This guide is intended to assist in getting familiar with the

process of establishing a connection with The NFHS Network

It is recommended that you bookmark this page for future reference.

Manual productions, at the NFHS Network, are any production that does not utilize the Pixellot platform. These broadcasts require people on-site at event time to manually produce the broadcast controlling cameras, graphics, audio, and the like. Some production crews are as small as one person and can scale to massive multi-camera productions with a large staff.

Prerequisites

In order to stream manually to the NFHS Network, the producer/school will need to following:

• PC/Laptop 
  • NFHS PC Recommendation
• Video camera
  • Any camera compatible with your capture of choice
• Video capture device

  • Recommended Capture Cards for PlayOn! Producer

• A streaming encoder such as NFHS Producer, OBS, vMix, TriCaster
  • Latest Producer/Driver downloads

Computer Specifications

Must be a Windows PC/Laptop (Mac OS is not supported by NFHS Producer) that meets the following requirements:

Standard definition (SD) broadcasts: 

• Video camera
• Video Capture Device
  • PlayOn! Producer supports a variety of capture cards to live stream your event!
    • For a comprehensive list of what capture devices are supported/recommended please use THIS guide.

• • A PC laptop meets our minimum hardware specifications:
    • Windows 10 or 11 (Mac not supported)
    • i7 Processer @ 2.8 GHz (6th gen Or newer)
      •  Producer prefers faster cores over the total number of cores.
        • EX: 4 cores at 3 GHz is preferred over 8 cores at 2 GHz
    • Minimum 8 GB of RAM
    • 1TB SSD (500GB accepted)
    • USB 3.0 port is a bonus, but not required

High definition (HD) broadcasts: 

• HD video camera 
• Video Capture Device
  • PlayOn! Producer supports a variety of capture cards to live stream your event!
    • For a comprehensive list of what capture devices are supported/recommended please use THIS guide.

• A PC laptop meets our recommended hardware specifications:
  • Windows 10 or 11 (Mac not supported)
  • i7 Processer @ 4.6 GHz (12th gen Or newer)
    • •  Producer prefers faster cores over the total number of cores.
        • EX: 4 cores at 3 GHz is preferred over 8 cores at 2 GHz
  • Minimum 12 GB of RAM
  • 1TB SSD (500GB accepted)
  • USB 3.0 port is a bonus, but not required

• Field 1: Producer Full Name
• Field 2: Phone Number for NFHS Support
• Field 3: Launches NFHS Producer in TEST MODE. (This is for test purposes only & will not establish a connection with the NFHS Network)
• Field 4: Launches NFHS Producer in LIVE STREAM MODE (This is the full version of NFHS Producer & will establish a connection with the NFHS Network) 

RTMP Streaming

• Access to the NFHS Console page
• A third-party application that supports RTMP streaming
• For the list of our most commonly used 3rd party Software Encoder you can refer to THIS guide
• NFHS Network's RTMP Server Address: rtmp://video.nfhsnetwork.com/manual
• Stream Key/Broadcast ID found inside the "Broadcast Detail" page of your Console event
• HERE is a quick guide using OBS as an example

Industry Standards

Support

Please refer to the Manual Productions Training guide for a more in-depth look at getting familiar with the process of establishing a connection with The NFHS Network.

For further assistance, you can reach out the NFHS Support team and submit a ticket with the Manual Team

NFHS SUPPORT