getting ustream working on eeebuntu
I recently reinstalled my eeepc with Eeebuntu 3.0 and came across a very annoying problem.
When you try and set up a show at ustream.tv, you would normally wait ’till the flash video software loads, right click, choose “settings” and allow the site in question to have access to your camera and microphone. Only when I tried this the “settings” option was greyed out. I have not quite worked out why it is greyed out yet but have a workaround that will allow you to get the video working.
First of all you need to go to the following site in the browser on the computer you have Eeebuntu installed on:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager06.html
Once there a settings manager box will appear at the top right hand corner of the page. This is not an image, it is the actual Flash settings for the browser you are using.
Add the necessary sites for ustream to work (ustream.tv, www.ustream.tv and cdn1.ustream.tv). The image below does not contain cdn1.ustream.tv as this post was written on my mac which hasn’t been used to broadcast using ustream.tv yet but it should show up in your window if you have tried to broadcast at all.
Now make sure that all three sites are set to “always allow”. Close the browser, reopen it and you should now have full access to your webcam and microphone inside the ustream broadcast flash app.
