Stream World of Warcraft with Justin.tv

[abhorsenjay]

Hello everyone, I’m going to take a break from my usual Profession and Achievement guides, and talk about streaming live games on justin.tv. This guide is not for people who are not good at using computers, or those who are afraid of getting their hands dirty with some brief coding. You also need to have a fairly decent computer and internet connection in order for this to work. If you are using a wimpy acer computer you might as well close this guide right now. Without any further ado, let us begin.

Streaming

Streaming games on justin.tv means that other people from around the world can visit a url (which you will set up) and watch you play World of Warcraft, or any other game for that matter, live. This technique is incredibly lucrative if you wish to broadcast PvP matches, provide live commentaries on dungeons and raids, or just to show off your skills to your friends.

Step 1
Create a justin.tv account. Choose your account name carefully, as it will part of the url that you use to spread your videos.
Catgirlthunderbroadofcantebury: A bad name
AbhorsenJayWoWStream: A good name

Step 2
Get some software. Download and install Adobe Flash Media Encoder 2.5. Do NOT use 3.x as it is significantly slower (sometimes more than 400%) than FME 2.5. Once you are done installing, do not run FME, instead, download and install VHScrCap.

Step 3
Now it is time to set up VHScrCap. Run:

Start Menu\Hmelyoff\VHScrCap\Config.exe

Select “Create new one”. Click settings, change your frame rate to 30, and ensure that only Align Video, Show Mouse, and Show Clicks are checked off. Click the Capture tab, do not click any boxes. Click select, and drag the cursor to your World of Warcraft window. You will probably see a red outline.

Step 4
Create a batch file for FME. Create a new folder, I like to have mine in the C drive, and call it whatever you like. For instance:

Create c:\fme

Once this is done, create a new text document in notepad, and insert the following:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5\FMEcmd.exe” c:\fme\justin.xml

Save this in your FME folder as justin.bat. If the path to FMEcmd.exe is incorrect, change the document as needed.

Step 5
Now we need to get the initial XML. Run Flash Media Encoder 2.5 and select the sound capture device that you wish to use, for instance, select Stereo Mix. Select “Save Profile” and save your xml document wherever you like. Open up that file and locate the following line:

<Device>Line In (Realtek High Definitio</device>

It should be noted that the name of the audio device will most likely be different based on what you have selected. Copy and paste this line into a new document and save it. You may now close the xml profile as well as the FME graphic interface.

Step 6
Create a new notepad file in your original FME folder, call it justin.xml and fill it with the following text:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<flashmediaencoder_profile>
    <preset>
        <name>Custom</name>
        <description></description>
    </preset>
    <capture>
        <video>
        <device>VHScrCap</device>
        <crossbar_input>0</crossbar_input>
        <frame_rate>60</frame_rate>
        <size>
            <width>1920</width>
            <height>1080</height>
        </size>
        </video>
        <audio>
        <device>Line In (Realtek High Definitio</device>
        <crossbar_input>0</crossbar_input>
        <sample_rate>44100</sample_rate>
        <channels>2</channels>
        <input_volume>75</input_volume>
        </audio>
    </capture>
    <process>
        <video>
        <crop>
            <left>0</left>
            <top>0</top>
            <right>0</right>
            <bottom>3</bottom>
        </crop>

        </video>
    </process>
    <encode>
        <video>
        <format>VP6</format>
        <datarate>1000</datarate>
        <advanced>
            <keyframe_frequency>5 seconds</keyframe_frequency>
            <quality>Avg Quality - Great Framerate</quality>
            <noise_reduction>None</noise_reduction>
            <datarate_window>Medium</datarate_window>
            <cpu_usage>Dedicated</cpu_usage>
        </advanced>
        </video>
        <audio>
        <format>Mp3</format>
        <datarate>128</datarate>
        </audio>
    </encode>
    <restartinterval>
        <days></days>
        <hours></hours>
        <minutes></minutes>
    </restartinterval>
    <reconnectinterval>
        <attempts></attempts>
        <interval></interval>
    </reconnectinterval>
    <output>
        <rtmp>
        <url>rtmp://live.justin.tv/app</url>
        <backup_url></backup_url>
        <stream>YOURJTVFMESTREAMID</stream>
        </rtmp>
    </output>
    <metadata>
        <entry>
        <key>author</key>
        <value></value>
        </entry>
        <entry>
        <key>copyright</key>
        <value></value>
        </entry>
        <entry>
        <key>description</key>
        <value></value>
        </entry>
        <entry>
        <key>keywords</key>
        <value></value>
        </entry>
        <entry>
        <key>rating</key>
        <value></value>
        </entry>
        <entry>
        <key>title</key>
        <value></value>
        </entry>
    </metadata>
    <preview>
        <audio></audio>
    </preview>
    <log>
        <level>100</level>
        <directory>C:\fme\</directory>
    </log>
</flashmediaencoder_profile>

