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The Road Towards Streaming

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JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 06 2011 22:59 GMT
#1
A week from now i hope to be streaming and its going to be quite a journey getting there. I am building my computer friday and hopefully have it all set up for streaming by the end of saturday. ill have to do a lot of testing and all that, but hopefully by this time a week from now, itll be officially launched, my very own stream. In the past i kind of questioned whether or not i should stream, if i thought itd be worthwhile / fun. The closer and closer it gets though towards having my computer completed im getting more and more excited.

when i do something i like doing it really well and when i stream thats what im going for. im hoping to stream at a high quality and with content that everyone can enjoy. And until i launch my official stream thread with all the bells and whistles, ill use this blog to kind of log my progress.

so far i have my monitor, gpu, and ram with me, and the rest will come on friday. my total budget ended up being around 550$ and im hoping to be able to stream in high quality so we'll see what happens. For now, you guys can check out my stream with its zero content and give me some feedback on the layout and everything. im doing everything i can to make this amazing :D .

http://www.justin.tv/leejiyan

Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
August 06 2011 23:06 GMT
#2
Post specs of computer and upload speed of your internet please.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 06 2011 23:12 GMT
#3
so far:

gpu: EVGA Geforce GTX 460 Superclocked
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
monitor: Dell E2011H 20" 5ms LED BackLight Widescreen LCD Monitor
misc: KEYDEX 50ft CAT6A Ethernet (green), 1.5mm headphone extension, Logitech C270 webcam

18mbps download
1.5mbps upload




blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
August 06 2011 23:14 GMT
#4
hope you didn't skimp on your CPU, because a quality CPU is the key to good streaming
blabberrrrr
Dagobert
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Netherlands1858 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-06 23:16:16
August 06 2011 23:14 GMT
#5
Funny because none of the specs are going to come into play for streaming, really. What matters is your CPU. lol @ mentioning the monitor though.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
August 06 2011 23:25 GMT
#6
Yes, post the CPU plz.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 06 2011 23:26 GMT
#7
you guys asked what i had so far but for CPU im buying a used AMD Phenom II x6 1055t OC'd to 3.6 or 3.8 .
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
August 06 2011 23:34 GMT
#8
Yeah, you should be fine for the most part I believe.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 06 2011 23:37 GMT
#9
well im sure i can stream but im hoping to stream at really good quality. i guess we'll see how high i can do it at.
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
August 07 2011 00:14 GMT
#10
On August 07 2011 08:37 JiYan wrote:
well im sure i can stream but im hoping to stream at really good quality. i guess we'll see how high i can do it at.


Most people can stream up to 720p pretty easily, and you need a really high end computer to stream at 1080p. IMO 720p is just fine, no need to kill yourself or your computer for graphics whores. GL!
Photographer@shindags || twitch.tv/shindigs
Headlines
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States482 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-07 00:39:56
August 07 2011 00:39 GMT
#11
Aww... Jiyan, I was thinking you'd stream some BW like the good old days back when you were in OD. It's fine. I'll watch your stream when I see it. It shall be good!
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 07 2011 04:27 GMT
#12
On August 07 2011 09:14 shindigs wrote:
Most people can stream up to 720p pretty easily, and you need a really high end computer to stream at 1080p. IMO 720p is just fine, no need to kill yourself or your computer for graphics whores. GL!

as long as i can keep it really really smooth and not grainy and keep it as high as possible without lagging ill do it as high as possible hopefully i can at least do 720 with all that, and if it works with 1080 then id be a very happy streamer :D

On August 07 2011 09:39 Headlines wrote:
Aww... Jiyan, I was thinking you'd stream some BW like the good old days back when you were in OD. It's fine. I'll watch your stream when I see it. It shall be good!

what was your id in OD?
Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
August 07 2011 04:30 GMT
#13
You're going to need a higher upload speed for an enjoyable quality stream.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 07 2011 04:43 GMT
#14
On August 07 2011 13:30 Snuggles wrote:
You're going to need a higher upload speed for an enjoyable quality stream.

can't =\ . we'll just see what i can do with 1.5 up
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-07 06:50:27
August 07 2011 06:49 GMT
#15
On August 07 2011 13:30 Snuggles wrote:
You're going to need a higher upload speed for an enjoyable quality stream.


I disagree, 1mb upload works just fine the quality really isntt bad nor is frame rate. I mean sure no 1080 P stream quality, but you don't need it to be enjoyable lol.

I mean I have .55 upload and my quality is definitely not good, but you can read out what people type, units, resources, supply. Not great quality but definitely see able lol. So I can imagine 3 times better like jiyan has well definitely be nice quality ^^. Again no 1080 P but who cares? don't need 1080P to enjoy a stream.
When I think of something else, something will go here
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 07 2011 16:27 GMT
#16
well ill be playing probably on medium to high settings on starcraft 2 if that makes any difference at all. im hoping to stream at around 25 fps or so so we'll see. 1080p might strain it like you guys said but if i can do it at a high fps then ill do it.

other parts im getting on friday:

GIGABYTE MA-790XT-UD4P
LITE-ON Super AllWrite 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
Corsair 550VX Power Supply Unit
Antec P180B Mid-tower Case
Thermalright Venomous-X CPU Cooler
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 7200 rpm Internal Hard Drive (WD6400AAKS)
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 10 2011 18:35 GMT
#17
2 more days and i can't wait. i already positioning my monitor and such to be ready to go once i put in the necessary parts that havent arrived yet.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 13 2011 16:54 GMT
#18
installing everything right now... im pretty excited
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
August 13 2011 17:29 GMT
#19
good luck LaGTT.JiYan!!
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 18:32:02
August 13 2011 18:26 GMT
#20
I'm not sure if you can stream 720p with just 1.5 up. You should be fine at 480 or so but 720 might be stretching it, your upload rate is really your choke, but everything seems super solid.

When Thegunrun hooked up my stream he suggested 5 mb up for 720p streaming, as to not lag any games you're playing at the same time as well, and if you're on skype etc. I'd say the low end to be able to play on ladder and stream at 720p will bel ike 3-3.5 upload, whihc is still much higher than your 1.5, you should be able to hit like 480p like I said.
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 13 2011 23:26 GMT
#21
On August 14 2011 02:29 KawaiiRice wrote:
good luck LaGTT.JiYan!!

you so funny.

from what ive been hearing 1.5 should definitely be fine for 720 but we'll see in a few hours when more things are set up.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
August 14 2011 01:36 GMT
#22
LaGTT sending you to go win all the rest of the MLG's right? gosu toss user here everyone watch this stream.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
August 14 2011 06:12 GMT
#23
i cant get the audio to work... i use Realtek HD Audio Manager and i cant get the stream to play it. When i select my mic as the device it works just fine, but not anywhere else
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