EPTI was wondering what everyone prefers when it comes to watching VoDs and streams, livestream or uStream? What is your favorite of the two, if any, and why? These questions are not just for people who watch them but also for casters themselves.
uStream vs. Livestream
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JDMojo
United States30 Posts
I was wondering what everyone prefers when it comes to watching VoDs and streams, livestream or uStream? What is your favorite of the two, if any, and why? These questions are not just for people who watch them but also for casters themselves. | ||
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CrunCher
United States192 Posts
ustream doesnt seem to have any ads at all. while livestream pops up a new ad every 15 minutes | ||
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Prozen
United States338 Posts
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Latham
9560 Posts
For starters add something like this: Poll: Which do you prefer? Ustream (204) Livestream (72) JustinTV (21) 297 total votes Your vote: Which do you prefer? Maybe post your opinion too, because 3 lines aren't acceptable here for an OP. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
 when it comes to watching vods i prefer youtube though... | ||
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barth
Ireland1272 Posts
Livestream used to be terrible every now and then but I don`t really experience it anymore, everything goes smooth when watching. Ustream has a bigger bitrate cap if I`m not mistaken though. edit: Actually I think you can go way over 500kbps with Procaster? | ||
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barth
Ireland1272 Posts
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Why? UStream is easier on the eyes, has a lot less pop up ads and can go beyond 500 kbps. Livestream on the other hand is easier to broadcast with, simply because it requires less crap up in the background. UStream requires you to login, hop on the broadcaster in order for you to start up a stream. Livestream just requires either FMLE + Cam recorder or Procaster. UStream needs either FMLE + Cam Recorder + hopping onto UStream broadcaster. That alone makes it a pain in the ass to set up a stream. Procaster is easier to use, plus it's nice when it comes to managing chat. UStream chat is meh to manage, unless you hop onto an IRC client. | ||
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
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MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
On July 13 2010 06:02 MasterOfChaos wrote: I heard livestream has some pretty bad size limitations or you total amount of VODs for free accounts. Does verifying the account remove that? No, account verification doesn't do anything. I believe it was either 1 Gig or 10 Gigs last I checked. They start deleting them from your account automatically once you hit the limit. I would check, but they purged my account. =( I lied. It's actually 10 GB. | ||
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tru_power22
Canada385 Posts
On July 13 2010 06:02 MasterOfChaos wrote: I heard livestream has some pretty bad size limitations or you total amount of VODs for free accounts. Does verifying the account remove that? Nope, Day[9] had the same problem. | ||
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Avid221
United States63 Posts
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
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DollerzMercenary
United States9 Posts
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Trifid
United States23 Posts
On July 13 2010 06:01 Alou wrote: Live stream is easy for streamers. Ustream is better for viewers imo. I found Ustream to be just as easy to stream. | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
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SkelA
Macedonia13032 Posts
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JSH
United States4109 Posts
Livesteam like others have said have tons of ads that interrupt for no reason. Not even just the first ad that pop outs for like 15 minutes. After watching the stream for like 20-30 min, midst of a game changing micro battle, boom another ad goes on for 15 seconds and the game is over D: not to mention it seems to always cover the minimap with some ad | ||
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jgju
United States454 Posts
However, ustream does have better visual design and less pervasive advertising. | ||
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