Streaming Help

[JDunham]

I am live-streaming sports for my school district and have been using an iPad through OBS, which looks terrible. I have a LUMIX G7 camera that does good video.

The problem is that in order to stream with that camera I need a video capture card, which is fine. I bough an elgato one, but couldn’t get the feed to come through. I called their customer support and they said that our school district computers are not strong enough to use elgato products.

I am looking for a video capture card that will work with an Intel i5-8625U @1.60Ghz processor with a UHD Graphic 620. Does anyone know of a video capture card that will work and still give me good quality video?

Thanks!

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

The problem you have is that real-time video encoding is VERY computationally demanding. And a U series CPU means battery optimized ultra-low power (and an i5-8xxx means a mid-range (at best) 3 generation old CPU). An Intel graphics means QuickSync and not doing GPU encoding offload (as Intel's is part of CPU)

So, what you would need is something that offloads more than capture, and at that point you have a hole other set of questions, challenges, compromises, etc.... Or a capture card that drops the video bitrate so low as to match your digitally zoomed in iPad

Is the iPad connected to the same computer? if so, the video quality is in part impacted by inadequate CPU
But assuming a wide-angle lens isn't your bet for sports, using a camera like you mentioned will be WAY better *IF* you get a device capable of handling the video stream. Whether OBS or other app, CPU needs will be similar. IF getting an appropriate computer is a problem, getting a dedicated hardware box which can take video input and directly stream it (no compute involved) might be a better fit for you (obviously without the power/flexibility of OBS)

I'd recommend plugging that Elgato into a better PC, with your camera and making sure it works. Then decide which feature set you want.