MineA5 - Remote Control Interface (MLive App)

Last Updated: April 09

The MLive phone app allows you to connect to and configure your MineA5 camera remotely using your phone. This is very convenient if you need to change a setting when the car is already on track, or if you want to start/stop the stream without having to access the camera.

Downloading the MLive App on Android or iPhone

Using your mobile phone:

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MLive App QR Code

Logging in and adding your device

After installing the MLive App, log in using the username and password provided with your MyRacesLive livestreaming kit: * look for the grey sticker on the MineA5 User Guide * use the “ID” in the “username”/”phone number” field * use the “PWD” in the “password” field

Note

You do not need to create a new account.

Once you’re logged in, add your camera: * Click on “Add Device” in the top right corner * Scan the QR code on your camera. * Enter a name for your camera (e.g., “Car 123”) and click “Add Device”.

Do a drag down motion on the camera list to refresh the connection status.

If your camera is connected to the Internet (either via a local Wifi or via a 4G network), it will show as “Online” and you can click on the device to control it remotely:

  • Configure/Start/Stop a live stream (“Push Flow”)

  • Check the battery level (“Device Info”)

  • Adjust the audio settings (“More Settings” > “Audio Set”)

  • Adjust the video settings (brightness, contrast, etc, under “More Settings” > “Camera Set”)

  • Etc.

This is very convenient if you need to change a setting when the car is already on track.

Configuring live Streaming Settings

Wait for your camera to show “Online” then click on the “More…” settings button.

Click on Common Settings > Live Stream and configure the following streaming settings:

  • Resolution: 720p

  • Bitrate: around 2500-2800 kbps

  • FPS: 30fps

  • BitRate Control: CBR

  • Encoding ProFile: Main

  • Frame Interval: 3

  • Encoding Type: H.264

Configuring The RTMP URL

Wait for your camera to show “Online” then find and click on the “Push Flow” button.

Under “Single Network Streaming”, click on “Channel binding 1”:

  • In the RTMP URL field of your stream event:
    • Paste the RTMP URL provided on the MyRacesLive website

      • Go to the Streams page, click on your test Stream Event > scroll down to the “CAMERA CONFIG” box.

      • Copy the full RTMP URL (including the /cam1 at the end!!)

    • !! Leave the “Stream Name/Key” field empty.

  • Click on “Save Address” at the bottom of the screen.

  • Then, if your Stream Event Infra Status on MyRaces.Live shows “ready”, you can start pushing your stream by clicking on “start pushing”.

    • If the Infra Status shows “Deploying”, wait another for 1/2 minutes until it shows “Ready”.

If the camera successfully connects to the RTMP destination and starts streaming, a green LED will begin blinking next to the cloud icon on the camera, and the “Channel binding 1” box in the MLive app will turn green.

On the MyRaces.Live Streams page, scroll down to “Stream Health”, click on the refresh icon and check if the orange line is going up: this indicates the stream from the camera is being received. After 20/30 seconds, you should see the blue line going up as well, which indicates the stream is being sent to the MyRaces.Live YouTube channel, as well as any custom destinations you have configured.

If the connection fails, ensure you have a strong network signal reception, and that your MyRaces.Live Stream Event Infra Status is “ready”. Also, double-check that the stream destination is configured correctly (it’s easy to make a typo).

To verify that your camera is connected to a 4G network, has strong signal reception, and has data service:

  • Check the status of blue LED next to “4G” on the left side of the camera:

    • Blinking blue = Trying to connect to a 4G network

    • Solid blue = Connected to a 4G network

  • Check the signal strength on the home page of the touch screen:

    • Less than 2 bars = the signal reception at your location may not be good enough

    • >3 bars = the signal reception at your location is good enough

  • Check the color of the dot on top of the signal bars:

    • Grey dot = Trying to connect to a 4G network

    • Green dot = Connected to a 4G network and has data service.

    • Red dot = Connected to a 4G network but has NO data service (ex: your card has no data service activated or you’ve reached a data service limit.)

For future events, if you want your camera to start streaming to the configured address as soon as it’s powered on, you can enable “auto-stream” for that channel.

For improved audio, connect the provided external microphone to the camera and position it somewhere in the car that is less exposed to wind.

Using the MLive app, navigate to “More Settings” > “Audio set”: enable the ‘External mic’ and disable ‘Inner mic’.