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LiveShell 2

3-2. Device LCD guide

 

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Battery
Battery level display. A plug icon appears when an AC adapter is used.
Wi-Fi or LAN
Wi-Fi reception status. An Ethernet icon appears when and Ethernet.
Broadcasting status
Displays: LIVE, PAUSED, STOPPED, OFFLINE.
Recording status
Displays: “●” during a recording and “○” when streaming has stopped.
Status bar 1
While LiveShell 2 is online, displays the video image input, input resolution and the number of viewers. (The number of viewers is displayed only with Ustream.)
Status bar 2 (press the bottom right button to cycle through status bar 2 displays)
While LiveShell 2 is online:
  • 1. Bit rate of current broadcast and streaming quality*.
    ※Streaming quality is shown as “Custom” when that option is selected in Dashboard.  When using the preset options, the internet speed streaming mode will be described as below.

    over 2000kbps – 720p FTTH
    over 800kbps – 480p ADSL
    over 500kbps – 360p 3GHi
    over 300kbps – 216p 3GLo
    still mode St
    moving mode Mv

    ex.”over 2000kbps” and “still mode” will be shown as “FTTH/St”.

  • 2. HDMI volume, sound boost value
  • 3. Peak meter (6dB scale)
  • 5. Channel title with Ustream, application name with other services
  • 6. Page URL/RTSP URL
  • 7. Firmware revision, device ID

While OFFLINE

  • 1 (default). s.cerevo.com
  • 2. Firmware revision, device ID
  • 3. Ethernet MAC address

3-3. Status LED

The status LED on the front of the LiveShell 2 indicates the broadcasting status by changing color and frequency.

While the power is off:

Red light:
The AC adapter is connected and charging.
Red light –> Off
The battery starts and finishes charging.
Continued red blinking at intervals of 1 second
The AC adapter is connected, but the LiveShell 2 is not charging because of a battery error.

While the power is on:

Stuck queues are under 32
Blue light.
Stuck queues are 33 – 64 during broadcasting
Green light.
Stuck queues are 64 – 128 during broadcasting
Yellow blinking light at intervals of 1 second.
Stuck queues are 128 – 192 during broadcasting
Red blinking light at intervals of 1 second.
Stuck queues are over 192 during broadcasting
Red blinking light at intervals of 0.5 seconds.
Wi-Fi adapter or the ethernet cable has been detached during broadcasting
Red blinking light at intervals of 0.25 seconds.
LiveShell’s display says “Reconnecting”
Red blinking at intervals of 0.25 seconds.
Very low battery
Yellow blinking light at intervals of 0.25 seconds.

4-1. Dashboard operation

Top of Broadcast Screen

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Mute: Turns off audio while video continues to broadcast.
Video off: Turns the video off while captions continues to broadcast.
Lock device: Locks the control buttons on the LiveShell 2 unit.

Right Menu

Mail address
Registered Dashboard mail address.
Device ID
When two or more LiveShell or LiveShell 2 devices are connected, each device can be selected.
CUSTOM
Click this button to adjust advanced audio and video settings.
Please note the custom settings screen is designed for users experienced with online streaming terminolgy.
SOCIAL STREAM
Opens a pop-up chat window during streaming. (Ustream only)
STOP LIVE / START LIVE
Toggle Broadcasting between Stop and Start.
PAUSE / START
Toggle Broadcasting between Pause and Start.
START REC / STOP REC
Toggle recording between Start and Stop. (Ustream only)

Basic Tab

Network
This setting affects broadcasting video quality, and can be adjusted based on the internet connection speed.
Object
The default setting is “Still.” When broadcasting video with high motion content such as sports, please select the “moving” setting.
Aspect ratio
Adjust the video aspect ratio manually if automatic detection doesn’t work.

Volume Tab

Control audio output.

Aspect Tab

Adjust the video aspect ratio manually if automatic detection doesn’t work.

Caption Tab

See the Caption / pause image page.

4-1-1. Caption/pause image

Caption Tab

Create a new text caption

  1. Input desired text in thhe “Caption text” text box.
  2. Select text size, font type, text color, and background color.
  3. Click one of the gray boxes near “position” to place the caption in the desired position. A preview will be shown on the left of the screen.
  4. Click “Send” to insert the caption into the broadcast video.
    Click “Save” to save the created caption without inserting.
Create new image caption
  1. Click the “Image” button at the top of the tab.
  2. Click “Choose file” and select the desired image.
    * Uploaded file size limit is 1MB, .jpg, .png, and .gif images can be displayed. Transparent images will not be displayed.
  3. A preview will been shown, the image can be adjusted by dragging to the desired position.
  4. Click “Send” to insert the image into the broadcast video.
    Click “Save” to upload and save the image without inserting.

Using saved captions

  1. Click the “Image” button at the top of the tab.
  2. Browse through the saved images by clicking the “Prev” and “Next” buttons at the bottom of the thumbnails.
  3. Select the desired thumbnail and a preview will been shown on the left of the screen.
  4. Adjust the position of the image  as previously explained.
  5. Click “Send” to insert the image into the broadcasting video.  Note that if a image has already been inserted, this will replace the existing image.
  6. Click “Save” to save the position of the image without inserting.  Up to 32 images can be saved at a time.  If more than 32 captions are uploaded, newer images will replace older images.

Protect favorite images

  1. Click white star on upper left of the thumbnail.
  2. The star will then be turn yellow.
  3. Click “Show stars only” in order to display a list of favourited images.
    * A total of 16 stars can be allotted to caption and pause images.
    * Starred captions/images will not be deleted even if more than 32 captions/images have been saved.

