Question / Help How can I make this work?

ryanbach51

New Member
Hi all,

In light of coronavirus I've had to move my children's music class business online. So far it's been very successful but I want to continue to improve the quality.

I have a 2015 Macbook Air - 1.6Ghz with 8GB of RAM. I was using OBS Camera and my iPhone, but sometimes the video would slow down to something even slower than 1fps and I'd have to restart. At first I thought the problem was recording while streaming and then it happened again when I was experimenting by switching between my iPhone camera and my built-in camera.

So eventually I switched to my built-in camera and if I stream at 480p @ 1500 it's quite smooth. But of course, the quality leaves something to be desired.

My internet caps at 5Mbps up, and I get those speeds on a speed test. Right now I'm over WiFi, but I'm switching to ethernet soon. I could always upgrade my internet, but I was wondering if there was anything else I could outside of purchasing a new computer that would improve quality. Is there a camera I could buy that has built-in encoding? Am I just completely hamstrung by my processor? Your help would be greatly appreciated!
 

Narcogen

Active Member
The MacBook Air is singularly ill-suited for this purpose for a number of reasons.

A better webcam directly connected would likely improve image quality if nothing else.
 
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