Edit your Width and Height, and make sure to cut/paste in the audio device you had saved in the last step. Next, you need to find and insert your stream ID. To find this, log in to JTV and then click here. Go down to “other”, and select Stream Key: Show. Keep this safe, this is essentially your password. Go down to save options and select UNICODE. This is critical, your program will not run if you do not save it in Unicode. If later, when you run your justin.bat, the window flashes open for half a second and closes, it is because you did not save this in Unicode.

Step 7
It’s time to set your bitrate, open up your justin.xml file and locate the following line

<datarate>1000</datarate>

1000 kbps is enough for a stream of decent quality, however, if your internet connection upload speed can accommodate it, change the number to 1500 or higher. Keep in mind that whatever datarate you set, your viewers will need a data stream rate to match it.

Step 8
To start streaming, simply run the justin.bat file and it should pop up a black window that displays some miscellaneous stats.


EXTRA INFO (from Exact way to stream with FME to JTV - READ HERE - Multiboxing in World of Warcraft and Beyond!)

Lindline added an awesome note to automatically make FME be "high" in its CPU priority, increasing your FPS output of streaming.

Modify your FME.bat to include this if you have a hyperthread quad-core CPU such as the i7.

Code:
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5"
start /affinity 80 /high FMEcmd.exe /p c:\fme\console.xml

Modify your FME.bat to include this if you have an quad-core CPU.

Code:
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5"
start /affinity 8 /high FMEcmd.exe /p c:\fme\console.xml

Modify your FME.bat to include this if you have an dual core CPU.

Code:
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5"
start /affinity 2 /high FMEcmd.exe /p c:\fme\console.xml

Modify your FME.bat to include this if you have any random CPU

Code:
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5"
start /high FMEcmd.exe /p c:\fme\console.xml

If you don't want to worry about showing your stream ID when you launch the .bat file, create another batch file. You will run this file whenever you want to start streaming. Inside of it, type this

Code:
start /min justin.bat (or whatever your batch file is called)

Source: Exact way to stream with FME to JTV - READ HERE - Multiboxing in World of Warcraft and Beyond!,

Note, just about every single question that could possibly be asked has already been asked in the aforementioned thread. If something doesn't work, please direct yourself to the comments section of that website.

[Omgwtfowned]

woah. Nice Guide +3 rep well deserved.

[Zoidberg]

Even though it's not yours, thanks for the share.
+5 from me.

[abhorsenjay]

Thanks all. It should also be noted that if you can't do this, for whatever reason. Webcam Max is a good alternative.

[m222109]

What would be the diff. from doing this and using xfire, is this way more or less taxing. Anyway rep from me :P

[Multitask]

TLDR: Procaster, Free Live Streaming Video Software, Stream Webcast, Webinars, Vlogs

[abhorsenjay]

TLDR: Procaster, Free Live Streaming Video Software, Stream Webcast, Webinars, Vlogs

Maybe you misread. The title of the thread was:

How to Stream World of Warcraft with Justin.tv

There are many ways to stream. This is one of them. Take your attitude elsewhere.


edit: Also procaster sucks

[Devotii]

i saved it as UNICODE but it still flashes up and closes when i run the bat file, any ideas?

[abhorsenjay]

i saved it as UNICODE but it still flashes up and closes when i run the bat file, any ideas?

I can't be 100% sure without seeing the files, but in my research the only time that the screen flashes and disappears is when it is not saved in unicode. Try using Notepad++

[Shodokan]

I've always had problems with FME, it never recognizes anything other than my microphones as sound devices... i've searched high and low and have yet to find a solution.

[abhorsenjay]

I've always had problems with FME, it never recognizes anything other than my microphones as sound devices... i've searched high and low and have yet to find a solution.

Well here is a really good guide by RootDestiny, maybe it can clear things up

[Shodokan]

I found something that effects my FPS less than running vhscap + FME

Xsplit... and it is amazing. Even overlay images on your screen for sponsorship etc. (keep in mind i run 5 clients on high settings at once)

[abhorsenjay]

I found something that effects my FPS less than running vhscap + FME

Xsplit... and it is amazing. Even overlay images on your screen for sponsorship etc. (keep in mind i run 5 clients on high settings at once)

Hmm interesting, I'll have to check it out.