EPTOn September 12 2011 08:08 Goodseed wrote:
a)
When you said that if you put too much bitrate to stream, it will lag the viewers who are watching. What is a reasonable so that most of people who watch stream can view your stream smoothly? I've been streaming with 1500kbits but I would like to higher it but not sure if I should.
b)
Also, why do I have to put the buffer x2 my bitrate? Whenever I put a bitrate and click buffer, xsplit automatically puts it as the same amount for my bitrate.
Edit: Happy Birthday HellGreen!
a)
When you said that if you put too much bitrate to stream, it will lag the viewers who are watching. What is a reasonable so that most of people who watch stream can view your stream smoothly? I've been streaming with 1500kbits but I would like to higher it but not sure if I should.
b)
Also, why do I have to put the buffer x2 my bitrate? Whenever I put a bitrate and click buffer, xsplit automatically puts it as the same amount for my bitrate.
Edit: Happy Birthday HellGreen!
At a)
That's almost impossible to answer.
I can't say what kind of download speed the average stream watcher have for sure, but at least in Denmark it's not uncommon to have at least 5 Mbit/s (often times more like 10-20 Mbit/s). There are some more stats here (http://speedtest.net/wave/b4320e6727ae88e5?a=i) and it varies from country to country. Personally I feel you should stream in the highest available mode, and if you're really popular make a partnership program with Twitch.tv so your users can select their prefered resolution in the player. In short, as download rates typically are much larger than upload, I wouldn't really worry too much about it.
At b)
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This is a new behavior - it used to be double the buffer. Seems XSplit recommends the same buffer size as the stream bitrate now.
And thanks - yeah turning 35 today
