEG4 would not have met our bandwidth restrictions without serious danger of massive dropouts. (A different story, not QuickTime's fault.)
With a Testbild (bars and tone) I actually didn't have a problem, even for prolonged periods. Maybe because the Testbild was came from the SONY betacam we used. Quality was nothing short of stunning. With the ultrasonic echo-scanner image locked I experienced problems with the upstream breaking after a few minutes. Maybe also because this stream was video only.
I'll try and experiment with UDP upstreaming if that helps with the disconnects.
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Greetings,
I have setup quicktime broadcaster and feel that I have everything running properly however when I try to connect to my broadcast via the internet I get an open quicktime window showing "waiting for media" with a count up to 8 then back to 0 before it shows "Timed out".
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How do I fix error code 401 - "unauthorized" I am taking an online class and the videos worked before, and now whenever I launch QuickTime, I get that error code.

I recently began taking an online class. We are required to watch multiple videos. I was able to watch the QuickTime videos before, but now whenever I launch the videos in QuickTime I get the Error code 401. My teacher does not know whats wrong, because I do have authorization to watch the videos, I am just not sure how to go about it.

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Quicktime Broadcaster won't let me broadcast

I have an iBook G3 running Mac OS 10.3.9 and I am getting video from the iSight camera fine but when I try to broadcast, I get this irritating audio squeal and "Broadcaster Error: Connection Failed (-5420)". What could be wrong?

I also occasionally get error 5420 but I think that was due to closed firewall ports. Right now I'm testing with the firewall disabled on my DSS server and am getting prompts for username and password. I have tried credentials for the server, for the broadcaster login, and the ones I set for DSS (set and reset) with no changes.
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Quicktime broadcaster won't work since upgrade to Tiger!

this is probably the worst experience i've had trying to get support from Apple. nothing remotely resembling my problem is anywhere in the knowledge base. here's the deal...
i used broadcaster every week prior to upgrade without any problems...NOW...i am unable to "enable video stream" since upgrading to Tiger. All I can broadcast is audio.
I EVEN have AppleCare support for my computer but Apple still won't help me!!!! I spent all day on this and need it to work TOMORROW MORNING! didn't expect any problems since it worked fine before.
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A disappointed customer who has used Apple Computers for 20+ years!

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Bad files out of QuickTime Broadcaster

I am using QuickTime Broadcaster (1.5.3, running on Mac OS X Server 10.6.8) to stream a monthly sales meeting to our employees. The stream is also saved for later viewing. It's this saved stream I'm having issues with.
The resulting QuickTime files are very difficult to deal with. QTB automatically closes a file when it gets to 2GB and starts a new one (a little more than four hours of stream, given my present settings). The first of these files will not end cleanly, but instead has a single frame repeated numerous times. Fortunately, QT Pro understands that the video actually ends at the place where these repeated frames begin, so that part is easy enough to edit out.
It's the subsequent files that have the bigger issue. There seems to be some kind of time code problem. When I try to stitch the files together in any app, including MPEG Streamclip, QuickTime Pro, or iMovie, things go haywire. For instance, if I copy the entirety of the second file to the clipboard in QT Pro, then paste it onto the end of the first file, QT Pro refuses to update the view in the viewer. Audio plays, but video doesn't. If I try to save this resulting file, I get "The movie contains an incorrect time value."
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Error -2015 (Invalid time value) occurs when the display time of the first or last frame of the movie (or of one of the movies that you are merging) is not correctly set.
See also: http://aeroquartet.com/movierepair/quicktime-errors
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You can also use Atom Inspector and edit the ctts table of the first trak.
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QuickTime X does not play QuickTime Broadcaster recordings

This is a post I'm leaving for other SL upgraders who come looking for information on why their QuickTIme Broadcaster .mov files and other QuickTime files such as .m4v for iPod that don't play on QuickTime X but do play on iTunes and QT 7.
I'm finding there are compatibility issues with QT X not playing files that were created with Apple utilities such as QT Pro and Broadcaster. This has happened with both iPod .m4v and Broadcaster .mov files. Sometimes you just get a plain black window with signature Apple rounded corners and other times you get that plus audio only. YMMV
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I have this very nice ptz analogue video conferencing camera... worth about $2000 to tell the truth. I would love to be able to use it with quicktime broadcaster. The problem is the video output is S-video, not fire wire. Does anyone know of some sort of hardware adapter or something that can take the S-video signal and output it in such a way that will trick quicktime broadcaster into thinking that there is a firewire video cam connected?
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I had thought of that but I am worried that i would shell out the money for one only to find out that Broadcaster doesn't recognize it. The documentation for Broadcaster claims that it requires a firewire camera. I am wondering if anyone has had any success or failure with this?
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http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/30/how-to-step-by-step-guide-to-recording-podcas ts-on-the-mac/
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Using Echo AudioFire4 with Quicktime Broadcaster

Just purchased an Echo AudioFire4 to use as the input source for Quicktime Broadcaster on my Mac mini server.
The AudioFire4 shows up just fine in the audio source drop down and if I use either of the front panel inputs, which are inputs 1 & 2 it works.
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I had thought of that but I am worried that i would shell out the money for one only to find out that Broadcaster doesn't recognize it. The documentation for Broadcaster claims that it requires a firewire camera. I am wondering if anyone has had any success or failure with this?
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When I select it as manual unicast I don't get any error message but any other computer inside my own network cannot see the broadcast on either the audio or video port. This brings another question. Why 2 ports and not just one? and, how do I setup both ports on the viewer QT?
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