We are live streaming the eggs and the hatching process!
For the technically inclined here is how I set it up:
(last year's specs were slightly different)
- MacBookPro "mid 2012"
- 2.5 GHz Intel i5
- 8 GB 1600 MHZ DDR3
- OSX 10.9.5
- these are old, stripped down, refurbished systems
- former teacher machines
- battered and bruised
- essentially solely running the encoder
- Used my lab's YouTube channel to set up a Live Event
- I did not use Google Hangouts because they have an 8 hour stream limit and we were looking for a 7-10 day continuous, 24/7 stream
- Installed Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
- required for YouTube Live Events not using Hangouts - allows for 24/7 feeds
- Set up my stream specifics
- YouTube walks you through it
- Preview the feed
- Started streaming
- Emailed links to teachers to share with parents & posted feeds on lab blog
A couple a quirks: