Question about the best scenario for compressing live stream data.

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John Zapf

Member
I have three axis cameras that stream 24/7 365 to YouTube through OBS using H.265 HLS streams.

So being AXIS cameras there's pretty much no limit to what I can do so I just want to get opinions on what you think the best scenario is to stream let me explain. And also there is an application that you can stream directly from the camera to YouTube and I have used that it's $300 per license per camera but the stream quality is not so good. The reliability is awesome, but the quality is not as good as going through obs.

OK, now the question:
I can tailor the streams coming out of the camera with zip stream technology and compression taking the camera stream from whatever it is 20 - 50 mbps down to the 8-10 mbps that I wanna stream to YouTube. So I can do that within each camera and send the 8-10 mbps data to OBS and then let OBS send it to YouTube. that works fine.
OR:
I can just send the raw stream from the AXIS Cameras got to OBS and then let OBS do everything, bring it down to 8 megabits and stream it. What do you think is the best scenario for the best-looking video stability everything?

Olive Cam:

- YouTube

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Fountain Cam:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Feeder Cam:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Thanks, John
 
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AaronD

Active Member
If your transports can handle uncompressed, then of course it's best to do that. The processing must be uncompressed anyway, so if it receives a compressed stream, it needs to uncompress first and *then* work with it. But that's a LOT of data to push around a network!
 
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John Zapf

Member
The streams aren't compressed like that it doesn't have to uncompress anything. You can just control whether it's 30 frames a second or 60 frames a second and then how much data it it puts out it's not making it into any file it's a live stream,
 
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