awesome demonstration. It raises 2 questions for me. 1) Are the overlays available when being used as a decoder? 2) is there a countdown timer overlay anywhere?
1. I haven't used it as a decoder so I don't know. I only used as an encoder for streaming. 2. I need to double check this but I don't remember seeing a counter overlay object. It might be worth asking their support line for a feature request to develop a counter since the company seems to be receptive to new ideas and might potentially develop them since in this case it is a software feature which they can develop and include it with a software update (the same way they did with the scoreboard).
@@RadCameraMan I received my Zowiebox a few days ago. My main use is as a decoder for srt streams. I can confirm that the overlays are not available in decoder mode. I can also tell you there is no countdown. I like the idea of requesting a feature. Where can I find that support line you mentioned?
I haven't used NDI on this device so I can't provide any useful information but try contacting their customer support line which should be on their website to get some help.
There are 2 versions of the boxes "New Gen ZowieBox and ZowieBox" the New Gen is supposed to have better hardware and costs about 30 dollars more, I assume you did show the older Version ?
To my knowledge there is only one version of this device. Nevertheless, you can see the model name and part number in the video when I held up the sticker label details. So you should be able to verify which one it is. I don't know about the old one but this is the link to the one which I have: amzn.to/4aHDkfp Please let me know how I can check?
if the electricity shut down, and you reconnect the box, does it stream again automatically on youtube (rtmp), or, do you have to resart the stream on the box ? thank you
I checked this today and to my surprise if the electricity shut down, and you reconnect the box, it does stream again automatically on youtube (rtmp), so there is no need to restart the stream on the box. I think this is good because if you are powering it with a power bank and change the power bank then the streaming restarts automatically without having to connect to the device with a computer. In fact if you don't change your stream key on youtube then you never need to access the device again (after setting it up the first time) to start live streaming, it becomes plug and play to start the live-streaming. Keep in mind that there are two toggles on the RU-vid Live Stream interface for "Enable auto-start" and "Enable auto-stop" so make sure that "Enable auto-stop" settings on RU-vid is set to off if you don't want your stream to automatically stop when the box is disconnected temporarily. Out of curiosity, how do you intend to use this encoder?
I will check this and get back to you. The reason I didn't test this is because I record directly on the camera and use the HDMI output from the camera into the ZowieBox for live streaming hence I didn't bother looking into this feature.
Has anybody had any luck streaming to facebook from the ZowieBox via RTMPS? I can't get it working. When I enable logging I see a connection error in the logs.
I have used it to stream with RTMP to RU-vid. Can you please let me know what your configurations are and what is the connection error message that you see?
Good evening Does it also work as a decoder? If I connect a PC to the network and the program with NDI test pattern type . connect a monitor to the HDMI out output, can I see and hear the test patterns on the monitor? thahnks a lot
Yes, it works as a decoder although I haven't tested that particular scenario but it has decoder functionality and you can choose whether to use it in encoder or decoder mode. I have only used it as an encoder for streaming HDMI input to the internet using RTMP.
@@Sharif_FUNCOLOGY I think you need to access NDI via the Ethernet port as opposed to HDMI. So you need to connect the Zowiebox to an Ethernet cable then access its NDI functions that way.
