NaSTA/SRA Streaming Platform

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** The streaming platform was retired in Summer 2017 ** Jisc currently provides a Wowza-based flash streaming platform to the Student Television community, free of charge. Each of the 42 currently affiliated NaSTA stations has an account available to them on the platform. The servers have the capacity to reach up to 3000 viewers in HD (5000 in standard definition). At the moment, the servers are being rolled out to the members of the SRA. this is ongoing and will be a useful tool for student media. The streaming platform is based on the Janet Network, but is maintained by Streaming Wizard on Jisc's behalf. Please use the group to discuss the service, and be kept up to date with developments. Contact: NaSTA - For all technical queries or issues, please contact the NaSTA exec (technical@nasta.tv) who will pass it on to StreamingWizard. Due to load balancing issues, please let us know if you have reason to believe that your broadcast is likely to be watched by more than 1500HD viewers (or 2500 SD), by getting in touch with the NaSTA exec. To book the use of the Jisc Streaming Servers, please follow this link and log in using your server credentials - http://www.supersaas.co.uk/schedule/login/janetserver/Bookings If you have any further queries please get in touch with Emma.Smith@jisc.ac.uk

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Emma Smith

Kieran Campbell

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Frequently Asked Questions

Sam Jones

16 June 2014 at 2:25pm

Which port/s need to be open for streaming to the Janet servers?

Port 80 is the standard port that is used for streaming live with the Janet servers, ensure that this is open and it should work correctly.

What Bandwidth is required to stream live on the internet?

This all depends on the stream type that you are using. Standard definition video could have anything ranging from 200kbps to 2Mbps. High definition could range from 1Mbps to 10Mbps. Its all dependant on your upload speed available to you. to test this, use speedtest.net to check the network connection speed. Once this is done, you can then judge how much bandwidth to use for the stream.

How many viewers are available on the Janet servers?

If streaming a HD video at 1Mbps, the servers will allow for 3,000 viewers at one given time. For example, if one stream was pushed at 2Mbps, then a maximum of 1,500 viewers can connect to the servers.

Is it easy to use the Janet servers?

Once you have created the stream name and player on nasta.streamingwizard.com it is easy to connect with software such as Flash Media Live Encoder. (please see walkthrough/connection guide)

How to use the Janet servers?

To use streaming wizard, you will need a username and password that is created by Janet. If you have forgotten your log in details then please email sam.jones@ja.net or emma.smith@ja.net. This is then used to log onto the site nasta.streamingwizard.com where you will create the stream details, such as player size (1920x1080 for example) and the stream name. That is all that is needed to use streaming wizards site.

Can i book use of the servers?

To book use of the servers, if you have a streaming wizard log in, go to;

http://www.supersaas.com/schedule/login/nastaserver/Bookings

To book log in and create an event on the date that you intend to use over the time period you wish to use it. If you can not log in please email the nasta technical officer or exec@nasta.tv