Pc hardware and streaming

[chrisrobbo]

Hi there! Pretty new to this and have streamed a few matches successfully and usually at around 2500 Kbps. So I'm getting a decent stream but when watching them they seam to become slightly blurred when say a long ball is played or something fast paced happens. I'm guessing this is to to do with my laptop not been able to process it fast enough (note:no graphics card) but was thinking maybe there is no way round no matter what hardware you have when streaming games. Please could someone clarify whether it is a hardware problem?

Thanks in advance.

[miahjj]

i wouldn't necessarily assume that it is a hardware problem--more likely software. fast motion is the hardest thing for any encoding algorithm to handle, so no surprise when this happens. in fact, i've noticed the very same effect (though not as pronounced) on the actual TV broadcasts since they went all-digital--and they are streaming @ 10 - 25 Mbps!

[chrisrobbo]

definitely not even though outputting to a 40" screen?

[miahjj]

definitely not even though outputting to a 40" screen?

??? the computer doesn't know (and doesn't care) whether the screen is 40" or 4".

[chrisrobbo]

I thought the fact my computer had to output to a bigger screen (push more pixels) it was more work for it. But i guess what ever screen it is, its just same amount of pixels?

[miahjj]

I thought the fact my computer had to output to a bigger screen (push more pixels) it was more work for it. But i guess what ever screen it is, its just same amount of pixels?

the number of pixels is determined by the settings you specify when encoding the stream--it has nothing to do with what screen you are using. if your stream is set for 480x270, then it will "push" 129,600 pixels, regardless of the screen.

[chrisrobbo]

Yeah got confused about that thanks for clearing it up. Also you mention settings when encoding the stream? I can change this?

[miahjj]

...also you mention settings when encoding the stream? I can change this?

lol!

[chrisrobbo]

Yh that was a bollocks statement complete miss read of what you said. I'm getting out of here, its going over my head far too much!!

[miahjj]

of course you can change settings on the encoder..! you stated that your stream was set for 2500kbps...how did that happen, did you just will that bitrate into existence?