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moon`
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States372 Posts
July 12 2010 21:50 GMT
#21
Ustream works better for me.
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Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
July 12 2010 21:52 GMT
#22
On July 13 2010 05:57 Amber[LighT] wrote:
ustream has an iphone app... livestream (last I checked, months ago...) does not *wamp wamp*

when it comes to watching vods i prefer youtube though...

Are you sure that you don't mean Livestream?

Livestream has iPhone support - it uses iphones quicktime player or something to watch streams.
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
July 12 2010 21:55 GMT
#23
Livestream because ustream off-airs me.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
July 12 2010 21:56 GMT
#24
On July 13 2010 06:10 InToTheWannaB wrote:
Justin tv sponsored SC tournys in the past. Maybe a good idea if we all used there service lol. Assuming its of a similar quality

Justin TV is like Ustream but they don't require you to keep a "ustream broadcast window" open in a web browser at all times. Like Ustream, they have uncap stream quality. So you can broadcast 720p video at 2000 Kbps is you like.

However, I found that Justin tv has the worst network connectivity through my unscientific tests. When you're broadcasting at the exact same bitrate across 3 networks, more people will be able to connect to livestreams servers. In terms of connectivity, I would rank Livestream #1, Ustream #2, and Justin tv #3. But out of the 3 websites, Livestream has the most downtime.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
July 12 2010 22:13 GMT
#25
livestream > ustream
And never forget, its always easier to throw a bomb downstairs than up. - George Orwell
Kerotan
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
England2109 Posts
July 12 2010 22:17 GMT
#26
I really don't have a preference as I'm only a viewer, Ustream and Livestream both give me an equal amount of problems, although the problems are slightly different.
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Slipspace
Profile Joined May 2010
United States381 Posts
July 12 2010 22:21 GMT
#27
To the people mentioned iPhone support, uStream's app sucks and never shows the SC2 streams and livestream gives an error when you try to watch them (something like this stream does not currently support etc).
Phayze
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2029 Posts
July 12 2010 22:29 GMT
#28
Justin.TV is the better medium for streaming, hands down.
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Wolfpox
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada164 Posts
July 12 2010 22:45 GMT
#29
On July 13 2010 06:38 jgju wrote:
It may just be because my internet is atrociously slow, but I've found ustream has much stronger tendencies to lag than livestream, often to the point of unwatcheability. On top of that, I absolutely love the integrated chat in livestream and can never really get the chat in ustream to work.

However, ustream does have better visual design and less pervasive advertising.

I absolutely agree.

Every since Day9 switched I haven't been able to enjoy. LAG LAG LAG LAG

Chatting is better in livestream and for watching live games that makes a big difference
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synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
July 12 2010 22:49 GMT
#30
Somehow, I feel like Livestream : UStream = Mac : PC

Livestream just does everything for you and is much better if you don't want to think about how you're actually streaming live content, but UStream works better if you know what you're doing.
:)
Anxiety
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States650 Posts
July 12 2010 23:04 GMT
#31
I had to stop watching the Day9 Dailies after Day9 switched to ustream because it laggggggggggggggggggggged soooo badly. After i missed a overlord impression i rage quit.
Epsilon8
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada173 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-13 16:50:20
July 13 2010 16:47 GMT
#32
On July 13 2010 06:31 nihlon wrote:
I like the chat in livestream, the way it overlap transparently over the video. As for the quality I've found good and bad on both, so I'll give the edge to livestream as a viewer.


I agree with the chat being easier on live stream. For UStream you must register and even then it limits your chat to like a line every 15 seconds. For live stream you just make a temp name and chat away. However, I still prefer UStream because in my experience it crashes less. Day[9] had a lot of problems nearing the end of his stay on live stream and since hes been streaming on UStream I rarely see him have problems. The only experience I've had with the two sites have been watching Day[9] though so I don't know 100 % which one would be better.

All kinds of different experiences make me wonder if we can actually say if there is one that is 'better'.
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Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10264 Posts
July 13 2010 17:06 GMT
#33
I'm conflicted. I liked livestream, but their code for studio was just horrible. Managing all that shit in a flash client that wants to give up is not fun at all. They had a really easy system to stream though. Procaster and awayyy~

I do like Ustream because you can customize and do a lot more with your stream than on livestream. I don't really care about the fact that you can go above 500 bitrate on ustream anyway. I feel that if I did that, there'd be too many people with sucky enough internet that they wouldn't be able to watch. That might be what's going on with Day[9] for the people who experience lag.

Justin.tv has a cap on people from each country (for whatever reason), so that's a no go.
It is impossible to be a citizen if you don't make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you're a nation of doods.
Qzy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Denmark1121 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-13 17:10:14
July 13 2010 17:09 GMT
#34
On July 14 2010 02:06 Mystlord wrote:I do like Ustream because you can customize and do a lot more with your stream than on livestream. I don't really care about the fact that you can go above 500 bitrate on ustream anyway. I feel that if I did that, there'd be too many people with sucky enough internet that they wouldn't be able to watch. That might be what's going on with Day[9] for the people who experience lag.


No...

If anything, it's his sucky PC or the servers.
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Epsilon8
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada173 Posts
July 13 2010 17:43 GMT
#35
On July 14 2010 02:09 Qzy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 14 2010 02:06 Mystlord wrote:I do like Ustream because you can customize and do a lot more with your stream than on livestream. I don't really care about the fact that you can go above 500 bitrate on ustream anyway. I feel that if I did that, there'd be too many people with sucky enough internet that they wouldn't be able to watch. That might be what's going on with Day[9] for the people who experience lag.


No...

If anything, it's his sucky PC or the servers.


Woah, Woah. You dissin Day[9]'s computer lol? Anyways, I thought he had gotten an awesome new one from all the donations. So I don't think that would be the case.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
July 13 2010 17:52 GMT
#36
I liked Ustream when I was actually able to watch videos on their service. Every time I go to watch some pro SC on Ustream I almost instantly get a "stream offline" despite the contrary. I know this is a problem on Ustream's end, as this has happened to numerous others.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
July 13 2010 17:57 GMT
#37
Livestream fucks with my browser something fierce. Ustream doesn't do shit - also it has the feature that lets you pop it out and maximize it on a second monitor so its much better for watching to me.
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Epsilon8
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada173 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-13 18:47:51
July 13 2010 18:47 GMT
#38
On July 14 2010 02:57 heyoka wrote:
Livestream fucks with my browser something fierce. Ustream doesn't do shit - also it has the feature that lets you pop it out and maximize it on a second monitor so its much better for watching to me.


Wow I didn't even know that. That's awesome! Where is that on the web page?
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.
Selth
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States469 Posts
July 13 2010 19:02 GMT
#39
I have my issues with both but like some others have said, UStream is preferable for the fact that they don't have ads blaring at you. So I'd rather have UStream for the sake of continuous action, when it isn't lagging on me. We can at least all agree that when a stream lags, it sucks. Especially when the game finishing battle is going on and you can only hear it. -.-
TSM
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Great Britain584 Posts
July 13 2010 19:04 GMT
#40
i prefer u ustream cos that has better VoDs and it was the first i used
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