How to embed live-streaming video on a podcast website – TAP045

Once you have your podcasting gear setup, it's time to pick your live-streaming service and embed it on your website!

Make sure that you've listened to previous episodes in our live-streaming series.

• 5 Reasons, 4 Cautions
• How to Live-Stream Yourself While Podcasting
• How to Live-Stream and Record a Podcast with Others

Pick a live-streaming service

The follow is a list of the most-popular and some not-so-popular services for live-streaming video and audio.

If you have trouble with any of these in OS X Lion, then you have to add an “Allow” rule to Flash Player. Even after that, I still couldn't get some of them to work, so your results may vary.

Video

1. Ustream.tv—The most popular, no customization controls for embed, optional chat room
2. Justin.tv—Unobtrusive ads, low-quality sound
3. Livestream.com—iframe embed for future mobile-friendliness
4. Stickam.com—Customization controls for embed
5. TinyChat.tv—very little customization, forces using their chat room
6. Blogtv.com
7. Vokle.com
8. Bambuser.com—streaming to Facebook, too
9. freedocast.com

Audio

1. Mixlr
2. BlogTalkRadio—must schedule your shows, low-quality audio for free

What do you think of these services? Have you used them as a live-streamer or as an attendee? Please share your reviews, or suggestions of other services to consider.

Embed the player on your site

I highly recommend that you have your own live page on your own website. Follow these instructions to make that with WordPress and embed your own player.

1. Login to your WordPress admin with yourpodcast.com/wp-admin/
   
2. Go to Pages > Add New.