When you launch the SD Wave application you will be asked to login (using your credentials):
1. Enter here your registered username address (e.g broadcaster@UniverseNetwork.com).
2. Enter here your account password.
Note: In order to use The SD Wave your account password cannot contain non-alphanumeric symbols, such as: ! , @ , # , $ , % , ^ , & , * , ( , ).
3. Check this box if you want the application to remember your username and password.
4. If you have forgotten your password, click this link to have re-send your credentials to your registered email address.
5. Click to log into the application.
Run SD Wave
The application will open as you can see in the following picture, where we will explain each detail.
Note: in order to enable your video source, it’s mandatory to check the send video box (no. 6 in picture below).
1. Here you can see the video feed.
2. Here you can see the volume graph bar.
3. Here is the volume bar. Drag the button to adjust the volume. The volume percentage is displayed on top of the volume bar. Click on the volume icon if you want to mute the volume.
4. Click here to view the Channel page. It will open in a tab window in your default browser.
5. Click here to select the channel you want to broadcast on.
6. Check the box to enable the video streaming.
7. Check the box to enable the audio streaming.
8. Check this box to re-size the video output. Insert the desired values in the boxes.
9. Check this box if you want to save the video broadcast in your computer. You can select the location of the saved file clicking the browse button.
10. Here you can view the status of the video streaming.
11. Here you can view the session timer.
12. Click here to start the broadcast.
Video settings
1. Click here to view and edit the video settings.
2. Click here to select one of the existing video sources connected to your computer.
3. You can select from the drop down list the format of the video your webcam supports.
4. Click on the drop-down to select the input video sizes for the selected camera.
5. Click here to select the frame rate.
6. Click here to select the bit rate – the higher the bit rate is – the better the video quality is. You need a strong internet connection if you want a high bit rate.
7. Check the radio button if you want to enable or disable the deinterlace button. The default value for a clear video streaming is NO.
Note: if your video input is not very clear the deinterlace button can be set to YES.
Audio settings
1. Click here to view and adjust the audio settings.
2. Click on the drop down list to choose the desired audio device.
3. Choose a mono or a stereo channel.
4. Click here to select the sample rate – how many audio signals you receive per second. The most common sample rate is 48000 – 48 kHz.
5. Click here to select the bit rate- the higher the bit rate is the better sound quality you have.
6. Check this box if you want to amplify the audio sound.
Advanced encoder settings
Here is how the advanced encoder settings window looks like:
Before starting to edit the advanced encoding settings, check the Video encoding properties page for more information.
Chat
If you click on the Chat button, the channel chat browser window will open and you can start a conversation with your viewers while live streaming:
Activate
In order to activate the broadcaster you need to follow some simple steps.
About
If you click on the About button you can see the details of the SD Wave broadcaster version:
