Re:How to Run a Live Coding Stream on Twitch Using OBS
by Shorel on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:36PM
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These systems are not OBS. You can pan and zoom as required to match your stream resolution, and it doesn't need to be the same as your desktop resolution.
Re:How to Run a Live Coding Stream on Twitch Using OBS
by zaxu on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:49PM
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At the same time, moving video coming from a camera is a lot different than a stream of what is essentially a 95% a still image.
Re:How to Run a Live Coding Stream on Twitch Using OBS
by wtallis on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @04:23PM
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I was referring primarily to the screen sharing features of the aforementioned services. In general, they're barely adequate for slideshow presentations, but the transitions are still going to be rough. And even when everybody in the virtual conference has a solid internet connection, the user experience is still a lot worse than when a PDF of the slides is emailed out before the meeting starts.
I find it simply amazing that all these "collaboration" tools aspire to little more than emulating the use-cases of broadcast television or a large lecture hall, and there a so few tools that try to enhance the experience in ways that are only possible when every participant has their own screen and computer.
Re:How to Run a Live Coding Stream on Twitch Using OBS
by formerly_proven on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:41PM
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Their badness is unrelated to the abilities of e.g. x264 compressing a screencast, because it really is quite good at that (near-losless quality at about one Megabit/s).
We've all had enough experience with Zoom, Google Meet, Skype for Business, etc. in recent months to know that this is not something that works well out of the box. And that's before we get into issues like the fact that I'm using a 34" ultrawide monitor, and most streaming systems will have to downscale my desktop before encoding it, and the result won't look at all good for a viewer trying to watch on a 1080p laptop.