Question / Help Streaming over wifi?

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sDgotto

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Hi people of OBS.

Just wondering if streaming to twitch.tv over WiFi is alright? Simple question, yet I am confused about this.

Thank you all
 
I have read plenty of articles it is fine, others say it is not fine.

Maybe its best to just use a cable like normal then?
 
I mean, what is the bad thing about using wifi? Cable is of course always going to be best, is it because of the stable connection?
 
The problem with wifi is a momentary stall due to interference will result in dropped frames. You wouldn't notice this normally since during general web browsing a 1 or 2 second delay loading some image is barely noticeable, but streaming is much more demanding on your connection as it's a real time service. You also have no idea when interference will strike, you could be streaming fine for hours then a neighbor turns on netflix or a microwave comes on and suddenly your connection is fried.
 
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