Question / Help Need some advice to start streaming.

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Swagzz

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Hey there.

My friend and I want to start streaming. The issue we have is getting my video source to his pc so he can then broadcast to twitch. We are on the same network (our pc's are right next to each other) but the only way we could see by looking online was have me stream to somewhere (we chose hitbox at random) and then him window capture that and add it as a source on his OBS. This degraded the quality and created a significant delay.

If anyone has any better ideas I would appreciate it. We are beginners so any advice would be great.

Also, when I stream/preview stream to my audio cracks and pops unless I reduce the video quality. I have read lots of people saying webcams can cause that, but as I don't have one in, is there any other ideas what it might be?

Cheers
Jamie.
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Easiest way? Buy a capture card, put it in his machine, and clone your monitor to an output going to it. You can get them for pretty cheap, but remember that you get what you pay for.
 
So I would add the capture card as a video source on my friends OBS?
Would the delay be as bad as him screen capping my output from the internet?
Thanks for your help.
Jamie.
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Yes, you would install the capture card in his machine, and use it as a video source in OBS on his machine. For a decent internal cap card, the delay should be only a fraction of a second.
 
Could you suggest any cards for us to look at. Not sure what would be best for our set up.
Thanks.
Jamie.
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Best on the market currently is the Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI. Runs $330 on Solaris Japan, but you can grab the $200 Yuan SC512 from SabrePC and it's the literal same card, just without the passthrough daughterboard or HDMI->DVI adapter (which run about $7). This is what I use in my own rig, and have recommended to many top-tier streamers who have been extremely happy with the results.

If you aren't planning to plug any retro consoles into it, you might look at the Avermedia C985. It's a solid starter-grade card. But I'd strongly recommend the SC512 instead, save yourself the hassle and cost of buying twice while you're already spending out.

If you need an external device, look at the XCAPTURE-1 (USB 3.0, about $300) or the Avermedia extremecap u3 (cheaper, but has a lot of problems and glitches).

No USB 3.0? An Elgato is probably your best bet, but there's a capture delay of about 3 seconds with those as it has to compress the video to fit over USB 2.0 bandwidth.
 
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