Overview
Live Love Line uses similar technologies as YouTube Live, and Facebook Live. A client application (STREAM CLIENT) is used on a smartphone, tablet or computer to record your instruction or choreography. The Audio and Video is in Sync when it is sent to LIVE LOVE LINE.
Users use any tablet, smartphone or computer to visit an instructors dedicated video page to watch the live stream and text chat with other dancers.
An instructor will configure their STREAM CLIENT only once. Once configured the instructors needs to hit RECORD and within moments users will see their live stream.
User Accounts and Login
A dancer does not need an account or log on to watch a public/unlisted stream.
Viewers ONLY need to create an account OR login using Google or Facebook, if they want to participate in the streams CHAT conversations.
Broadcasters will need an account to access their configuration details and access download their videos for download.
Streams
A Stream is a video page this is dedicated to one broadcaster. If Jane Dancer has a stream and many different events a week, viewers simply need to go to Jane’s stream.
There are four types of streams that a broadcaster can choose from when requested a stream:.
- Public - A stream that is listed on the webpage and available to all users; even anonymous
- Unlisted - A stream in which a user (anonymous or logged) must be provided a link.
- Private - A stream a broadcaster makes available only to users that have logged in.
- Premium - A stream that requires login and membership.
Channels
A Channel is a simple logical grouping of streams. A Channel maybe dedicated to beginner Line Dancing or to Couples dancing; where as all streams in that channel fit that category.
Premium Streams & Channels
A Premium Stream is an option available to broadcasters to make their streams available by subscription or membership only. A broadcaster have the option of managing membership of their premium channel.
A Premium Channel is a means of offering a group of premium streams through a single membership.
Time Tables and Blocks
Live Love Line was created for the sole purposes of helping keep dancers dancing during this time of COVID-19. This service is provided for free to broadcasters to use.
To keep our service free, Live Love Line will limit the number simulcasting streams and recordings.
To manage streams, we will ask choreographers to select time slots/blocks to be reserved each week for their use; similar to a TV channel guide. We ask (with the exception of testing) to please limit your streams to the blocks you have negotiated. We recommend no more than 2-hours, but addition time can be negotiated.
Special Event slots will be set aside for Saturday to allow for special or longer events.
Maintenance windows will also be scheduled weekly to allow for updates and maintenance to be performed on the website.
A calendar and guide will be made available on this site in the near future.
Getting Started {Broadcaster}
If you are a broadcaster and you would like to make a request please do the following.
- Register a new account using the Login / Register button.
- Complete a STREAM REQUEST to request your Test Stream [CLICK HERE]
- If available, a private stream will be created for you in order to test and learn the service
- The site admin will be in contact with you via email
