Petition for Better Championship Video

[Deetman]

Originally Posted by Metonym

Does MAR still stream audio?

As Dan said above, MAR streams out emcee, game announcer, game sounds and any additional microphones used. The setup has changed since Dan saw it last, but all of our audio goes in to our DJ's audio mixer and then we get one feed from them without any copyrighted music.

Sean definitely nailed the reasons for YouTube... Being able to explain to grandparents over the phone how to watch the event their grandchild is participating is huge. Good luck explaining twitch or livestream or any other streaming service to someone less technically inclined over the phone. Everyone knows how to use YouTube.

There is much more that can be posted on the complexities of webcasting events, but the first and primary for championships is bandwidth. To run 8 streams simultaneously at 720p, you are looking at 16Mbps minimum upload and that is without any overhead and minimum quality settings. Ideally you'd be looking at around 40Mbps upload to comfortably stream 8 720p streams at high quality, which may not even be available from the venue. Assuming that NASA is running the streams through a satellite uplink, I highly doubt that their uplink is capable of sustaining 40Mbps. This doesn't even touch on the reliability required for it and ignores other internet requirements at the venue for the event.