Set pause image

You can set an image that will be displayed when broadcasting is paused or set to “video off.”

  1. Click the “Pause image” button at the top of the tab.
  2. Click “Choose file,” and select the image to be used while pausing.
  3. Click “Send” to set the pause image.
  4. To remove the pause image, click the “Remove pause on video” button.

4-2. Unit Operation by control button

While the LiveShell 2 is offline, unit screen will display the following:
*If the unit is online, only [Broadcasting] section is able to change the values.

Network

Ethernet

  • Address Type
    • DHCP
    • Static Address
      • Address
      • Gateway
      • Netmask
      • DNS

Wi-Fi#1, Wi-Fi#2, …

  • Displays the information for the registered wireless LAN access point.
    Wireless LAN setting priorities are in numerical order.
    These settings can be removed individually or re-ordered in priority.
  • ESSID
    • Enter manually / Scan
  • Password
    • (enter manually)
  • Cipher Type
    • No Encryption / WEP / WPA/WPA2
  • Address Type
    • DHCP
    • Static Address
      • Address
      • Gateway
      • Netmask
      • DNS
  • Prioritize
    • Select this menu, and this Wi-Fi setting is set as Wi-Fi #1
  • Remove
    • Be careful that Wi-Fi settings will delete if you select this menu without confirmation

Wi-Fi New

  • ESSID
    • Enter manually / Scan

  • password
    • (enter manually)
  • Cipher type
    • No encryption / WEP / WPA/WPA2
  • Address type
    • DHCP
    • Static Address
      • Address
      • Gateway
      • Netmask
      • DNS

USB modem New(If there is no modem settings) / USB modem

  • APN
    • (enter manually)
  • User name
    • (enter manually)
  • Password
    • (enter manually)
  • Remove (this section is only show you alredy set modem)
    • Be careful that modem settings will delete if you select this menu without confirmation

Wi-Fi MAC address

  • MAC address value of Wi-Fi adapter / Failed to get

Broadcasting

Quality

  • Preset
    • Network type
      • 3G Low / 3G High / ADSL / FTTH
    • Object type
      • Still / Moving
  • Customized
    • Frame Rate
      • 1 to 30(variable)
    • Line Number(Vertical resolution)
      • 128 to 720(variable)
    • Video Kbps
      • 32 to 10K(10000Kbps)
    • H.264 Profile
      • High / Baseline / Main
    • Min quantizer
      • 0 to 51(variable)
    • Rate Control
      • Framerate Vary / Quality Vary
    • IDR frame interval
      • Default(1sec), 1 to 300frame(variable)
    • Channel
      • Stereo / Monaural
    • Audio kbps
      • 16 to 255(variable)
    • Queue length
      • 0.004(1 in Dashboard) – 15.625(4000 in Dashboard)(variable)

Recording

  • Record / Not record

Video

  • Aspect Ratio
    • Automatic / 4:3 / 16:9 / 4:3(Side-Cut) / 16:9(L-Box) / Manual
  • Overscan Rate
    • valiable number
  • A/V Sync
    • 0 to 1023(variable)
  • Stop Video
    • Do not stop / Stop

Mute

  • No Mute / Mute

After Online

  • Auto Broadcast / Stay Stopped / Auto Pause

Automatic Boot

  • OFF / ON

Language

  • 日本語 / English

Initialize

  • No / Yes

5-1. Add network

Add/change network connection

Settings

  1. Click the “Settings” link on the top right of Dashboard.
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  2. Select the “Add network” tab.
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  3. If you are adding a Wi-Fi network, click [Wireless(Wi-Fi)] from the left menu, enter the new ESSID and passphrase and click the [OK] button.
  4. If you are adding a static IP Ethernet network, click [Ethernet(Fixed IP)] from the left menu, enter the new Ethernet network information and click the [OK] button.
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  5. If you are adding a new DHCP ethernet network, click [Ethernet(DHCP)] from the left menu and the click [OK] button. If you have previously added a static IP Ethernet connection it will be deleted.
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  6. Connect the cables as shown, and press the play button.
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  7. If [LIVE] is displayed on the device LCD screen, the new connection has been added successfully.

Note : Adding Ethernet network connection (DHCP)

If the new network being added can acquire the IP address through a DHCP server, a new configuration does not need to be added.

* Once the Ethernet cable is connected, the LiveShell 2 can be used.
* If the LiveShell is configured with a static IP address, the configuration should be changed to allow for a DHCP enabled network.

Note : Adding Wi-Fi networks

The most recently saved network is assigned the lowest number on the list (Wi-Fi No.). If the LiveShell 2 discovers multiple wireless APs, it will use the most recently added network.

  • The 10 most recent networks can be stored at any given time.

The LiveShell cannot discover a stealth ESSID wireless AP, if one is being used, the access point will need to be reconfigured.

5-2. Ustream account settings

To change saved Ustream account settings.

  1. Click “Settings” on the top right of Dashboard.
  2. Click “Edit Account.”
  3. Enter new account information for Ustream and click “Get Channel.”
  4. Select a channel for broadcasting.
    * If the device is already using a channel, selecting another channel may cause errors.
  5. Click “Save and set as default.”
  6. Dashboard will state “Saved and LiveShell will broadcast to this service next time.” when the Ustream account settings have been changed successfully.

5-3. Ustream channel settings

To change Ustream live streaming channels.

  1. Click “Settings” on the top right of Dashboard.
  2. Click “Edit Channel.”
  3. Select a new broadcasting channel.
    * If the device is already using a channel, selecting another channel may cause errors.
  4. Click “Save and set as default.”
  5. A message will read “Saved and LiveShell will broadcast to this service next time.” after successfully updating the broadcast channel.