Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch

Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by eropple on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:00PM (#14722507)

> Some solid tips on here and OBS is a surprisingly good piece of software but it can be a resource hog at times.

"Hog" implies bloat to me? Video's hard work, though, and OBS will chew a CPU but it really needs to (unless you use a GPU encoding solution like NVENC, but there are quality concerns there). I have a second PC--actually a pretty nice 4U rackmount in a 6U wheelie with my audio interface--dedicated to video crunching and audio mixing for when I do livestreaming events for folks.

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Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by avitzurel on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:14PM (#14722601)

I use a 2017 iMac 5K with 32G memory and quad core and OBS is absolutely a lightweight for this one.

Before, I was using a 2015 MBP and it was having a VERY hard time handling the streaming at 1080P (mind you I was running 2 screens off of it).

I am not sure it's a hog because of bloat, it's just that you need a more than average computer to stream with good quality.

Funny story is that once I clicked stop on the stream and it kept streaming. Showing me having a phone call, going on Facebook and just continuing with my day. I had to just shut down my computer because OBS would just not stop.

On the new iMac I had absolutely zero issues with it and I am running it with 2 screens and 5K on the main screen.

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Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by eropple on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:22PM (#14722658)

Fair enough. I also run an NDI sync, a browser overlay, and a bunch of cameras, which probably adds to the load.

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Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by lgas on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:22PM (#14722664)

I think the implication with Hog is just that it's greedy and will consume as much resources as you give it.

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Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by eropple on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:33PM (#14722727)

It doesn't do that, though--OBS uses pretty well-understood levels of memory, compute, etc. that scale directly to what you're doing.

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Re:Lessons from my first year of live coding on Twitch by lgas on Friday July 07, 2017 @08:44PM (#14723404)

I didn't say otherwise, I was just commenting on my understanding of the connotation of the phrase.

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