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Re:Show HN: OBS Live-streaming with 120ms latency by mannyv on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @09:25AM (#41445530)
I always wondered why broadcasters don't transcode on the client side.

RTMP can't handle it, but SRT (and apparently WebRTC can). It would reduce latency for sure. Of course, it does require a good network connection on the client end, but so does streaming.

Re:Show HN: OBS Live-streaming with 120ms latency by pjc50 on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:06AM (#41455794)
I suspect it's a desire to minimise CPU/GPU usage, especially if you're trying to stream a game from a PC through OBS.