Zentraler Informatikdienst

u:stream – streaming and video management

For:   students   employees

Via u:stream, teachers can: 

  • record their courses in selected lecture halls and publish them or broadcast them live on the internet 

  • upload video and audio files to publish them

  • edit videos 

  • create videos via u:stream studio

Via u:stream, students can:

  • watch recordings and videos at any time and place 

  • follow courses via livestream 

  • create videos via u:stream studio

 

u:stream web interface

u:stream administration

Place request for u:stream – streaming and video management (in German)

The information in u:find and Moodle about the course or from the lecturers will tell you:

  • whether u:stream is used in a course
  • where the recordings or livestreams are published

No additional software or registration with u:stream is required to play the videos. User guide Playing a recording

With u:stream studio, you can record videos yourself via your browser.

Registering for u:stream

User guide Registration and administration

Every employee of the University of Vienna with an active employment can register series on u:stream via the u:stream web interface. The following are possible:

  • Series for courses
  • Custom series

Using u:stream in lecture halls

Lecture halls with u:stream equipment

  • Christian Doppler Lecture Hall
    additional equipment: video conference via u:stream equipment
  • Lise Meitner Lecture Hall
    additional equipment: auto-tracking camera
  • Ludwig Boltzmann Lecture Hall

  • Lecture Halls A, B, C1, C2, D
  • Seminar Rooms 1 (courtyard 1), 2 (courtyard 1), 3, 4, 5, D, F, G

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

Boltzmann Lecture Hall

  • Audimax
  • BIG Lecture Hall
  • Lecture Halls 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 21, 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, 50

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

Lecture Halls U10, U11, U18

Lecture Halls I, II

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

  • Lecture Halls 1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 13, 14, 16
  • Seminar Room 5
  • Sky Lounge

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

Lecture Hall

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

Littrow Lecture Hall Astronomy

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

  • Lecture Halls 1, 2, 3
    Additional equipment: auto-tracking camera, video conference via u:stream equipment
  • Exercise Rooms 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6

  • Lecture Hall 2, Practical Course Room (2B201)
    additional equipment: video conference via u:stream equipment
  • Lecture Hall 3, 8 
    additional equipment: auto-tracking camera

Lecture Halls 1, 2, 3

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

  • Joseph Loschmidt Lecture Hall
  • Carl Auer von Welsbach Lecture Hall

Additional equipment:

Video conference via u:stream equipment

  • Audimax
  • Lecture Hall 5

Additional equipment:

  • Auto-tracking camera
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment

Information on additional equipment

  • Auto-tracking camera: This camera keeps speakers automatically in the frame if desired.
  • Video conference via u:stream equipment: The lecture hall microphones and the u:stream camera can be used as sources in the video conferencing tools for hybrid teaching. User guide Audio-/Videokonferenz aus dem Hörsaal (Audio/video conferencing from the lecture hall, in German)

Creating a recording or livestream in lecture halls

User guide Starting a stream in the lecture hall

In the lecture hall, select the sources for the recording or the live stream. You can record the presentation, the lecturer or both at the same time. You can also make audio recordings.

Possible streaming options are: 

  • Recording
  • Web livestream: Broadcast the course on the internet
  • Room2Room livestream: Broadcast the course to another lecture hall

u:stream studio: Creating a recording in the browser

With u:stream Studio you can create new videos on your device via the browser.

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Uploading and editing videos

User guides:

In the u:stream administration, you can upload existing videos and audio files to make them available as on-demand streams. You also get an overview of all your series and videos and can edit, download and delete them.

Many of these functions are also available directly in Moodle – user guides:

Publishing a recording

User guide Publishing a recording

Employees can publish recordings or audio/video files in Moodle, on websites, on the intranet, or in u:wiki.

u:stream support

Phone number: +43-1-4277-14294, in writing via Servicedesk

The support may be unavailable due to other requests or appointments.