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From: Maxim Devaev <mdevaev@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:18:07 +0300
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+## Streaming to third party services
+
+This method provides the ability of streaming a USB Webcam and include audio to large audiences.
+It uses to two machines. One is a Raspberry Pi and the other a more capable machine to performance
+the encoding of the video and audio that is streamed to the third party service such as YouTube.
+
+Another benefit of using a browser (http stream) is the video can have overlays add in the custom ustreamer webpage.
+For example a cron process that retrieves weather information and updates a file to include on the page, announcements,
+or other creative ideas. The audio stream can also be something other than the webcam mic (music, voice files, etc.)
+and easily changed on the second machine setup. In the following example filtering is applied in ffmpeg to
+improve the sound of the webcam mic making vocals clearer and more intelligible.
+
+* Machine 1:
+    * USB webcam on the machine (Pi for example) running ustreamer (video) and VLC (audio). Remember to make any needed firewall changes if machine 2 is on a separate network so it can reach the ports for the video and audio.
+    * To stream audio from the Pi.
+        ```
+        /usr/bin/vlc -I dummy -vvv alsa://hw:2,0 --sout #transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=:[PickAPort}
+        ```
+
+* Machine 2:
+    * On a more capable box run the video stream in a browser using ffmpeg to combine the video (browser) and audio and stream to YouTube or other services. In this example a VM with two virtual monitors running the browser full screen one of the monitors is used.
+
+Script to stream the combination to YouTube:
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+KEY=$1
+echo
+echo Cleanup -------------------------------------------------
+source live-yt.key
+killall -9 ffmpeg
+killall -9 chromium
+sleep 3
+
+echo Setup General--------------------------------------------
+cd /home/[USER]
+rm -f nohup.out
+export DISPLAY=:0.0
+export $(dbus-launch)
+
+echo Setup Chromium-------------------------------------------
+CHROMIUM_TEMP=/home/{USER]/tmp/chromium
+rm -rf $CHROMIUM_TEMP.bak
+mv $CHROMIUM_TEMP $CHROMIUM_TEMP.bak
+mkdir -p $CHROMIUM_TEMP
+
+echo Start Chromium ------------------------------------------
+nohup /usr/lib/chromium/chromium \
+    --new-window "http://[ustreamerURL]" \
+    --start-fullscreen \
+    --disable \
+    --disable-translate \
+    --disable-infobars \
+    --disable-suggestions-service \
+    --disable-save-password-bubble \
+    --disable-new-tab-first-run \
+    --disable-session-crashed-bubble \
+    --disable-bundled-ppapi-flash  \
+    --disable-gpu \
+    --enable-javascript \
+    --enable-user-scripts \
+    --disk-cache-dir=$CHROMIUM_TEMP/cache/ustreamer/ \
+    --user-data-dir=$CHROMIUM_TEMP/user_data/ustreamer/ \
+    --window-position=1440,12 \
+     >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+sleep 5
+
+echo Start FFMpeg---------------------------------------------
+nohup /usr/bin/ffmpeg \
+    -loglevel level+warning \
+    -thread_queue_size 512 \
+    -framerate 30 \
+    -f x11grab \
+    -s 1920x1080 \
+    -probesize 42M \
+    -i :0.0+1024,0 \
+    -i http://[VLCaudioURL] \
+    -filter:a "volume=10, highpass=f=300, lowpass=f=2800" \
+    -c:v libx264 \
+    -pix_fmt yuv420p \
+    -g 60 \
+    -b:v 2500k \
+    -c:a libmp3lame \
+    -ar 44100 \
+    -b:a 32k \
+    -preset ultrafast \
+    -maxrate 5000k \
+    -bufsize 2500k \
+    -preset ultrafast \
+    -flvflags no_duration_filesize  \
+    -f flv "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/$KEY" \
+     >/home/{USER]/ff-audio.log 2>&1 &
+
+echo Done ----------------------------------------------------
+echo
+```
+
+*PS: Recipe by David Klippel*