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kast_
Profile Joined May 2011
United States22 Posts
February 06 2012 21:50 GMT
#41
thank you thank you TheGunRun! been waiting on this guide forever
Blade Fox
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States215 Posts
February 06 2012 21:51 GMT
#42
Thanks from future streaming me.
Blame it on my A.D.D
CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
February 06 2012 21:56 GMT
#43
You should note that you should scale your viewport to minimum size while streaming to minimize CPU consumption.
Steel
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Japan2283 Posts
February 06 2012 22:00 GMT
#44
Hey thanks for the awesome guide man you really gave a clear explanation of settings which makes it a lot easier to optimize them.

Cheers.
Try another route paperboy.
Mikelius
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany517 Posts
February 06 2012 22:01 GMT
#45
GunRun, why are you so awesome?
Less QQ, more PewPew
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
February 06 2012 22:02 GMT
#46
As crazy and blasphemous as it may sound to you Justin, but if you were to recommend laptops within certain price ranges (lets juts use for example 700-1000, 1000-1200, 1200-1500) with the ability to play a game and stream it at the same time (lets use the obvious, Starcraft 2, Dota2, as benchmarks), which ones would you recommend and with which laptop specific hardware.
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Layback
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden20 Posts
February 06 2012 22:03 GMT
#47
Thanks so much for this Gunrun!

I'll look more into it when I got time!
Grubby's Best Fan
nemix
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany8 Posts
February 06 2012 22:06 GMT
#48
Thank you for this nice howto.


But faster DDR3 is like snail oil, it still does nothing. You can read this in every Hardwareforum...
Badboyrune
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden2247 Posts
February 06 2012 22:12 GMT
#49
So TheGunrun has both the ability to be at every single live event at the same time, and write lengthy, detailed guides on team liquid?

I think someone has been taking wizardry lessons from r1ch.
"If yellow does start SC2, I should start handsomenerd diaper busniess and become a rich man" - John the Translator
xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
February 06 2012 22:12 GMT
#50
thanks gunrun !
1/4 \pi \epsilon_0
moge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States124 Posts
February 06 2012 22:22 GMT
#51
god bless you my friend!
gentle lover of esports - Product Manager for http://iHearteSports.com
Animism
Profile Joined June 2011
Switzerland130 Posts
February 06 2012 22:24 GMT
#52
Hi, im sorry this may be the wrong place to ask, but i currently have an Intel i7 2600. I was wondering what the difference between 2600 and 2600k are? I've looked all over the place but people were saying different things. Is it just as acceptable for streaming as the 2600k?
Sporadic44
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States533 Posts
February 06 2012 22:25 GMT
#53
thank you gunrun, this is soo comprehensive. you make esports look extra sexy, one stream at a time. keep it up man =)
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
Ktk
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Korea (South)753 Posts
February 06 2012 22:25 GMT
#54
Fantastic guide, wanted something of the sort since I use Adobe Flash media live encoder atm.

-Micro-ATX Asus Rampage II Gene
-Intel 990X (don't ask)
-PNY GTX 460SE
-6GB RAM

I set my bit rate to 950 because my school caps bandwidth at 3.5GB/2hr - was running 4000 at home, quality took a rather big hit, but whatever you gotta do if you're under bandwidth restrictions. Do the math or get called in TT.
darthcaesar
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States475 Posts
February 06 2012 22:27 GMT
#55
If my upload speed is around 400 kb/s, is there anything I can do to stream in some kind of moderately watchable quality?
He is wisest who knows he does not know. | (┛OДO)┛彡┻━┻
ShiniSama
Profile Joined November 2011
United States103 Posts
February 06 2012 22:31 GMT
#56
this is awesome, definitely going to be bookmarking this and using it when i get home from school tonight. Thanks gunrun!!!!
EZPZ
Crainey
Profile Joined August 2011
Northern Ireland101 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-06 22:40:15
February 06 2012 22:39 GMT
#57
You know it's Gunrun when it starts with "So yeah", it's like his batman sign. Very thorough and insightful guide, I will definitely be bookmarking this and sharing it with others. Now that I know how to set-up my stream properly, I just need a good enough internet connection haha (you said max bitrate 500-600 below max up, that puts me at -100, hmmm...).
Gaming is much more than just a hobby.
Roychez
Profile Joined March 2009
Netherlands54 Posts
February 06 2012 22:40 GMT
#58
On February 07 2012 07:02 Zlasher wrote:
As crazy and blasphemous as it may sound to you Justin, but if you were to recommend laptops within certain price ranges (lets juts use for example 700-1000, 1000-1200, 1200-1500) with the ability to play a game and stream it at the same time (lets use the obvious, Starcraft 2, Dota2, as benchmarks), which ones would you recommend and with which laptop specific hardware.

I second this question. Plus, MSI GX720, is that good enough?
twitter.com/roaldvanbuuren
Tuxedo
Profile Joined October 2010
United States134 Posts
February 06 2012 22:41 GMT
#59
Awesome guide, but I hope you do a Streaming 201! thx!
Dat Ax! I bleed Infinity Seven Black
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
February 06 2012 22:52 GMT
#60
On February 07 2012 07:40 Roychez wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2012 07:02 Zlasher wrote:
As crazy and blasphemous as it may sound to you Justin, but if you were to recommend laptops within certain price ranges (lets juts use for example 700-1000, 1000-1200, 1200-1500) with the ability to play a game and stream it at the same time (lets use the obvious, Starcraft 2, Dota2, as benchmarks), which ones would you recommend and with which laptop specific hardware.

I second this question. Plus, MSI GX720, is that good enough?


Yeah, I have a laptop with

i5-480M
6 GB DDR3
Nvidia Geforce 540M

When the computer was fresh, I used to be able to stream SC2 on all low quality settings, 20 fps, 360/480p but nowadays xsplit logs up so much CPU that my dual-core just can't handle it. I got the laptop for 700 at the time and nowadays it is probably worth 600ish. Ideally I am hoping that there are many other college students that need the mobility of a laptop, but want the option to stream. This could mean finding a laptop with a sandy bridge or i7 quad core CPU and serviceable graphics card to do lower quality streaming (ie: the example I had of 20-25 frames per second at 360/480p HD).

Just want to try to help the poor college students out like myself haha.
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
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