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pba  
#1 Posted : Sunday, July 31, 2016 8:42:01 AM(UTC)
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First of all, please apologise me for my English.
Some weeks ago we have done a several Facebook live stream. We are sent out 720p25 signal at 2.5Mbit/sec. As I see well the Facebook Live ingest server transcode the ingested signal, but the transcoding quality is really poor in my opinion.

The question is: is there any format or workaround to disable Facebook live transcoding? For example ingest lower resolution, bitrate, anything. The transcoding is alwasy lower quality, the best usecase if I encode from the base video signal.

Guys, do you have any ideas for this? Thanks!
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#2 Posted : Sunday, July 31, 2016 10:37:33 AM(UTC)
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I came across the same problem and would also like to know a workaround or something that helps me achieve a better Facebook Live video quality.

Do I have to be a premium Facebook partner or something to get better quality? (if that even exists)
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#3 Posted : Sunday, July 31, 2016 4:07:22 PM(UTC)
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So, i'll just come out and say it, Facebook Live is utter garbage. Really shouldn't be used for anything more than basic bloggy types videos. We took a quick peek at the technology ourselves and decided it was too bad to risk splitting our viewer base to another service that isn't on par with the others.
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#4 Posted : Monday, August 1, 2016 8:46:00 AM(UTC)
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I think the Facebook Live actually in beta stage. Our clients want to use it, so we can't ignore this request. We can do only one thing: trying to create better and better FB Live streams. That's why I opened this thread. Good to know other guys experience. :)
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AElli  
#5 Posted : Monday, August 1, 2016 11:08:37 AM(UTC)
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I gotta agree FB isn't the best for video but most companies have a FB page and if the're looking to promote that's normally where you'll find them. I think anyone in the business of offering live streaming services will need to get acquainted with FB soonner than later..

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#6 Posted : Monday, August 1, 2016 12:29:56 PM(UTC)
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AElli wrote:
I gotta agree FB isn't the best for video but most companies have a FB page and if the're looking to promote that's normally where you'll find them. I think anyone in the business of offering live streaming services will need to get acquainted with FB soonner than later..

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For my company it meant a boost of + 100% in sales. Especialy big brands with large Facebook fanbases really want this. For one of the biggest companies in my country, i could give them the best organic reach and engagement ever since the start of their Facebookpage with 1 Facebook live session.

After the video has been livestreamed, you can always put a videofile on a youtube channel. Unless the video goes viral, the long tail of Facebook video is worthless anyway.
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2016 6:00:50 PM(UTC)
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Any solution to that anyone?
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pba  
#8 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:53:33 AM(UTC)
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Unfortunately no - in my end...
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#9 Posted : Friday, September 30, 2016 6:02:04 PM(UTC)
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Maybe anyone knows how to make facebook live screen bigger? I saw that in several other facebook lives, their live window was much bigger and facebook copyrights wasn't blocking their live, any ideas how to make that with vmix?
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