Preferred SC2 Stream/VOD quality - Page 5
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
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EZjijy
United States1039 Posts
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AaronEB
United States76 Posts
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Guc
Australia28 Posts
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Ariel.ff
Canada22 Posts
seriously, its like it's screaming at me. | ||
jacen
Austria3644 Posts
500kbit stream looks fine with 480p to maybe 560p. But a 800kbit 1080p stream will be barely watchable. | ||
zrules
United States88 Posts
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Ampere
United States27 Posts
On June 04 2010 13:59 zrules wrote: I hate HD and High quality... I rather have performance for everyone be good enough... I care so much more for the quality of a commentator and the gameplay than how "Shiny" or "Pretty" the lights are... I completely agree with about the good commentator and gameplay being the most important things about streams/VODs. I actually have different opinions on both though. I prefer the highest quality possible (1080p) when I'm watching videos on youtube or day9's bliptv; it's just so nice being able to see everything so clearly, and you can go back and pause at a certain point if you missed something and it'll be easy to find. With streaming it's a little different though. I think medium-high is great because it's not laggy (hopefully) and you can see well enough to where it's not unwatchable. | ||
PineappleSage
Canada109 Posts
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StewKer
United States301 Posts
On June 03 2010 20:45 writer22816 wrote: Don't care, why would you watch SC2 when you could watch BW? I care, why would you watch BW when you could watch SC2? Anyways, I chose medium (720p) for streaming, as in live feeds. When it comes to VODs though, where you are able to buffer, I selected High (1080p). | ||
ultimateq
United States114 Posts
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Late
Latvia418 Posts
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InfiniteIce
United States794 Posts
Once you record in 480, for example, you cannot go back UP to 1080. For streams...I don't know if 1080 is necessary, I honestly don't think that there is any streaming service that can handle a 1080 with TONS of viewers. 720 would probably be sufficient for "HD", but for streams, as they are live, and put a HUGE toll on the streamer's PC, I am OK with being lower quality/res (i.e. 480). <-- This is why I voted 720p. I don't think that 1080 is quite necessary yet; there are a lot of 720 monitors out these days (even my 15" laptop does 720p), but not so many 1080p monitors, and I don't know that many people watching streams/VODs on their HDTV (though I'm sure there are a few.) But hey, as high as they can go is really the best option, because you can always go down, you can't go back up once you record in lower quality. | ||
GTR
51126 Posts
On June 04 2010 12:32 Guc wrote: My computer can handle ultra, but unfortunately Australian internet standards blow goat dick...so medium would be great! I think the best idea would be a full high-def stream, and then a Livestream restream for those with shit internet. | ||
knyttym
United States5797 Posts
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Axonn
Croatia287 Posts
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DTWolfwood
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CCGaunt
United States417 Posts
vods can come to a stable agreement between ultra and low | ||
emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
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KingFool
Canada428 Posts
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