Live NASA TV/Camera Audio/Video Links

[rdale]

I think they are pretty comfortable with the HD stream on UStream now anyways. Looks pretty durn good...

[Mapperuo]

I think they are pretty comfortable with the HD stream on UStream now anyways. Looks pretty durn good...

I like it, Only flaw if I had to pick one, Is it pixelates often with fast movement. Maybe a better VBR setup is required. *shrug*

[John44]

Flash Public Channel - Lower bitrate than the HD ustream (16:9)
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/public_flash.html

Flash Media Channel (4:3)
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/media_flash.html

Flash Education Channel (4:3)
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/edu_flash.html

[Ronsmytheiii]

After talking to the ULA webmaster it seems that they have discontinued their use of Windows media, and as a result VLC is no longer a viable tool for EELV coverage (and wanst really good for SPaceX feed) In fact it seems the entire industry is moving over to flash so really need to find a new program. I do use camtasia to do screen recordings and timelaspes which work well, but the real need is for a rapid screenshot program.  I set up VLC to save to a particular directory and to take a shot when i push the space bar, so I can quickly get many screen shots especially during the first moments of launch, but things like printscreen or the snip tool just arent as effective. ANyone have advise for a good program to make up for that?

[DJ Barney]

Even flash (which is just an embedded player) has to get a feed from somewhere ... probably of flv video, the same format that youtube uses and other flash players. VLC should be able to play the flv format so it's just a question of finding the feed source as many addons do in Firefox so the addon can download flash videos.

[Mapperuo]

Ustream HD feed is far lower quality today.

EDIT: Back to it's usual sharpness now. *phew!*

[DaveS]

Ustream HD feed is far lower quality today.

EDIT: Back to it's usual sharpness now. *phew!*

And it's back looking a like a SD feed with with a NASA HD logo slapped onto it.

[rdale]

Educational documentaries from the 90's are probably not going to be in true HD

[DaveS]

Educational documentaries from the 90's are probably not going to be in true HD

Maybe so, but what about the the logo? It's all blurry and low-res. Not exactly HD quality.

[rdale]

They are re-airing the presser now, when I first loaded up it was a little blurry but within 10 seconds it went crystal clear (probably adjusting for my speed.) Might check that?

[Mapperuo]

Easiest way of telling is the NASA HD Logo (It should be crystal sharp), I really hope they haven't added a speed checker. Spacevidcast had one and it kept flicking between SD and HD even though I could play HD just fine.

[rdale]

The android feed is fixed, and they added a flash player for v2.2 or later and it's a beautiful HD feed!

[Space Pete]

Since the NASA TV webpage still links to the poorly cropped 700kbps Windows NTV stream, here are links to all available Yahoo Windows NTV streams:

150kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368161

300kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368162

500kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368570

1200kbps: http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163

[Chris Bergin]

The 500K stream's looking stable so far.

[Bruce]

can we rely on the ustream HD feed during STS-135 ? I usually need to use the 500K SD stream, but would really like HD for this last launch.

link to NASA TV schedule for STS-135