Question / Help How much upload speed required to stream?
- Thread starter vwey
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No need to bump your thread so soon after posting.
5mbps should be fine, though more never hurts. Use this site to get some estimates: http://obsproject.com/estimator
5mbps should be fine, though more never hurts. Use this site to get some estimates: http://obsproject.com/estimator
macharborguy
Member
the quick and dirty way? multiply that by 1000.
11.42 Megabit per second upload speed would be the same, roughly, as 11420 Kilobits per second.
http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/
11.42 Megabit per second upload speed would be the same, roughly, as 11420 Kilobits per second.
http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/
macharborguy
Member
anything about 5Megabits, IMO, would be overkill if you are a new streamer. play around with 3Mbps - 5Mbps
macharborguy
Member
no, you should be fine.
With anywhere from 3 to 5 Megabits being used as your stream bandwidth, that still leaves you with 5 - 7 megabits for other things on your network, including the broadcasting computer, to make use of.
Minimize Network Impact is mainly a Quality of Service option. You wont be maxing out your main internet bandwidth with a broadcast, so you'll be fine.
pro-tip: you can adjust the amount of bandwidth your stream is using WHILE broadcasting to twitch. start at 3, open the stream in another window or on a laptop, phone, whatever, and see how it looks. then pop it up to 4, then to 5, and see the quality difference
keep in mind, however, that just because you can send at 5 doesnt mean people who watch your stream want to download 5. I broadcast at 2 Megabits on average, and I have a lot of viewers that say they have a lot of buffering issues. this is a problem WITH Twitch specifically, not the viewer or the broadcaster
With anywhere from 3 to 5 Megabits being used as your stream bandwidth, that still leaves you with 5 - 7 megabits for other things on your network, including the broadcasting computer, to make use of.
Minimize Network Impact is mainly a Quality of Service option. You wont be maxing out your main internet bandwidth with a broadcast, so you'll be fine.
pro-tip: you can adjust the amount of bandwidth your stream is using WHILE broadcasting to twitch. start at 3, open the stream in another window or on a laptop, phone, whatever, and see how it looks. then pop it up to 4, then to 5, and see the quality difference
keep in mind, however, that just because you can send at 5 doesnt mean people who watch your stream want to download 5. I broadcast at 2 Megabits on average, and I have a lot of viewers that say they have a lot of buffering issues. this is a problem WITH Twitch specifically, not the viewer or the broadcaster
harryhp101
New Member
Yeah...