Help! I may have asked this before--can I stream camcorder live to internet?

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Originally Posted by Darrell KSR

Spending a few minutes this morning at work trying to figure it out....Here is the propaganda from the site.

Plug ’n’ produce.
Coupled with Cam Link, your camera appears as a webcam in all your favorite apps, including Game Capture, OBS, and Skype. Superb quality up to 1080p60 keeps your stream professional. Ultra-low-latency technology gets you up and running in no time on YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch, or any other platform you choose. And your camera has never felt more powerful.

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OBS is what I use to record and stream at work. The Tricaster can do this for me, but I prefer OBS. You should try it out.

Tricaster is basically a TV studio in a box.

I am currently downloading OBS Studio version 21.1.2 now.

I left my Camcorder plug in my car, and left the instructions manual for the Cam Link at home. I may run home at lunch and get it, because otherwise, I'm just clueless.

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Originally Posted by Darrell KSR

I am currently downloading OBS Studio version 21.1.2 now.

I left my Camcorder plug in my car, and left the instructions manual for the Cam Link at home. I may run home at lunch and get it, because otherwise, I'm just clueless.

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It is a neat little program for free. You may not have a need for it, but I use it for every event here. It could in theory replace my Tricaster as well.

I struggled a little with it today, but I do have the camcorder up and running as a webcam, and I do have live streaming working on my Youtube.

My battery died on my Surface Pro, and for some reason, I don't have my extra power adapter here, so my experiment is over. I was struggling with the video coming in being not very good, but I suspect I have mismatched settings or something. According to all the specs, I should be fine. Also, my internet connection in the office is suspect; not as good as my hotspot on my phone.

Phone: download 69.1 Mbps, upload 25.7, latency 83ms
office wi-fi: download 9.27 Mbps, upload 18.8, latency 10ms (checked again, and gave it the faster of the two).

I guess the upload is the one that matters, and it's closer than I thought. Or is it the download and the upload that matters if I'm streaming to youtube?

I'm still trying to figure out some of the definitions as well. At first, I thought Ultra low latency sounded great. But it seems that the viewers might have to tolerate more buffering.

There really won't be any interaction, but just a streaming of an event that I want them to see. I don't even care if it is in real time or not. Wouldn't bother me if there were a delay of however long before it begins streaming.

5 Seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, heck 5 minutes wouldn't be too much delay. I guess 5 minutes would be a long time, but seriously a little delay wouldn't matter as long as they could view it streaming smoothly.

Upload matters. I'll read the rest later.

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I'm going to play with it some more this weekend. I need to get it down "pat" before September, but I still have a couple of weeks before I go "live" with what I'm planning to do.