How do I start a stream?

[noobharvester]

What kind of equipment/software is needed to start a stream?

 

[Sao87]

A good laptop or PC
Hauppauge hd dvr (an external device that serves as a pass through via component)
X Split (free streaming software)
Headset if you want to talk
a twitch.tv account

 

[noobharvester]

The this Hauppauge hd dvr thing connects to the pc and the tv and simply takes the footage and puts it onto the computer software which is uploaded on the stream?

 

[Sao87]

The this Hauppauge hd dvr thing connects to the pc and the tv and simply takes the footage and puts it onto the computer software which is uploaded on the stream?

hauppauge hd dvr is a pass through device. you plug in your xbox/ps3 to the device and then an extra set of component cables go out into your tv. The device splits the picture/sound via usb and sends them to your pc as well.

You use a program like xsplit to take the picture generated on your pc and pull it into the program.

You set your your twitch.tv account within xsplit and set xsplit to broadcast to your twitch.tv site.

 

[noobharvester]

Awesome, can you recommend any kind of pc specs so I can see if my pc would handle this?

 

[Sao87]

Awesome, can you recommend any kind of pc specs so I can see if my pc would handle this?

Well I would want a quad core processor for sure. Streaming is really hard on your resources.

I stream from my laptop with:
6GB's of RAM
Intel I7 3.2GHZ Hyper threaded
Some Nvidia card with 1GB of dedicated memory

It works pretty good.

 

[noobharvester]

oh shit that is pretty heavy

i am i7 2.7ghz cpu 8g ram. hope they got cables long enough cuz my pc is in another room :-/

 

[Sao87]

oh shit that is pretty heavy

i am i7 2.7ghz cpu 8g ram. hope they got cables long enough cuz my pc is in another room :-/

Your computer will be good enough.

Go to monoprice.com for the cheapest cables.

I stream from a laptop because I cant imagine hauling around my pc if I needed to stream an event. Or like you mentioned running long cables all over my house.

 

[Altaire]

Well I would want a quad core processor for sure. Streaming is really hard on your resources.

I stream from my laptop with:
6GB's of RAM
Intel I7 3.2GHZ Hyper threaded
Some Nvidia card with 1GB of dedicated memory

It works pretty good.

Out of curiosity, would a 2.2 ghz core2duo work? 4 GB of ram?

If so, my laptop just might be up to it.

 

[MKF30]

I was wondering about this myself, but changed my mind lol. I have no laptop from what I hear, that's the best way to go.

 

[STB Shujinkydink]

how do you get two different pictures on the stream at the same time?

 

[GNG Iniquity]

Out of curiosity, would a 2.2 ghz core2duo work? 4 GB of ram?

If so, my laptop just might be up to it.

Curious about this myself, my laptop has similar specs.

 

[Sasuga]

Is there software that can remove or decrypt the HDMI encryption? I have HDMI capture card (AverMedia) set up through HDMI splitter. But it can't record/stream because of the encryption.